CNS Best Day Yet

Send a text It took me 30 years in ministry for God to show me I wasn't a true disciple of Christ.  Today's episode takes a look at Luke 5:1-11 at Jesus calling the first Disciples.   Having we giving God our ALL.  He only needs what we have to offer Him, but He needs all of it. For more information on CNS and our upcoming events, or to order study material and product from our CNS Teach...

Send a text It's important to approach what we do from a place of confidence.  It improves our performance and the delivery of it.   For more information on CNS and our upcoming events, or to order study material and product from our CNS Teaching Series, visit us at www.cnsmusic.com.

Send a text Next to CNS, The National Quartet Convention is my favorite week of the year.  The Music, the Fellowship, and the Friends make for a very interesting week.  Listen in to Rob recap the week that was NQC25. For more information on CNS and our upcoming events, or to order study material and product from our CNS Teaching Series, visit us at www.cnsmusic.com.

Send a text Psalm 9:10 (ESV) And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.   God wants us to trust Him in the good times and in the bad.  That's not always easy to do.  This episode is part one of a two part series that gives testimony to the value of Trusting God in the middle of our process. For more information on CNS and our up...

Send a text Creativity is in each of us.  We have to find it, use it, and develop it.  But sometimes we first have to realize that it is in us.  It may be a simple change in mindset to help us come to meet creativity.   For more information on CNS and our upcoming events, or to order study material and product from our CNS Teaching Series, visit us at www.cnsmusic.com.

Send a text This week’s episode of the Charles Novell School of Music’s podcast, “The Best Day Yet” is dealing with the topic of creativity.  “Creativity” is “the use of imagination or original ideas, especially in the production of artistic works”.  It’s vitally important for us to learn to foster creativity in our music, our writing, our programs, our product, our promotion.  For more informatio...

Send a text Setting clear, achievable goals, and being faithful to work towards them, we can unlock our full potential and reach every dream we set in front of us.  Today's episode visits 4 areas of Goal Setting within our Music.  Personal Growth, Skill Development, Ministry Outlets, and Career Acheivment.  We have a responsibility to do what we do unto the Lord with excellence.  Setting Goal...

Send a text A shout out to the Savannah Bananas Baseball Team in this episode.  They play by their own set of rules.  In the process of trusting God through the ups and downs of life we can't simply change the rules in the middle of the game.  His will for our life is already set and running.  We must trust His process while we measure His progress. For more information on CNS and our upcomin...

Send a text The GCSGMA is the Greater Cincinnati Southern Gospel Music Association. We had the President, Linda Covert on to talk about the GCSGMA and what they are doing for Gospel Music in the Greater Cincinnati, Ohio and Tri-State Area.  For more information on CNS and our upcoming events, or to order study material and product from our CNS Teaching Series, visit us at www.cnsmusic.com.

Send a text Roy Webb is one of the most gifted players Gospel Music has ever had.  His abilities to play and connect with the audience have set him apart from all the other players.  Hearing Roy share his story and journey through his career a constant theme kept coming up.  "Be Ready"!  You never know when opportunity presents itself. For more information on CNS and our upcoming events,...

Send a text Buddy Bates has been blessed to sing with some of the best and most respected groups in Gospel Music.  Buddy is a gifted singer but his heart is for ministry.  Hearing his story along the way in his career is encouraging and inspiring.  Buddy is a great singer and even better person. For more information on CNS and our upcoming events, or to order study material and product from our CN...

Send a text Landon Farris is a 16 year old from Arkansas that has attended CNS the past 3 years.  God has a call on all our lives and Landon is beginning to experience his.  God establishes influence and relationships in our lives to help direct us towards what He needs for us to do.  Listen to Landon talk about his journey and how God is fulfilling the desires of his heart. For more information o...

Send a text Today's episode of the CNS Best Day Yet Podcast challenges us to Get Moving! God has called us to do something special for Him but we need to reallize the time is now and stop making excuses, second guessing, complaining, being afraid of stepping out into it.  God has created each of us and entrusted us with gifts to use to miinister for Him.  Get On With It!!  There's work t...

Send a text After being sidelined for a bit CNS Best Day Yet Podcast is back with a "New Season" of podcast episodes kicked off by the special episode release on recapping the Charles Novell School of Music's CNS24 session, "New Season", that took place June 22-28 at Bethel University in McKenzie, TN. For more information on CNS and our upcoming events, or to order study m...

Send a text Proverbs 3:5-6 makes a great scripture to print on a t-shirt but a hard scripture to wear on our chest.  Do we truly trust God?  Through the good times and the bad are we leaning into Him and trusting Him to get us through our situations?  This episode helps us measure the progress while going through the process! For more information on CNS and our upcoming events, or to order study m...

Send a text Mark Bishop is one of Gospel Music's most gifted Performers, Songwriters, and Story Tellers.  God can use the most unexpected situations to promote us to the level of service that He needs us to be.  We all have situations.  It may be the very thing to look back at and say..."Watch What God Can Do"! For more information on CNS and our upcoming events, or to order study m...

Send a text Do you remember the feeling when you first started playing or singing? If it's like me, the memories are very special.  Is the feeling the same today as back then?  If not it may be you need to getting back to that feeling, that first feeling, and make the first things first again in your music. For more information on CNS and our upcoming events, or to order study material and pr...

Send a text We are not all born having received that special gift from God to be a virtuoso in music but we can achieve it.  Today's episode offers a new way of thinking about what we do to help us get to where we want to go. For more information on CNS and our upcoming events, or to order study material and product from our CNS Teaching Series, visit us at www.cnsmusic.com.

Send a text To be successful in anything in life we have to get out of our own way.  We spend to much time trying to play the "Comparison Game".   Concentrate on being you... but being the best you that you can be.  Today's episode gives you tips to help acheive this in your life, your music, and ministry. For more information on CNS and our upcoming events, or to order study materi...

Send a text It's really simple to start learning to change things up with your playing with simple approaches using techniques that you already know.  In today's episode Rob shows us just how simple it is to apply Improv to your playing. For more information on CNS and our upcoming events, or to order study material and product from our CNS Teaching Series, visit us at www.cnsmusic.com.

Send a text NQC24 is in the books.  Next to CNS this week is the highlight of my year. It's great getting to visit with friends over the week and hear all the great music.  This year was extra special as on Tuesday, during the SGMA Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, our own Jeff Stice was inducted into the SGMA Hall of Fame.   For more information on CNS and our upcoming events, or to order stu...

Send a text Jeff Stice was on the staff of the Charles Novell School of Music for 40 years.  He was a big part of the CNS family, and the Novell family.  Jeff gets inducted into the SGMA Hall of Fame on Tuesday September 24, 2024.  Durning CNS24 we honored Jeff each day of the school.  Each memeber of our piano staff played a Jeff arrangement during an evening concert and on Friday we spent some t...

Send a text Songwriters are amongst the most creatives in the field of music.  There are times though that we need to think out of the box to find new creativity. This episode draws inspiration from a unique place... social media marketing.   For more information on CNS and our upcoming events, or to order study material and product from our CNS Teaching Series, visit us at www.cnsmusic.com.

Send a text CNS finds itself in a "New Season".  CNS Director, Rob Novell, talks in this episode about exciting upcoming events for the Charles Novell School of Music, along with a recap of CNS24 that took place in July of 2024 at Murray State University in Murray, KY.    For more information on CNS and our upcoming events, or to order study material and product from our CNS Teaching Ser...

Send a text We all have situations that don't go quite like we had envisioned them going, or don't quite go as planned.  In these situations we  can either allow the enemy to discourage us to the sidelines or we can choose to adjust and advance to what God has intended for our lives, music, and ministries.  This thought brings us to the topic of communication and we see just how vital an...