Author Archive: David M Ross
David M. Ross has been covering Nashville's music industry for over 25 years. dross@musicrow.com
Jennifer Nettles, Carrie Underwood And George Jones Give Back
Country artists have always been involved in giving back. Last week Jennifer Nettles, Carrie Underwood and George Jones were out supporting some of their favorite causes (…)
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
Digital Diary-Data Files Updates
A marketplace for used digital music debuts • More TN Adults have broadband at home than ever before • Download a free Google+ extension with nifty stats (…)
Category: Artist, Featured, Sales/Marketing
Rascal Flatts Live; Alaina/McBride Sales Updates
Rascal Flatts announce a new Live offering plus sales updates for debut weeks from Martina McBride and Lauren Alaina [...]
Category: Artist, Featured, Label, Sales/Marketing
McCreery Leads Sales Charge
Scotty McCreery once again proved the power of TV for exposing and marketing new artists. [...][Subscriber-only] Login/Subscribe
Category: Featured, Sales/Marketing
Jason Aldean Delivers
Jason Aldean stopped by MusicRow to say, “Thanks” and deliver a double platinum/2 million units sold plaque for his latest album, My Kinda Party [...]
McBride’s Train Trek Promotes Music and Breast Cancer Awareness
Martina McBride’s epic coast to coast train ride is underway, traveling from Los Angeles to New York City to promote new album Eleven. A crowd of press, fans and breast cancer survivors all [...]
Row Rally Circles The Wagons For Second Harvest
The 2nd Annual Music Row Rally will take place Oct. 12 in Craig Wiseman’s Big Loud Shirt parking lot at 1111 16th Ave. South during lunch time from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lunch will be available from (…)
Category: Featured, Organizations
International Wembley Festival Returns After 20-Year Hiatus
The much-loved International Festival of Country Music will return to Wembley Arena in 2012. The stellar line-up features country, roots and bluegrass music.
Country Sales: 4th Quarter Futures
Charting the fourth quarter country sales outlook plus a look a the past week's best country [...][Subscriber-only] Login/Subscribe
Category: Featured, Sales/Marketing
Apple Offering Falls Short of Expectations
Apple’s first major new product announcement without the venerable Steve Jobs on the podium stumbled badly today. “This is my first product launch since being named CEO—I’m sure you didn’t know that,” Mr. Tim Cook joked at the event’s start. The company announced a 4S model with faster processor, better camera and voice command software (Siri), [...]
Category: Featured
Lehning Joins Adams and Reese
Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law attorney Ryan M. Lehning has joined the Adams and Reese Nashville Music Row office as Special Counsel and a member of the Special Business Services Practice Group. Lehning, who has been practicing law since 2002, previously served as Senior Counsel for SoundExchange in Washington, DC, the collective designated by the [...]
Category: Featured, Financial/Legal, Weekend
Tuesday News Roundup
CMA Gets Social • Entrepreneur Center Awarded Grant • Scotty McCreery Enjoys Two Loves Together
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
Ralph Murphy Book Details Songwriting Laws
Hit songwriter, publisher, veteran ASCAP executive, author and former President of the Nashville Songwriters Association International, Ralph Murphy will be talking about his recently released book Murphy’s Laws of Songwriting, The Book, Oct. 4, 4 p.m. at ASCAP’s Nashville offices. Murphy has been successful as a songwriter for five decades. Consistently charting songs in an [...]
Category: Featured, Organizations, Publishing
TN Proclaims Oct. Country Music Month
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has proclaimed October as Country Music month. The CMA is celebrating with promotions, events and activities designed to drive awareness of the format and to lead up to the 45th annual CMA Awards on Wed., Nov. 9. Haslam’s proclamation cites the Appalachian foothills as origins of country music and the format’s [...]
Category: Featured, Organizations
