Archive for November, 2011
2012 Grammy Nominations Revealed
Nominations for the 54th Annual Grammy Awards [...]
Category: Artist, Awards, Featured, Organizations
2nd CMT Artist Awards Show Soars
The 2011 CMT Artists of the Year show was taped last night at the Bridgestone arena in Nashville (11/29/11). Fast becoming an “in demand” ticket for industry executives, the show honored Jason Aldean, Lady Antebellum, Taylor Swift, Brad Paisley and Kenny Chesney. [...]
[Updated] Court Says McGraw Can Split From Curb, Label Releases Single Anyway
Tim McGraw is no longer a Curb Records artist, according to a ruling this afternoon in a Nashville courtroom [...]
Category: Artist, Featured, Financial/Legal, Label, Weekend
GRAMMY Noms Concert Tonight
Nominations in select GRAMMY categories will be revealed tonight (11/30) [...]
Margaret Durante To Perform At WMBA’s Tunes For Tots
The annual Tunes for Tots fundraiser, presented by the Women’s Music Business Association, will be held [...]
Parallel Music Publishing Signs First Writer
Parallel Music Publishing has announced the signing of the first songwriter to its Nashville roster [...]
Category: Featured, Publishing
ACM Revamps New Artist Category
The Academy of Country Music announced today a single combined, overall category for New Artist of the Year [...]
Category: Awards, Featured, Organizations
Darius Rucker to Perform At GRAMMY Artists Revealed Show
The intimate storytelling series gives fans an up-close look at Grammy winners [...]
Black Friday Unable To Reverse Weak Release Schedule
[Subscriber-only] A quick look at our YTD comparison chart (above) shows that it's seemingly going to take more than Black Friday sales, a big turkey dinner, and this year's abbreviated release schedule to put country music buyers in a mood to buy more units than last year. [...]Category: Artist, Featured, Label, Sales/Marketing
Shazam, BMI Evolve Relationship
Song identification outfit Shazam is reacquiring from BMI the Audio Recognition technology and related patents [...]
Category: Featured, Organizations
Are Music Revenue Streams Drying Up?
[Subscriber-only] 2011 has been an eventful year for the music industry and its consumers. Apple’s “big dog” online music retailer, iTunes, remained the king of market share, but as the months rolled on music consumers welcomed a slew of new arrivals [...]Category: Exclusive, Featured, Sales/Marketing, Weekend
DISClaimer Single Reviews (11/30/11)
[Subscriber-only] It’s all stars, no waiting, this week as everyone from Princess Taylor Swift to King George Strait and his fellow Hall of Famers Bill Anderson and Dolly Parton are on deck. [...]
Morgans Media Group Hires Roger Murrah
Morgans Media Group has named songwriter and publishing veteran Roger Murrah [...]
Category: Featured, Sales/Marketing
CMA Songwriters Series Expands Overseas
The Country Music Association’s popular CMA Songwriters Series is taking its first ever European vacation February 22-25, 2012 with performances scheduled for [...]
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
Facebook Eyes Record Setting IPO
Facebook is planning an initial public offering, likely to take place between April and June 2012 [...]
Category: Featured
Singled Out (11/29/11)
The latest singles from Toby Keith, Brantley Gilbert, and more [...]
