Industry Ink (10-9-13)

Jay Thomas has returned to the independent promotions business by reopening his Jay Thomas Promotions, which previously operated for more than two years from 2010 to 2012. Thomas has extensive radio contacts throughout the country at Mediabase & BDS-monitored stations, as well as in the secondary markets on the Billboard Indicator and MusicRow levels.
He spent 20 years in Country radio as a program director, music director, and on-air host. In addition to his own promotion business, Jay has been a regional promoter for Streamsound and Treehouse Records and has covered the Northeast, Midwest and Southeast regions. Thomas can be contacted at jaythomaspromo@gmail.com or at 703-888-1826.

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Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP) Nashville Chapter will host the seminar, Google/YouTube & The Harry Fox – Optimizing Royalties: Initiative Impacting Music Publishers, on Oct. 15. The member-only event will take place from 4 p.m.-6 p.m. at the W.O. Smith School in Nashville. Speakers will include Anjali Malhotra, who joined Google in May 2010 and currently handles some of YouTube’s top music partners as part of business development. John Raso oversees Harry Fox Agency’s Client Services team of agents who provide support to HFA-affiliated publishers. Member reservations for the seminar can be sent to Heather Cook. For more information, visit aimp.org.

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Items autographed by Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert, Aaron Lewis and other artists will be up for auction on Thursday (Oct. 10) as part of the Safe Haven Hike for the Homeless Patron’s Party, which will take place at Nashville’s Pinnacle Building (28th floor). Attendees can enjoy food, drinks, and live music from musician Rick Monroe. The party is in support of the ninth annual Hike for the Homeless, which will take place at Edwin Warner Park on Saturday, Nov. 2.
The event cost is a $50.00 per person donation and tickets can be found at safehaven.org.

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SOLID/WMBA will co-host their Howl-O-Scream Charity Karaoke Challenge at Dan McGuiness on Oct. 24 from 7 p.m.- 10 p.m. Music Industry professionals are invited to challenge their friends to sing karaoke. There is a $5 minimum donation to enter someone’s name with the song of their choosing; the more money donated, the sooner the friend takes the stage to perform. If they choose not to sing, they must match your donation but if they want you to sing instead, they must up the ante, by a minimum of $5.
All proceeds of the event will be donated to Songs for Sound, a Nashville-based charity benefiting profoundly deaf children through cochlear implants. Anyone wishing to opt out of the karaoke portion can donate $10. There will also be contests including the Jack-O-Lantern contest (the professionals with the best pumpkin will win a price), the Bobbing for Apples Challenge and a Costume Contest with prices for Most Inappropriate, Scariest, Most Original, Best Couple/Group Costume.
Limited drinks and appetizers will be provided courtesy of SOLID and WMBA.