CNS Best Day Yet
Tips, Direction, and Insights to make your music and ministry succeed.
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115 episodes
Season 4 Episode 14 Giving God Your All
It took me 30 years in ministry for God to show me I wasn't a true disciple of Christ. Today's episode takes a look at Luke 5:1-11 at Jesus calling the first Disciples. Having we giving God our ALL. He only needs what we...
Season 4 Episode 13 Confidence
It's important to approach what we do from a place of confidence. It improves our performance and the delivery of it.
Season 4 Episode 12 NQC25 Recap with Rob Novell
Next to CNS, The National Quartet Convention is my favorite week of the year. The Music, the Fellowship, and the Friends make for a very interesting week. Listen in to Rob recap the week that was NQC25.
Season 4 Episode 11 Trusting God Part 1
Psalm 9:10 (ESV)And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you. God wants us to trust Him in the good times and in the bad. That's not always easy to do.&n...
Season 4 Episode 10 Creativity is a Mindset with Rob Novell
Creativity is in each of us. We have to find it, use it, and develop it. But sometimes we first have to realize that it is in us. It may be a simple change in mindset to help us come to meet creativity.
Season 4 Episode 9 How To Foster Creativity with Rob Novell
This week’s episode of the Charles Novell School of Music’s podcast, “The Best Day Yet” is dealing with the topic of creativity. “Creativity” is “the use of imagination or original ideas, especially in the production of artistic works”.&n...
Season 4 Episode 8 Setting Musical Goals with Host Rob Novell
Setting clear, achievable goals, and being faithful to work towards them, we can unlock our full potential and reach every dream we set in front of us. Today's episode visits 4 areas of Goal Setting within our Music. Personal Growth...
Season 4 Episode 7 You Can't Change The Rules with Host Rob Novell
A shout out to the Savannah Bananas Baseball Team in this episode. They play by their own set of rules. In the process of trusting God through the ups and downs of life we can't simply change the rules in the middle of the game.&nbs...
Season 4 Episode 6 - Special Guest Linda Covert President of the GCSGMA
The GCSGMA is the Greater Cincinnati Southern Gospel Music Association. We had the President, Linda Covert on to talk about the GCSGMA and what they are doing for Gospel Music in the Greater Cincinnati, Ohio and Tri-State Area.
Season 4 Episode 5 "Be Ready" with Special Guest and CNS Staff Member Roy Webb
Roy Webb is one of the most gifted players Gospel Music has ever had. His abilities to play and connect with the audience have set him apart from all the other players. Hearing Roy share his story and journey through his career a co...
Season 4 Episode 4 Special Guest and CNS Staff Member Buddy Bates
Buddy Bates has been blessed to sing with some of the best and most respected groups in Gospel Music. Buddy is a gifted singer but his heart is for ministry. Hearing his story along the way in his career is encouraging and inspiring...
Season 4 Episode 3 Tomorrow's Talent Is Here Today! With Special Guest Landon Farris.
Landon Farris is a 16 year old from Arkansas that has attended CNS the past 3 years. God has a call on all our lives and Landon is beginning to experience his. God establishes influence and relationships in our lives to help direct ...
Season 4 Episode 2 "It's Not Rehersal, It's Showtime
Today's episode of the CNS Best Day Yet Podcast challenges us to Get Moving! God has called us to do something special for Him but we need to reallize the time is now and stop making excuses, second guessing, complaining, being afraid of steppi...
Special New Season Relaunch Episode... CNS25 Recap with Rob Novell
After being sidelined for a bit CNS Best Day Yet Podcast is back with a "New Season" of podcast episodes kicked off by the special episode release on recapping the Charles Novell School of Music's CNS24 session, "New Season", that took place Ju...
Season 3 Episode 10 Trusting the Lord with Rob Novell
Proverbs 3:5-6 makes a great scripture to print on a t-shirt but a hard scripture to wear on our chest. Do we truly trust God? Through the good times and the bad are we leaning into Him and trusting Him to get us through our situati...
Season 3 Episode 9 Watch God Use Your Situation with Mark Bishop
Mark Bishop is one of Gospel Music's most gifted Performers, Songwriters,and Story Tellers. God can use the most unexpected situations to promoteus to the level of service that He needs us to be. We all have situations. ...
Season 3 Episode 8 First Things First with Host Rob Novell
Do you remember the feeling when you first started playing or singing?If it's like me, the memories are very special. Is the feeling the same todayas back then? If not it may be you need to getting back to that feeling, that...
Season 3 Episode 7 If You Don't Receive... Achieve!
We are not all born having received that special gift from God to be a virtuoso in music but we can achieve it. Today's episode offers a new way of thinking aboutwhat we do to help us get to where we want to go.
Season 3 Episode 6 Be The Best You That You Can Be
To be successful in anything in life we have to get out of our own way. We spend to much time trying to play the "Comparison Game". Concentrate on being you... but being the best you that you can be. Today's episode give...
Season 3 Episode 5 Piano Improvisation Made Easy with Rob Novell
It's really simple to start learning to change things up with your playing withsimple approaches using techniques that you already know. In today's episodeRob shows us just how simple it is to apply Improv to your playing.
Season 3 Episode 4 NQC24 Recap and Highlights
NQC24 is in the books. Next to CNS this week is the highlight of my year.It's great getting to visit with friends over the week and hear all the greatmusic. This year was extra special as on Tuesday, during the SGMA Hall of<...
Season 3 Episode 3 Honoring Jeff Stice
Jeff Stice was on the staff of the Charles Novell School of Music for 40 years. He was a big part of the CNS family, and the Novell family. Jeff gets inducted into the SGMA Hall of Fame on Tuesday September 24, 2024. Durning C...
Season 3 Episode 2 Songwriting Tips & Suggestions with Rob Novell
Songwriters are amongst the most creatives in the field of music. Thereare times though that we need to think out of the box to find new creativity.This episode draws inspiration from a unique place... social media marketing. ...
Season 3 Episode 1 CNS News and Announcements with Rob Novell
CNS finds itself in a "New Season". CNS Director, Rob Novell, talks in thisepisode about exciting upcoming events for the Charles Novell School ofMusic, along with a recap of CNS24 that took place in July of 2024 at Murray State U...
Season 2 Episode 35 When Things Don't Go As Planned
We all have situations that don't go quite like we had envisionedthem going, or don't quite go as planned. In these situations we can either allow the enemy to discourage us to the sidelines or wecan choose to adjust and ...