TobyMac with Mandisa, Brandon Heath & Friends

Description

TobyMac is a Grammy award-winning, Christian recording artist, music producer, hip-hop/pop artist, singer-songwriter, and author. The ascension of his solo career has been nothing short of spectacular. In an era of declining music sales he has consistently defied the odds and has seen his sales increase with each new album release. Having climbed the mountain once with the group dcTalk (4 Grammys, more than 8 million albums sold), TobyMac knows how difficult the journey can be and how much work the process actually takes. Rarely does an artist get to soar to great heights for a second time, but soar he has. He took home his first Grammy as a solo artist last year after receiving Grammy nominations for each of his first three solo projects (Momentum, Welcome To Diverse City, Portable Sounds). Upon embarking on his solo career, Toby sought to surround himself with a talented and diverse cast of characters, aptly named the Diverse City Band. The result has been a musical fusion that radiates with an unquenchable energy and a penetrating message. A self-professed perfectionist when making records—he's been known to relentlessly tweak and massage every little thing in an inexorable effort to make it sound better—Toby is the first to admit that he has to work really hard to make great music. ''That's what drives me,'' he says. ''I feel like I have to work harder than other people to get there. Sometimes I feel like I'm slightly under-gifted; I usually don't sit down and write a great song in just a few minutes like others can. But I think my work ethic makes up for that.'' Please call 850-432-0800 or 1-800-745-3000, visit the Pensacola Civic Center's Box Office, www.ticketmaster.com, or a Ticketmaster outlet for tickets.