Dray Hill

About Dray Hill

DRAY HILL FULL BIO
MUSIC & FILM

DRAY’S PERSONAL STATEMENT
It is not easy to see beauty when entering into a struggle or life test. Its beauty only becomes visible after you come through the struggle. Total faith in God gives one the courage to face the test and the strength to go all the way through any struggle!

THE MUSIC
My musical journey has given me a wide range of opportunities and has given birth to additional aspirations and gifts from God, beyond what I could have ever imagined! At a very young age my inherent love for music became evident. My mom smiles as she recounts memories of me as a toddler, beating on pots and pans in rhythm to specific songs, as if I were a drummer in training.

During my elementary school years, I remember being completely fascinated with the piano! I found the sound of the piano as well as the appearance itself to be very intriguing! At the ripe age of 10, I developed an interest in poetry and begin to write my thoughts and feelings because it seemed the only adequate way that I could express myself.

Just prior to high school I began to play the guitar, followed by the drums, keys and finally the bass guitar, one of my greatest passions! Melodies and lyrics that came to me naturally began to accompany the music that I played. I was met with multiple open doors and played bass guitar in a number of local secular and later Christian groups, where I was a lead member.

In 1999 I was led to start a record label "Churchouse Records (now Churchouse Productions). Over the years I was blessed to produce music for five separate artists and finally in 2007, I released my own solo project, by the grace of God!
1. Glory Belongs To You
2. Dray Hill & Co / Live at Unity Temple
3. Trust & Believe
4. Real Christians EP

THE CONNECTION
My first attempt to enter the film industry began with a music video for one of the songs that I wrote entitled "Trust and Believe". Although the video was amateur it sparked a greater interest and was just the first of many more videos and interviews for my myself and for clients to come.
In 2015, the thought to create a short film entered my mind and I began to ponder how I could put a twist on a concert by incorporating a short film at the same time. There were 3 artists including myself, to be featured in this concert film. The Lord prompted me to create a story and divide it into three parts. Each of these 3 artist first appeared in the film, were later introduced individual and given opportunity to do their music set, thus it was a concert with a movie in it! It was called “Welcome to Faith-town Concert”.

Soon after this production I was hired by emerging recording artists to create music, and others in the music industry to do, Music Videos, Commercials and Graphic Artwork for different media programs and clients. However the craving to get back to what the Lord was specifically leading me to do began to outweigh working on outside projects. In 2016 I began to devote my attention to my next musical project, Real Christians EP. I followed the same thought process as I did for the 1st Welcome to Faith-town Concert. About 2 months before the concert, my idea was presented to a young filmmaker that believed that the storyline was good enough to make into a movie. Following the success of the concert I agreed to work with the experienced filmmaker who introduced me to the fascinating world of filmmaking! After the completion of this short film I was inspired to expand the storyline. I learned even more from other filmmakers as they assisted with the remaking of Welcome to Faith-town / Real Love. For the next 1 year and a half we worked on the full-length feature film.

During the filming we were met with many unexpected challenges but with the help of the Lord and a dedicated team, we were able to bring this production to completion after 2 years and 5 months. What appeared to be a delay was simply God's divine timing! God blessed our endeavors and has rewarded us by continuing to use this
multi-nominated and award-winning film to inspire and compel an unlimited audience to walk in true fellowship with Jesus Christ!


PROGRESSION INTO FILM
God continued to enlarge my territory and in 2018 I began to write for my latest project " The Rapture Chronicles Web Series". The first episode was filmed and released in June 2019. Episodes 2 and 3 were waiting on the horizon and were launched soon after. We are blessed to have already shared Episode 4/ The Party Animal-(Released March 2020) with more than 500k viewers around the globe! We are honored that each episode thus far has been nominated in Film Festivals, and we are grateful to receive correspondence regarding how this series has impacted so many lives! Stay tuned for additional episodes expected to be released this season! The Rapture Chronicles Web Series is currently distributed and available to view on…
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You can find more information about my work on
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Having obtained help from God, I continue unto this day!
I also have written 2 books that are waiting to be published, with first release date as early as Dec 2020. Im highly anticipating 2021 to be the release date of my 2nd book and much more kingdom work as the Lord directs! To God be the Glory!

Glory Belongs To You Video
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