Archive for April, 2011
Jerrod Niemann Goes For The Gold
Jerrod Niemann’s “What Do You Want” is steadily climbing the charts and it has now become his second RIAA-certified Gold Digital Single. Written by Niemann with Richie Brown and Rachel Bradshaw, “What Do You Want” follows his previous Gold Digital Single and chart-topping hit “Lover, Lover.” “It is unbelievable. I have loved country music since […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Label, Sales/Marketing
Photo Corner Friday
Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s I Saw the Light • Music City Tennis Invitational Songwriter Showcase • USO of Metropolitan Washington’s 29th Annual Awards Dinner • Christmas For Kids Celebrity Golf Tournament
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
Will Apple Be Next To The Cloud?
The battle for cloud supremacy is about to get pretty stormy, if recent rumors are true. Late yesterday (4/21) Reuters reported that Apple had finished its online storage service and was preparing to launch it ahead of Google, also long rumored to be getting in the cloud business. The article claims that iTunes customers will […]
Category: Featured, Sales/Marketing
Eye On Idol (4/22/11)
The men are finally starting to pack up and leave American Idol, which has got to make the two remaining females feel a little better.
Category: Artist, Featured, Sales/Marketing
Hollywood Growing Pains Echo Music Industry
…as the Walrus and the Carpenter smiled at the hapless oysters [before eating them] in Lewis Carroll’s classic poem, technology has now arrived to visit the film industry. So is Hollywood managing change more efficiently than the music industry?
Category: Artist, Featured, Sales/Marketing
ASCAP EXPO to Feature Nashville Writers/Execs
Some of the biggest names in Nashville, including Rodney Crowell, Josh Kear, Chris DuBois, Ashley Gorley, Tommy Sims, Dave Berg, Ben Glover, Chris Stapleton, Darrell Brown, Jonathan Singleton and Jamie Moore are among the panelists participating in the ASCAP “I Create Music” EXPO. Nashville industry leaders including Fletcher Foster (Red Light Management), Kerry O’Neil (O’Neil […]
Category: Featured, Organizations
Weekly Chart Report (4/22/11)
The results are in, and the people can’t live without Keith Urban’s “Without You.” Urban’s latest takes over the No. 1 spot most recently occupied by Rascal Flatts’ “I Won’t Let Go.”
McCurdy Raises $140k For St. Jude Children’s Hospital
When marketing a new single joins hands with raising funds for a worthy charitable cause it elevates the artist involved and becomes even more unique when that artist is a teen. Jennette McCurdy, star of Nickelodeon’s iCarly, decided to promote her new single with a cross country mall tour, Generation Love For St. Jude. And […]
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Tour Press
News from Toby Keith, Billy Currington, Joe Nichols and Lady Antebellum.
Gaskin Fires Up The Press
Columbia newcomer Bradley Gaskin entertained a roomful of press and media mavens this afternoon (4/21) at Sony Music’s Chet Atkins Place venue. Promo VP Jimmy Rector was wearing a smile as wide as the Cheshire Cat, obviously proud to show off his imprint’s latest talent. But it was the Celebrity Apprentice, John Rich, who held […]
Artist Action: Dolly Plans Album, Tour
Plus news from Alan Jackson, Matraca Berg, Jake Owen, Margaret Durante, Kenny Rogers
