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Country Hall Of Fame Salutes Chip Young

Renowned session guitarist and producer Chip Young will be saluted on Saturday, October 9, as part of the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s popular series Nashville Cats: A Celebration of Music City Musicians. The program, which will begin at 1:30 PM in the Museum’s Ford Theater, is included with Museum admission and free […]

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Bobby Karl Works the 2010 ASCAP Awards

Chapter 345 ASCAP did a reboot of its country awards on Tuesday (9/14). Rather than placing its date next to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame banquet—or anybody else—the organization elected to stage a stand-alone ceremony. Which is fine with those of us who face multiple deadlines. For the first time, the event was held […]

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CMA/NARM Plan Entertainment Law Conference

The CMA is working with NARM to host an Entertainment Law Conference in Nashville on Tuesday, Nov. 9 (1:00-5:30 PM/CT) at the Hutton Hotel. The half-day continuing legal education course is part of a series put on by NARM and will be part of scheduled events leading up to “The 44th Annual CMA Awards,” which […]

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BMI Reveals Fiscal Year-End Results

BMI released its latest financial results today, showing that the performing rights organization generated more than $917 million in revenues for its 2010 fiscal year ended June 30, including its subsidiary Landmark Digital Services®, LLC. The company had distributable royalties of more than $789 million for the more than 475,000 songwriters, composers and copyright owners […]

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Parties On The Row: Capitol, NSAI, TJ Martell

Capitol Records Nashville revealed the artist line-up for its Street Party today. The Oct. 13 event will close down Demonbreun Street for performances by Troy Olsen, Luke Bryan, Darius Rucker, Jennette McCurdy and Walker Hayes. To benefit Metro Nashville public schools, anyone who brings a school supply item to donate to the Pencil Foundation between […]

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Bamford, Reid Multiple Winners At 2010 CCMA Awards

Male artists dominated the 2010 Canadian Country Music Awards, held last night (9/12) at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta. Gord Bamford collected three awards during the telecast, including album of the year (for Day Job, helmed by CCMA Producer of the Year Byron Hill), CMT Video of the Year (“Day Job”), and Male Artist of […]

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Friday News Bits: Grammys, Flatts, ACM & More

Wide Open Music Group Signs Tim Owens Wide Open Music Group has announced the signing of Tim Owens to an Exclusive Songwriter Agreement. Owens, the co-writer behind such No. 1 hits as “Ticks” (Brad Paisley) and “Settlin’”(Sugarland), joins the growing writer and creative staff of the Nashville-based independent music publishing company. Wide Open also acquires […]

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ReTune Nashville Sets Benefit Concert, Auction

Tickets for ReTune Nashville’s Benefit Concert and Art Auction Event on October 23 at 7 p.m. at Soundcheck are on sale beginning today (9/10) at retunenashville.org for $35 in advance. Founded as a Tennessee nonprofit organization in May 2010 by Nashville photographer Sheri ONeal, ReTune Nashville’s mission is to provide relief to uninsured musicians in […]

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ACM Lifting Lives Enlists Artists’ Help

ACM Lifting Lives® announced today that the September theme for its monthly “My Cause” web feature is “Country Beats Cancer.” The web feature, which launched in August, will continue to drive awareness of artist-supported charitable organizations and support fundraising efforts for those philanthropies. At the ACM Awards last April, ACM Lifting Lives converted the traditional […]

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ASCAP Offers Pop Songwriters Workshop

The ASCAP Foundation is seeking submissions for its 2010 Nashville Pop Songwriters Workshop, which is part of an ongoing series of workshops designed to focus on the development and education of promising new pop songwriters. Writers interested in applying for participation in the ASCAP Foundation Nashville Pop Songwriters Workshop should submit the following: • A […]

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Vanderbilt Hosts Entertainment Law Symposium

Leadership Music has partnered with the Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law (JETL) to offer a symposium: “The Evolution of Entertainment Law and Industry in the New World: Where Do We Go From Here?” The day-long event will be held Tuesday, September 28 from 8:00 AM-5:00 PM in Vanderbilt Law School’s Flynn Auditorium. The […]

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