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This week’s episode of the Charles Novell School of Music’s podcast, “The Best Day Yet” is dealing with the topic of creativity.  “Creativity” is “the use of imagination or original ideas, especially in the production of artistic works”.  It’s vitally important for us to learn to foster creativity in our music, our writing, our programs, our product, our promotion. 

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Setting clear, achievable goals, and being faithful to work towards them, we can unlock our full potential and reach every dream we set in front of us.  Today's episode visits 4 areas of Goal Setting within our Music.  Personal Growth, Skill Development, Ministry Outlets, and Career Acheivment.  We have a responsibility to do what we do unto the Lord with excellence.  Setting Goals in this area can help us achieve this.

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A shout out to the Savannah Bananas Baseball Team in this episode.  They play by their own set of rules.  In the process of trusting God through the ups and downs of life we can't simply change the rules in the middle of the game.  His will for our life is already set and running.  We must trust His process while we measure His progress.

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The GCSGMA is the Greater Cincinnati Southern Gospel Music Association. We had the President, Linda Covert on to talk about the GCSGMA and what they are doing for Gospel Music in the Greater Cincinnati, Ohio and Tri-State Area. 

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Roy Webb is one of the most gifted players Gospel Music has ever had.  His abilities to play and connect with the audience have set him apart from all the other players.  Hearing Roy share his story and journey through his career a constant theme kept coming up.  "Be Ready"!  You never know when opportunity presents itself.

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Buddy Bates has been blessed to sing with some of the best and most respected groups in Gospel Music.  Buddy is a gifted singer but his heart is for ministry.  Hearing his story along the way in his career is encouraging and inspiring.  Buddy is a great singer and even better person.

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Landon Farris is a 16 year old from Arkansas that has attended CNS the past 3 years.  God has a call on all our lives and Landon is beginning to experience his.  God establishes influence and relationships in our lives to help direct us towards what He needs for us to do.  Listen to Landon talk about his journey and how God is fulfilling the desires of his heart.

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Today's episode of the CNS Best Day Yet Podcast challenges us to Get Moving! God has called us to do something special for Him but we need to reallize the time is now and stop making excuses, second guessing, complaining, being afraid of stepping out into it.  God has created each of us and entrusted us with gifts to use to miinister for Him.  Get On With It!!  There's work to be done.

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After being sidelined for a bit CNS Best Day Yet Podcast is back with a "New Season" of podcast episodes kicked off by the special episode release on recapping the Charles Novell School of Music's CNS24 session, "New Season", that took place June 22-28 at Bethel University in McKenzie, TN.

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Proverbs 3:5-6 makes a great scripture to print on a t-shirt but a hard scripture to wear on our chest.  Do we truly trust God?  Through the good times and the bad are we leaning into Him and trusting Him to get us through our situations?  This episode helps us measure the progress while going through the process!

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Mark Bishop is one of Gospel Music's most gifted Performers, Songwriters,
and Story Tellers.  God can use the most unexpected situations to promote
us to the level of service that He needs us to be.  We all have situations.  It may be the very thing to look back at and say..."Watch What God Can Do"!

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Do you remember the feeling when you first started playing or singing?
If it's like me, the memories are very special.  Is the feeling the same today
as back then?  If not it may be you need to getting back to that feeling, that first feeling, and make the first things first again in your music.

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We are not all born having received that special gift from God to be a virtuoso in music but we can achieve it.  Today's episode offers a new way of thinking about
what we do to help us get to where we want to go.

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To be successful in anything in life we have to get out of our own way.  We spend to much time trying to play the "Comparison Game".   Concentrate on being you... but being the best you that you can be.  Today's episode gives you tips to help acheive this in your life, your music, and ministry.

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It's really simple to start learning to change things up with your playing with
simple approaches using techniques that you already know.  In today's episode
Rob shows us just how simple it is to apply Improv to your playing.

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NQC24 is in the books.  Next to CNS this week is the highlight of my year.
It's great getting to visit with friends over the week and hear all the great
music.  This year was extra special as on Tuesday, during the SGMA Hall of
Fame Induction Ceremony, our own Jeff Stice was inducted into the SGMA
Hall of Fame.  

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Jeff Stice was on the staff of the Charles Novell School of Music for 40 years.  He was a big part of the CNS family, and the Novell family.  Jeff gets inducted into the SGMA Hall of Fame on Tuesday September 24, 2024.  Durning CNS24 we honored Jeff each day of the school.  Each memeber of our piano staff played a Jeff arrangement during an evening concert and on Friday we spent some time reflecting on Jeff in a live session in front of our students.  Today's episode comes from that live session.  Jeff was loved and he...

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Songwriters are amongst the most creatives in the field of music.  There
are times though that we need to think out of the box to find new creativity.
This episode draws inspiration from a unique place... social media marketing.  

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CNS finds itself in a "New Season".  CNS Director, Rob Novell, talks in this
episode about exciting upcoming events for the Charles Novell School of
Music, along with a recap of CNS24 that took place in July of 2024 at Murray State University in Murray, KY.   

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We all have situations that don't go quite like we had envisioned
them going, or don't quite go as planned.  In these situations we 
can either allow the enemy to discourage us to the sidelines or we
can choose to adjust and advance to what God has intended for our
lives, music, and ministries.  This thought brings us to the topic of
communication and we see just how vital and important that word can be to life's outcomes.

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When you think of Gospel Music you have to think of the name Blackwood.  The paths that have been carved and pathed over the years in Gospel Music are because of the Blackwood Family.  Billy Blackwood is the son of Legendary Gospel Music Hall of Fame Member James Blackwood.  Billy has been a life long
friend to the Novell family and to the Charles Novell School of Music.  Hear from Billy his involvement in the Charles Novell School of Music and what a session of attendance can do for you, your music, and...

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Asking for support for your ministry can be a tough topic.  You want to make your ministry needs known to your followers but you also don't want to come
across that you are just asking, asking, and asking.  This podcast is a panel discussion with multiple CNS Staff Members and offers tips to most effectively
do this for your ministry.

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Practice is a word none of us want to hear.  We spent our time hearing our
teachers tell us to practice... some of us now tell our students to practice.  If we play like we practice, we practice like we prepare.  This episode offers tips and tricks to help us make the most of our practice sessions. 

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Branding is essential in how you present what it is you have to offer.  It's 
primary purpose is to present your packaging, your product, and your 
narrative....meaning why you do what you do.  Proper Branding will allow you
to stand out, be unique, and be different.

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God has equipped us all with unique gifts and has given us everything we need to be effective in what we do.  However, to truly be effective we must maximize our potential.  This episodes gives you tips and insight in how to do just that, maximize your potential.

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CNS has been making a difference in the lives, music, and ministries of people for over 60 years.   There's nothing like a CNS experience.  Today's episode lets
you hear first hand from 5 of our students the impact that the Charles Novell School of Music has had on them.  Join host Rob Novell, along with students, Hannah Roberts, Neil Pope, Jim Visser, Lindsey Freeman, and Dave Burdick.

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The path to success goes through failure.  It's not how many times you fail it's
about how you move past failure.  Don't allow distractions to get in the way of
your dream that God has given you.  Dream, Fail, Dream Again and Succeed!

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Social Media has become a big part of our lives as well as our ministries.  It's
imperative that we learn to navigate through it effectively, yet carefully, to 
maximize it's influence and help on our ministries.  Devin Ramon is a full time
Social Media Manger working with some of the top Artists in Southern Gospel
Music.  His heart is to see the Gospel presented in a professional way while at
the same time see that, and celebrate his Artist's wins.

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Influence is a powerful thing.  Who is influencing your life, your music, and your ministry?   Who are you influencing with your life, your music, and your ministry.
Today's episode talks about the ability to use our gifts and talents to be the influence.

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Last week's episode dealt with Developing New Skills.  This Episode is a continuation on the topic of Skill Development but focusses in on Developing the Skills you currently have.

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Want to learn something new?  Do you want to add the piano or guitar to your live
performance?  Do you want to try your hand at songwriting?  YOU CAN DO IT!!  This episode gives you some thoughts and insights that can set you on a journey of developing something new and help you achieve those goals.

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Feeling a lack of motivation to move forward into what God needs you to do?
Tired, exhausted, approaching burn out?  We can all  find ourselves  there.  Today's episode will offer 7 tips to help you with motivation in those times when you don't have it... but need to find it.

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We are blessed at CNS to have an amazing Piano Department covered by highly qualified staff members.  Dana Simpson is one of those individuals.  Dana is an
accomplished player and vocalist as well as a sought after private instructor.  Dana
share with us today the importance of technique in our playing.  We also get into the memorization end of our music along with the fear of playing or performing.  This is
a great episode for piano players but all this information can be applied vocally as well.

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Practice can be the most overlooked thing in what we do.  I don't care if you are a singer,
a musician, or a songwriter, practice is what bridges the gap from willingness to achievement in your efforts.  Understanding Practice, and the importance of it, will help you reach new levels and allow your music and ministry to soar.

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We spend time every single day waiting on things.  Waiting on the mail to arrive. Waiting on a phone call.  Waiting in line at the grocery store.  But what does it mean
to wait on God?  How can changing our view on waiting on God change our 2024, our music, and our ministry?  Today's episode deals with just that.

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It's 2024... a new year!!  I've heard "More in 24", "No More in 24", but I've latched onto "New Doors in 24".  Let's start doing new things in our music and ministry in 2024.  Today's episode is a basic approach to Piano Improvisation that can get you doing just that...  more creativity in your playing in 24.   

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Happy New Year!!  It's January and with that comes our time of year to set those resolutions and goals for the upcoming year.  Over half of people's resolutions and goals are broken and put aside by mid January.   This often happens from our thought process towards these goals.  Using the SMART model I believe we can make our goals that we set more achievable and obtainable for 2024.  It's time to make it to those goals in our lives, our music, and our ministries.

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Merry Christmas.   Today's episode is different.  We are sharing Christmas music from
some of our CNS Staff.  We hope you've had a great Christmas Season celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior.  He truly is the reason for the season.

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We set things aside in our music and ministries as things we want to achieve.  We call
these goals.  It's important to understand the fundamentals of what we do and more
important is to understand the fundamentals of what we have been called to do.  

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We all have found ourselves sitting, waiting, on God to open a door in our lives, our music, or our ministry.  Has our effort in the meantime done enough to cause Him
to open those doors?   Idle Thoughts verses Determined Thoughts can help us walk
through those doors when He decides to open them and lead us to our dreams becoming reality.

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