2010 TexasCSA Summer Training Conference Speakers

	Jennie Lee Riddle Jennie Lee Riddle is a top 25 CCLI writer and dove award nominee best known for Revelation Song  recorded and made popular by Gateway Worship and Kari Jobe, then carried to #1 in nationwide Christian radio by Phillips, Craig, and Dean.  Her catalog includes So Good recorded by Christ for the Nations, Dwelling Place and King of This World recorded by Gateway Worship, My Savior’s Love Endures recorded by JJ Heller as well as many others songs circulating through the body of Christ.  Jennie enjoys speaking at conferences, mentoring young artists, leading worship, and writing. She welcomes the opportunity to share her testimony and experiences with the 2010 TexasCSA conference attendees.
	Mark Stocker Since his early beginnings, Mark Stocker has written local and national jingle campaigns, TV network music scores and cues for shows for companies like Turner Broadcasting, The Learning Channel, Discovery Europe, QVC and TruTV; library music pieces for Omnimusic; and performed music supervision for domestic and foreign film companies (Sony Pictures USA, Cloud Ten Pictures Canada). He¹s worked with people like Israel Houghton, Dennis Jernigan and others in the music industry for labels belonging to EMI/CMG, Warner Brothers and Sony. His music spans 1500 music cues and pieces in 31 countries around the world. More recently Mark has developed an interest, and been charged by God with the task of cultivating what is being deemed in the industry as the first company of its kind. ³Media Engineering² by definition, is the grass roots process of developing new standards, techniques and methods of producing and managing media in this digital age. Mark looks forward to speaking with the attendees of the 2010 TexasCSA Conference.
	Cindy Wilt Colville Cindy Wilt Colville is a twenty-five-year veteran of the Christian music industry. She began her music career with award-winning producer, songwriter Greg Nelson where she production-managed five gold and two platinum records. She was also the production manager for Steven Curtis Chapman’s first four records. For fifteen years, Cindy was a music publisher with two of Christian music’s largest publishing companies, Benson Music Publishing and Word Music Publishing. During that time, she signed and developed top talent such as Matthew West, Jason Ingram, Cindy Morgan, Clint Lagerberg, and many others. As a creative music publisher and consultant, Cindy provides a variety of services including song catalog assessment, career consultation, songwriter development, song critique, song plugging, workshop facilitation and A&R resource for independent artists. In the fall of 2009 Cindy organized and facilitated the ASCAP Foundation Christian Songwriters Workshop. She very much looks forward to coordinating the song-critique portion of the TexasCSA Summer Conference.
	Keith Mohr As the founder and president of Indieheaven.com, Keith Mohr has worked with well over 2500 independent Christian artists, assisting them with marketing, promotions, distribution and lots of advice since 1997. Prior to Indieheaven, Keith's experience in Christian music ranged from leading his own band to marketing , promotion, and the recording of many well-known national CCM artists. This experience helped Keith become a force in the indie artist movement and helped make Indieheaven.com a valuable resource providing promotion and marketing support.  Now Indieheaven.com supports Christian music through the development indie artists nationwide. Keith looks forward to continuing his support of TexasCSA members at the summer conference.
	John Hershenberg God gave John a Word in January of 2006 that he would begin to write songs that would bless thousands of people around the world. Shortly afterwards the inspiration began to flow and John began to write songs for his local church.  Along with his co-worship leader at church, Stephanie Valderrama, he began to record these songs for Stephanie’s debut CD, many of which Stephanie helped to co-write. During the writing process, Stephanie and John met another songwriting friend Kimia Penton, and the three of them began to round-up other songwriters in the Dallas- Ft. Worth area to create a monthly living room forum for song-sharing. One thing lead to another, and 9 months later, the Texas Christian Songwriters Association was birthed as John and Stephanie travelled throughout the state forming local chapters.  Now over 300 members strong, the TexasCSA is quickly becoming a voice for Christian music. Through its own internet radio station, church partnership concerts and other special events, the TexasCSA mission continues to be “getting our members music heard”.  John looks forward to sharing his future plans about the organization’s growth and expansion with the attendees at the 2010 TexasCSA Summer Training Conference.