Dana Sones (L), Christina Morris (R)

Musicians On Call (MOC) recently promoted Dana Sones to Program Director for Nashville from her previous role as Coordinator.

Sones worked side-by-side with exiting Director Katy Epley, assisting with fundraising events, auctions, sponsorships and cultivating grants for Middle Tennessee programs, which will soon expand for 12 weekly bedside performances.
Epley, who was instrumental in the organization’s Music City establishment in 2007, will now oversee MOC program directing at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington D.C. She maintains responsibilities as Director of National Expansion, requiring her assistance to MOC Executive Director Dr. Leslie Faerstein in developing Los Angeles, Miami, Fla., and Washington, D.C. programs.
Additionally, MOC Nashville welcomes Christina Morris as Program Coordinator, filling Sones’ promotion vacancy. Morris recently participated in Nashville’s first Project Playback, which paired professional singer/songwriters with healthcare facility patients to create original music.
Sones can be reached at 615-432-2124 or email.
Morris can be reached at 615-432-2124 or email.

BMI has unveiled the lineup of talent for the BMI stage at the Austin City Limits Music Festival, which will take place Oct. 4-6 and 11-13. The festival takes place over two weekends at Austin’s Zilker Park and features eight stages and more than 130 musical performances.
The Lineup for the BMI stage includes:
Weekend 1:
Brooke Waggoner – Friday, Oct. 4, at 12:45 p.m.
Holly Williams – Friday, Oct. 4, at 2:30 p.m.
Houndmouth – Friday, Oct. 4, at 4:30 p.m.
Wick-It The Instigator – Friday, Oct. 4, at 6:30 p.m.
Colin Lake – Saturday, Oct. 5, at 12:45 p.m.
Valerie June – Saturday, Oct. 5, at 2:30 p.m.
Wild Cub – Saturday, Oct. 5, at 4:30 p.m.
The Weeks – Saturday, Oct. 5, at 6:30 p.m.
Kristin Diable & the City – Sunday, Oct. 6, at 12:00 p.m.
The Wild Feathers – Sunday, Oct. 6, at 2:00 p.m.
Peterson Brothers Band – Sunday, Oct. 6, at 4:00 p.m.
Shinyribs – Sunday, Oct. 6, at 6:00 p.m.
Weekend 2:
Andrew Duhon – Friday, Oct. 11, at 12:45 p.m.
Holly Williams – Friday, Oct. 11, at 2:30 p.m.
Luella and the Sun – Friday, Oct. 11, at 4:30 p.m.
The Dynamites ft. Charles Walker – Friday, Oct. 11, at 6:30 p.m.
Shannon LaBrie – Saturday, Oct. 12, at 12:45 p.m.
Valerie June – Saturday, Oct. 12, at 2:30 p.m.
Shakey Graves – Saturday, Oct. 12, at 4:30 p.m.
Cherub – Saturday, Oct. 12, at 6:30 p.m.
Caleb – Sunday, Oct. 13, at 12:00 p.m.
The Wild Feathers – Sunday, Oct. 13, at 2:00 p.m.
X Ambassadors – Sunday, Oct. 13, at 4:00 p.m.
Alanna Royale – Sunday, Oct. 13, at 6:00 p.m.

Facebook has reported positive financials for this second quarter ending June 30, 2013. Revenue for the social company totaled $1.81 billion, an increase of 53 percent compared to $1.18 billion in last year’s period.
Advertising revenue represents 88 percent of the total at $1.60 billion, a 61 percent increase on the period from last year. Significantly, mobile advertising was responsible for 41% of this growth after debuting just last spring.
Reportings reflected positively in company stock, which jumped $7.49, to $33.53 this morning (July 25). The stock price has remained down from the original $38.00 offering shortly after the company went public in May 2012.
Also included in the report were user figures. Mobile users surpassed desktop users, leading a 51 percent increase in monthly totals, averaging 469 million a day through June. Total daily active user totals increased 27 percent year-over-year at 699 million.
During the period, the company launched products including Verified Pages, hashtags, embedded posts, and video for Instagram, which saw 5 million videos uploaded in the first 24 hours.
Further details are available here.

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Sirius XM reported record revenue and subscriber totals during the second quarter, which led the company to raise full year EBITDA guidance to $1.14 billion, echoing a previous subscriber report that influenced a 1.5 million growth guidance projection from 1.4 million for the year.
Total paid subscribers surpassed 25 million, a 9 percent positive change over the prior year’s period.
For company earning, $940 million in revenue was brought in, up 12 percent from the same period last year. Net income reports $126 million this quarter, up from the previous period, adjusted from a $3 billion income tax reversal in 2012.
“During the second quarter, we repurchased 195 million shares of our common stock for $650 million,” noted David Frear, SiriusXM’s EVP and CFO. “We also repurchased approximately $130 million in principal amount of our outstanding debt during the second quarter. Following our $1 billion debt issuance in May, the Company’s outstanding debt was approximately 3.2x our trailing adjusted EBITDA, below our target leverage of 3.5x.”
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Brooklyn, Mich.’s inaugural Faster Horses Festival attracted more than 20,000 fans for the music and camping festival, which boasted a strong lineup of entertainers, including Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley and Luke Bryan.

Jason Aldean. Photo: Scott Legato

Luke Bryan. Photo: Scott Legato

Dierks Bentley. Photo: Ryan Silver

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MCA Nashville recording artist Vince Gill and famed steel guitarist Paul Franklin held an intimate evening with Eddie Stubbs on Monday night (July 22) at the Ford Theater at the Country Music Hall of Fame, where they discussed Gill and Franklin’s historical tribute album Bakersfield which MCA will release July 30.

Pictured (L-R): Mike Dungan (UMG Nashville), Eddie Stubbs, Cindy Mabe (UMGN), Paul Franklin, Katie Dean (UMGN), Vince Gill, Annie Ortmeier (UMGN), Brad Clark (UMGN), Tom Lord (UMGN).

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Singer-songwriter Whisperin’ Bill Anderson and producer Rex Schnelle visited The Row, one of Nashville’s newest restaurants. Located near the Music Row area, the restaurant is dedicated to the city’s “working class poets.” Many songwriters, including Anderson, are recognized with booths decorated in their honor.

Pictured (L-R): Rex Schnelle and Bill Anderson