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Rocks Aren’t The Only Things That Roll On Music Row

In Industry News, Know This, Music, Music Business, Record Label, Trends, You HAVE to on April 19, 2010 at 8:16 am

Sunday night we celebrated the champions of country music with the 45th Academy of Country Music Awards.  This celebration came on the heels of a turbulent week on Music Row – where rocks aren’t the only things that roll.  Talk around town is that ASCAP let 6 employees go, Joe Galante retires from Sony Music Nashville, and Disney decided to shut the doors of Lyric Street. Read the rest of this entry »

World's LARGEST Number 1 Party

In Music Business, Music History, nashville, Networking, People that Rock, Songwriting, You HAVE to on September 22, 2009 at 1:58 pm

no1_2009Yesterday I had the chance to attend the WORLD’S LARGEST #1 PARTY hosted by Nashville Songwriters Association International.  Once a year Nashville’s music industry gathers together at NSAI under a big white tent, complete with food and drinks, to honor and celebrate the songwriters of the past year that have written a number one hit.  As we see the decline of cds and the increase of mp3s, we find people really have to write #1s to get cut by an  artist.  Well, these people have done it! Read the rest of this entry »