RENEWED RECORDS
VISION AND MISSION STATEMENTS
AUGUST, 2008
VISION
STATEMENT: Our vision at
Renewed Records is to bless lives by singing and writing Gospel,
Inspirational, and Country songs and to move beyond the church walls
with songs to reach the lost and hurting around the world who may not
listen to Gospel music. Our
vision includes reaching out to the military community and our nation
with Patriotic and Inspirational songs to instill pride and patriotism
and renew commitment to our country, values, and American way of life.
MISSION
STATEMENT: Our mission at
Renewed Records is “to bless hearts and renew lives” by reaching
out to the lost and hurting of the world who might not listen to
Christian music. We aim
to accomplish this mission with a multitude of faith-based songs
crossing genres that God has been giving us and continues to do so.
Our motto at Renewed Records is “to bless hearts, renew
lives, and win souls for the Lord.”
BIO FOR REBECCA LINDA SMITH
Inspiational
Country Singer and Songwriter
Rebecca Linda (Garcia) Smith is a three time Nominee for Female
Vocalist of the Year for Inspirational Country Music (ICM) Awards in
Nashville
. She is married to Dr. Robert Frank Smith who is a three time Nominee
for Songwriter of the Year with ICM Awards. Both are members of the
Christian Country Music Association, the Western Music Association,
and Life Members of the Vietnam Veterans of America Lucio G. Moreno
Chapter 574 in
El Paso
,
Texas
.
Rebecca Linda was born into a Christian military family and
spent most of her young life between the
United States
and
Germany
. She became a public school teacher for a few years prior to a direct
commission as an officer in the U.S. Army where she served three years
on active duty and then another three years in the Army Reserves after
returning to teaching. She obtained a Master’s degree in counseling
and taught and worked with students and families during her teaching
career. Music has always played a special role in her life and she
became a professional singer in 2004 after retiring from teaching. She
was a Nominee for New Artist of the Year with ICM Awards in 2006.
Her husband and manager, Robert Frank, is a retired military
psychologist who now works as a School Psychologist with Special
Education in
El Paso
. Rebecca Linda and Robert Frank own Renewed Records and RLS Renewed
Publishing Company affiliated with BMI. They now have almost 80
published songs with BMI and many in the works. Renewed Records was
created because of the new direction they both felt that God was
leading them. With a multitude of faith-based songs, they wanted to
reach out to the masses and not just “sing to the choir.” Their
label gives them the freedom to have songs that appeal to
Inspirational and Country audiences as well as Christian Country,
Southern Gospel, Country Western, and Contemporary Christian
listeners. They both feel God has given them a mission to reach out to
the lost across the globe who might not listen to Christian radio in
order to bless hearts, renew lives, and win souls for the Lord.
Completed albums include ALL
FOR YOU, a more Adult Contemporay Christian CD recorded in
El Paso
with songs from famous Christian artists like Ray Boltz and Michael W.
Smith. Rebecca Linda’s second project and first
Nashville
recorded CD is JESUS’ GRACE,
a Country Gospel CD with two charted # 1 songs and several in the Top
10, most of which they penned. Her third project, TIMELESS,
is a special limited-edition souvenir promotional CD that has songs
from five or her albums (three out and two still to come) including
two duets with the Queen of Gospel Music, the late Dottie Rambo, and a
Country ballad duet with Grammy-award winning Country artist, Marty
Raybon. That album was nominated for a Dove Award in 2008. Her fourth
project, AMERICAN HEROES,
is a special Patriotic and Inspirational Country album featuring the
passionate hit single, “We Will Remember,” penned by Robert Frank
on the fifth anniversary of 9/11, that tragic yet triumphant day in
our nation’s history. That single release and the entire Patriotic
album has now been made part of the Flight 93 National Memorial in
Somerset
,
PA.
Because of that song, Robert Frank was asked to write a memorial song
for the Vietnam Veterans of America and their first ever National
Memorial at Angel Fire, N.M. That song, “Forgotten
Heroes,” on a single-song CD, is now part of that Memorial.
Rebecca Linda’s current album is TRUE
LOVE, a true Country album with 15 faith-based songs. Her first
release, “Wolves,” penned by Robert Frank, was recognized with a
plaque as the “Most Played Country Selection in 2009” on the late
Rev. Wayne Graham’s One On One Syndicated Radio Ministries and
Gospel Classics. The TRUE LOVE album was selected as “Album of the
Month” in Feb, 2010 Power Source Magazine and has been nominated for
2010 Album of the Year for Western Heritage Awards with the National
Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City (for Awards
Ceremony in April, 2011). Another recent single song CD written by
Rebecca Linda and Robert Frank is “Lady
Warrior.” This Patriotic tribute song is to honor all
U.S.
military women past, present, and future who serve our nation.
Rebecca Linda and Robert Frank are currently working on a
Christmas project as well as their next Inspirational Country album,
HOPE, due out in 2011.
Rebecca Linda has two # 1 songs and four Top 10 songs
altogether from the Jesus’
Grace album and another music video to her credit, “That Living
Water,” from her Hope project to be released in 2010. She is currently working on songs to complete her True
Love album for release in 2009 and songs for another Country
project, Lonely Hearts,
planned for 2011 with distribution by Renewed Records and affiliated
groups. Rebecca
Linda was a Top 5 Nominee for Female Vocalist of the Year, 2007 ICM
(Inspirational Country Music) Awards.
For more information, you can visit her artist website at www.rlsrenewed.com
or the label website at www.renewedrecords.com.
You can hear some completed work at www.showcaseyourmusic.com/rebeccalindasmith
and www.myspace.com/rebeccalindasmith.
