Gene Moore
About
Like many of his peers in gospel music, Gene Moore grew up a “PK,” or pastor’s kid. His father, the Reverend Gene A. Moore Sr., is pastor of March of Faith Community Church in Pearland, Texas, outside Houston. But unlike many of his peers, Gene didn’t discover his true passion for music until adulthood. His first public solo at March of Faith didn’t happen until he was around fifteen. He considered music “a hobby, something fun to do.”
At age seventeen, Gene’s vocal proclivities landed him a spot in the Southeast Inspirational Choir. Founded by Shirley Joiner and Carl Preacher, Southeast Inspirational was the launching pad for gospel star Yolanda Adams. Gene considers the choir his launch pad, also, and Joiner and Preacher his informal music mentors. “They taught me to understand what I am singing about, to connect with the lyrics,” Gene reflected, “because if the words are not believable to me, they won’t be believable to anybody else.”
“Tunnel Vision, by definition, means you can’t focus on anything outside of the target in front of you,” says Gene Moore. “If you look around, it feels like the darkness is swallowing you up. So, the only way to get to the light at the end of the tunnel is to keep moving forward. You will eventually see the finish line, which represents hope, which represents Christ.” Tunnel Vision became the title and the theme of Gene’s follow-up to The Future – his critically acclaimed debut album on Motown Gospel that earned a Stellar Award nomination for New Artist Of The Year.
