GRAMMY Winning Producer Steven Ford At The Helm Of Three Of Gospel’s Hottest Projects

Tapped As Producer For Vickie Winans, Stephen Hurd and Richard Smallwood

Washington, D.C. - Steven Ford, famed producer, songwriter, conductor, orchestrator, arranger, and keyboardist, is known as one of the top producers of gospel music. Consistently considered one of the industry’s most sought-after producers, Ford has produced gospel’s most notable artists including Bishop T.D. Jakes, Richard Smallwood & Vision, Vickie Winans, Donnie McClurkin & The McClurkin Family, The Winans, Shirley Caesar, Maurette Brown-Clark, The Mighty Clouds Of Joy, The Williams Brothers, Alvin Slaughter, John P. Kee, Vanessa Williams, and Pastor Bruce Parham.

In the last few weeks, Ford’s blistering schedule has had him in studios producing coast to coast. In one day, he was in Alameda, CA, at Infinite Recording Studios recording Walter Hawkins, Tramaine Hawkins, Edwin & Lynette Hawkins, then it was on to Los Angeles at the world famous Ocean Way studios recording Chaka Khan, then on to New York to the hit making studio, Right Tracks in Manhattan, to record Kelly Price, then completing arrangements orchestration, then off to Nashville, Atlanta, Chicago, then back to his production suite at Sparkle Studios in Delaware.

Ford has just completed a feat few, if any, have done in the genre of sacred music – he’s produced three projects by the top names in gospel, all releasing within weeks of each other.

Affectionately titled “The Pastor Of Music”, the two-time GRAMMY Award winner is no stranger to commendations. Ford has just come off the heels of a 2006 Gospel Music Workshop of America Gospel Announcers Guild Nomination for Producer Of The Year. The awards ceremony was held on Friday, August 18th, as part of the annual convention in Dallas, Texas. Ford was in great company with fellow nominees, producers Donald Lawrence, Sanchez Harley and Pastor Bruce Allen also being nominated in the prestigious category. Producer/Songwriter Donald Lawrence walked away with this year’s award. Ford says, “Although it was great to be nominated, it was definitely Donald’s year. I’m happy for him; he certainly deserved to win.”