Appointed

And when He had consulted with the people, He appointed singers unto the Lord, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, praise the Lord; for His mercy endureth forever. (II Chronicles 20:21).  This verse is where the band derives its name, and also encompasses the heart of the band and its ministry. Drawn from parts of central Tennessee and south Texas, each individual felt the call of God to minister through music long before the start of this group. With the blend of individual personalities, this group has acquired a unique style combining traditional and progressive bluegrass gospel. From the foot stomping rhythms to intricate melodies and tight vocal harmonies, this band seeks to praise and worship God and encourage others through an uplifting message of salvation through Christ.

Before he was 11 years old, Daniel Roy didn't even know what a banjo or bluegrass was. It actually all started out with a digital encyclopedia program.  This eventually led to purchasing a banjo and finding Houston area banjo teacher Kerry Jones.  Under Kerry's tutelage, Daniel was able to learn every banjo style including three-finger,  melodics, chromatics, single-string, traditional, classical, and even jazz. In 2006, at the age of 16, he won the Texas State Banjo Championship. After this, Daniel started playing in local groups such as Cypress Creek and Huck's Acoustic Revue. In 2007, he was asked to join and form a new group called Appointed. This group fit his style and his own expectations.

Josh Roy was born on August 3, 1987 in La Porte, TX. Four years later his family moved to Dickinson, TX where he stayed until moving to Nashville, TN in 2008. When his brother Daniel started learning how to play the banjo, Josh started listening to Kerry Jones’ band perform, along with some other bluegrass bands in the area. His parents got him a bass when Josh was in the ninth grade. He started learning bluegrass songs from the Jones family. He would sit in on jam sessions, learning to play by ear and picking up any pointers anyone could teach him. He then started listening to Edgar Meyer.  As a result, Josh has quickly become one of the finest bassists in the region. Josh played with Huck’s Acoustic Revue 2004-06, then helped form Midland Express in mid ’06 and continued to play with them until late ’07.  Around that same time he was given the opportunity to play for a progressive bluegrass gospel band called “Appointed”, where he is happy to be today.

Josh Masters grew up in Cleveland, TX.  At the age of 5, he began taking fiddle lessons from Matt Hartz in Hunstville, TX. Since then, he has acquired skills to play guitar, mandolin, piano, drums, and bass. Throughout his life, he traveled around singing and playing gospel music with his family band. He also played fiddle for the house band at the Liberty Opry for one year, and from ages 15-19, was the youth music leader at his church. After working at Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church in Houston as an audio/video tech, he worked as Head Audio Engineer at The Ark Family Church in Conroe, TX. Now, graduated from college with a degree in Recording Arts, he owns and runs his own recording studio. In 2007, along with Jacob Frady and Bethany Allred (whom he met at the Stamps Baxter School of Music in Nashville, TN) Josh helped form the band Appointed and recorded and engineered their first CD. He is now pursuing a full-time music career with them.