Industry Ink (11/12/13)

Marc Driskill, Executive VP/GM of Sea Gayle Music has announced the hiring of Jake Gear as Creative Manager. Gear comes to Sea Gayle from Magic Mustang Music in Nashville, where he was Creative Assistant and Catalog Manager.
Sea Gayle Music, established in 1999, is home to some of Nashville’s most successful songwriters. Sea Gayle’s writers have written 35 chart-topping songs and earned the company ASCAP’s Country Publisher of the Year honors for two out of the past four years.
Gear can be reached at jake@seagayle.com or at 615-329-1411.

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Nominations have been announced for Pollstar Magazine‘s annual Concert Industry Awards to be held Feb. 21, 2014 at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Among the nominees for Theatre of the Year is the Ryman Auditorium, which won the award for the third time in a row earlier this year. Other nominees include Beacon Theatre (New York), Chicago Theatre (Chicago), Nokia Theatre L.A. Live (Los Angeles), Radio City Music Hall (New York, NY) and The Wiltern (Los Angeles)
“This has been a thrilling year for the Ryman thanks to the hundreds of talented artists who’ve entertained on our stage,” said Sally Williams, Ryman Auditorium General Manager. “We’re honored to again to be acknowledged by our peers with these exciting nominations.”

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The C.U.R.E.S. Society, part of the T.J. Martell Foundation, will host its annual Light Up The Night Fall event on Nov. 15, beginning at 7 p.m. The event will take place at 101 Hillwood Blvd. in Nashville. The evening will feature Jim ‘N’ Nicks food, an open bar with wine and beer, a bonfire, corn hole and a beer pong tournament. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at tjmartell.org.

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Music Row Administrators Group will hold its next meeting on Monday, Nov. 21 at the BMI Nashville office, beginning at 1 p.m. Country Radio Broadcasters’ Executive Director Bill Mayne will be the featured speaker.  Mayne’s career includes time in radio broadcasting for KZLA/KLAC (Los Angeles), KSCS/WBAP (Dallas) and KASE (Austin). He has also worked in artist development, management and at several labels, and has served as President of the Academy of Country Music.
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