Edmond Martin Cash (born August 6, 1971) is a producer,

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, and multi-instrumentalist. AllMusic/ref> He was named the "Producer of the Year" at the

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for four consecutive years (2004–2007) and gains recognition for his work with Christian singer

Chris Tomlin Christopher Dwayne Tomlin (born May 4, 1972) is an American contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, and worship leader from Grand Saline, Texas, United States, who has sold over 7 million records. He is a member of Passion Conferences an ...

. In addition to several Grammy Nominations and BMI Citations of Achievement, Cash has produced or written with artists such as

Steven Curtis Chapman Steven Curtis Chapman (born November 21, 1962) is an American contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, author, and social activist. Chapman began his career in the late 1980s as a songwriter and performer of conte ...

Vince Gill Vincent Grant Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American country music singer, songwriter and musician. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman of the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s and as a solo artist b ...

Dolly Parton Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist, and businesswoman, known primarily for her work in country music. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Parton made her album d ...

, Colin Bernard,

Amy Grant Amy Lee Grant (born November 25, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She began in contemporary Christian music (CCM) before crossing over to pop music in the 1980s and 1990s. She has been referred to as "The Queen of Christia ...

Keith & Kristyn Getty Keith & Kristyn Getty are a Northern Irish Christian duo, best known for writing many popular modern hymns with veteran English songwriter and worship leader Stuart Townend. Due to the success of "In Christ Alone", the duo has spearheaded the m ...

Bebo Norman Jeffery Stephen "Bebo" Norman (born May 29, 1973) is a former contemporary Christian musician from Columbus, Georgia, US. His most successful album to date is ''Myself When I Am Real'', which included hit songs "Great Light of the World" and "Fall ...

David Crowder Band David Crowder Band (stylized as David Crowder*Band and The David Crowder*Band) was a six-piece Christian rock and modern worship band from Waco, Texas. Their final album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Christian and No. 2 on the B ...

Bethany Dillon Bethany Dillon (born September 22, 1988), known since 2008 by her married name, Bethany Barnard, is a Contemporary Christian music artist. Her self-titled 2004 debut album was the highest selling female solo debut for that year, and attracted ...

Kari Jobe Kari Brooke Jobe (born April 6, 1981) is an American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter. Since her first album in 2009, she has received two Grammy Award nominations and ten Dove Award nominations, six of which she won. Biograp ...

Dave Barnes David Mckee Barnes (born June 20, 1978) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. He has released eight studio albums, including two Christmas albums. His most recent full-length album, ''Dreaming in Electric ...

Matt Wertz Matthew Stewart Wertz (born February 17, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter. Originally from Liberty, Missouri, as of 2014 he lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Life and career Born and raised a Christian in Liberty, Missouri, Wertz's intere ...

Caedmon's Call Caedmon's Call is a contemporary Christian band which fused traditional folk with world music and alternative rock. They were composed of Cliff Young (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), Danielle Young (vocals), Garett Buell (percussion), Jeff Mi ...

Casting Crowns Casting Crowns is a contemporary Christian and Christian rock band started in 1999 by youth pastor Mark Hall, who serves as the band's lead vocalist, as part of a youth group at First Baptist Church in Downtown Daytona Beach, Florida. They lat ...

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. Since 2018, he has been a member of the band

We the Kingdom We the Kingdom is an American contemporary Christian music band signed to the Capitol Christian Music Group. The band consists of multiple generations of relatives: Andrew Bergthold, Ed Cash, Franni Rae Cash, Martin Cash, and Scott Cash. The b ...

Background

Cash gained further recognition as a songwriter for having co-written and produced "

How Great Is Our God "How Great Is Our God" is a song written by Chris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves and Ed Cash. It was originally featured on Tomlin's album ''Arriving'', that reached No. 1 on the '' Billboard'' Hot Christian Songs chart. It is also featured live on Tomlin' ...

", which earned him five

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, including Song of the Year and Praise and Worship Song of the Year. Along with having co-written with

, Mark Hall (Casting Crowns) and

, Ed Cash has also received honors from the

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as the Christian Songwriter of the Year and Song of the Year. Cash is a recognized musician with credit for acoustic and electric guitar and backing vocals, album credits for playing banjo, mandolin, Hammond B3 organ, Wurlitzer organ, harmonica, Rhodes, programming, synthesizer, piano, drums, bass guitar, percussion, and both string and choir arrangements. Cash severed ties with The Gathering International when it came under scrutiny in ''

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'' investigating the group's finances. The article claimed that Cash's songwriting had helped fund the group.

Awards

:: "

" * GMA Dove Award's Producer of the Year 2005 * GMA Dove Award's Album of the Year 2005 :: ''

Arriving Arriving is a studio album released in 2004 by Chris Tomlin. The album has received RIAA "Platinum" status and peaked at No. 3 on ''Billboard''s Top Christian Albums chart. As of October 2008, "How Great Is Our God" is No. 1 and "Holy Is the L ...

'' * GMA Dove Award's Producer of the Year 2006 * GMA Dove Award's Praise and Worship Album of the Year 2006 :: ''

'' * GMA Dove Award's Song of the Year 2006 :: "

" * GMA Dove Award's Worship Song of the Year 2006 :: "

" * GMA Dove Award's Special Event Album of the Year 2006 :: ''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 :: " Made to Worship" * GMA Dove Award's Producer of the Year 2007 * GMA Dove Award's Album of the Year 2007 :: ''

See the Morning ''See the Morning'' is the fourth studio album by Chris Tomlin released on September 26, 2006. The title comes from that idea that "our God is as faithful as the rising sun" and is the "Light of the World". The album was originally released in t ...

'' * GMA Dove Award's Praise & Worship Album of the Year 2007 :: ''

'' * GMA Dove Award's Song of the Year 2007 :: "

" * GMA Dove Award's Worship Song of the Year 2008 :: "

" * BMI Christian Songwriter of the Year 2008 * BMI Christian Song of the Year 2008 :: " Made to Worship" * GMA Dove Award's Inspiration Album of the Year 2009 :: ''Great God Who Saves'' * GMA Dove Award's Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year 2009 :: "

" * BMI Award of the Year 2010 * GMA Dove Award's Spanish Language Album of the Year 2010 :: ''Le Canto'' - Kari Jobe * Several Grammy Nominations and Countless Citations of Achievement from BMI * 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

Credits

* Chris August, ''No Far Away'', 2010 – Producer,

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Songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music gen ...

Multi-instrumentalist A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays two or more musical instruments at a professional level of proficiency. Also known as doubling, the practice allows greater ensemble flexibility and more efficient employment of musicians, where ...

, ''Razor and Tie'' – EP, - Producer, engineer *Dave Barnes, ''Brother Bring the Sun'', 2004 – Producer *Dave Barnes, ''Chasing Mississippi'', 2006 – Producer *Dave Barnes, ''Me and You and the World'', 2008 – Producer *Dave Barnes, ''What We Want, What We Get'', 2010 - Producer *

Vicky Beeching Victoria Louise "Vicky" Beeching (born 17 July 1979) is an English musician and religious commentator. She is best known for her work in the American contemporary worship music genre, and has been described by ''The Guardian'' as "arguably the ...

, ''Painting the Invisible'', 2007- Producer *

, ''Long Line of Leavers'', 2000 – Producer,

*Caedmon's Call, ''Chronicles 1992-2004'', 2004 – Producer *Caedmon's Call, ''In the Company of Angels'', 2001 – Producer,

Arranger In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orches ...

, ''All I Really Want for Christmas,'' 2005 – Producer,

, Vocals,

*Steven Curtis Chapman, ''Musical Blessings'', 2006 – Producer,

, Mixing,

*Steven Curtis Chapman, ''This Moment'', 2007 – Producer,

, Mixing * Church at Charlotte, ''I Want a Faith'' – "Be Unafraid", 2010 – Co-writer *

Paul Colman Paul Colman is a British-Australian pop-rock guitarist, vocalist, pianist, and composer. He has made a name for himself as a Christian musician independently, with his band the Paul Colman Trio, as a solo artist, and as part of the Newsboys. His ...

, ''Let it Go'', 2005 – Producer,

, Mixing,

, '' Until the Whole World Hears'', 2009 – Co-writer *

, ''

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'', 2005 – Vocal, Producer *

– " How He Loves"- 2009 - Producer, Mixing *

, ''Bethany Dillon'', 2004 - Producer *Bethany Dillon, ''Imagination'', 2005 – Producer,

, Mixing *Bethany Dillon, ''

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'', 2007 – Producer *Bethany Dillon, ''So Far: The Acoustic Sessions'', 2007 - Producer *Daniel Doss Band, ''Greater Than Us All'', 2008 – Producer,

, Mixing,

, ''Greatest Hits 1986-2004'' – Producer,

, Mixing,

Sara Groves Sara Groves (born Sara Lee Colbaugh, September 10, 1972) is an American contemporary Christian singer, record producer, and author. Groves received her Bachelor of Science degree in history and English in 1994 from Evangel University, a private ...

, ''Add to the Beauty'', 2005 –

Israel Houghton Israel Houghton (; born May 19, 1971) is an American contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, producer and worship leader. He is usually credited as Israel & New Breed. Musical career Houghton produced an album by Michael Gungor, ''Big ...

, ''The Power of One'', "My Tribute Melody" – Co-writer *

Jesus Culture Jesus Culture is a Christian revivalist youth-oriented organization that was formed at the Bethel Church of Redding, California, in the United States. Jesus Culture Ministry hosts conferences and operates a record label, Jesus Culture Music. In ...

, ''Everything'', 2010 -

, ''Kari Jobe'', 2009 – Producer,

Jorma Kaukonen Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen, Jr. (; ; born December 23, 1940) is an American blues, folk, and rock guitarist. Kaukonen performed with Jefferson Airplane and still performs regularly on tour with Hot Tuna, which started as a side project with bassist J ...

(of Jefferson Airplane), ''Stars in My Crown'', 2007 – Production *

Wes King Wes King (born January 20, 1966) is an American contemporary Christian singer, songwriter, photographer, and musician. He is perhaps best known for his 1993 album ''The Robe.'' His demo material, a cassette tape named "Lonely Poet", is sung by ot ...

, ''What Matters the Most'', 2001 – Producer,

* Leeland, ''Love is on the Move'', 2009 – Producer,

, Mixing *Luminate, ''Luminate'', 2010 - Producer,

Lyricist A lyricist is a songwriter who writes lyrics (the spoken words), as opposed to a composer, who writes the song's music which may include but not limited to the melody, harmony, arrangement and accompaniment. Royalties A lyricist's income ...

Matt Maher Matthew Guion Maher (born November 10, 1974) is a Canadian contemporary Christian music (CCM) artist, songwriter, and worship leader from Newfoundland, Canada, who lives in the United States. Three of his nine albums have reached the Top 25 ...

, ''Empty and Beautiful'', 2008 – Producer,

, Mixing,

Kathy Mattea Kathleen Alice Mattea (born June 21, 1959) is an American country music and bluegrass singer. Active since 1984 as a recording artist, she has charted more than 30 singles on the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts, including four that re ...

, ''Roses'', 2002 – Producer *Mercy River, ''Beautiful Dawn'', 2010 –

* Monk & Neagle, ''Monk & Neagle'', 2004 – Producer,

, Mixing,

Britt Nicole Brittany Nicole Waddell, better known by her stage name Britt Nicole (born August 2, 1984) is an American vocalist, songwriter and recording artist. She has mainly charted as a Christian pop artist, but in 2012 found her debut mainstream single, ...

, ''Acoustic'', 2010 – Producer,

, Mixing, musician *

Nichole Nordeman Nichole Ellyse Nordeman (born January 3, 1972) is an American contemporary Christian singer and songwriter. Biography Nordeman was raised in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where she played the piano in church. She got her start when she entered ...

, ''The Ultimate Collection'', 2009 - Producer *Eric Nordhoff, ''Quietime: Worship'', 2010 –

, ''Big Blue Sky'', 2001 – Producer *Bebo Norman, ''Ten Thousand Days'', 1999 – Producer *Bebo Norman, ''Myself When I am Real'', 2002 – Producer,

, Mixing *Bebo Norman, ''Fabric of Verse'', 1999 – Producer,

, Mixing *Bebo Norman, ''Great Light of the World: The Best of Bebo Norman'', 2007 – Producer * Erin O'Donnell, ''Christmas Time is Here'', 2004 – Producer,

Ginny Owens Virginia Leigh Owens (born April 22, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, author, and blogger. She is known for performing Contemporary Christian music, but has more recently had her songs featured on ''WB'', ''ABC'' TV shows, and independent ...

, ''If you Want Me To'', - Producer *Pierced, ''Worth'', 2004 – Producer,

Pocket Full of Rocks Pocket Full of Rocks (PFOR) is an American band formed in 1995. The band operated independently for 10 years, releasing two albums: ''Songs to the King'' (2002) and ''To Make You Famous'' (2003). In 2005, they signed with Warner Bros. gospel ...

, ''More than a Noise'', 2010 – Producer,

*Praise-Apella, ''Heart God'', 2010 -

Sarah Reeves Sarah Elizabeth Reeves; born April 29, 1989) is an American musician and singer who primarily plays a Christian pop and worship style of music. She has released five extended plays and three studio albums (two of which are independently release ...

, ''Sweet Sweet Sound'', 2009 – Producer,

, Mixing,

* Starfield, ''

Beauty in the Broken ''Beauty in the Broken'' is the third album released by the Christian music band Starfield. It was a 2007 Juno Award nominee for Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year. The album includes the song "Son of God" recorded with Chris Tom ...

'', 2006 - Producer *Starfield, ''I will Go'', 2008 – Producer,

, Mixing, Guitar *Starfield, ''Saving One'', 2010 – Producer * Laura Story, ''There is Nothing'' (Gate Records), - Producer,

TobyMac Toby McKeehan (born Kevin Michael McKeehan; October 22, 1964), better known by his stage name TobyMac (styled tobyMac or TOBYMAC), is an American contemporary Christian music singer, rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He was first known f ...

, ''

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'', 2010 –

, ''

'', 2004 – Producer *Chris Tomlin, ''Live From Austin Hall'', 2005 – Producer,

*Chris Tomlin, ''

'', 2006 – Producer,

*Chris Tomlin, '' Hello Love'', 2008 – Producer *Chris Tomlin, '' Glory in the Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship'', 2009 – Producer,

*Chris Tomlin, ''

Love Ran Red ''Love Ran Red'' is the tenth studio album from contemporary Christian musician and worship leader Chris Tomlin. Released on October 27, 2014 through sixstepsrecords the album was preceded by two singles, "Waterfall" and "Jesus Loves Me" and was ...

'', 2014 - Producer,

, Mixing,

* Tommy Walker, ''I Have a Hope'', 2008 – Producer *The War, ''Waving White'', 2007 – Producer *

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, ''A Grateful People'', 2005 – Guest Appearance *

, ''TwentyThree Places'', 2003 – Producer *Matt Wertz, ''Today & Tomorrow'' P 2005 – Producer,

, Mixing,

*Matt Wertz, ''Everything in Between'', 2006 – Producer *Matt Wertz, ''Under the Summer Sun'', 2008 - Producer *

Matthew West Matthew Joseph West (born April 25, 1977) is an American contemporary Christian musician, singer-songwriter, and actor. He has released five studio albums and is known for his songs "More", "You Are Everything", and " The Motions". He was nomin ...

, ''Something to Say'', 2007 – Producer,

* Moriah Peters, ''I Choose Jesus'', 2012 – Producer * Various artists, ''I'll Fly Away: Country Hymns & Songs of Faith'' – Producer,

, Mixing, author,

– Producer,

, ''All Our Achilles Heels'', 2017 -

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Movies/DVD/TV

* Billy: The Early Years of Billy Graham, 2008 - Producer * Dreamer riginal Motion Picture Soundtrack John Debney, 2005 – Producer, Mixing,

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* Music Inspired by the Original Motion Picture Amazing Grace, Various Artists, 2007 - Producer,

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* Fruitcake and Ice Cream, Louie Giglio, VD2008 - Producer * Indescribable, Louie Giglio, VD2008 - Producer

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cash, Ed American rock musicians American record producers 1971 births Living people American gospel musicians Charlotte Country Day School alumni