Ed Cash

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Ed Cash
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Background information
Birth nameEdmond Martin Cash
Born (1971-08-06) August 6, 1971 (age 52)
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Occupation(s) Record producer
Website edcash.com

Edmond Martin Cash (born August 6, 1971) is a producer, songwriter, engineer, and multi-instrumentalist. [1] He has produced or written for artists including Steven Curtis Chapman, Dolly Parton, and Chris Tomlin. [1] Between 2004 and 2007, Cash was awarded Producer of the Year at the GMA Dove Awards. [2] He has also received several Grammy nominations and BMI awards. [2] [3]

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

Biography

Cash has gained recognition as a songwriter for having co-written and produced "How Great Is Our God". [4] The song earned him five Dove Awards, including Song of the Year and Praise and Worship Song of the Year. [5] 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. [6]

Cash severed ties with The Gathering International when it came under scrutiny in magazine Christianity Today investigating the group's finances. The article claimed that Cash's songwriting had helped fund the group. [7] [8]

Awards

"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
"Made to Worship"
"Made to Worship"
See the Morning
See the Morning
"How Great Is Our God"
"How Great Is Our God"
"Made to Worship"
Great God Who Saves
"How Great Is Our God"
Le Canto - Kari Jobe

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Movies/DVD/TV

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