Special Guests
JEROMY DEIBLER:
Lead singer and founder of Contemporary Christian Group, FFH. Known for such songs as: One of These Days, Lord Move or Move Me, Watching Over Me, Open Up the Sky, On My Cross, You Found Me, Still the Cross. In close to 10 years with Essential, FFH released 6 albums, selling a total of nearly 2 million copies. The band has also enjoyed extensive radio play, even before they were signed—"Big Fish" was the highest charting single by an indie artist in the history of Christian radio. Jeromy is an accomplished songwriter, along with lending his voice to the “City on the Hill” projects. He also produced the first album by the group, “Big Daddy Weave”. Jeromy has to his credit seven Dove award nominations, seventeen Top 5 hits, seven of them topping the charts at number 1.
BRENTON BROWN:
Songwriter and musician, Brenton has written many worship songs including, “Everlasting God”, “Our God Saves”, “Hosanna (Praise is Rising)”, “Lord Reign in me”, “All who are Thirsty”, “Hallelujah (Your love is amazing)” and “Holy” all of which, and more, have been featured on the Vineyard Music UK albums ‘Come Now is the Time’ and ‘Hungry’, ‘Surrender’, ‘Holy’ and ‘Lord Reign In Me’. Brenton has also been one of the principle worship leaders on these albums. Brenton has also been involved as a co-producer on ‘Surrender’ and ‘Holy’. He released his first solo project, “Everlasting God” in 2006 and will soon be releasing his sophomore project entitled, “Because of Your Love”. His songs have been covered by such artists as Chris Tomlin, Lincoln Brewster, Kutless, and other chart topping artists.
DANIEL ORNELLAS:
He will accompany Brenton Brown to promote his latest project. Daniel is best known as bassist for Christian rock group, Tree 63, winner of the GMA Dove Award for “Rock Album of the Year” in 2001. Tree63's recording of Matt Redman’s "Blessed Be Your Name" helped to spark the song's popularity. This recording was featured on the 2005 edition of WOW Hits.
AVERY STAFFORD:
Avery Stafford, recently received the honor of being named WINNER by the Song of the Year) Songwriting Contest. Song of the Year is an international songwriting contest supporting VH-1’s Save the Music Foundation. The Song of the Year judges are some of the biggest names in music, including Norah Jones, Sheila E., Wayne Watson, Jon Bon Jovi, Kevin Max (DC Talk), and many others. In addition, his independent release Undignified helped Avery to earn two nominations for the 2006 Los Angeles International Music Awards in the categories of Christian Contemporary Song of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year.
ESMERALDA:
One of the top-selling Hispanic Christian artists in Idaho. Her first album release, Barro En Tus Manos, was one of fastest selling albums in Idaho and in high demand. She is currently working on her second release due out later this year.
KELLEY REID:
Singer/songwriter, whose songs are being sung in churches along the western United States. He is sought after for conferences, songwriting competitions, and as a consultant of worship ministry. He is the writer of songs such as “Maker of my Heart”, “Reason to Sing”, “Deep Unto Deep”, and “God of Heaven, God of Earth”.