Laura Kaczor has a new single going for adds at radio, Yours Forever, and while on a radio promotion tour she stopped in South Bend, IN for an appearance on LeSea Broadcasting’s Harvest Show. Kaczor performed the new single and “Alive in You,” her previous single that went to #17 on Billboard. Both songs are from Kaczor’s current CD, Love Enough. Check out Laura’s appearance with interview here: Short intro/Yours Forever performance/Interview <http://youtu.be/5Fldm_fspkU> . While at LeSea, she taped a show for Live From Studio B that will air at a later date.
After the show, Kaczor headed north for a meet & greet with the staff at Moody Radio West Michigan, which included Operations Manager and co-host of Perry & Scott In The Morning, Scott Curtis. The next day Kaczor traveled to Traverse City, MI where she was the guest of DC Cavendar, Operations Director/Music Director and host of the Clockwatcher Show. Afterwards, she recorded an interview with WLJN Program Director, Pete Lathrop, which aired during his mid-morning show the same day. Kaczor’s single is New and Active at Billboard and is #23 on the Christian Music Weekly Soft AC chart.
For more information about Kaczor’s music and ministries please visit www.laurakaczor.com <http://www.laurakaczor.com> , or www.facebook.com/laurakaczormusic <http://www.facebook.com/laurakaczormusic>.
CCM artist, Laura Kaczor, continues to garner strong support from Christian radio as her latest single Yours Forever was one of the top Most Added on Billboard’s Soft AC/Inspirational chart for three consecutive weeks. Kaczor has been connecting with key radio stations and programmers across the country and recently visited with KYCC in Stockton, CA. She recorded an interview with the station’s Music Director and Morning Show Host, Theresa Schaad.
You can hear Kaczor’s interview here. Kaczor’ previous single Alive In You peaked at #17 on Billboard’s Soft AC/Inspirational chart.
Besides being a Top 20 recording artist, Kaczor is an inspirational speaker and worship leader who has started her own LifeThirst ministry for teens and Lift Up U-niversity for teen girls, and both ministries are currently being booked across the country. During Kaczor’s California trip she ministered at three key events on the west coast, as the worship leader at a women’s conference in Concord, CA and as the guest speaker and worship leader at two teen events in Brentwood, CA. At both events Kaczor was met with standing ovations as her ministry touched those in attendance. The week before the California trip, Kaczor ministered at two secular high schools in the Decatur, AL area to give the churched and unchurched messages of hope and inspiration, which led to fourteen students giving their lives to Christ.
For more information about Kaczor’s music and ministries please visit
www.laurakaczor.com, or
www.facebook.com/laurakaczormusic.
CCM artist Laura Kaczor, who just recently enjoyed her first #17 hit song on Billboard’s Soft AC chart with Alive In You that stayed on the chart for eleven weeks, is poised to release her next single to radio, Yours Forever. The song will go for adds at radio on September 9th and the tune was co-written by Kaczor, Chad Cates and Don Koch, who also produced Kaczor’s new album, Love Enough. The project has led to Kaczor becoming known for her strong vocals and prolific songwriting.
“When I hear Laura's voice, the following adjectives come to mind: light, effortless, compelling, and passionate,” says Chuck Heuberg, Music Director, KCFB/St. Cloud, MN. “Her lyrics are based on God's Word, and that is foremost to us at THE WORD when choosing music to minister to our listeners. Laura's music does that and so much more.”
“Yours Forever is a great follow-up to Laura’s Top 20 Billboard hit, Alive In You,” says Wendell Gafford, Owner, Creative Promotions. “It highlights the wonderful variety of the music found on Laura's latest project, Love Enough. It's also the first single released to radio that focuses on her passion for praise and worship. This single should continue to solidify Laura's impact on the Soft AC/Inspirational format and strengthen her growing relationship with key programmers across the country.”
Yours Forever is a modern rendition of Psalm 100, according to Kaczor. “It's a call to worship and a reminder that we are His people ‘the sheep of his pasture’ forever. And it reminds us that the only reason we can enter into His presence is because of what Jesus did for us on the cross, ‘while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.’ He paved the way and ultimately our response has to be one of complete surrender, embracing the new identity that He has given us in Christ, his people, forever! “
While radio and fans are embracing Kaczor’s music, media has also shown strong support for the new singer/songwriter. Kaczor has done interviews with NewReleaseTuesday.com, Control Track, Baptist Standard and WATC-TV, along with receiving great reviews for Love Enough.
NewReleaseTuesday.com - Laura Kaczor’s first nationally distributed release, Love Enough, is a high-patina nugget that showcases the multi-talented (author, speaker,) singer/song-writer/musician’s unmistakable talent.
CW’s Place - With her latest release, ‘Love Enough,’ Laura Kaczor continues to show that she has a real heart for serving the Lord, along with the talents necessary to put it to music.
Jay’s Musik Blog – Laura Kaczor’s gorgeous vocals, beautiful music, and Christ-centered lyrics make Love Enough a debut project you will not want to miss!
CCM artist Laura Kaczor (kuh-ZURE) continues to generate buzz, while building a loyal fan base, as she is rapidly becoming the breakout artist of the year. Kaczor’s current single, Alive In You debuted on Billboard’s Soft AC/Inspirational chart at #19, which made the song the highest debut of last week, and the tune remains in the Top 20 this week. The single was co-written by Kaczor, her producer 6-time Dove Award winner Don Koch (Phllips, Craig & Dean, NewSong) and Dove award winning writer, Chad Cates. A video for the single was produced by Stephen Yake (newsboys, Michael W. Smith) and will be released July 5. The video will be featured at the International Christian Retail Convention in Atlanta next month, along with a showcase of Kaczor performing her new music.
“Thank you so much to all of my radio friends and the faithful listeners,” exclaims Kaczor. “I'm so excited about the success of Alive in You, as it's more than I ever dreamed. I've started this journey because I wanted to become a part of people's lives and to encourage them through every stage with the amazing hope we have in Jesus. I'm humbled by the privilege to be able to do that, and so much more. God is good!”
"Laura Kaczor is one of the strongest up and coming artists on Christian radio today,” says Wendell Gafford, President, Creative Promotions. “Programmers have quickly embraced her music, as well as her heart and passion for the Lord, and are excited about partnering with her in ministry. In my 17 years as a radio promoter, I have had few artists embraced by Christian radio programmers as quickly as Laura Kaczor!"
Kaczor’s previous single Invisible also garnered tremendous success by achieving a Top 25 on the Billboard chart, #7 on Christian Music Weekly’s Worship chart and #14 on CMW’s Soft AC/Inspirational chart, with over 100 radio stations playing the song. Invisible and Alive In You are from Kaczor’s debut album, Love Enough that was released through Universal MCG/Fontana distribution on LifeThirst Records/IE. Kaczor co-wrote 9 of the 10 songs on the CD and collaborated with such high-profile writers such as Brian White who has written 12 #1 singles and Carl Cartee, a staff writer at Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing and founder of “Inspire” Worship Conferences.
Besides being a talented singer/songwriter, Kaczor is the founder, worship leader and speaker for LifeThirst Ministries, which is based on John 4:13-14: Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst again. At the same time, Kaczor has also founded and serves as worship leader and speaker for Lift Up U-niversity that is a girl’s/women’s conference that deals with self-esteem, purity and other emotional bondage issues. For more information on LifeThirst please visit online at www.laurakaczor.com/lifethirst and for Lift Up U-niveristy, www.laurakaczor.com/liftupu.
CCM Artist Laura Kaczor released her new video this week in support of her hit single, Alive In You. The video was shot in Nashville, where Kaczor is now based, and was produced and directed by Stephen Yake of Yake Films (newsboys, Michael W. Smith). The video is being distributed through Universal MCG/Fontana Distribution and is available at www.youtube.com, www.iTunes.com, and www.vevo.com. The video will be featured at the International Christian Retail Convention in Atlanta this month, along with a showcase of Kaczor performing new music from her current CD, Love Enough.
The song Alive In You is the second hit single from Love Enough and was written by Kaczor, Chad Cates and Don Koch, who produced the album and single. The song is in the Top Twenty on the Soft AC/Inspirational charts at Billboard magazine and Christian Music Weekly. The single continues to garner strong support from radio, as Kaczor tied for Most Added this month with Chris Tomlin at Billboard.
For more information and updates on Kaczor visit online at www.laurakaczor.com and www.facebook.com/laurakaczormusic. And be sure to check out Kaczor’s new video blog at www.youtube.com.
2010 may be ending, but it merely marks the beginning of the burgeoning career of LifeThirst/Indie Extreme recording artist, Laura Kaczor. Momentum for Kaczor has been building since late fall with the release of her national debut CD, Love Enough. The results led to November and December seeing a surge in radio airplay and steep increases in event bookings, television activity and social networking. Along with continuing the effective radio promotion, initial marketing plans for 2011 will focus on television appearances, social network marketing, and concerts and conference events. Universal Music Christian Group/Fontana Distribution distributes Kaczor’s debut, a 10-song project produced by six-time Gospel Music Association Dove Award-winner, Don Koch. The CD first released digitally in March and physical product hit stores shelves on September 14, 2010.
Radio has been the driving agent for the Pennsylvania native’s increased visibility. “Invisible,” her second radio release from Love Enough, is closing the year with regular rotation on nearly 100 radio stations or networks (both reporters and non-reporters) across the country. For the week ending December 3, the single earned the #1 spot for CMW’s “On the Verge” and #3 on Billboard’s “New & Active” listings. With charts frozen until after January 1, “Invisible” is sitting just outside the Top 20 on Billboard and Top 25 for CMW.
“This has been an exciting fall run with Laura and the ‘Invisible’ single,” says Wendell Gafford of Creative Promotions, the promotions agency for the single. “We’ve been able to share both Laura’s music and her heart and both are resonating with programmers. As crowded as play lists are at every station, I think the success we’re seeing with Laura is directly attributable to her authenticity and transparency. The new year looks very bright for her.”
Kaczor supported her radio airplay with a series of interviews, events and television appearances. In addition to myriad in-studio and telephone interviews with radio stations, she appeared in concert and at conferences nearly a dozen times during fourth quarter. Appearances were coordinated to leverage potential in-studio and/or retail drop-ins. While in Atlanta in mid-November, Kaczor made stops at radio and at “Atlanta Live,” taping six songs and an interview for the two-hour daily show airing across metro-Atlanta as well as available via satellite.
The first weekend in November saw Kaczor holding a CD release concert and in-store appearance in her hometown area of Souderton, PA. The weekend promotion included interviews, giveaways, an in-store autograph appearance at Berean Christian Store, and a full concert at Pennridge Full Gospel Tabernacle in Perkasie, PA. The entire weekend was supported by radio stations WORD-FM and WBYN. No less than five area newspapers ran feature stories on the “hometown girl comes home” angle.
Fourth quarter web promotions comprised multi-week video placements on HearItFirst.com, a feature spot in MyCCM.com and three large e-mail marketing initiatives with iTickets.com, along with on-going Facebook posts and website updates. Currently, a “Buy One Get One Free” Christmas special is in effective on www.laurakaczor.com. The year is ending with a two-week Facebook ad campaign, linking to Kaczor’s Facebook “Fan Page.” The results from all of these efforts this year are strong digital sales and gross impressions in the multiple hundreds of thousands.
Entering 2011, the record label is focusing on continued radio growth, pushing for Top 10 status or higher early in the first quarter. Facebook advertising, blogging and a new emphasis on Twitter – including informative posts and contests – is expected to dominate the label’s social networking efforts. Supporting these endeavors is an active push for more national Christian television appearances for the telegenic Kaczor. All the while, both solo concerts and LifeThirst worship, evangelism conferences and/or Lift-Up U-niversity girls conferences (both of which she founded) dot the performance landscape for the artist. During her girls conferences, Kaczor addresses the timely issues of self-esteem, God’s definition of beauty, emotional healing and purity. More information on these events can be found at www.LauraKaczor.com.
Pennsylvania-born turned Nashville resident, Kaczor (pronounced, kuh-ZOR) is an accomplished recording artist, songwriter, worship leader and speaker with extensive performance credentials in both ensembles as well as a solo artist. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Kaczor served as worship leader for Penn’s Campus Crusade for Christ and as a soloist in “Full Measure,” the university’s Christian a capella group. This led to a seven year role as worship leader in “Jesus Fest,” a quarterly northeast-region festival in that drew more than 1,000 youth and young adults from over 150 churches. Love Enough is a mixture of Adult Contemporary/Soft AC melodies with inspiring lyrics bathed in Kaczor’s beautiful Sarah McLachlin-esque vocals. Kaczor co-penned nine of the ten songs on the release with hit tunesmiths Don Koch, Brian White, Carl Cartee and Chad Cates.
All debut artists face a daunting challenge to be seen and heard in an ever-increasingly
noisy marketplace. However, Laura Kaczor, with her mission to “show her love for the Lord and her love for people,”
is no longer an invisible new artist as her national debut CD, Love Enough (LifeThirst Records/Indie Extreme)
continues to gain fans with radio airplay of the current single, “Invisible,” television appearances, events and internet
marketing. Kaczor’s project, a 10-song outing produced by six-time Gospel Music Association Dove Award-winner,
Don Koch, is distributed by Universal Music Christian Group/Fontana Distribution and hit stores shelves on
September 14, 2010.
“Invisible,” the second radio release from Love Enough, is currently spinning on 38 radio stations or networks
across the country, earning “Most Added” mentions on three separate weeks on Billboard’s “Soft AC/Inspirational”
chart and on CMW’s “Power Surge” securing top of the chart positions on play lists at stations such as
WBCU/Newton, KS (#1) and WCFJ/Dayton, OH (#3). When adding in the multiple stations/translators/repeaters in
the Pilgrim Radio Network and other stations, the number of broadcast outlets increases to 86, providing an impressive
national footprint for the Nashville-based Kaczor. “Invisible” is being promoted by Creative Promotions based in
Grand Rapids, MI.
As radio exposure increases, Kaczor has embarked on promotional tours, events and television appearances in
support. Most recently, she was featured on in-studio interviews with WECC-Springfield, OH and WBYN/Lancaster,
PA; and telephone interviews with WFCJ/Dayton, OH; WRVL/Lynchburg-Roanoke, VA; KBCU/N. Newton, KS and
WOLC/Princess Ann, MD, among others. On November 19, Kaczor makes promotional visits in the Atlanta market
where she will be a morning drive time guest on national reporting station WRAF/Toccoa Falls, GA and then ending
the day with a taping of “Atlanta Live,” a two-hour daily show airing across metro-Atlanta as well as available via
satellite. In between, Kaczor will drop in at several retailers doing informal “meet & greets” with store managers and
staffs.
On November 6 and 7, Kaczor held a CD release concert and in-store appearance in her hometown area of
Souderton, PA. The weekend promotion included interviews, giveaways, an in-store autograph appearance at Berean
Christian Store, and a full concert at Pennridge Full Gospel Tabernacle in Perkasie, PA. The entire weekend was
supported by radio stations WORD-FM and WBYN. No less than five area newspapers ran feature stories on the
“hometown girl comes home” angle.
With a focused eye on web marketing and social networking, LifeThirst Records/Indie Extreme implemented
strategic initiatives that began with a six-month digital-only distribution plan in February 2010, culminating with the
brick & mortar retail distribution of the full-length CD on September 14. To support these efforts, the label has
featured the CD for several weeks on HearItFirst.com, MyCCM.com, and others. It rounded out these promotions
with direct email marketing, including eblasts and free song downloads, with iTickets.com, the most recent being
November 7. The results from these efforts have been strong digital sales and gross impressions in the multiple tens of
thousands.
In addition to an intense focus on solo concerts Kaczor has planned several LifeThirst worship conferences
and/or Lift-Up U-niversity girls conferences for 2011, including January 30/Phoenixville, PA; April 3/Perkasie, PA;
July 31/Philadelpia, PA. More information on these events can be found at www.LauraKaczor.com.
Love Enough is a mixture of Adult Contemporary/Soft AC melodies with inspiring lyrics bathed in Kaczor’s
beautiful Sarah McLachlin-esque vocals. Kaczor co-penned nine of the ten songs on the release with hit tunesmiths
Koch, Brian White, Carl Cartee and Chad Cates. Already two radio singles have hit the airwaves including the title
cut and the recently shipped, “Invisible.”
Pennsylvania-born turned Nashville resident, Kaczor (pronounced, kuh-ZOR) is an accomplished recording
artist, songwriter, worship leader and speaker with extensive performance credentials in both ensembles as well as a
solo artist. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Kaczor served as worship leader for Penn’s Campus
Crusade for Christ and as a soloist in “Full Measure,” the university’s Christian a capella group. This led to a seven
year role as worship leader in “Jesus Fest,” a quarterly northeast-region festival in that drew more than 1,000 youth
and young adults from over 150 churches. In 2009, she founded LifeThirst conferences, a worship, evangelism,
teaching conference built on John 4:13 (paraphrased as “find the living God and you will never thirst again.”) as well
as Lift Up U-niversity, a girls’ conference subtitled, “God Is the Lifter of Your Head,” which is founded on Leviticus
26:13. Kaczor addresses issues facing girls today such as self-esteem, purity and God’s definition of beauty. A
rigorous event schedule, comprising both conferences and solo appearances, is slated for Fall 2010 into Spring 2011
including a January 2011 LifeThirst event with Jonny Diaz at Valley Forge Christian College.
LifeThirst Records/Indie Extreme announces the national debut release of singer/songwriter, Laura Kaczor’s CD, Love Enough, hitting Christian retail stores on September 14. Universal Music Christian Group/Fontana is distributing the project. This 10-song recording, produced by the six-time Gospel Music Association Dove Award-winner, Don Koch, has enjoyed digital distribution via the major download sites since Spring 2010, and will now be available at top Christian retailers across the country.
Love Enough is a mixture of Adult Contemporary/Soft AC melodies with inspiring lyrics bathed in Kaczor’s beautiful Sarah McLachlin-esque vocals. Kaczor co-penned nine of the ten songs on the release with hit tunesmiths Koch, Brian White, Carl Cartee and Chad Cates. Already two radio singles have hit the airwaves including the title cut and the recently shipped, “Invisible.”
Pennsylvania-born turned Nashville resident, Kaczor (pronounced, kuh-ZOR) is an accomplished recording artist, songwriter, worship leader and speaker with extensive performance credentials in both ensembles as well as a solo artist. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Kaczor served as worship leader for Penn’s Campus Crusade for Christ and as a soloist in “Full Measure,” the university’s Christian a capella group. This led to a seven-year role as worship leader in “Jesus Fest,” a quarterly northeast-region festival that drew more than 1,000 youth and young adults from over 150 churches. In 2009, she founded LifeThirst conferences, a worship, evangelism, teaching conference built on John 4:13 (paraphrased as “Find the Living God and You Will Never Thirst Again.”) as well as Lift Up U-niversity, a girls’ conference subtitled, “God Is the Lifter of Your Head,” which is founded on Leviticus 26:13. Kaczor addresses issues facing girls today such as self-esteem, purity and God’s definition of beauty. A rigorous event schedule, comprising both conferences and solo appearances, is slated for Fall 2010 into Spring 2011 including a January 2011 LifeThirst event with Jonny Diaz at Valley Forge Christian College.
For more information on Laura Kaczor, her music and ministry, go to www.laurakaczor.com
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 2010) – LifeThirst Records/Indie Extreme recording artist, songwriter, and worship leader, Laura Kaczor (pronounced kuh ZOR), announced the release of her new album “Love Enough” in the March issue of My CCM Magazine and on “Hear It First”. The album’s powerful title song, Love Enough, released the end of March to CCM AC and Soft AC formats, is already experiencing success with an early Billboard station add and listing as “Most Added” on BDSRadio.com charts this week. The digital release of the full album is scheduled for April 13 through Indie Extreme’s distribution partner, Universal Music Christian Group. Kaczor co-wrote 9 out of 10 songs on the album, collaborating with award-winning producer and songwriter Don Koch as well as award-winning songwriters Brian White, Chad Cates and Carl Cartee.
Don Koch has won six Dove Awards including Song of the Year, Inspirational Record of the Year, and Inspirational Song of the Year. Don has 38 number one songs in his catalog, including “In Christ Alone”, “Real Thing”, and “The Basics of Life”. His songs are included on CDs of both Christian and Country major artists. Koch has brought all of this experience and talent to Laura Kaczor’s project.
Award winning artist and songwriter, Brian White, co-wrote All Around Me and Invisible on “Love Enough.” He has written 12 number one songs and won two Dove Awards for Inspirational Song of the Year and Southern Gospel Song of the Year.
Laura Kaczor is the founder and worship leader for the LifeThirst P2 Tour. The inaugural event took place at Valley Forge Christian College on Feb. 28, 2010. She is honored to be a part of this worship/evangelism/teaching conference and will be traveling to 10 cities across the U.S. throughout 2010. Laura is also the founder of “Lift Up U”niversity” Girl’s Conferences where she is both a speaker and worship leader. In addition, Laura will be on the “Love Enough” CD release tour throughout the country sharing her new album and the stories behind these inspiring songs.
For More information visit www.laurakaczor.com www.myspace.com/laurakaczor2 and www.hearitfirst.com/laurakaczor
(NASHVILLE, Tenn.)
Sept. 29, 2008 – Members of Forefront Records rock band Dizmas have joined
Josiah Venture to bring music and evangelism to Eastern Europe. The band will
serve as team members with Josiah Venture for the “Exit 316 Tour” this October
and November in the Czech Republic.
Frontman Zach Zegan first
experienced the Czech Republic in March 2008. During his short trip to the
country, Zegan fell in love with the Czech culture and witnessed Josiah
Venture’s passion to reach Eastern Europe through music and evangelism.
“As you might imagine, we
have a huge opportunity to impact this country with the truth of the gospel,”
says frontman Zach Zegan. “In fact, we have been told that we are the first
Christian band to be allowed to play in Czech schools in the last 50 years. We
consider this opportunity an honor and would like to ask for your prayers as we
begin this new adventure.”
After much prayer, Zegan and
band mates Jonathan Howard, Nick Aranda, Clayton Hunt and Joshua Zegan accepted
the invitation of Josiah Venture to help reach the youth of Eastern Europe by
putting together an 8-city tour.
Fans around the world will
have the opportunity to follow the band’s journey at http://dizmasmusic.blogspot.com. The
blog will include video and blog updates from Dizmas while the band members
serve in the Czech Republic.
Josiah Venture is a movement
among the youth of Eastern Europe that finds its home in the local church and
transforms society. Josiah Venture’s mission and calling is to equip young
leaders to fulfill Christ’s commission by reaching and making disciples. More
than just conversion, the movement wants to see passionate followers of Jesus
Christ with a vision to reach and disciple their generation for him. For more
information visit www.josiahventure.com.
Three short years since
signing with EMI imprint Credential Recordings, southern California rock band
Dizmas has transformed its platform from local celebrity to nationally
recognized artist, securing high-profile placements on popular television shows
like prime time hit “CSI: NY,” reality phenomenon “Dancing with the Stars” as
well as a major network campaign for ESPN. Most recently the band released its
first album on Forefront Records, a self-titled project, to critical acclaim.
For more information on Dizmas, visit: www.dizmas.com
