Industry Ink (10/21/11)

Revelry Music Group has signed Hall of Fame songwriter and artist Mac Davis to an exclusive representation agreement for songwriting. Davis’ songwriting career includes the Elvis hits “In the Ghetto,” “Memories,” “Don’t Cry Daddy,” and “A Little Less Conversation,” as well as Kenny Rogers’ “Somethin’s Burnin'” and his own singles like “Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me,” and “Stop And Smell The Roses.” Revelry’s AJ Burton comments, “We are extremely excited and honored to be representing such an iconic figure as Mac. His success and track record as a singer, songwriter, actor and radio personality is that of a legend!”

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The T.J. Martell Foundation and the Hutton Hotel have launched the T.J. Martell Foundation Suite at the Hutton Hotel. This guest suite is filled with unique musical memorabilia including hand-written lyrics to “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” and a fiddle bow played on-stage by Charlie Daniels; a Framed Little Big Town album signed by the entire group; a signed photo of Brooks and Dunn; and specially commissioned artwork by artist Rob Hendon.

Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, joined leaders of the Foundation, musical artists, and hotel management for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to launch the new suite, which is being sold to guests as a special part of Hutton’s room inventory. A percentage of each room sale will go to benefit the T.J. Martell Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports groundbreaking research in the treatment of Cancer, Leukemia, and AIDS.

The Suite can be booked for guest stays starting at $429 per night, including taxes and other standard charges. Framed celebrity photos were provided by Alan Mayor, and consulting from Jamie Beckwith, Beckwith Interiors.

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Nashville based Americana folk band, Humming House, has signed with Paradigm for exclusive booking. The band just finished tracking its first record with producers Mitch Dane and Vance Powell (The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, Chris Thile, Buddy Guy). The debut Humming House single came out last April and the follow up single “Cold Chicago” will be released Oct 29. For more details visit www.humminghouse.com.