Scott Wesley Brown
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Scott Wesley Brown is an American CCM
singer and songwriter
.
Brown recorded for Sparrow Records
for much of his career, recording more than 20 albums; his songs have been cover
ed by Petra
, Pat Boone
, Bruce Carroll
, Sandi Patty
, Amy Grant
, and others. Brown has also worked with organizations such as Promise Keepers
and Campus Crusade for Christ
, and was a pastor
in San Diego.
He toured extensively internationally. Before recording songs and touring with dozens of artists, he met a young, unfamiliar artist, Steve Camp
, fresh out of high school, who would also sing backup
while playing acoustic guitar
with Brown on "I'm Not Religious, I Love the Lord", just the year before going on his own, where he had a successful solo career. The two would tour together occasionally over the next thirty-five years.
Scott Wesley Brown has worked closely with the US. Center for World Mission, ACMC (Advancing Churches in Missions Commitment) and teaches many worship and mission seminars in addition to maintaining an active concert schedule. Scott presently lives and serves as a Worship Pastor in Scottsdale Arizona. He received his ordination from the Southern Baptist convention in 1998 yet has continued his seminary education through Covenant and Westminster Seminaries.
In the early part of this decade Brown teamed up with Billy Smiley of the popular Christian rock band Whiteheart to produce a series of albums of contemporary hymn arrangements. Hymns, The Old Made New was released in 2006 andSongs from the Valley is expected in late 2010.
Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...
singer and songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
.
Brown recorded for Sparrow Records
Sparrow Records
-Background:Sparrow Records was founded in 1976 by Billy Ray Hearn, then A&R director at Myrrh Records. Purchased by EMI in 1992, it is now part of the EMI Christian Music Group, and has been named by Billboard Magazine as "America's Best Christian Music Record Label"...
for much of his career, recording more than 20 albums; his songs have been cover
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
ed by Petra
Petra
Petra is a historical and archaeological city in the Jordanian governorate of Ma'an that is famous for its rock cut architecture and water conduits system. Established sometime around the 6th century BC as the capital city of the Nabataeans, it is a symbol of Jordan as well as its most visited...
, Pat Boone
Pat Boone
Charles Eugene "Pat" Boone is an American singer, actor and writer who has been a successful pop singer in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s. He covered black artists' songs and sold more copies than his black counterparts...
, Bruce Carroll
Bruce Carroll
Bruce Carroll , is an American CCM singer and multi Grammy and Dove Award winning recording artist. He currently is the director of arts and worship and leads a ten member band at the six thousand plus member Hope Church in Memphis, Tennessee.Bruce lives in Memphis, Tennessee with his wife...
, Sandi Patty
Sandi Patty
Sandra Faye "Sandi" Patty is an American Christian music singer. For many years she was known as Sandi Patti. She has been dubbed "The Voice" by critics, because of her wide range and flexibility.-Early life:...
, Amy Grant
Amy Grant
Amy Lee Grant is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, media personality and actress, best known for her Christian music. She has been referred to as "The Queen of Christian Pop"...
, and others. Brown has also worked with organizations such as Promise Keepers
Promise Keepers
Promise Keepers is an international conservative Christian organization for men. While it originated in the United States, it is now world-wide...
and Campus Crusade for Christ
Campus Crusade for Christ
Campus Crusade for Christ is an interdenominational Christian organization that promotes evangelism and discipleship in more than 190 countries...
, and was a pastor
Pastor
The word pastor usually refers to an ordained leader of a Christian congregation. When used as an ecclesiastical styling or title, this role may be abbreviated to "Pr." or often "Ps"....
in San Diego.
He toured extensively internationally. Before recording songs and touring with dozens of artists, he met a young, unfamiliar artist, Steve Camp
Steve Camp
Steven J. Camp is a prominent American Dove Award and Grammy Award-nominated contemporary Christian music artist with an adult contemporary pop sound. He was very popular in the 1980s and early 1990s, where he has sold more than a million albums, who also has written or co-written 21 number one...
, fresh out of high school, who would also sing backup
Backing vocalist
A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
while playing acoustic guitar
Acoustic guitar
An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
with Brown on "I'm Not Religious, I Love the Lord", just the year before going on his own, where he had a successful solo career. The two would tour together occasionally over the next thirty-five years.
Scott Wesley Brown has worked closely with the US. Center for World Mission, ACMC (Advancing Churches in Missions Commitment) and teaches many worship and mission seminars in addition to maintaining an active concert schedule. Scott presently lives and serves as a Worship Pastor in Scottsdale Arizona. He received his ordination from the Southern Baptist convention in 1998 yet has continued his seminary education through Covenant and Westminster Seminaries.
In the early part of this decade Brown teamed up with Billy Smiley of the popular Christian rock band Whiteheart to produce a series of albums of contemporary hymn arrangements. Hymns, The Old Made New was released in 2006 andSongs from the Valley is expected in late 2010.