GAC execs among Emmy winners • Production music panel tonight • Ree Guyer-Buchanan, Tinti Moffat launch Hats Across The Row • The View co-host joins Dove Awards • Live Nation completes Front Line purchase • Songwriter Agency inks Steve Wariner • Nashville Ballet highlights songwriters • Identical Entertainment celebrates
>>Among the winners of the 25th Annual Midsouth Regional Emmy Awards were Martin Fischer, Edie Lynn Hoback, Ed Hardy, Sarah Trahern, and High Five Entertainment for the piece “Music City Keep On Playin’ – A Benefit For Flood Relief.”
Minnie Pearl
>>Music execs
Tinti Moffat and
Ree Guyer-Buchanan are co-chairing the
Hats Across the Row (HATR), a campaign honoring the legacy of
Minnie Pearl, and the connection between the music business and the Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation. Sponsored by SunTrust Bank, this campaign will include signage on Music Row, displays of Minnie’s signature hats at music businesses, and the opportunity for the public to designate hat tags in honor or memory of those impacted by cancer for a donation. A kick-off parade and barbecue will held April 5 on the Row.
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Sherri Shepherd, co-host of ABC’s
The View, will host the 42nd Annual GMA Dove Awards live from the Fox Theatre in Atlanta on April 20. The awards will air April 24 at 8:00p.m./delayed PT on GMC.
>>The Nashville Ballet will perform
Postcards from the Boys Feb. 11-13, written specifically for the music of songwriters
Guy Clark and
Darrell Scott. Performing will be
Shawn Camp with a seven-member orchestra alongside Nashville Ballet dancers.
>>The Production Music Association (PMA) will hold a panel discussion in Nashville tonight (2/7) at 5:30 PM at BMI. Music supervisor
Anastasia Brown, attorney
Derek Crownover, composer
Matthew Perryman Jones and Whizbang’s
Jim Scherer will join out-of-town panelists
Randy Thornton of Non-Stop Music, and
Joe Saba of VideoHelper. $10 for PMA members; $15 for non-members.
>>Live Nation Entertainment has acquired all of the remaining equity stake in Front Line Management Group, Inc. that it did not previously own for $116.2 million. This includes the equity interests in Front Line formerly held by
Irving Azoff and Madison Square Garden. In related Live Nation news,
Barry Diller exited the board last week.
Steve Wariner
>>The Songwriter Agency has signed four-time Grammy winner
Steve Wariner. For booking, contact
Randy Harrell at
[email protected] or 904-437-8463.
>>Publishing and artist development firm Identical Entertainment is celebrating a number of recent song placements for film and TV. The company’s roster includes
Deanna Harper, Jess Moskaluke, Tiffany Vartanyan, Tonja Rose and
Greg Johnson. The Identical Entertainment staff is anchored by President
Sheila Bauer and CEO
Kathy Aberson. Reach them at (615) 530-2643 or
[email protected].