Ed Cash

{{Short description|American musician}}

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| birth_name = Edmond Martin Cash

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|8|6}}

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| genre = {{hlist|Contemporary Christian music|rock|pop}}

| occupation = Record producer

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| current_member_of = We the Kingdom

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| website = {{URL|EdCash.com}}

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Edmond Martin Cash (born August 6, 1971) is an American record producer, songwriter, audio engineer, and multi-instrumentalist.[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=ed-cash-p367004/credits|pure_url=yes}} Ed Cash | AllMusic] He has produced or written for artists including Steven Curtis Chapman, Dolly Parton, and Chris Tomlin.

From 2004 to 2007, Cash was named Producer of the Year at each GMA Dove Awards. He has won a Grammy Award from six nominations.https://www.grammy.com/artists/ed-cash/1230{{cite web |url=http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,3034,GAC_26063_5762050_05,00.html |title=News : Headlines : Grammy Nominations Announced : Great American Country |publisher=Gactv.com |date=December 6, 2007 |access-date=November 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303122426/http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,3034,GAC_26063_5762050_05,00.html |archive-date=March 3, 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.bmi.com/photos/entry/547932 |title=Photos | 2010 BMI Christian Awards |publisher=BMI.com |date=April 22, 2010 |access-date=November 1, 2011}}

Biography

Cash has gained recognition as a songwriter for having co-written and produced "How Great Is Our God".{{cite web|url=http://www.e-chords.com/chords/chris-tomlin/how-great-is-our-god-(jesse-reeves-and-ed-cash) |title=How Great is our God (Jesse Reeves, and Ed Cash) chords by Chris Tomlin |publisher=E-chords.com |access-date=November 1, 2011}} The song earned him five Dove Awards, including Song of the Year and Praise and Worship Song of the Year.{{cite web |date=April 10, 2006 |title=News | Steven Curtis Chapman Takes Home 50th Dove Award |url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/334755 |access-date=November 1, 2011 |publisher=BMI.com}} Along with having co-written with Chris Tomlin, Mark Hall from Casting Crowns, and Amy Grant, Cash has received honors from the BMI Awards as the Christian Songwriter of the Year and for Song of the Year.{{cite web|url=http://www.bmi.com/affiliate/C3115 |title=Roster | Ed Cash |publisher=BMI.com |access-date=November 1, 2011}}

Cash severed ties with The Gathering International when it came under scrutiny in a report by Christianity Today, investigating the group's finances. The article claimed that Cash's songwriting had helped fund the group.{{cite web|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2015/december-web-only/wayne-jolley-gathering-international-ed-cash.html |title='I Am Called a Cult Leader. I Really Don't Care.' |publisher=ChristianityToday.com |date=December 14, 2015 |access-date=December 16, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2015/december/ed-cash-leaves-gathering-citing-troubling-allegations.html|title=Ed Cash Leaves the Gathering, Citing 'Troubling Allegations'|work=Gleanings - ChristianityToday.com|date=December 31, 2015 |access-date=March 27, 2016}}

Accolades

:: "How Great Is Our God"

:: Arriving

:: Arriving

:: "How Great Is Our God"

:: "How Great Is Our God"

:: Music inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

  • Worship Leader Praise Awards of 2006

:: "Made to Worship"

  • BMI Most Performed Christian Song of the Year 2007{{cite web|url=http://www.bmi.com/press/entry/534974 |title=Press | 2007 Christian Music Awards: Song List |publisher=BMI.com |date=April 21, 2007 |access-date=November 1, 2011}}

:: "Made to Worship"

:: See the Morning

:: See the Morning

:: "How Great Is Our God"

:: "How Great Is Our God"

  • BMI Christian Songwriter of the Year 2008{{cite web|url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/536458 |title=News | BMI Christian Music Awards Honor the Genre's Most Played Songs |publisher=BMI.com |date=April 19, 2008 |access-date=November 1, 2011}}
  • BMI Christian Song of the Year 2008

:: "Made to Worship"

  • GMA Dove Award's Inspiration Album of the Year 2009{{cite web |url=http://doveawards.com/09winners.php |title=41st Annual GMA Dove Awards on Gospel Music Channel |publisher=Doveawards.com |access-date=November 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929184706/http://www.doveawards.com/09winners.php |archive-date=September 29, 2011 |url-status=dead }}

:: Great God Who Saves

:: "How Great Is Our God"

  • BMI Award of the Year 2010
  • GMA Dove Award's Spanish Language Album of the Year 2010

:: Le Canto - Kari Jobe

  • 1 Grammy Award from 6 nominations
  • GMA Dove Award's Producer of the Year 2012
  • GMA Dove Award's Producer of the Year 2013
  • GMA Dove Award's Producer of the Year 2014{{cite web|url=http://doveawards.com/awards/past-winners/ |title=45th Annual GMA Dove Awards |publisher=Doveawards.com |access-date=August 30, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/bmi_affiliates_soar_at_the_2014_gma_dove_awards |title=BMI Affiliates Soar at the 2014 GMA Dove Awards |publisher=bmi.com |date=October 27, 2014 |access-date=August 30, 2015}}

Credits

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