Category: Sales/Marketing
Frank Offers Hit Formula
Jay Frank, CMT’s Senior VP, Music Strategy and author of Futurehit.DNA, stands at the forefront of the new music industry with his theories on the elements of a hit song. Now artists have the opportunity to put these ideas to music as part of the Futurehit.DNA Songwriting Challenge. The music industry veteran will give three […]
Category: Featured, Sales/Marketing
Commerce Secretary In Nashville To Discuss Piracy
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke was in Nashville today (8/30) for a meeting between members of government and local music business leaders to discuss music piracy. NSAI Executive Director Bart Herbison moderated the discussion featuring leaders from all levels of government: Locke, Mayor Karl Dean, Governor Phil Bredesen, and Congressman Jim Cooper. Some of Nashville’s […]
Category: Featured, Financial/Legal, Organizations, Publishing, Sales/Marketing
615 Music Adds Danielle Wade
Nashville’s 615 Music, one of the world’s leading providers of production music to the entertainment, broadcast, advertising, and corporate industries, and the recent winner of a national Emmy Award for “Outstanding Original Song” for NBC’s Today Show, has retained UK-based representative Danielle Wade. Ms. Wade will represent 615 Music’s extensive catalog throughout the United Kingdom. […]
Category: Featured, Sales/Marketing
BLOOD, SWEAT & FACEBOOK: The Publicist’s Expanding Radio Role
With CD sales continuing to slide, label budgets and staffs shrinking and the bottleneck at radio getting ever tighter, the rules are changing and the roles rearranging for the recording artist’s “team members.” In an increasingly niche-oriented scenario, public relations has begun to loom larger in the overall picture.
Category: Artist, Featured, Radio, Sales/Marketing
ACM Adds SVP Teresa George
The Academy of Country Music has hired Nashville-based veteran music executive Teresa George as Senior Vice President, Brand Integration & Strategic Partnerships. This forms the ACM’s first internal branding and corporate promotional outreach department. George will report directly to ACM Executive Director Bob Romeo. “Teresa has been an important part of the ACM team for […]
Category: Awards, Featured, Organizations, Sales/Marketing
The Country Network To Air Via Sinclair
The new music video channel The Country Network (TCN) has been picked up by Sinclair Broadcast Group and will be available in some markets by October. Tammy Genovese joined TCN’s Music Row office as Pres. TCN Nashville in April. TCN and Sinclair have entered into an agreement to launch TCN’s star-hosted music video programming on […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Sales/Marketing
Big Machine Teams With Commerce Site Moontoast
Big Machine Records and Moontoast have announced that they have reached an agreement for Moontoast to provide their direct-to-fan Embedded Store, a component of Moontoast’s Social Commerce Platform. Fans of Big Machine and The Valory Music Co. artists will utilize the Moontoast Embedded Store to purchase music, videos, and other items directly from the artist-related […]
Category: Featured, Label, Sales/Marketing
Behind The Scenes With Joey+Rory
Husband/wife country duo Joey+Rory have filmed a video for “This Song’s For You,” a collaboration with Zac Brown Band and the leadoff single from their upcoming sophomore release, Album #2. CMT is offering a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the video, which spotlights working people in and around the couple’s rural Middle Tennessee hometown. […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Sales/Marketing
Sales Magic Might Turn Deficit
This week the smart money is on the Trickster who says, “Watch my magic wand and you’ll see the current country music album sales deficit of 11.8% rise back up to flat or even positive when the revelers welcome 2011.” Considering the scheduled torrent of superstar product, the feat may be more treat than trick. […]
Category: Featured, Radio, Sales/Marketing
Rodney Atkins Teams With Cracker Barrel
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has announced that Rodney Atkins will release his next album with the restaurant chain. Cracker Barrel Presents Rodney Atkins will be available on September 6, and will feature four No. 1 hits, including “These Are My People,” “Watching You,” and the current Billboard Top 20 single “Farmer’s Daughter,” which is approaching […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Sales/Marketing
MTV Networks Cross-Premiere Swift Single
Sister networks CMT, MTV, VH1 and MTV International will team up to present the global premiere of Taylor Swift’s new video “Mine” on Friday, August 27. The first single from Swift’s upcoming album Speak Now, “Mine,” was rushed to radio after being leaked across the internet. The song went on to debut at No. 1 […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Sales/Marketing
