Industry Ink Friday
David Andersen
• Show Dog-Universal Music has appointed David “Bubba” Berry to the position of Regional Promotion & Marketing Director, Midwest, it was announced by SDU VP Promotion Rick Moxley. Berry fills the slot recently vacated by the departing Jordan Pettit, and will continue to be based out of Texas. “Bubba is a seasoned professional,” says Moxley. “His passion for the business and extensive knowledge of country music is unmatched. He’s worked with several of our staff already and will be an easy fit.” Berry was most recently in the promotion department of BNA Records. Congratulate him here.
• David Andersen offers his fourth jazz album, Revelations. Recorded with The Revelations Jazz Band, it salutes jazz pioneers such as Louis Armstrong, WC Handy and Jelly Roll Morton. It was recorded in front of a live audience in Anaheim, Calif.
• Entries for the NSAI Song Contest Presented by CMT are due by Oct. 31. The Grand Prize Winner will receive an exclusive mentoring session with Charlie Daniels. For more information, visit nsai.cmt.com.
• Our thoughts are with IFCO’s Kay Johnson, who is being treated for Large B Cell Lymphoma at Vanderbilt Hospital.
• The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum will dim the lights on its mega-popular, critically acclaimed exhibition Family Tradition: The Williams Family Legacy, Presented by SunTrust, on Dec. 31. In anticipation of the exhibit’s close, the museum is presenting several Family Tradition-themed programs in the coming weeks, including an Oct. 29 panel discussion on southern rock that will feature Bonnie Bramlett, Charlie Daniels, Jimmy Hall, Mike Hyland and Ed King.
• Nashville-based Howling Music Group composer David Grow recently completed the score to a new documentary, Free Throw. The film is scheduled to premiere in October at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival.
Larry Murray
• Larry Murray is leaving his gig at Triple 8 Management, where he serves as day-to-day manager for Joe Nichols and Eli Young Band. His new role is Director of Operations for The Boot Campaign.
• Film composer George S. Clinton, the man behind the music of Mortal Kombat, The Santa Clause 2 and the Austin Powers films, will share his expertise with MTSU Oct. 19-20 as the 2011 Department of Recording Industry Artist-in-Residence.
• SESAC recently partnered with Belmont University on an educational panel featuring some of Christian music’s most successful songwriters. The symposium offered Belmont University students a chance to hear professional insight from Christian songwriters Seth Mosley (writer of hits for Newsboys, Peter Furler), Aaron Rice (writer of hits for tobyMac, Krystal Meyers) and A.J. Babcock (writer and member of Christian group, House Of Heroes).
(L-R): Belmont’s Drew Ramsey, songwriter Seth Mosley, Belmont’s James Elliot, songwriters Aaron Rice and AJ Babcock and SESAC’s John Mullins. Photo: Donald Hedden
