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Leading hip-hop/pop sensation, Group 1 Crew, release their fourth studio album, Fearless, on Fervent records today amid outstanding acclaim. The launch comes on the heels of their first No. 1 smash hit, the album’s lead track “He Said” (Featuring Chris August), which claimed the top spot on Billboard’s Christian CHR chart in May. With a No. 1 song under their belts, a top iTunes album debut, spots on the hottest tours and their new single “His Kind Of Love” which impacts radio on September 21, Group 1 Crew is only gaining momentum.

On Fearless, the duo showcase their ability to incorporate honest and heartfelt lyrics from their journey over the past few years with diverse musical styles ranging from hip-hop infused sounds to inspirational ballads. Group 1 Crew’s Blanca Reyes Callahan and Manwell Reyes created the album during a tumultuous period in their lives, emerging with a new-found strength after facing their challenges fearlessly. When asked to comment on the sound and accessibility of their new album, Manwell remarked, “This is music a Christian can play in front of their unchurched friends and we can be a bridge in the conversation.” Blanca adds, “Even in the face of craziness or the hurricane of emotions going on in your life, you need to always remain Fearless. When God’s called you to something great, don’t ever be afraid to step out in faith and don’t ever give up.”

The duo will be interviewed Wednesday in Colorado for Focus on the Family’s “Plugged In” and “Boundless” podcasts. WestCoastFiya.com will feature Group 1 Crew on their “All Access” live video chat, Thursday, September 13, at 8:30 pm CDT. Blanca and Manwell will also stop by Lifeway’s Nashville offices Friday for a free outdoors concert at 12:30 p.m. hosted by Wally from WAY-FM’s “The Wally Show.”

Group 1 Crew has received a considerable amount of early praise on the album, including the highlights below:

“…the pop-infused hip-hop duo is downright Fearless with both its musical ambitions (think Katy Perry and Rihanna meets Drake or Wiz Khalifa) and vulnerable lyrics that ultimately point to hope in the midst of heartache.” – Gospel Music Channel

“[On] "He Said" featuring Chris August…the three singers blend perfectly and bring home the biblical truth…each of these songs is a potential radio hit …[the album] features a bold Gospel message [and] I expect several of these songs to also resonate with radio listeners…” – New Release Tuesday

“And so, with their eyes wide open, hearts grounded in the reality of the pain of the world, Blanca and Manwell are placing their belief in grace, holding their heads and voices high and claiming fearlessness as their own.” – CCM Magazine

“Fearless is sure to be given a Dove Award Nomination for next year’s Dove Awards, as I smile at how Blanca and Manwell have stretched themselves musically and lyrically, providing a conglomeration of musical genres- rap, pop, anthems and ballads! One of the standout albums in September, Fearless is my favorite album from Group 1 Crew! Well done guys for creating such as well-produced and highly poignant album!” – Indie Vision Music

In addition to the launch of Fearless, Group 1 Crew will also be hitting the road on three of the top CCM tours including: Britt Nicole’s “You’re Worth More Than Gold Tour” “Winter Jam” and TobyMac’s “HITS DEEP Tour.”

Group 1 Crew has become one of the leading hip-hop focused acts in the Christian music scene, broadening the parameters of faith-based music with songs that percolate with energy and resonate with the truth of God’s grace. To date, the talented group has had four hit singles break into the Top 5 on Billboard’s Christian CHR chart, including, “He Said” (featuring Chris August), which went to No. 1. They have earned five Dove Awards; three for the Rap/Hip-Hop Album Of the Year Category and two for the Rap/Hip-Hop Recorded Song with “Movin’” and “Walking on the Stars.” They also received a 2012 Dove Award for Special Event Album of the Year, thanks to Blanca’s collaboration on The Story. Group 1 Crew made their national TV performance debut on “The Mo’Nique Show” and their music has been featured in a variety of popular television shows, including NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” FOX’s “The Simple Life,” Style Network’s “Kimora Lee Simmons: Life in the Fab Lane,” MTV’s “Run’s House,” and The CW’s “One Tree Hill.”

For more information on Group 1 Crew, please visit www.Group1Crew.com

Group 1 Crew has a monumental week, celebrating their first #1 hit with “He Said” on Billboard’s Christian CHR chart and hitting the Top 10 at AC Monitored. “I’m still in shock about this. Thank you all for making a dream of Group 1 Crew become a reality! Love ya’ll! Now let’s celebrate,” said Blanca Reyes of Group 1 Crew, enthusiastically thanking her Word Entertainment family upon hearing the good news.  The group is currently in the studio putting the final touches on their upcoming album, due out in September.  The album will feature Group 1 Crew’s #1 single “He Said” featuring Chris August.
 
Group 1 Crew has become one of the leading Hip-Hop focused acts in the Christian music scene, broadening the parameters of faith-based music with songs that percolate with energy and resonate with the truth of God’s grace. To date, the talented group has had three hit singles break into the Top 5 on Billboard’s Christian CHR Charts, including “Keys To The Kingdom” and “Movin’.” They have earned five Dove Awards; three for the Rap/Hip-Hop Album Of The Year category and two for the Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song with “Movin’ ” and “Walking on the Stars.” They also received a 2012 Dove Award for Special Event Album of the Year, thanks to Blanca’s collaboration on The Story. Group 1 Crew made their national TV performance debut on The Mo’Nique Show and their music has been featured in a variety of popular television shows, including NBC’s America’s Got Talent, FOX’s The Simple Life, Style Network’s Kimora Lee Simmons: Life in the Fab Lane, MTV’s Run’s House, and The CW’s One Tree Hill.
 

Breakout Urban sensation and Dove Award winning Group 1 Crew re-launches their third album, Outta Space Love: Bigger Love Edition on January 24. The album features more music along with the original 12 tracks. Outta Space Love: Bigger Love Edition will include eight additional tracks with remixes of their hit singles “Walking On The Stars” and “Live It Up” as well as four brand new songs. One of the new tracks on the album is “He Said,” which features multi-award winning artist, Chris August.

Group 1 Crew is currently featured on the 2012 Winter Jam Tour alongside headlining acts: Building 429, Peter Furler, Kari Jobe, Newsong, Sanctus Real and Skillet. For more information on tour dates, visit their website: www.Group1Crew.com.

Outta Space Love is Group 1 Crew’s third Fervent Records release and originally debuted at No.1 on the Soundscan Christian Digital Chart and No. 4 on the overall Christian Album Chart. This album delivered the Top 5 hit “Walking On The Stars” and “Please Don’t Let Me Go” as well as fan-favorite songs “Breakdown” and “Live It Up.”

Group 1 Crew has become one of the leading Hip-Hop focused acts in the Christian music scene, broadening the parameters of faith-based music with songs that percolate with energy and resonate with the truth of God’s grace. To date, the talented group has had three hit singles break into the Top 5 on Billboard’s Christian CHR Charts, including “Keys To The Kingdom” and “Movin’.” They have earned five Dove Awards; three for the Rap/Hip-Hop Album Of The Year category and two for the Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song with “Movin’ ” and “Walking on the Stars.”

Group 1 Crew made their national TV performance debut on The Mo’Nique Show and their music has been featured in a variety of popular television shows, including NBC’s America’s Got Talent, FOX’s The Simple Life, Style Network’s Kimora Lee Simmons: Life in the Fab Lane, MTV’s Run’s House, and The CW’s One Tree Hill.
 
Outta Space Love: Bigger Love Edition Track Listing:
1.      Live It Up
2.      Need Your Love
3.      Walking On The Stars
4.      Let’s Go (Feat. TobyMac)
5.      Lean On Me
6.      Beautiful
7.      Transcend
8.      Outta Space Love
9.      Please Don’t Let Me Go
10.  Wait
11.  Breakdown
12.  Manipulation
13.  Control
14.  Digirock
15.  Take It There
16.  He Said
17.  Walking On The Stars (Garcia Glam Mix)
18.  Live It Up (Dance Floor Mix)
 

Fervent Records’ breakout Urban sensation and Dove Award winning trio Group 1 Crew (Blanca, Manwell and Pablo) are ready to launch into orbit their first ever headlining tour as they hit the road this fall with their 2011 Outta Space Love Tour. The talented group will be bringing their signature energy, irresistible beats and substantive lyrics to the 15-city tour as they perform selections from their current release Outta Space Love, available everywhere now. The album features their brand new single “Let’s Go” now at CCM radio and Top 5 hit “Walking On The Stars.” Sponsored by Mocha Club and Southeastern University, the tour kicks off September 29 in Knoxville, TN and will wrap in Manvell, TX on October 22. Opening for Group 1 Crew will be Rachael Lampa, Rapture Ruckus and Shonlock.
 
“Touring is absolutely exhilarating and we love meeting each and everyone who comes to our shows,” shares Manwell. “We are thrilled to have Rachael, Rapture and Shonlock joining us. Are you ready for this?”  
 
Blanca adds, “When you break our songs down and listen to the words, they have amazing messages about friendship, messages about love and also just being in a broken place and needing God. To be able to deliver these messages face-to-face with our live show is what we live for.”
 
Group 1 Crew has become one of the leading Hip-Hop focused acts in the Christian music scene, broadening the parameters of faith-based music with songs that percolate with energy and resonate with the truth of God’s grace. To date, the talented trio had three hit singles break into the Top 5 on Billboard’s Christian CHR Charts, including “Walking On The Stars,” “Keys To The Kingdom” and “Movin’.” Their third Fervent Records release Outta Space Love further pushes the envelope sonically and lyrically, debuting at No.1 on the Soundscan Christian Digital Chart and No. 4 on the overall Christian Album Chart. This album delivered the smash “Walking On The Stars” as well as fan-favorites “Breakdown” and “Live It Up.” They have earned five Dove Awards; three for the Rap/Hip-Hop Album Of The Year category and two for the Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song with “Movin’ ” and “Walking on the Stars.” With a mutual respect for each other’s gifts, and a shared passion for not only encouraging believers, but also being salt and light to a hurting world, the trio is committed to ministry. Group 1 Crew made their national TV performance debut on The Mo’Nique Show and their music has been featured in a variety of popular television shows, including NBC’s America’s Got Talent, FOX’s The Simple Life, Style Network’s Kimora Lee Simmons: Life in the Fab Lane, MTV’s Run’s House, and The CW’s One Tree Hill.
 
 
Outta Space Love 2011 Tour:
9/29: Knoxville, TN Redemption Church
9/30: Bristow, VA: Manassas Assembly of God
10/1: Williamson, WV: West Williamson Softball Park (Phneumafest)
10/2: Hampton, VA: Liberty Baptist Church
10/6: Cincinnati, OH: Xavier University (Group 1 Crew Solo, Youth Summit)
10/6: Bluffton, OH: Bluffton University
10/7: Cincinnati, OH: The Underground
10/8: Latrobe, PA: The Underground
10/9: Cuyahoga Falls, OH: Community of Believers
10/13: Bluefield, VA: Bluefield College
10/14: Williamsport, MD: Gateway Ministries
10/15: Smithfield, NC: Johnston Community College
10/21: Corpus Christi, TX: Solid Rock Church
10/22: Manvell, TX: New Hope Church
 
 
For more information about Group 1 Crew and to purchase tickets, visit www.Group1Crew.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/group1crew
Twitter: www.twitter.com/group1crew
YouTube: www.youtube.com/Group1Crew

Fireflight Kicks Off "For Those Who Wait" Tour with Group 1 Crew and Manic DrivePremiere modern rock band Fireflight kicked off the opening dates of its headlining “For Those Who Wait – The Tour” last weekend with crowd-rousing performances in Richlands, Va. (Sept. 23), Huntington, W.Va. (Sept. 24) and Wilkesboro, N.C. (Sept. 26). The tour readies tonight for Rockford, Ill. and upcoming shows in Mount Vernon, Ohio (Oct. 2), Lafayette, Ind. (Oct.3) and its sold-out Denver, Colo. area show on Oct. 7.  (Complete list of dates below)
 
“For Those Who Wait – The Tour” also features urban/hip-hop trend-setters Group 1 Crew and Canadian rockers Manic Drive and will hit 30+ cities across the U.S. from late September through early November before wrapping up in Venice, Fla., on Nov. 7.
 
The multiple Dove-nominated Fireflight is touring in support of its third studio album, For Those Who Wait, which debuted at No. 5 on the Nielsen SoundScan Current Contemporary Christian Album Chart when it released earlier this year (Feb. 9). The project also gave the band its fifth career No. 1 radio single on the Rock format with “Desperate,” followed by the title track’s performance as a Top 5 hit at Rock and Top 10 at CHR.
 
Fervent Records’ urban sensation Group 1 Crew (Blanca and Manwell) join the tour roster on the heels of the group’s brand new studio release, Outta Space Love (Sept. 21), which has already spawned a Top 5 hit single “Walking On The Stars” on Billboard’s Christian CHR chart.  And rounding out the tour’s lineup is Canadian-based rock band Manic Drive, who are touring in support of their latest album Blue.
 
To find out more about the “For Those Who Wait – The Tour,” ticket prices and ticket outlets, visit www.fireflightrock.com.  A complete list of tour dates follows:
 
 FIREFLIGHT – FOR THOSE WHO WAIT: THE TOUR
* all dates subject to change without notice
 
9-24      Huntington, WV            Christ Temple
9-26      North Wilkesboro, NC   Forest Edge Amphitheatre
9-29      Marion, IL                    Marion Cultural & Civic Center
9-30      Appleton, WI                OuterEdge Stage
10-1      Rockford, IL                 Faith Center
10-2      Mount Vernon, OH       Mount Vernon Nazarene
10-3      Lafayette, IN                First Assembly of God
10-7      Lenexa, KS                   Lenexa Christian Church
10-8      Wichita, KS                  Central Community Church
10-9      Greeley, CO                  Greeley Wesleyan Church
10-10    Farmington, NM            Word of Life Christian Center
10-11    Plainview, TX               Hutcherson Athletic Complex
10-12    Paris, TX                      Calvary Chapel
10-14    Rock Island, IL             Heritage Church
10-15    St. Peters, MO              Church on the Rock
10-17    Pippa Passas, KY         Campbells Arts Center at Alice Lloyd College
10-21    York, PA                      Stillmeadow Church of Nazarene
10-22    Shrewsbury, MA           Liberty Churches
10-23    Bangor, ME                  Abundant Life Church
10-24    Canton, NY                  State Univ. New York
10-26    Knoxville, TN                Redemption Church
10-27    North Charleston, SC     Cathedral of Praise
10-28    Deatsville, AL               Marbury High School
10-29    Jacksonville, FL            Murray Hill Theatre
10-30    Biloxi, MS                     Cedar Lake Christian Academy
10-31    Guntersville, AL            Church at Lake Guntersville
11-2      Orlando, FL                  Pegasus Ballroom – UCF
11-4      Mary Esther, FL            Emerald Coast Worship Center
11-5      Cape Coral, FL             Kingsway Christian Center
11-6      Miami, FL                     Southwest High School
11-7      Venice, FL                    South County Family YMCA
 

Nashville, TN – Breakout Urban sensation and Fervent Records’ Group 1 Crew’s (Blanca, Manwell and Pablo) smash song “Live It Up” will be featured as the iTunes single of the week starting tomorrow Tuesday, September 21. And, making this day even more out of this world is the release of this talented trio’s new album entitled Outta Space Love, to all retailers.
 
“Live It Up” is an infectious, up-tempo song that says “TGIF” and “Let’s go out with our friends!” Already a fan favorite, “Live It Up” was the featured song that Studio One Young Beast Society danced to on the hit show America’s Got Talent.
 
“We love to have a good time, have fun and wanted to translate that energy in this song,” said Manwell. “We want to encourage people to enjoy the life they’ve been given and live it as bright and full as they can.”
 
In addition to “Live It Up,” the album will be packed with 12 infectious fresh songs including their current Top 5 hit single “Walking On The Stars” on Billboard’s Christian CHR Charts as well as “Breakdown,” which was featured in promotional spots for E! Television Network’s Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami all summer. Produced by Andy Anderson, David Garcia and Chris Stevens, Outta Space Love is comprised of huge anthems and unforgettable hooks that showcase the trio’s urban grooves and Hip-Hop sensibilities.
 
In support of the new album, the group will hit the road on a 28-city tour with Fireflight kicking off on September 23 in Richlands, VA, and wrapping November 6 in Miami, FL. Then, Group 1 Crew will be back for another run with the Revolve Tour in January 2011.
 
Group 1 Crew has become one of the leading Hip-Hop focused acts in the Christian music scene, having several hit singles, such as “Movin’” and “Keys To The Kingdom,” both of which broke into the Top 5 on Billboard’s Christian CHR Charts. They have won two Dove Awards in the Rap/Hip-Hop Album Of The Year category consecutively in 2007 and 2008, and recently won in the Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song category with “Movin.” Group 1 Crew has previously had their music featured in a variety of popular television shows, including FOX Television’s “The Simple Life,” Style Network’s “Kimora Lee Simmons: Life in the Fab Lane,” MTV’s “Run’s House,” and The CW’s “One Tree Hill.”
 
For more information about Group 1 Crew, visit www.group1crew.com or www.wordlabelgroup.com.

Breakout Urban sensation and Fervent Records’ Group 1 Crew (Blanca, Manwell and Pablo) are launching into orbit their new album entitled Outta Space Love, set for release on September 21. Word on the street is that this three-time Dove award-winning trio have been working from a newly discovered planet, Planet G1C, to prepare this irresistible collection of hot beats, killer hooks and clever lyrics. Now with their third album release, they are exploding in this stratosphere with a new direction that further pushes the envelope sonically and lyrically.

The album will be packed with 12 infectious fresh songs including their current Top 5 hit single “Walking On The Stars” on Billboard’s Christian CHR Charts as well as fan favorites “Live It Up,” which Studio One Young Beast Society danced to on the hit show America’s Got Talent, and “Breakdown,” which was featured in promotional spots for E! Television Network’s Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami all summer. Produced by Andy Anderson, David Garcia and Chris Stevens, Outta Space Love is comprised of huge anthems and unforgettable hooks that showcase the trio’s urban grooves and Hip-Hop sensibilities.  
 
“We have a lot of songs that have great beats,” Blanca says of the new music, “but then when you break them down and listen to the words, they have amazing messages about friendship, messages about love and also just being in a broken place and needing guidance.”

And to transmit their easily relatable messages, Group 1 Crew will be unveiling a new cosmically-cool website on September 21.

After returning from Planet G1C, the band will hit the road on a 28-city tour with Fireflight kicking off on September 23 in Richlands, VA, and wrapping November 6 in Miami, FL. Then, Group 1 Crew will be back for another run with the Revolve Tour in January 2011.
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Outta Space Love Track Listing:
 
1.             Live It Up
2.             Need Your Love
3.             Walking On Stars
4.             Let’s Go
5.             Lean On Me
6.             Beautiful
7.             Transcend
8.             Outta Space Love
9.             Please Don’t Let Me Go
10.           Wait
11.           Breakdown
12.           Manipulation
 
Group 1 Crew has become one of the leading Hip-Hop focused acts in the Christian music scene, having several hit singles, such as “Movin’” and “Keys To The Kingdom,” both of which broke into the Top 5 on Billboard’s Christian CHR Charts. They have won two Dove Awards in the Rap/Hip-Hop Album Of The Year category consecutively in 2007 and 2008, and recently won in the Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song category with “Movin.” Group 1 Crew has previously had their music featured in a variety of popular television shows, including FOX Television’s “The Simple Life,” Style Network’s “Kimora Lee Simmons: Life in the Fab Lane,” MTV’s “Run’s House,” and The CW’s “One Tree Hill.”
For more information about Group 1 Crew, visit www.group1crew.com or www.wordlabelgroup.com.

Known for their urban grooves and hip-hop sensibilities, three-time GMA Dove Award winning Group 1 Crew is launching their Spacebound EP June 8th just days after “Walking On The Stars” takes off at radio on June 4th. The powerful digital-only EP features huge anthems and unforgettable hooks produced by Andy Anderson and David Garcia. Featuring five brand-new tracks, Spacebound offers listeners a preview of the full-length release Outta Space Love set for release on September 21st.
 
The trio will be taking the E! Television network by storm when their new song “Breakdown” airs in promotion of the series Khloe & Kourtney Take Miami. “Breakdown” can be heard in commercial spots throughout the summer months, taking the beats of Group 1 Crew to a new audience. The reality show follows sisters Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian as they relocate to Miami, open a new retail store, and launch a radio show.  
 
As one of the leading hip-hop focused acts on the Christian music scene, Group 1 Crew holds several hit singles including “Movin’” and “Keys To the Kingdom”, both which broke into the Top 5 on Billboard’s Christian CHR charts.  Group 1 Crew has previously had music featured in a variety of popular television shows including FOX’s The Simple Life, Style Network’s Kimora Lee Simmons: Life in the Fab Lane, MTV’s Run’s House, and The CW’s One Tree Hill.
 
Spacebound EP Track Listing
1) Live It Up
2) Walking On The Stars  
3) Manipulation
4) Breakdown  
5) Beautiful  
 

After releasing his popular “Five-Two Television” last fall, KJ-52 is seeking out “Modern Day Heroes.”  He is joined by Group 1 Crew for the upcoming co-headlining tour the “Modern Day Heroes,” which will kick off next month, February 2010.  This tour will be filled with vertical rhymes, high energy dance moves, and possibly even a few surprises. As with all things that KJ-52 is involved with, this will not be the average concert, but include elements to reach out to the local youth and “heroes.”

The “Modern Day Heroes” tour involves two facets making this an unique experience for those attending.  First, those fans that purchase their tickets online will have entry into a pre-show Firestarter Bible Study.  Secondly, fans can nominate a local “Modern Day Hero” in each market online powered by HearItFirst.com at www.moderndayheroestour.com. The chosen “Hero” will have free access to the show and be honored by KJ-52 and Group 1 Crew.

Local “Hero”:
This person needs to exemplify dedication to ministry, his or her community, and others around the area. The selected hero will be honored in their city when the “Modern Day Hero” tour hits their town. Nominations for the heroes can be made online by clicking “Nominate Your Hero.”

Firestarter Bible Study:
KJ-52 and Group 1 Crew will implement and lead a Firestarter Bible Study walking through the book of Luke for local youth groups in each tour market.  Interacting on a spiritual level and studying scripture prior to the concert is for those that purchase tickets prior to the show online. Purchase tickets at www.moderndayheroestour.com. By purchasing tickets online, your name will be on the Will Call list granting entry to the study.

Tour dates are being revealed daily at www.moderndayheroestour.com.  The tour is sponsored by Compassion International and Hearitfirst.com.

About KJ-52:
Releasing his debut project in 2000, KJ-52 continued to do his “thing” for a total of seven projects released.  Three of his four titles have scanned over 100,000 units—the only Christian hip-hop artist in history to do so. KJ-52 has become one of the most trusted names in music as a songwriter, producer, minister, and comic poet, in spite of many seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Let's not forget: He is an unabashed follower of Christ, he is white, and he is a rapper. In 2009, KJ-52 was once again nominated for the fourth consecutive year as CCM Magazine’s Favorite Hip Hop Artist in the Reader’s Choice poll.  He also was honored with his fifth Dove Award.  

Releasing “Five-Two Television” in September 2009, KJ-52’s project was said to be “making a run for best rap album of the year,” and debuted at #14 on Billboard's Heatseaker's chart.  KJ-52 is on BEC Recordings. For more information, updates, blog, and tour dates visit: http://www.kj52.com also follow KJ-52 on Twitter: @kj52 .

About Group 1 Crew:
A self-professed entertainer, a pop diva, and a bona fide producer: that’s the makeup of breakout urban sensation Group 1 Crew, three everyday Latinos who rose above their circumstances and the middle-of-the-road to become one of the most exciting aggregates in faith-based music. Their 2008 release, Ordinary Dreamers (2009 Dove-winning “Rap/Hip Hop Album of the Year”), the trio’s second album for Fervent Records, shattered any and all preconceptions created by their out-of-the-box, Dove-winning debut, Group 1 Crew (2008 "Rap/Hip Hop Album of the Year"), to position itself as one of the most unordinary offerings of the moment—an amalgam of rhythm and rhyme that takes the best of urban pop and hip-hop and turns them upside down. G1C challenge people to dream and pursue the calling God has given them. For more information, visit http://www.group1crew.com .

What’s up HearItFirst fans!! We wanted to be the first to invite you to our website www.group1crew.com to be a part of something really cool. We’re out to show people how Ordinary Dreams can become huge, life-changing, awesome realities with God at the helm of those dreams. Our heart for this idea is to show you that everything and everyone begins their quest for their dreams in sometimes small and seemingly insignificant ways. We started recording our records at each others houses, using closets for a sound booth and our parents living rooms for the actual studio.  And now we are able to look back at that and see that so many of our dreams have come to fruition.
 
As we see our dreams playing out, we will always remember where we began and how we are still Ordinary Dreamers. Over the next 2 months we are going to roll out exclusive content - everyday. There will be old video footage, clips of old songs, pictures, contests, behind the scenes footage and more! Through this content we hope you see where we have come from, and where we are going. We hope you see our hearts and our dreams played out in our everyday lives. We want to give you a ticket into our space so you can see what our dreams are made of, how we are continuing to dream, the fun we are having and the love we have for each of you!

Our prayer is that you find yourself somewhere within the timeline of our journey … whether it be recording vocals in a hot closet, about to perform in a showcase for a major label, trying out for the baseball team, auditioning for a dance crew, dreaming to be a doctor or any big dream you have … we want you to see that with dedication and belief in yourself and in the God that made you, you too can climb your mountain of dreams. No one starts at the top. No one has it all figured out, but we can share the stories that Christ has brought us through in hopes that we can inspire each other to dream beyond our means. We pray that your dreams are sparked by our meager beginnings and present achievements and set ablaze every ounce of fear and insecurity.  We love you so much, dream wildly, dream freely....dream.

Songs from Word Label Group’s 2007 breakout artists Group 1 Crew (Fervent Records) and Jackson Waters (Word Records) will be featured on the season opener of CW Network’s popular teen drama, One Tree Hill, scheduled for broadcast Tues., Jan. 8.

Recently named as one of Christianity Today’s top new Christian artists of 2007, Group 1 Crew’s “Forgive Me,” from their critically acclaimed self-titled debut, will be heard during the two-hour season premiere.

Previously featured in late, 2006 on One Tree Hill with their song, “Center Of Attention,” Jackson Water’s returns to the show with an acoustic version of “Come Undone,” the title cut from their 2007 debut.

For more information on Group 1 Crew, and Jackson Waters, visit their HearitFirst.com sites:

Group 1 Crew
Jackson Waters