New National Organization Launched To Create Support And Education For Independent Gospel Music Managers And Booking Agents
Columbus, OH (PRWEB) October 8, 2004
Gospel Managers and Booking Agents nationwide have recently come together to form the Gospel Managers and Booking Agents Association, Inc. (GMBAA) under the leadership of Mr. Ernest Barfield, President of GMBAA and Press Play Entertainment. The GMBAA was founded in May 2003 and is a non-profit organization. It is organized and dedicated to serving the gospel music management and agent community by adopting a code of ethics; providing educational manuals; offering discounts on products and services; supplying promotional resources; drafting quarterly newsletters and creating opportunities to cultivate professional relationships through sponsored GMBAA events.
“We are very excited about the support we’ve receive from the gospel industry. Our board of directors and advisory board cover all areas of the industry from television, media, internet, marketing and clergy. We want independent managers, booking agents and artists to have a full service resource and to have a place to go to find a quality referral service” says Barfield.
The concept of the GMBAA was formulated during a conversation that occurred between Mr. Barfield and Dr. Bobby Jones while attending the Bobby Jones Gospel Artist Retreat in May 2003. The idea drove Mr. Barfield to join himself with other veterans Richard Byrd (JR Byrd and Associates, LLC) and Vernita R. Naylor (Jabez Entertainment Group – JEG); thus, forming a collaboration of industry experts that shared the same vision of GMBAA. In December 2003, GMBAA launched its first presentation at the Bobby Jones International Gospel Industry Artist Retreat with overwhelming result. After the presentation, Mr. Richard Byrd said the following:
“We are thrilled about the initialization of the GMBAA and expect to reach our membership goals before the close of this year.”
The GMBAA is calling all managers and booking agents to join us in our endeavors to make this organization a success. This is an opportunity to unite in what can possibly become the most effective network in the industry.
“The Gospel Managers and Booking Agents Association is a major part of the gospel music industry that is able to promote and book gospel artist in a serious, professional manner. Ernest Barfield II, CEO of Press Play Entertainment, has certainly garnered the energy of the gospel music industry and supplies all the necessary skills that are important to managing, promoting and booking today's new generation of God's soldiers.”
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Bobby Jones, Ph. D.
BET-TV, The WORD Network
The GMBAA is a non-profit organization and its purpose is to educate its members in management and booking artist. For more information and to sign up for GMBAA click on or type www. gmbaa. org.
Contact: Ernest Barfield
Ebarfield@gmbaa. org
