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Omega Productions project receives 21st GRAMMY® nomination, Stellar and Dove Award nominations, Gold Record Status

Marvin Sapp, Thirsty, enjoys phenomenal success… A recent project worked on by Omega Productions, Marvin Sapp, Thirsty, Verity/Zomba Records, received a Grammy® Nomination in the “Best Traditional Gospel Album“ category. The nomination is the 21st Omega project nominated for the coveted …

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Omega Productions project continues to receive recognition

The Gospel Music Association, recently announced nominations for the 40th Annual Dove Awards to be broadcast live on the Gospel Music channel. Verity/Zomba Recording Artist Marvin Sapp was nominated for Artist of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year. His …

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Omega Productions project receives seven Stellar Awards

The 24th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards were handed out on Saturday, January 17th at the legendary Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee. Leading the list of winners was chart-topping traditional …

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Omega Productions projects receive 12 Stellar Award nominations

The nominations for the 24th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards were announced recently during a press conference at the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau. Two projects produced by Paul Christensen, Omega Productions, received a …

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Omega Productions shoots new live concert DVD for Marvin Sapp… Thirsty project garners phenomenal success

Paul Christensen and their award winning Omega Productions crew were recently in Grand Rapids, Michigan shooting Verity-Zomba Music Group artist Marvin Sapp for a live CD and DVD release, Thirsty. The concert was held at one of the most successful fellowships …

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Omega Productions produces Zomba Covenant Celebration Concert DVD

Paul Christensen and the award winning Omega Productions crew were recently in Houston shooting Zomba Music Group artists Fred Hammond, Hezekiah Walker, Byron Cage and William Murphy for a live CD and DVD release in association with Tavis Smiley’s 2006 …

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Omega Productions project receives Dove Award® Nomination

Nominations were announced recently for the 37th Annual GMA Music Awards by the Gospel Music Association (GMA) . Nominees were announced at the Hilton Nashville Downtown in Music City by Fo Yo Soul Entertainment/Zomba recording …

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Omega Productions project receives GRAMMY® award

A project, on which Paul Christensen and his wife Donna Christensen recently worked, has been awarded a GRAMMY® by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences ®(NARAS®). The award, which also represents Omega’s 20th GRAMMY® Nomination, was for “Best …

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Omega Productions projects receive Stellar Award Nominations

Nominations for the 19th Annual Stellar Awards Show were announced recently in Houston at a press conference hosted by Central City Productions, producers of the long running affair. Several projects worked on by …

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Omega Productions announces release of recent DVD projects

Dallas based Omega Productions has been keeping busy this year with a variety of projects including release of several high profile DVD concert videos. The company, which specializes in live concert shoots and …

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2 days ago

The beautiful story behind Mark Knopfler’s first ever guitar and hero. #musicicons #musichistory #omegaliveproductions
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The beautiful story behind Mark Knopfler's first ever guitar

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In a 2013 documentary with Dire Straits co-founder John Illsley, guitar virtuoso Mark Knopfler discusses the story behind his first ever guitar
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The 1980s hit that will be played until the end of time. Exploring outer space with “Africa” by Toto. ##musicicons #musichistory #omegaliveproductions
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The 1980s hit that will be played until the end of time

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In the middle of the Namibian Desert in Africa, one 1980s hit song plays on a loop until time, or the landscape, swallows the installation hole.
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Classic Tracks: The Bangles ‘Walk Like An Egyptian.’ #musicicons #musichistory #omegaliveproductions
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Classic Tracks: The Bangles ‘Walk Like An Egyptian’

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‘Walk Like An Egyptian’ was a huge hit for the Bangles, but it all started with a demo mix‑up and some very unusual percussion.
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There's the correct link. 😳 Having recorded Rush, I am posting this Rick Beato interview of Geddy Lee for all the Rush fans. There are some great stories. #musicicons #musichistory #omegaliveproductions
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1972 Folk Ballad, Written in a Car, Remains a Nostalgic Classic 54 Years Later. Be sure to watch the video. #MusicIcons #MusicHistory #omegaliveproductions
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1972 Folk Ballad, Written in a Car, Remains a Nostalgic Classic 54 Years Later

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John Prine penned "Souvenirs" in his car on the way to a gig, and it became one of his most beloved ballads alongside another musician.
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7 days ago
PlayKing Curtis - Memphis Soul Stew

Check this King Curtis special, “Memphis Soul Stew,” from JazzCorner. Having done projects in Memphis, including BB King, Bobby Blue-Bland and the Blues Hall of Fame, the city can draw you in. Check the credits... #musicicons #musichistory #omegaliveproductions
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Rick Beato on “The Greatest Solo of All Time.” This is long but worth seeing as Oscar Peterson takes us on a musical journey that is impossible to follow. Pure talent at work. #musicicons #musichistory #omegaliveproductions
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1969 Folk Rock Ballad, Inspired by the Bible, Became a Timeless Anthem. #MusicIcons #MusicHistory #omegaliveproductions
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1969 Folk Rock Ballad, Inspired by the Bible, Became a Timeless Anthem

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Simon & Garfunkel released "The Boxer" based on Paul Simon's own experience, with him having taken inspirational phrases from the Bible.
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“He's one of the best musicians in the world. He's the only guy who could have filled that space”: Don Henley explains why Vince Gill is such a valuable asset to the Eagles. Lots of Vince Gill memories. #musicicons #musichistory #omegaliveproductions
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“He's one of the best musicians in the world. He's the only guy who could have filled that space”: Don Henley explains why Vince Gill is such a valuable asset to the Eagles

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Gill has proven a shrewd hire for the stadium-filling band – covering every base they need
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Doug Sahm played country as a kid, broke through with a fake British band, then came back to texas and built a sound too wild for one label. #MusicIcons #MusicHistory #omegaliveproductions
bit.ly/4w4QlLxDOUG SAHM PLAYED COUNTRY AS A KID, BROKE THROUGH WITH A FAKE BRITISH BAND, THEN CAME BACK TO TEXAS AND BUILT A SOUND TOO WILD FOR ONE LABEL.
Before Austin had fully turned into outlaw country’s refuge, Doug Sahm had already been living like Texas music could not be separated into clean boxes. He was born in San Antonio, raised around a borderland of sounds — country, conjunto, blues, R&B, polka, rock and roll. As a child, he was already performing. The story that followed him for life was almost too perfect: young Doug Sahm onstage with Hank Williams during one of Hank’s final Texas appearances.
That was the country root.
But Doug Sahm did not grow into a clean country act. In the 1960s, he became the frontman of the Sir Douglas Quintet, a Texas band dressed and marketed with a British Invasion disguise because that was what radio wanted. “She’s About a Mover” broke through in 1965, but underneath the mop-top packaging was not London at all.
It was San Antonio.
The sound was border music with electricity in it. Augie Meyers’ organ cut through the records like a neon sign. Sahm’s voice carried country looseness, rock swagger, Mexican-American rhythm, and bar-band grit. The band helped define the West Side Sound — a blend of blues, rock, pop, country, conjunto, polka, R&B and other regional styles that came out of San Antonio’s musical mix.
By the early 1970s, Sahm moved back toward Texas just as Austin was becoming a loose home for Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker, and the outlaw crowd. Atlantic producer Jerry Wexler signed him after launching a Country & Western division, and Sahm cut *Doug Sahm and Band* in 1973 with one foot in country and the other in everything Texas had ever taught him.
That was the problem and the glory. Doug Sahm was too country for rock people, too rock for country people, too Tex-Mex for Nashville, too Nashville for purists, and too restless to stay anywhere long enough for the industry to know what shelf to put him on.
Late in life, he found another doorway with the Texas Tornados — beside Augie Meyers, Freddy Fender, and Flaco Jiménez. Suddenly the old ingredients were not a problem anymore. They were the point: accordion, organ, country heartbreak, border humor, dancehall joy. For casual listeners, it connected “She’s About a Mover” to “Who Were You Thinking Of” and showed that Sahm’s whole career had been one long Texas map.
Doug Sahm died in 1999, far from the neat categories that had failed him.
But the music he left behind still sounds like a pickup crossing county lines with the windows down — country in the rearview, conjunto on the radio, rock and roll in the engine, and San Antonio dust all over the dashboard.

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We love to shoot and record live music and produce live events…

* Live entertainment event management and producer services

* Live concert television specials for broadcast or DVD/BD release

* Live recordings for CD release

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