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DEBRA L. PERRY IS THE FOUNDER OF MAJESTIC PRAISE, PRODUCER AND SONGWRITER.
SHE IS THE CEO OF INDIE LABEL JOINT HEIR MUSIC GROUP AND JOINT HEIR MUSIC STUDIOS IN WHICH SHE ALSO PARTNERS WITH HER BROTHER, GERALD "BRUDDER" PERRY; DEBRA IS THE CHIEF ENGINEER IN PROTOOLS PRODUCTION, EDITING, AND MIXING; MUSIC TEACHER FOR GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SCORE ARRANGER FOR ORCHESTRAS; PLAYS KEYS, ORGAN, BASS, DRUMS, GUITAR, SAX, TRUMPET, ... AND THEN SOME; WORKSHOP CLINICIAN, LONG STANDING MEMBER OF MUSIC DEPT. OF GMWA; MUSIC DEPT. STAFF AT MT. ZION BAPIST CHURCH, KALAMAZOO MI UNDER PASTOR ADDIS MOORE; BOARD MEMBER OF THE 3TOUNO (NON-PROFIT CORPORATION TO FOSTER GROWTH IN DEVELOPING ARTISTS); 2006 WINNER OF THE DISTINGUISHED ETHEL COE HUMANITIES GIANTS AWARD (SHE ACCEPTED THE SAME AWARD FOR HER MOTHER, ALMA JAMES PERRY, POSTHUMOUSLY IN 1987); BOARD MEMBER OF THE ALMA JAMES PERRY MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP; COMMITTE MEMBER OF THE GRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY YOUNG, GIFTED, AND BLACK SCHOLARSHIP. DEBRA’S EDUCATION IS A BACHELOR OF ARTS (BA)- MUSIC ED. FROM CALVIN COLLEGE, GRAND RAPIDS MI, AND A MASTER OF ARTS (MUG)- MUSIC ED. FROM WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, KALAMAZOO MI. DEBRA PLANS TO START DOCTORATE WORK AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, LANSING MI, IN THE SUMMER OF 2008 WITH A CONCENTRATION IN MUSIC COMPOSITION.________________________________________________
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DEBRA IS HARD AT WORK IN THE STUDIO PRODUCING THE MUCH ANTICIPATED SOPHMORE PROJECT FOR MAJESTIC PRAISE. CHECK OUT DEBRA’S LATEST PRODUCTION WORK, CAROLYN QUINN’S BRAND NEW CD ENTITLED "GRATEFUL" AND GEORGE MOSS’S PROJECT ENTITLED "ALL OR NOTHING", BOTH AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE NOW!!! CHECK THEM OUT ON MYSPACE. DEBRA WILL HAVE A RECORDING ENGINEERING CREDIT FOR MARVIN SAPP’S LEAD VOCAL ON THE GOSPEL TUNE "GRATEFUL" WHICH WILL BE OUT THIS JUNE ON WAYMAN TISDALE’S UPCOMING ALBUM "REBOUND".__________________________________________________
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DEBRA PERRY HAS PENNED AND RECORDED SUCH HITS AS "THE PRAYER" (CO-WRITTEN WITH BROTHER GERALD PERRY)- 1996 GMWA’S WOMEN OF WORSHIP; "I’LL GIVE YOU REST"- 1997 GMWA’S WOMEN OF WORSHIP; "ASK IT IN JESUS NAME"- 1999 GMWA NATIONAL MASS CHOIR; "EMMANUEL PRECIOUS SON OF GOD"- EASTERN STAR CHURCH INDIANAPOLIS; "JUST THINK OF HIS GOODNESS"- FULL GOSPEL BAPIST DAUGHTERS OF PROMISE; "NO NOT ONE"- JOHN P. KEE’S NEW ARTIST SHOWCASE (VERITY); AND MOST RECENTLY "HALLELU, HALLELUJAH"- THE OPENING TRACK ON 2005 GMWA’S NATIONAL MASS CHOIR (ARTEMIS GOSPEL)_____________________________________________________
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______________ INTERESTING FACT: DEBRA PERRY IS THE ONLY FEMALE SONGWRITER IN THE HISTORY OF THE GOSPEL MUSIC WORKSHOP OF AMERICA (GMWA) TO HAVE TWO SONGS ACCEPTED IN THE NATIONAL MASS CHOIR IN A SINGLE YEAR!!! (1999- "ASK IT IN JESUS NAME" & "JUST THINK OF HIS GOODNESS")_____LOOK AT THE YOU TUBE CLIP BELOW TO SEE DEBRA PERRY’S INSTRUMENTAL INTERLUDE OF "I APPRECIATE YOU"._______________________________________________________
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__________________________________________YOU TUBE CLIP OF DEBRA PERRY’S "I APPRECIATE YOU"
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