Shelton Dowd

A COMPOSER, AN ARRANGER, AN ANOINTED VOCALIST, A TRUE WORSHIPPER. THESE ARE ALL ACCURATE DESCRIPTIONS OF SHELTON DOWD. SHELTON A NATIVE OF ROCKY MOUNT, NC HAS BEEN SINGING SINCE CHILDHOOD. WHILE ON HIS JOURNEY UPWARD HE HAS EXPERIENCED SET BACKS ONLY TO FIND THAT HE WAS BEING SET UP FOR GOD'S GLORY TO BE REVEALED IN HIS LIFE. SHELTON A SKILLED SINGER CAN TAKE ON ANY GENRE OF MUSIC PUT BEFORE HIM FROM GOSPEL TO JAZZ, ROCK, COUNTRY AND SO ON. SHELTON HAS SHARED THE STAGE WITH SEVERAL ARTIST AND DO NOT MIND LEADING THE PEOPLE INTO WORSHIP. HE'S AN ADVOCATE FOR EFFECTIVE PRAISE AND WORSHIP AND BELIEVES THAT IT SHOULD BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF ONE'S DAILY LIFE. WHEN ASKED HOW LONG HAS HE BEEN SINGING HIS RESPONSE IS "WELL I'VE BEEN SINGING SINCE I CAN REMEMBER, BUT I DIDNT GET SERIOUS ABOUT IT UNTIL I WAS TWELVE, AND I PRAYED AND PRAYED AND ASKED THE LORD TO GIVE ME A VOICE TO SING AND I'LL USE IT TO UPLIFT HIS NAME." SHELTON HEARD THE LORD CALLING HIM TO MAKE HIS DEBUT INTO THE GOSPEL MUSIC ARENA BEING INFLUENCED BY SUCH GREAT ARTIST AS THE CLARK SISTERS, DONNIE MCCURKIN, FRED HAMMOND AND MANY OTHERS. SHELTON WANTED TO BRING HIS OWN FLARE TO THE WORLD. HIS DESIRE TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE ABOUT THE LOVE OF JESUS ABROAD; DECLARING THAT HIS MESSAGE WILL REACH ACROSS THE WORLD AND TOUCH PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND RACES; DRIVES HIM TO CREATE SEVERAL STYLES OF MUSIC. HE DECLARES THE GOSPEL TO NOT ONLY BE MUSIC BUT A WAY OF LIFE THAT ENCOURAGES AND INSPIRES US . HE IS CURRENTLY RECORDING HIS FIRST ABLUM AND PROMOTING HIS DEMO THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. . . .