Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to JD Walker . We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Alright, JD thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. If you could go back in time do you wish you had started your creative career sooner or later?
Definitely sooner, but I know it all has to be in God’s timing.
Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.
I spent a long time in and around behind the scenes of Country Music. I cut my first EP in 2016 and we done a re-release in 2018. I switched to Christian Genre and done more Country Gospel. My current album Deeper Than Blood is available on iTunes under JD Walker Music and on my website. This album went #1 on iTunes on Jan. 7, 2024 after committing 20% of my album sales to Global Vision Adoption Foundation. It stayed at #1 on iTunes for a day and a half topping Brandon Lake, Lauren Daigle and all the other many other mainstream Artist. Global Vision Adoption Foundation is part of Global Vision Bible Church in Mt. Juliet, TN that is led by Pastor Greg Locke.
We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.
I’ll be honest there has been times I’ve wanted to quit. The level of corruption and evilness I have seen in the Christian Music Genre is nothing like what I seen in Country Music. The Devil is running rampant. Afterwll think about it, the Devil was the worship leader in Heaven so what better way to get to people than through our music today. Many expect him to infiltrate pop and other Genres. Now he has infiltrated Christian Music and everyone has been silent. Ephesians 5:11 says and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. So when I took a stand for God’s Kingdom and started exposing the evil in the Christian Music Genre. I can say I have faced scrutiny, backlash and death threats…. All for speaking against LGBTQ and all this other organizations who want to allow them to be a part of Christian Music. I was the first to make the GMA (Gospel Music Association) aware of a drag queen attending the Dove Awards and they refused to handle or or stop it so I exposed them. Of course it got exposed when my Pastor backed me from the platform and called them out.
In your view, what can society to do to best support artists, creatives and a thriving creative ecosystem?
STOP STREAMING AND ACTUALLY PURCHASE THEIR MUSIC. Streaming companies do not even pay 1/2 cent per stream so there is no way for artist to make money. It has become another way for these big companies to take an artist and pimp their talent to the highest bidder and most are willing to sell out just to get in the game. So I say, buy their merchandise, buy their music, go support your artist when they are playing live.
Contact Info:
- Website: jdwalkermusic.com
- Instagram: Instagram.com/jdwalkermusic
- Facebook: Facebook.com/jdwalkermusic
- Twitter: twitter.com/jdwalkermusic
- Youtube: Youtube.com/WMGjdwalkermusic
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JD Walker Music