Marc Rucker Joins Big Loud
Marc Rucker
Marc Rucker has joined Big Loud as Day to Day Manager for Chris Lane. Rucker’s career includes time working with Parallel Entertainment, and as a consultant for CrossHair Music.
He can be reached at marc@bigloud.com.
BMI, Warner/Chappell Honor Rhett Akins
Pictured Front: (L-R): Kasey Akins, Warner Chappell’s Jessi Vaughn, BMI’s Jody Williams, Sonya Akins, Rhett Akins, Warner Chappell’s Ben Vaughn, BMI’s Leslie Roberts, Lisa Boullt, Pam Akins. Back Row: Warner Chappell’s Ryan Beuschel, BMI’s Mason Hunter and BMI’s David Preston (Photo: Steve Lowry)
The 19 Million-Air awards recognized some of Rhett’s greatest hits, including “Take A Back Road,” “Gimme That Girl,” “Dirt on My Boots,” “I Don’t Want This Night To End,” “That Ain’t My Truck,” and many more. Akins was recognized the following evening at the ACM Honors as this year’s ACM Songwriter of the Year.
Crowd Surf Promotes H. Read Davis
Read Davis
Crowd Surf co-founders, Cassie Petrey and Jade Driver, announce the newly created role for Nashville team member H. Read Davis as Director of Creative Operations.
Davis will be responsible for managing all video/graphic/web/photo productions, overseeing all asset delivery on independent releases and all Content I.D. and Facebook Rights Manager initiatives. He will also handle playlisting placement for the company’s independent artists in platforms such as Spotify and YouTube, as well as oversee recruiting and training responsibilities for the company’s staff.
Before he started at Crowd Surf in 2014, Davis was a founding member of Nashville-based group The Westbound Rangers. In October 2016, he was promoted to Marketing Director at the company. Davis can be reached at read@crowdsurf.net.
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