More Cowbell Please: CCM Stories20 Mar 2025

Jackie Patillo President Gospel Music Association Dove Award Producer

Jackie Patillo is a dynamic leader in the Christian and Gospel music industry, serving as President of the Gospel Music Association (GMA) since 2010. With a career spanning decades, she has held influential A&R roles at Star Song, Benson Music Group, Integrity Music, and Sony Music’s Verity Records, where she championed artists like Phillips, Craig & Dean, Natalie Grant, and Israel and New Breed. A passionate advocate for diversity and unity, Patillo has elevated the GMA, producing the renowned Dove Awards and earning induction into the Stellar Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2019. Her visionary leadership continues to shape the future of Gospel music.Jackie shares her life story in this episode. Raised in norther California then being married to Leon Patillo (CCM / Gospel artist), moving to Nashville and starting again. Several A&R positions where she signed and developed legendary acts to becoming president of the GMA and producing the Dove awards.

Jackie shares last years tragic events in losing her oldest son Gabriel to cancer. His work with @MarriedtotheGames and @TobyMacMusic, amazing life and family are remembered. http://gospelmusic.org

More Cowbell Please Podcast is interviewing music industry pros. You'll get advice, humor, encouragement and even some therapy in the listen. Stories about songs, productions, career, origins, and a few embarrassing moments thrown in, from those credited on the hits you may know in the Contemporary Christian and gospel music world. Guests include mix engineers, mastering engineers, producers, A&R managers, artist managers, artists, and musicians.

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Comment to make show, guest, question suggestions. If you love stories and the music business, this podcast is for you. I interview professional music creators hearing their origins, song and production stories, experiences and embarrassing stories. Not to be taken too seriously! First episode drops Feb 20, 2024.Huge thanks to @TheModernFilmmaker for helping the amateur at least get started! Thanks to my first four guests - Danny Duncan, Doug Weier, Ian Eskelin and Luke Smallbone for agreeing to do this. Super grateful for David Furlong making a LOGO/ Brand I love! Thanks to Derek Steinbrenner for the ripping GTR!

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