The Priest The Prophet and The Poet
DayStar Music Group - Write the vision... The DayStar Story ...Hear my heart and be blessed by my songs of praise...The Priest, The Prophet & The Poet as art
THE RAIN THE RAIN
When our rainy circumstances have brought us to the edge of despair, we must remember that this is only for a season, and the sun will shine again. Into each life some rain must fall and we grow stronger as a result. So LET IT RAIN!
MAKE ME YOUR INSTRUMENT MAKE ME YOUR INSTRUMENT
Lord make us instruments of praise and worship, Instruments of song and Poetry, Instruments of war. If we are instruments of your will, then we are walking in the light.
ANGEL ANGEL
Angel speaks to the longing for companionship that only divine intervention can fulfill.
FATHER FATHER
The fatherless child anthem. As a result of being without a biological father, this child has dreams and nightmares that haunt him. Just as God did not forsake Jesus on the cross, he will not forsake us while we carry ours.
GOD'S LOVE GOD'S LOVE
This song is based in the everyday beauty of God's love. Rom 1:20 'For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made...' All created by God's amazing love.
WHO'S NEXT IN GOSPEL MUSIC?
Three Men, Three Styles, ONE MESSAGE!
Norris Gurganious, Raphael Ashanti & Rodney 'Doc C' Goldsmith make up: The Priest, The Prophet & The Poet. Their vocal diversity and dramatic presentations set them in a class by themselves and makes this trio very special in the world of gospel music.Once Upon A Time...
In the winter of 2001, a visonary by the name of Raphael Ashanti established a small independent record label from the dining room table of his home in Pensacola, Florida. He was looking to further expose a gospel quartet by the name of "The Christian Disciples" which he was a member and sang 1st tenor with.
Interviewer: How did you arrive at the name DayStar Music Group for your independent label?
Raphael: I was frustrated to discover that every name I could think of was taken, including my own last name, there was a label called the 'Ashanti Music Group' and an R&B singer named "Ashanti." After exhausting attempts to find and register a name for the label, I decided not to try so hard on my own account, so I went into prayer. Several weeks later as I was studying scripture, I happened to come upon II Peter 1:19: (...as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the daystar arise in our hearts...). Since this was a mission that God had placed in my heart, Daystar, which literally means Jesus, was the perfect name to represent the label.
The DayStar* Music Group was born. I worked endlessly toward raising the funds and developing networks for recording, publishing, marketing and promoting the group. Just as I was in the midst of gathering promising resources to move The Christian Disciples forward, the group split up amid differences in direction, I was devastated.
Interviewer: What did you do, where did you go from there?
Raphael: "I continued praying and asking God for direction. I started doing
some solo demo recording and was introduced to Rodney 'Doc C' Goldsmith
at a recording studio where Doc was part owner. Doc C was rapping secular music at the time, but it became obvious to me that he was very talented and very good." Doc was equally impressed with my smooth singing style and passion of delivery, but there was one problem...
Interviewer: What could have possibly been the problem?
*********READ THE COMPLETE HISTORY AT www.priestprophetpoet.com/**********Have you performed in front of an audience?Norris' influences: James Moore, John P. Kee, Darryl Coley, Smokey Norful.
Raphael's influences: Stevie Wonder, Donnie Hathaway, Jonathan Butler, Melvin Williams, Marvin Sapp, Curtis Mayfield & Smokey Robinson.
Doc C's influences: Tupac Shakur, Prince, Rahkim.
All of our influences be they secular or gospel are first human by nature and ALL have sinned and come short of the glory of God.Whatever is available (LOL!!!)“The Vision” Next Level Anointing Gospel Music
The Vision is a tribute album like no other---19 diversified tracks delivered with heart, soul, and passion that’s sure to touch all age groups. If you have an emotion, it is sure to be touched by one song or another.
For "The Vision" is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry ---Habakkuk 2: 3