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Tag Archives: Nashville
Special Screening of the Film “Girl Rising” at the Belcourt Monday Night
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April 19, 2013
Tagged 10x10, Film, Girl Rising, movie, Nashville, World Vision
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Waiting For The Nashville Dining Experience
I recently read an interesting article from the Charleston City Paper entitled “Will Nashville of 2013 be the Charleston of 2012? “ It is about how Nashville is poised to become the next fine Southern fare capital. I am by … Continue reading
Posted in Nashville, Travel
Tagged Charleston, food, Nashville, restaurants, Southern
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Gwen Sebastian Partners With World Vision
Pictured (L-R): World Vision’s Mike Severson, Michael Bianchi, Sebastian, World Vision’s Jenny Lockwald, and Tim Sawer Flying Island’s Gwen Sebastian is partnering with World Vision in an effort to raise awareness of the organizations’ dedication to combat poverty and injustice … Continue reading
Posted in Music Business, World Vision
Tagged Artists, Gwen Sebastian, Music, Nashville, World Vision
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Ridiculously Talented – Eric Church
A big congratulations goes out to Eric Church who just scored his first #1 single this week with “Drink In My Hand”. It’s been way overdue since releasing his first single to radio in 2006. From that time Eric has … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Music, Ridiculously Talented, Video
Tagged Artists, Eric Church, Music, Nashville, Ridiculously Talented Tuesday
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Thank You Garth
The 9pm show last night was the final of nine shows that Garth Brooks put on in Nashville to benefit flood relief. Around 160,000 tickets were sold and five million raised. Add to that the economic impact of Garth’s shows … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Media & Entertainment, Music, Music Business, Nashville
Tagged concert, flood, Garth Brooks, Nashville, show, Trisha Yearwood
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Revealing Speak at Billboard Country Music Summit
The Billboard Country Music Summit was held in downtown Nashville on June 7th and 8th. It was a gathering of all segments of the music industry to discuss, debate and pontificate about current issues within the music business and ideas … Continue reading
Style & Sound Benefit
Mark your calendar for a cool evening of music and fashion. JUNE 3 “STYLE & SOUND” FASHION SHOW TO BENEFIT SOLES4SOULS’ DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE Six Fifteen Magazine’s event at Mercy Lounge – with performances by Carter’s Chord, … Continue reading
Posted in Nashville
Tagged benefit, CaCee Cobb, Carter's Chord, Fast Ryde, flood, Nashville, Sixfifteen Magazine, Soles4Souls
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River Road
Coley Davis Road in Bellevue is flooded by the Harpeth River. Boaters are helping those trapped by the water. Nashville flood 2010. River Road, originally uploaded by Mike Severson. I have created a gallery of images from the flooding. Go … Continue reading
2010 ACM Award Winners
Like all awards shows, the 2010 Academy of Country Music Awards featured some stellar, some forgettable, and some cringing performances. I’ll let you decide which is which, but it seemed clear to me. I will say that the top two … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Music, Music Business
Tagged 2010, ACM, Artists, awards, country, Lady Antebellum, Las Vegas, Miranda Lambert, Music, Nashville, nominees, winners
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The Music Advisory – Marc Scibilia
It’s good to have friends who are passionate about music and work in the music business. What a novel concept! What’s even better is when they share their passion with me. That’s how I was introduced to singer/songwriter/musician Marc Scibilia. … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Music, Music Advisory
Tagged Artists, Marc Scibilia, Music, Music Advisory, Nashville
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A Songwriting Perspective
The following is a concise and relevant conversations between Peter Cooper and Carnival Music’s Frank Liddell on the state of songwriting and publishing. Published by Peter Cooper on March 19, 2010 in The Tennessean’s Features Frank Liddell owns Carnival Music … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Music, Music Business, Nashville
Tagged art, artist, Artists, country, Frank Liddell, Music, Nashville, publishing, songs, songwriting
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Texas to Nashville
Texas to Nashville, originally uploaded by Mike Severson. Check out the photoblog at http://www.seversonphotography.wordpress.com
Posted in Nashville, Photography
Tagged art, country, image, mike severson, Music, Nashville, photo, photograph, Photography, texas, Willie Nelson
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Musical Preview (part 2)
More artists performing at the Compassion International benefit on December 2nd at Mercy Lounge in Nashville. All proceeds go to the Global Food Crisis Fund to help children and families in the most needed areas where Compassion serves. Tammy Cochran: … Continue reading
Musical Preview
Just some of the artists performing at the Compassion International benefit on December 2nd at Mercy Lounge in Nashville. More artist info and videos to come….. Bryan White Rob Blackledge Julie Roberts Blaine Laresen Alathea
Posted in Artists, Compassion International, Music, Video
Tagged Alathea, Bryan White, charity, Compassion International, concert, country, global food crisis, Julie Roberts, Music, Nashville, pop, Rob Blackledge, show, videos
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Passion for the Music. Compassion for the Poor.
Compassion International Benefit Show All proceeds will go to the Global Food Crisis Fund, assisting children and their families in the most needed areas where Compassion serves. • Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009, doors open at 7:30pm • Mercy Lounge in … Continue reading
2009 CMA Award Winners
The List of Country Music Association Award Winners: Musical Event of the Year: “Start A Band “ Brad Paisley and Keith Urban Musician of the Year: Mac McAnally Music Video of the Year: “Love Story“ Taylor Swift – directed by … Continue reading
Posted in Media & Entertainment, Music, Music Business
Tagged 2009, ABC, Brad Paisley, CMA, CMA Awards, country, Country Music Association, Music, Nashville, show, Taylor Swift
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Throwback Thursday: Waylon & Hank Jr.
Hank Williams Jr and Waylon Jennings on TNN’s Nashville Now in late 1988. They sing “Mind Your Own Business” and “The Conversation”. A very cool sit down and performance. Songwriter and music business legend Merle Kilgore is also featured. Don’t … Continue reading
A Message from Keynote Speaker for CRS 41
Dave Ramsey is an incredibly successful broadcast personality and is on over 400 radio stations. In addition, Dave is a prominent author, speaker, businessman, and culture shaper. He’s also a heck of a nice guy. I should know since my … Continue reading
Posted in Music Business, Nashville, Radio, Video
Tagged country, CRB, CRS, Dave Ramsey, Financial Peace, keynote, Music, Nashville, Radio, seminar
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CMA Award Nominees Announced Today
The 43rd annual CMA Awards nominees were announced this morning. The live broadcast will be on Wednesday, November 11th at 8p EST from Nashville on ABC. Entertainer Of The Year KENNY CHESNEY BRAD PAISLEY TAYLOR SWIFT GEORGE STRAIT KEITH URBAN … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Music, Music Business, Radio
Tagged broadcast, Carrie Underwood, CMA Awards, country, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Music, Nashville, Radio, Taylor Swift
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Can Free Music and Profits Coexist?
A recent article from The Tennessean: Sarah Sidwell, a 19-year-old freshman at Belmont University, loves listening to music but doesn’t buy it that often. Instead, she listens to top artists on Pandora, a free online radio station that she customizes … Continue reading
Posted in Business/Marketing, Music, Music Business, Nashville, Technology
Tagged Belmont, business, country music, digital, ilike, Keith Urban, marketing, Music, Nashville, Pandora
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CRS Forecast
Country Radio Seminar is upon us again and I always look forward to a week of seeing old friends, making new ones, and coming together as an industry. We are in times of unprecedented challenges and opportunities. Will we face them … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Music Business, Nashville, Radio
Tagged Compassion International, country music, Country Radio Seminar, CRS, Nashville, Radio
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Leadership Music Digital Summit 2009
Leadership Music’s annual Digital Summit is one of the most valuable and high-impact events in the Nashville music industry community. Join over 600 artists, ISPs, songwriters, venture capitalists, managers, content aggregators, labels, digital music services, publishers, service providers, mobile operators, … Continue reading
Posted in Media & Entertainment, Music Business, Nashville, Technology
Tagged business, digital, entertainment, Music, Nashville, Technology
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From Country to the World
Tomorrow morning I leave for Honduras with a missions group. We will be traveling there to tour a couple of the projects that are set up. We’ll visit the children and families who are being directly helped and witness the impact that … Continue reading
Posted in Charity
Tagged Artists, charity, Compassion International, country, Music, Nashville, poverty
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Returning to Ethiopia
Amy and I are leaving tomorrow (1/24) to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to meet our 5 year old adopted daughter and bring her to her new home in Nashville. It’s been a whirlwind six months and an amazing journey to get to this … Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Music Business, Personal
Tagged Ethiopia, music industry, Nashville, record labels
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Time to Slice Up the Country Pie?
Back in June I posted about how much older our core demo is getting. It was based on research that I had read about and the concern was that we may be chasing the older demo off the cliff and … Continue reading
2008 CMA Winners
To me the real winners of any awards show are the artists who can consistently pull off great performances or who bring something incredible to the program. My winners this year: George Strait, Keith Urban, Miranda Lambert, Kid Rock, Lady Antebellum, Darius Rucker, Carrie Underwood, and … Continue reading
Posted in Media & Entertainment, Music Business, Nashville
Tagged Artists, CMA Awards, country music, Music Business, Nashville
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CMA Week is Here
As artists, radio, and fans make the yearly trek to Nashville for the Country Music Association Awards, the future of the industry is on the minds of Music Row professionals. A CMA round table discussion took place last week and The … Continue reading
Where are the Women?
Last week Lon Helton in Country Aircheck posed the question, “Where are the women?”, in referring to the lack of female Country music artists that are finding chart success. Besides Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood, the ladies of the Country … Continue reading
Rissi Palmer Featured in 2009 Chevy Calendar
When you think about the month of March what automatically comes to your mind? Spring? “Et tu, Brute?”, Mardi Gras? National Poison Prevention Week? St. Patricks Day? How about Rissi Palmer Month?! The 2009 Chevy and CMA Country Music Calendar is off … Continue reading
Tim McGraw Apologizes to Fans for Label’s Decision
OUCH! NASHVILLE – (October 14, 2008) Curb Records released a third hits package on Tim McGraw last week, a CD that was put into record stores without his involvement. McGraw has been working on a new studio album for over … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Music Business
Tagged country music, Nashville, record label, Tim McGraw
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Who is the best least known indie artist?
Have you discovered an independent musical artist who you thought was out of this world that not many people know about? An artist that you feel “has it”? Any type of music. A pure unsigned indie you think very few people have had … Continue reading
Power Shmower
I recently checked out the “Power” rankings in Country Aircheck. It is the issue that features the top 30 most powerful people in the radio and music industry as voted by Country Aircheck readers. Ten years ago I would have … Continue reading
Like A Woman
AWARD-WINNING POWERHOUSE VOCALIST JAMIE O’NEAL RELEASES NEW SINGLE “Like A Woman” Hits Radio Monday, October 13 With Album to Follow Early Next Year from 1720 Entertainment ACM Award-winner and multi-Grammy nominee, Jamie O’Neal returns to country radio Monday, October 13 with … Continue reading
Shame On You, Nashville
It was embarrassing to be from Nashville this weekend. Yes Vanderbilt won, the Titans won, and the weather was amazing. All that good news aside, I was a little ashamed and concerned for our community over the last week. Before hurricane Ike … Continue reading
CMA Voting: Stealing the Election or Natural Selection?
So Rascal Flatts getting shut out of the Country Music Award nominations is a big deal apparently. It has also previously happened to Toby Keith and Tim McGraw at the height of their popularity too. One of the leading country … Continue reading
What Kitty Wells and Kid Rock Can Teach Us
Authenticity is so crucial for the success of our format. Nothing is worse than Nashville putting out artists and songs that are contrived and tedious. Oh wait, yes there is – radio playing them. I’ve often thought that this is … Continue reading
Forward Thinking in Nashville
I LOVE THIS. Finally someone is doing something that makes sense in this town. Will it work? Based on the demo segment who purchase music from Taylor Swift I think it will. The price points may be a little high for the basic … Continue reading
Posted in Music Business
Tagged business, country, marketing, Music, Nashville, record label
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Industry Pro: John Pisciotta
John Pisciotta Ripcord, Inc. Previous employment/companies: Session Guitar, (Vince Gill, Pink, Amy Grant, Peter Cetera, Michael Omartian), Sony Tree writer/producer, Paradiso Music, Founder Lead Producer, Ripcord Entertainment, Founder, Creative Director Years in the biz: 14 Marital … Continue reading
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Tagged business, country, Music, Nashville, publishing, record label, studio
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2008 Nashville Star Winner
Well, they finally wrapped up season number six and the first major network season of Nashville Star on NBC tonight. The viewing audience had a choice between two finalist – Melissa Lawson or Gabe Garcia. In what was overall a … Continue reading
The Strategic Marketing of Indie Labels
So many indie labels in Nashville are set up to try and compete directly with the huge corporate labels. Others are not even interested in that game and prefer to find niches and micro-markets for their artists and music. Which … Continue reading
The Music Advisory: Matthew Perryman Jones
The wickedly talented Brian Thiele joins the staff of contributors to The Music Advisory. He is a musician, works in the music business, and is co-founder of a the new blog BEERSCHOOL. Check it out…….and check out his Music Advisory: … Continue reading
Nashville Star Winner
I watched Nashville Star last night and was very disappointed that Nashville and country music were being represented so poorly. Frankly, it was embarrassing. If that’s the best finalists they can come up with then something is terribly amiss in their … Continue reading
Yuengling Takes Over Tennessee
You can’t go anywhere in Nashville and not see the huge marketing campaign set in motion by Yuengling sometime late last year. The signs, coasters, banners, ads, and beer is everywhere from grocery stores to bars and restaurants. It is … Continue reading
Please Rise and Remove Your Ballcap
Whiskey Falls performing the National Anthem for the Frogmen in the Morning at K-FROG/Riverside, CA. Recorded in part during the radio broadcasts at the CMA Music Festival in Nashville.
Posted in Midas Records, Radio, Video, Whiskey Falls
Tagged CMA Music Festival, country, Fan Fair, KFRG, Midas Records, Music, Nashville, Whiskey Falls
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The Music Advisory*: MuteMath
Many musical acts come and go as my favorites. I add their music to iTunes and then I burn it out. I see them once live and am not motivated to lay down money to see them again. There are but few who’s music I … Continue reading
Posted in Media & Entertainment, Music Advisory
Tagged entertainment, Music, Music Advisory, MuteMath, Nashville
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To the Power of Teen
Teen Magazine has a feature on Adam Gregory this month: “Meet Adam Gregory, a 22-year-old country crooner who’s our pick for the next big thing! We just love his new single, “Crazy Days,” and thought you guys would get a kick out … Continue reading
Leave Your Mobile in the Van
Peter Cooper blogs about how mobile devices are hurting music in a way you might not have thought about: When people talk about the things that are allegedly “killing” music, they usually go on about vocal tuning technology, the demise of physical product, … Continue reading
Posted in Media & Entertainment, Music Business
Tagged live, Music, Nashville, shows, Technology
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A&R in Nashville
I’d like to see the ratio and breakdown of recently successful acts from record labels. A comparison of brand new artists that no one has heard of to artists that have been lifted off one of the following: American Idol, Nashville Star, Dancing With The Stars, MySpace, from another format, through Muzik … Continue reading
