{"id":2348,"date":"2012-01-03T10:57:15","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T15:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.gospelflava.com\/?p=2348"},"modified":"2016-02-22T12:49:30","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T17:49:30","slug":"road-to-the-stellars-profile-industry-insider-veteran-neily-dickerson-new-artists-take-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/road-to-the-stellars-profile-industry-insider-veteran-neily-dickerson-new-artists-take-note\/","title":{"rendered":"Road To The Stellars Profile- Industry Insider & Veteran Neily Dickerson (New Artists Take Note!!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Profile Feature<\/strong>: Neily Dickerson<\/p>\n

Noted Work<\/strong>: Sparrow\u00a0Communications Promotions Coordinator, Gospo Centric-Vice President of Artist Development & Promotions, Formed ND Co. in 1997. Popular soundtracks\u00a0represented by the ND Co.\u00a0include:\u00a0“The Prince of Egypt<\/em>“, “The Fighting Temptations<\/em>“, “Daddy’s Little Girls<\/em>“, “Madea’s Family\u00a0Reunion<\/em>“.\u00a0Marketing, promotions, casting, talent managment and talent producer of BET’s Sunday Best, label owner, artist management.<\/p>\n

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With over 20 years of experience in the music industry, Neily Dickerson<\/strong> is definitely what we’d call a veteran in the game. Whether it’s artist mangement and development, public relations, marketing,or talent acquisition; Neily continues to master it all. She’s currently working on marketing and promotions as well as casting and talent producer on BET’s Sunday Best<\/strong>. She’s worked with noted producers\u00a0Jimmy Jam<\/strong> and Terry Lewis, Vicki Mack\u00a0Lataillaide, Bebe and CeCe Winans, Karen Clark-Sheard, Ted & Sheri,\u00a0Yolanda Adams, Donald Lawrence, Vashawn Mitchell,<\/strong> and the list goes on. From her earlier days with Sparrow\u00a0Communications<\/strong> and Kirk Franklin & The Family<\/strong> until now, she continues to be a force in the gospel music industry with a wealth of knowledge and experience. We caught up with her to find out what she thinks new artists need to know to be successful in the gospel music industry, and she shared some of her fondest memories of the Stellar Awards over the years.<\/p>\n

GOSPELflava.com:<\/strong> You are a veteran in the industry and have worked with many of Gospel music’s standout artists. What are executives looking for in new artists\/talent?<\/p>\n

Neily Dickerson:<\/strong> The number one thing executives are looking for in artists new and established is a committment to their craft. Label executives want to know an artist is in the pursuit for the long haul, and are willing to persevere through the good, bad, ugly, easy, hard, fun, difficult, and everything that comes with “the biz.”\u00a0\u00a0 The music business requires that\u00a0you dig in and put in the hard work it takes to become a stand out talent. \u00a0Too many artists have a sense of entitlement and want to achieve overnight success\u00a0without putting forth the effort.\u00a0\u00a0When developing a foundation as a Gospel artist one has to remember that\u00a0it is\u00a0business coupled\u00a0with ministry. \u00a0So sticktuitiveness is required.<\/p>\n

GOSPELflava.com :<\/strong> Tell us about your most memorable Stellar Awards Weekend Experiences.<\/p>\n

Neily Dickerson<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

1996<\/strong> -God’s Property first Stellar Awards Performance. \u00a0Had to do the following: get 30+ singers to wardrobe, make-up, rehearsals, fittings, hair, choreography rehearsal, meals, probably had to go to the studio. Then there was Kirk Franklin! \u00a0Busy weekend, but it was GREAT!!! \u00a0They sang “My Life Is In Your Hands”<\/p>\n

2003<\/strong> -My first Church Howse Music release, “Ted & Sheri…The Healing Starts Right There” received 3 nominations for: Group Duo of the Year, New Artist of the Year, and\u00a0Contemporary Group Duo of the Year. They took home Group Duo of the Year, and Contemporary Group Duo of the Year.<\/p>\n

2008<\/strong> –ASCAP Stellar Award Reception<\/strong>\u00a0 I hosted and coordinated ASCAP’s first Stellar Event. \u00a0A who’s who list of artist attended, participated, were celebrated, and were presented with certificates for\u00a0their nominations.\u00a0\u00a0Attendees included:\u00a0Kelly Price, VaShawn Mitchell, Sherri Shepherd, Jawn Murray, Coko, Clyde Duffie, Deitrick Haddon, Micah Stampley,\u00a0Melanie Clark,\u00a0Trin-i-Tee 5:7, Maurette Brown Clark, Craig Crawford, JJ Hairston, J. Moss, Paul “PDA” Allen, Walter Kearney, Darlene McCoy, Eboni Funderburk, Darius Brooks, Lucinda Moore, James Robinson, The 7 Sons of Soul, Pastor Rita Twiggs, Karen Clark Sheard<\/strong>, and many more, The saints were in the HOUSE!!!<\/p>\n

As always we enjoy hearing Neily’s perspective and look forward to seeing her next week! \u00a0Check in later this week for more Industry Insiders for our “Road To The Stellars” series.\u00a0\u00a0We are just a little under two weeks away!!!<\/p>\n

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Profile Feature: Neily Dickerson Noted Work: Sparrow\u00a0Communications Promotions Coordinator, Gospo Centric-Vice President of Artist Development & Promotions, Formed ND Co. in 1997. Popular soundtracks\u00a0represented by the ND Co.\u00a0include:\u00a0“The Prince of Egypt“, “The Fighting Temptations“, “Daddy’s Little Girls“, “Madea’s Family\u00a0Reunion“.\u00a0Marketing, promotions, casting, talent managment and talent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[264],"tags":[108,686,630],"class_list":["post-2348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stellar-awards","tag-neily-dickerson","tag-new-artist-info","tag-road-to-the-stellars"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7559,"url":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/neily-dickerson-tributes-al-hobbs\/","url_meta":{"origin":2348,"position":0},"title":"Neily Dickerson Tributes Al Hobbs","author":"Melanie Pratt","date":"August 15, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The Gospel Music Industry has lost another \u201cpillar!\u201d Al \"The Bishop\" Hobbs was a \u201cForce.\u201d As Chairman of the Gospel Music Workshop of America (GMWA), GMWA's ~ Gospel Announcer's Guild and owner of Aleho International Music, \u201cThe Bishop\u201d was an advocate for all who asked for his support. 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