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The opening night gala for the 2008 Nashville Film Festival recently took place. The red carpet walk included Emerson Drive, William H. Macy, Jessi Alexander, Carter’s Chord, Wild Bill, and other notable guests for the debut night featured film “The Deal”.
WGNE & Emerson Drive Team Up For Charity
RENDA BROADCASTING Country WGNE (99.9 GATOR COUNTRY)/JACKSONVILLE is partnering with MIDAS RECORDS group EMERSON DRIVE to help the kids at ST. JUDE CHILDREN’S RESEARCH HOSPITAL.
The boys recorded a special acoustic version of the LIFEHOUSE song “You and Me,” recently; it’s available exclusively for download at www.999gatorcountry.com for a $1 donation to ST. JUDE.
Click here to hear a sample of the song and here to download.
Emerson Drive, Southwest Airlines and the Nashville Film Festival are teaming up and giving away a trip to Las Vegas and the ACM Awards. Love music? Into film? Dig Southwest? Well then here’s the lowdown:
Emerson Drive was a recent guest of the Big 98 WSIX in Nashville. The band performed six songs acoustically at the station’s Full Throttle Garage and answered questions from the invited listeners. Two of the songs are going to be on the next album. Check out “Extra Mile” by clicking here.
The rest of the tunes are here.
Emerson Drive is still in the studio working on the album tentatively scheduled for a Fall release.
More behind the scenes footage of Emerson Drive at Country Radio Seminar with a special guest appearance by Charlie Daniels.
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The Skylink train at DFW is fantastic. So much better than that clunky old tram that took forever to get to another concourse. Skylink is sleek, quick, and since it sits atop the terminals, offers great views.
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Speaking of views, the new Cowboy’s stadium in Arlington is gigantic. You can see it clearly all the way from the airport and so far it resembles the contraption they built in the movie “Contact”. Massive.
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The entire airport at DFW has improved greatly. It reminded me how I’ve always loved airports and planes since I was a kid. Call me crazy.
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Omaha has a very nice Warehouse District. Cool shops and great eats! They are also getting some major concerts in the market.
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Des Moines Warehouse District is growing and looking impressive. The city is such a great market for country music too because of stations KJJY and KHKI (The Hawk). They support new music and help the format grow. We just had a huge show with Emerson Drive there, which was sold out. Thanks to everyone at the stations, especially Andy Elliot and Eddie Hatfield. Well done!
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Des Moines, however, is one of the worst places to fly out of to get back to Nashville. Always seems overly expensive.
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Heard some of the new music from Emerson Drive on their bus after the show. They are going to deliver something AMAZING. The whole band is operating on an entirely higher level. Very exciting.
The Buckeyes were Emerson Drive crazy when the band performed at Newport Music Hall on campus of Ohio State University.
CRS greetings to those of you who couldn’t make the trip……..”Wish You Were Here!”
The finalists for the ACM Awards came out this morning and Emerson Drive picked up nominations for Group of the Year and Song of the Year for “Moments”.
Also, congratulations to my good friend Mike Wrucke who co-produced the Miranda Lambert project which is up for Album of the Year and her song “Famous In A Small Town” which is competing for Single of the Year. Nice work Mike!
Go here for a complete list of nominees.
Emerson Drive’s newest single climbing the charts has a video from their performance on the Grand Ole Opry.
Emerson Drive played a BIG show in El Paso Friday night full of amazing energy and excitement. Thanks to Marty Austin and the entire KHEY and Whiskey Dicks crew for a fantastic night! Texas did indeed show E Drive the love! We will be back and in DFW the first week of April. Here is the latest installment of ED TV with some El Paso highlights for your viewing enjoyment:
Emerson Drive visits the cast and crew of GAC Nights.
Brad Mates is featured in the “Country’s Hottest Bachelors” issue of Country Weekly. On newsstands now, the contest will be open for voting at www.countryweekly.com and the winner will be published in the March 24th issue.
Since a single photo may not be enough to capture the true essense of the Emerson Drive lead singer, here’s a special video displaying that Brad not only has the looks, but also some wicked boot repair and sales skills.
Photo Credit: Tony Phipps
Midas Records’ GRAMMY nominees Emerson Drive strike a pose with fellow nominee, Big Machine recording artist, Taylor Swift at the Nashville GRAMMY Nominee reception. Emerson Drive are nominated in the category of “Best Country Performance By A Group or Duo with Vocals” for their #1 hit “Moments.”
Pictured L-R: Emerson Drive’s Dale Wallace, Taylor Swift, Emerson Drive’s Danick Dupelle, Brad Mates and David Pichette. www.emersondrive.com www.myspace.com/emersondrive
Emerson Drive traveled to Mexico for a week at the end of January with fans from Wisconsin. WMIL/Milwaukee, WNCY/Green Bay, and WMAD/Madison all participated in the trip and ED-TV brings you a small taste of Rivera Maya.
And if you thought Naruto and Emerson Drive didn’t have anything in common. Well my friend, think again!
Emerson Drive has been nominated for #1 Digitally Active Duo/Group on the CMT Video Music Awards. The nominees and ultimate winner are determined by calculating the number of digital streams the act had over the last year.
The numbers: 3.8 million total streams and over 2.3 million total profile views on Myspace!
E Drive is also up for a prestigious Grammy Award for Best Country Performance By A Group or Duo with Vocals for their 1 hit “Moments”.
Emerson Drive is starting 2008 in a big way. The new single is closing in on Top 20, testing Top 10, they are nominated for a Grammy, and have just concluded a 10 city tour with Big & Rich. And that’s just a glimpse of amazing things to come for a band that has established themselves as one of the best in the country format.
The guys have launched a video blog from their travels on the road. Keep up with them here.
I’ve launched this blog as a means to let you know what is going on at Midas Records and with our artists, but I also want it to be a place where we get to know one other beyond the weekly music calls. I’d like to have radio folks submit articles and stories they personally have written, as I will do the same. I’d like to find commonality and discussion when so often we have opposition and brevity because of the nature of our divergent jobs. I’d love for this blog to be a tool in knowing one another better and for an interesting outlet for an interesting business.
So, let’s get this thing going.
