Emerging Worship Collective Influence Music Set to Release Full-Length Debut Album, 'Touching Heaven' on May 25, 2018
Project features notable writers and artists Matt Gilman, Melody Noel, Michael Ketterer, Whitney Medina, Lauren Evans, Georgia Ku
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ANAHEIM HILLS, Calif., May 22, 2018 /Christian Newswire/ -- Emerging worship collective Influence Music is slated to release their debut album "Touching Heaven." With millions of people engaging in the conversation since the group formed in April 2017, Influence Music has already garnered a solid fan base in less than a year. The movement has attracted some of LA's most gifted songwriters, producers and creatives including notable pop writers such as Georgia Ku (Skrillex, Martin Garrix, Iggy Izelia), Lauren Evens (Armen Van Buren), and Melody Noel (Jennifer Lopez, Prince Fox, Macy Gray). The creative collective has also garnered the participation of Dove Award nominee Matt Gilman and Michael Ketterer of United Pursuit.
Recorded live at Influence Church, Touching Heaven features 12 brand new, original songs including the stand out track "I AM" that went viral on Facebook gaining over 1 million views and 22,000 shares for its acoustic version, and new single "Proud" that has already garnered over 1 million streams on Spotify.
Influence Music's Matt Gilman said about "Touching Heaven," "These songs have brought about deep healing, refreshing, restoration and inspiration to our writers, artists and community. The vulnerability in these songs have allowed their to be a marriage between authenticity and creativity."
Each track on the new album will be accompanied by a live performance music video, lyric video, story behind the song, and devotional. For fans looking for the live experience, Influence Church will host an album release concert on May 24th at 7 p.m. PDT that will also be available to watch via livestream on their facebook page.
Influence Music is comprised of artists Matt Gilman, Melody Noel, Michael Ketterer, and Whitney Medina. Look for Ketterer this spring as he makes his national TV debut as a singer-songwriter on the upcoming season of "America's Got Talent" beginning May 29, 2018.
"Touching Heaven" complete track listing:
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- Touching Heaven
- Kingdom
- Mistakes
- Why Not Now
- Soli Deo Glloria
- Breathe
- I AM
- City In The Sky
- Proud
- Spirit Lead Me
- Rejoice
Touching Heaven will be available on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon and anywhere else music is digitally sold.
About Influence Music:
Influence Music is composed of artists Matt Gilman, Melody Noel, Michael Ketterer and Whitney Medina. The faith based record label and artist collective birthed out of Influence Church in Anaheim Hills, California and is dedicated to facilitating the creation and release of music that glorifies God. The movement has attracted some of LA's most gifted songwriters, producers and creatives who have laid aside successful careers and high level positions to help build what is now "Influence Music." It's birth was in April 2017 following a five day writers retreat in Big Bear, California where the team created over 25 songs together. Their first release was the song "I AM" featuring artists William Matthews and Melody Noel. Shortly after releasing the video to Facebook, it reached over 1 Million views and 22K shares. This immediately caught the attention of TBN and iHeart Radio who both have featured "I AM" on their programming. With only 3 singles under their belt, Influence Music has managed to gain over 220,000 Monthly Listeners on Spotify and Over 17,000 Facebook followers in less then a year. Their full-length debut album "Touching Heaven" is slated for released on May 25, 2018.
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