Industry Ink: Rumblefish, Music Biz, CRS, Silverado Records, Rocketown

Rumblefish Teams With Grammy Awards To License On-Demand Listening Services

Rumblefish, the successor of the Harry Fox Agency LLC’s Slingshot administration service, has again collaborated with The Recording Academy to license on-demand listening services for its voting members for the upcoming Grammy Awards.

For the 10th consecutive year, Rumblefish has provided licensing research and clearance service for all Grammy-nominated tracks posted for voting member consideration. The time-sensitive process of researching more than 7,500 tracks to provide license clearance for approximately 4,000 songs in 76 diverse GRAMMY categories, ranging from pop to world music, was made possible by Rumblefish’s database, industry knowledge and extensive publisher relationships.

CRS To Launch Commencement Party

Pictured (Clockwise, from left): Crook & Chase, Caroline Jones, Macy Martin, Joe Denim, Jeremiah Richey, Matt Gary

Country Radio Seminar will launch its annual three-day, industry-only event by throwing its first commencement party, in collaboration with SunTrust Bank and Encore Technologies.

Award-winning TV and radio personalities, Lorianne Crook and Charlie Chase of Crook & Chase, will host the event, which will be held on the seminar’s opening day, Feb. 22. Five artists are set to perform on the Encore Stage at the Omni, Level 2 Grand Terrace, from 12:15-2:45 p.m. Musical guests include Caroline Jones (12:15-12:45 p.m.), Macy Martin (12:45-1:15 p.m.), Matt Gary (1:15-1:45 p.m.), Jeremiah Richey (1:45-2:15p.m.), and Joe Denim (2:15-2:45 p.m.).

The CRS 2017 Kickoff Party will conclude prior to the CRS 2017 Opening Ceremonies.

 

Silverado Records Signs Crystal Yates

Crystal Yates

Silverado Records has signed singer-songwriter Crystal Yates for the second volume of their Silverado Signature Songwriter Series. Hailing from McKinney, Texas, Yates is touring heavily in the state and can be found Sunday mornings leading worship at some of the nation’s largest churches.

Yates was the national winner of the 2014 Texaco Country Showdown. She’s released two previous EPs.

The Silverado Signature Songwriter Series, which recently kicked off its first volume with Nashville-based songwriter Zack Dyer, showcases tracks from country music songwriters. The second volume, featuring Yates, is currently in production and is scheduled to be released this Spring.

 

Facebook’s Fred Beteille Extends Role As Music Business Association’s Chairman

Fred Beteille

The Music Business Association (Music Biz) has announced that Fred Beteille, who recently joined Facebook from YouTube, continues in his role as Chairman of the organization’s Board of Directors. Beteille is a Product Manager on Facebook Live.

Elected Music Biz Chairman in 2014, Beteille has promoted the expansion of the organization’s membership base and its role as the forum for dialog across all aspects of the music industry, from creation to the consumer. He supported the move of the annual Music Biz event to Nashville in 2015, which has stimulated a 50 percent increase in attendance in two years.

 

Michael W. Smith Celebrates Donation To Rocketown

Michael W. Smith with Charlotte and Lauren Uribe

Michael W. Smith accompanied Nashville-based Lauren Uribe (age six) and Charlotte Uribe (age four) to flip on the lights of Rocketown’s outdoor basketball court, allowing kids at the facility to play ball even after the sun sets. The pair of sisters and their family made a donation to the youth outreach facility, enabling the lights to be purchased.

“I hope all the boys and girls have fun playing basketball,” shared Lauren, a first-grader at Battle Ground Academy and daughter of media executives George & Margaret Uribe.

Kids can do a variety of activities at Rocketown including sports and recreation like skate boarding, football and basketball. Rocketown is also known for their arts enrichment programs with opportunities in the youth-led music recording studio, improv acting classes, and music and vocal lessons. All programs are free of charge and open to students in 5-12 grade.