While spending most of his life pursuing a professional athletic career and fulfilling that dream--playing professional baseball for the New York Mets—and struggling with the disappointment of an injury that would end his career too soon, he was devastated. But knowing God and being a man of faith he came to grips that his baseball career was over, and was excited to explore his higher calling.
"When I was released by the Mets, it crushed me. Life after the game can crush any player. Even when a player retires after years of playing, he starts to look around like "What's next?" My first route was to go to church. I became a member of Smokey Norful's church. I was excited about what he was doing. I sang on the praise team at church and he asked me to sing background for him," says Dulaney.
Today his joy comes from serving the Lord in any and every capacity of life. He is steadfast and sold out to God. His eyes are focused on ministry and fulfilling his purpose. He writes music that ministers to the heart of God and touches the soul of man. Not what's hot, but what delivers, what heals, and what restores.
"Music that God inhabits," says Dulaney.
Before stepping out on his own Dulaney served as a background singer for Smokie Norful. He has also worked with many award-winning artists, including Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Nicole and David Binion, and Donnie McClurkin, labeling him as "one to watch" in 2011.
Currently, his instantly likeable single, "Pulling Me Through" is in the Top 40 on all three gospel music charts and continues to rise.
"Pulling Me Through" is a praise anthem and testimony from Dulaney that delivers a consistent blend of zeal and purpose encouraging people to sing along and praise the Lord. "When things get tough and friends walk away/He walks right in to stay/...He'll never walk out on you."
"I want people to find a place of intimacy with my music," says Dulaney. "I want people to hear the music and the atmosphere will be set for them to experience God's glory."
Dulaney serves faithfully at his local assembly in Chicago, IL. He is married to the lovely Kenyetta Stone-Dulaney and he is the proud father of Todd Dulaney, Jr. |
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