Nominees for iHeart Radio Music Awards

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FGL will vie for Best New Artist at the iHeart Radio Music Awards.


Clear Channel Media and Entertainment and NBC today (March 26) announced the finalists for its first-ever iHeartRadio Music Awards, to be held Thursday, May 1 at the historic Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The event will be televised live on NBC from 8-11 p.m. ET/PT.
Florida Georgia Line scored a nod in the all-genre Best New Artist category. Blake Shelton, Tim McGraw with Taylor Swift, Thomas Rhett, and Luke Bryan were nominated for Country Song of the Year.
Each voting category initially featured 10 nominees based on results from the iHeartRadio Chart which includes listener feedback and performance data according to airplay; digital streaming data from the iHeartRadio platform, including “thumbs up” and custom station creations; and music sales, social interactions, online video data and tags from BigChampagne and Shazam.
Music fans used hashtags to cast more than 13.2 million votes across Facebook and Twitter to narrow down nominees to their top five favorites in each category, garnering more than 2.2 billion social impressions.
Round Two voting began today at iHeartRadio.com/awards and will continue through April 25.
The iHeartRadio Awards will be executive produced by John Sykes and Tom Poleman of Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, Ryan Seacrest Productions and Ian Stewart and Hamish Hamilton of Done and Dusted Inc., who will produce the show for NBC Studios. Hamilton will also direct.
Best New Artist
Florida Georgia Line
Icona Pop
Imagine Dragons
Lorde
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Passenger
Country Song of the Year
“Boys ‘Round Here” ­ Blake Shelton
“Highway Don’t Care” ­ Tim McGraw with Taylor Swift
“It Goes Like This” ­ Thomas Rhett
“Mine Would Be You” ­ Blake Shelton
“That’s My Kind of Night” ­ Luke Bryan
Artist of the Year
Imagine Dragons
Justin Timberlake
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Maroon 5
Rihanna
Song of the Year
“Hold On We’re Going Home” ­ Drake ft. Majid Jordan
“Mirrors” ­ Justin Timberlake
“Radioactive” ­ Imagine Dragons
“Stay” ­ Rihanna ft. Mikky Ekko
“The Monster” ­ Eminem ft. Rihanna
Best Collaboration
“Holy Grail” ­ Jay Z ft. Justin Timberlake
“Stay” ­ Rihanna ft. Mikky Ekko
“Suit & Tie” ­ Justin Timberlake ft. Jay Z
“The Monster” ­ Eminem ft. Rihanna
“Timber” ­ Pitbull ft. Ke$ha
Hip Hop/R&B Song of the Year
“Blurred Lines” ­ Robin Thicke ft. T.I. & Pharrell
“Hold On We’re Going Home” ­ Drake ft. Majid Jordan
“Holy Grail” ­ Jay Z ft. Justin Timberlake
“Pour It Up” ­ Rihanna
“Started From The Bottom” – Drake
EDM Song of the Year
“Get Lucky” ­ Daft Punk ft. Pharrell
“Stay The Night” ­ Zedd ft. Hayley Williams
“Summertime Sadness” ­ Lana Del Rey ft. Cedric Gervais
“Sweet Nothing” ­ Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch
“Wake Me Up” ­ Avicii
Alternative Rock Song of the Year
“Demons” ­ Imagine Dragons
“Do I Wanna Know?” ­ Arctic Monkeys
“Pompeii” ­ Bastille
“Royals” ­ Lorde
“Safe And Sound” ­ Capital Cities
Best Lyrics
“Wake Me Up” ­ Avicii (Vocals by Aloe Blacc)
“I Love It (ft. Charli XCX)” ­ Icona Pop
“Say Something” ­ A Great Big World
“Same Love” ­ Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
“Wrecking Ball” ­ Miley Cyrus
Best Fan Army
Arianators ­ Ariana Grande
Little Monsters ­ Lady Gaga
Lovatics ­ Demi Lovato
Mahomies ­ Austin Mahone
Rihanna Navy ­ Rihanna
Swifties ­ Taylor Swift

Clear Channel, BBR Music Group Reach Revenue-Sharing Deal

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BBR Music Group and Clear Channel Media and Entertainment have reached an agreement that will allow BBR Music Group imprints Broken Bow Records and Stoney Creek Records and its artists to share in revenue across Clear Channel’s broadcast radio and iHeartRadio streaming stations.

“Radio plays a powerful – and unique – role in breaking country artists. Clear Channel’s commitment to being a leader in exposing fans to the best new music is undeniable. They have taken a very proactive role in growing the format, while strengthening the health of both the Radio and Records industries,” said BBR Music Group EVP Jon Loba. “Forming closer ties with a partner who wants to ‘grow the pie’ for all parties involved, while ensuring that country fans can access our music on multiple platforms was a logical move for us.”
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“Broken Bow Records deserves its reputation for discovering, cultivating and marketing some of the most exciting new artists in country music,” said Clear Channel CEO Bob Pittman. “Clear Channel is delighted to have the BBR Music Group and its artists as partners as we continue to build a sustainable digital music industry that benefits everyone involved – artists, fans, record labels, and broadcasters.”
Clear Channel’s partnership with Broken Bow Records follows similar revenue-sharing agreements with Warner Music GroupBig Machine Label Group, Glassnote Entertainment Group, eOne, Dualtone, DashGo, Black River Entertainment, rpm Entertainment, Robbins Entertainment, Naxos, Wind-up Records, Fearless Records, Zojak World Wide and Suburban Noize Records, as well as recording artist Fleetwood Mac.
Clear Channel Media and Entertainment serves 150 markets through 840 owned radio stations, and the company’s radio stations and content can be heard on AM/FM, HD digital radio, satellite radio, iHeartRadio.com, the company’s radio station websites, iHeartRadio mobile app, in enhanced auto dashes, on iPads and smartphones, and used via navigation systems.

Grant, Collie Working On Independent Movie in Nashville

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Christian singer-songwriter Amy Grant and Country singer-songwriter Mark Collie are currently taking part in the production of an independent film in Nashville, according to the Nashville Business Journal.
The movie, titled The Secret Handshake, will be produced by local production and content creation company Town Square Pictures. Town Square Pictures’ Howard Klausner is serving as director of the project. Klausner began his movie career in the writing side of the industry; his writing credits include Clint Eastwood’s Space Cowboys and the Hank Williams biopic The Last Ride.
The family film focuses on a father trying to raise three girls in the suburbs; the girls attract the attention of trouble-making neighborhood boys. Grant will play the mother of one of the “trouble-making” boys.
Collie is best-known for the songs “Even The Man In The Moon Is Crying” and “Born To Love You,” and has appeared in movies including 1999’s I Still Miss Someone, 1997’s Fire Down Below and 2004’s The Punisher. He will also take part in the documentary The Mountain, directed by Ken Mandel (the trailer for the documentary can be seen here).
Grant released her 15th full-length studio album, How Mercy Looks From Here, in 2013.
The Secret Handshake is slated to release in 2014.

IBMA Presents Leadership Bluegrass Class Of 2014

Top (L-R): Sherrill Blackman, John Curtis Goad, Jamie Deering, Patrick McAvinue, Richard Bicknell. Second from top (L-R): Seamus Brady, Matt Merta, Matt Slocum, Rick Sparks, Cass Scripps, Daniel Perry, Anna Somerville, Ted Lehmann. Third from top (L-R): Nate Lee, Mark Dillon, Claire Ratliff, Lizard Thom Case, Pam Gadd, Taylor Coughlin, Chris Luquette. Bottom (L-R): Alane Anno, Ashlee Jean Trott, Vickie Vaughn, Amanda Smith, Pattie Hopkins. Photo: Erin Humann

Top (L-R): Sherrill Blackman, John Curtis Goad, Jamie Deering, Patrick McAvinue, Richard Bicknell. Second from top (L-R): Seamus Brady, Matt Merta, Matt Slocum, Rick Sparks, Cass Scripps, Daniel Perry, Anna Somerville, Ted Lehmann. Third from top (L-R): Nate Lee, Mark Dillon, Claire Ratliff, Lizard Thom Case, Pam Gadd, Taylor Coughlin, Chris Luquette. Bottom (L-R): Alane Anno, Ashlee Jean Trott, Vickie Vaughn, Amanda Smith, Pattie Hopkins. Photo: Erin Humann


The International Bluegrass Music Association announces the graduating class of Leadership Bluegrass 2014. Leadership Bluegrass is a three-day program focused on interactive learning and networking experiences that invite participants to examine the challenges and opportunities facing the bluegrass music industry, along with leadership development issues.
This year marks the program’s 15th year, with more than 350 alumni. BMI, and Bone McAllester Norton PLLC hosted this year’s class in Nashville, March 20 through 22. Trisha Tubbs served as the program’s facilitator.
“As an entrepreneur who serves the bluegrass community, I gained insights that will greatly enhance my team’s ability to serve effectively and collaboratively,” said LBG ’14 graduate Claire Ratliff, Laughing Penguin Productions. “It’s a welcoming place for every shade of blue!”
For information on the next Leadership Bluegrass class, contact Taylor Coughlin at (615) 256-3222 or taylor@ibma.org.
This year’s graduates are listed below:
Alane Anno, Alane Anno Photography (Hendersonville, TN)
Richard Bicknell, Bluegrass Music Association of Maine (Windham, ME)
Sherrill Blackman, sdb music group (Nashville, TN)
Seamus Brady, G7th Ltd (Peterborough, UK)
Lizard Thom Case, Bobby’s Idle Hour/ songwriter (Nashville, TN)
Taylor Coughlin,
IBMA (Nashville, TN)
Jamie Deering, Deering Banjos (Spring Valley, CA)
Mark Dillon, University of North Carolina Greensboro (Randleman, NC)
Pam Gadd, songwriter & musician (Nashville, TN)
John Curtis Goad, East Tennessee State University/ Bluegrass Today (Rogersville, TN)
Pattie Hopkins, Kickin Grass (Winterville, NC)
Nate Lee
, Chuck Lee Banjo Company/ Alan Munde Gazette (Nashville, TN)
Ted Lehmann, Ted Lehmann’s Bluegrass, Books & Brainstorms (Keene, NH)
Chris Luquette, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen (Alexandria, VA)
Patrick McAvinue, Audie Blaylock & Redline (Parkton, MD)
Matt Merta,
songwriter/artist/manager/freelance writer (Dearborn, MI)
Daniel Perry, Belmont University (Nashville, TN), Student Monitor
Claire Ratliff
, Laughing Penguin Publicity (Nashville, TN)
Cass B. Scripps, Agency for the Performing Arts/APA  (Nashville, TN)
Matthew Slocum, DC Bluegrass Union (Falls Church, VA)
Amanda Smith, Kenny & Amanda Smith (Lebanon, TN)
Anna Somerville, Northern Bluegrass Circle Music Society (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
Rick Sparks, Northern Nevada Bluegrass Association (Reno, NV)
Ashlee Jean Trott, Music City Roots/Bluegrass Underground (Nashville, TN)
Vickie Vaughn, The Vickie Vaughn Band (Nashville, TN)

Industry Pics (3/25/14)

The Grand Ole Opry welcomed newsman Dan Rather as a special guest announcer this past Friday night (March 21) as part of the Grand Ole Opry House’s 40th Anniversary celebration.
Pictured  (L-R): Dan Rather and Pete Fisher, VP/GM of the Grand Ole Opry. Photo: Chris Hollo, Hollo Photographics, Inc.

Pictured (L-R): Dan Rather and Pete Fisher, VP/GM of the Grand Ole Opry. Photo: Chris Hollo, Hollo Photographics, Inc.

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The Voice Top 3 Finalist (Season 5/NBC) Will Champlin visited the SESAC offices in Nashville on Monday, March 24, to celebrate the release of his latest single, “Last Man Standing.”

Pictured (L-R): Steven Gallagher (Co-writer, SESAC), Tim Fink (VP, Writer/Publisher Relations,  SESAC), Will Champlin, Dennis Lord (Executive VP, SESAC), Shannan Tipton-Hatch (Senior Director, Writer/Publisher Relations, SESAC), Sam Tate (Hit songwriter, SESAC)

Pictured (L-R): Steven Gallagher (Co-writer, SESAC), Tim Fink (VP, Writer/Publisher Relations, SESAC), Will Champlin, Dennis Lord (Executive VP, SESAC), Shannan Tipton-Hatch (Senior Director, Writer/Publisher Relations, SESAC), Sam Tate (Hit songwriter, SESAC)

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RCA Nashville recording artists Love and Theft, comprised of ASCAP members Stephen Barker Liles and Eric Gunderson, stopped by the ASCAP offices on Tuesday, March 25 to treat the Creative team to an intimate performance of new songs that will be included on their upcoming album. The performance included the project’s first single, “Night That You’ll Never Forget.”

Pictured (L-R): ASCAP's Mike Sistad, Kele Currier and Ralph Murphy, Love and Theft's Stephen Barker Liles, ASCAP's LeAnn Phelan, Love and Theft's Eric Gunderson, ASCAP's Ryan Beuschel and Michael Martin, and Vector Management's Ross Schilling. Photo by ASCAP's Anna White.

Pictured (L-R): ASCAP’s Mike Sistad, Kele Currier and Ralph Murphy, Love and Theft’s Stephen Barker Liles, ASCAP’s LeAnn Phelan, Love and Theft’s Eric Gunderson, ASCAP’s Ryan Beuschel and Michael Martin, and Vector Management’s Ross Schilling. Photo by ASCAP’s Anna White.

Creative Agency Mountain Launches In Nashville

Pictured (L-R): Emilee Warner (Warnerblaster), Tom Melchoir (Mountain), Jacob Jones (Mountain), Austin Gray (Entire World), Logan Buerlein (Mountain).

Pictured (L-R): Emilee Warner (Warnerblaster), Tom Melchior (Mountain), Jacob Jones (Mountain), Austin Gray (Entire World), Logan Buerlein (Mountain).


Creative agency Mountain has launched in the Germantown area of Nashville. Founded by Jacob Jones, Mountain’s initial clients include Live On The Green, Tin Roof, Two Bits, and Red Bull Sound Select. Jones previously founded Electric Western Productions after moving from Brooklyn to Nashville.
Mountain also includes Tom Melchoir as Marketing Manager and co-founder of the agency. Melchior previously worked in marketing at Tennessee Performing Arts Center.
Logan Buerlein, formerly of Bohan, has joined the company as Art Director. The company has partnered with Athletics, a Brooklyn-based creative agency focused on design and technology.
Mountain’s office is located on The Square at Fourth and Madison. The company anticipates an official launch event on April 11, 2014, in Nashville.

Given Music Publishing Signs Lynn

Front Row: (L-R): Denise Nichols, The Primacy Firm, PLLC; Cassidy Lynn; Denise Stevens, Senior Counsel, Loeb & Loeb LLP. Back Row: (L-R): Wayne Milligan, Tri Star Sports and Entertainment Group; Cindy Owen, Partner, Given Entertainment; Mike Sebastian, VP/General Manager, Given Music Publishing.

Front Row: (L-R): Denise Nichols, The Primacy Firm, PLLC; Cassidy Lynn; Denise Stevens, Senior Counsel, Loeb & Loeb LLP. Back Row: (L-R): Wayne Milligan, Tri Star Sports and Entertainment Group; Cindy Owen, Partner, Given Entertainment; Mike Sebastian, VP/General Manager, Given Music Publishing.


Given Music Publishing has signed singer-songwriter Cassidy Lynn. Lynn was recently named a “Listener’s Choice” Award Winner in the celebrated NSAI Song Contest Presented by CMT.
“Cassidy is truly a wonderful young writer with an old soul, and her songs will touch many people,” said Given Music Publishing VP/GM Mike Sebastian. “I’m very excited about working with her and helping her further her career.”
Lynn has been featured on BMI’s annual Catalog Cast Comp, which reaches publishers and labels in Nashville. She co-wrote Black River Entertainment artist Glen Templeton‘s debut single, “Ball Cap,” and her self-titled debut EP released July 2013.
Given Music Publishing, a division of Given Entertainment, LLC, was formed in late 2013 by Cindy Owen and business partner Jim Kacmarcik. Sebastian was appointed VP/GM of the Nashville-based company. He can be reached at mike@givenmusicpublishing.com or 615-430-2491. Tri Star Sports and Entertainment is the exclusive administrator of Given Music Publishing.

Bobby Karl Works The Tin Pan South Kickoff Party

Tin Pan South 2014 Kick Off Party

Tin Pan South 2014 Kickoff party. Photo: Bev Moser


BOBBY KARL WORKS THE ROOM
Chapter 452
Tin Pan South is off and running.
The festival’s launch was commemorated on Monday (March 24) with a cocktail party that had it all -– location, food, talented attendees and industrial-strength schmoozing.
Sponsored by Regions Bank and ole, the gig took place at an ideal location, location, location. You might think that the Regions lobby facing the Roundabout is inconvenient, but you would be wrong. Since the party started at 6:00 p.m., after rush hour, traffic was no prob. Furthermore, the building’s entire parking garage was open and free for the event. Now that’s what I call a location.
Food? Also no prob. Maggiano’s Little Italy restaurant laid it on us: Italian mini meatballs, chicken pesto sliders, tomato caprese skewers, sliced cucumbers with herb cheese dollops, Italian and domestic cheeses, BBQ brisket sliders, crackers and yum, yum, yum.
Thank you, Jack Daniels, for the fully stocked bar. Ditto to the Pop Rock Café for the coffee.
It seemed like everybody I ran into had a story to tell. Rockin’ Randy Perkins has a rockin’ tattooed niece, Kat Perkins, who is competing on TV’s The Voice. She’s on Team Adam.
Bill Lloyd reports that he’s completing a new album. “I don’t know why I keep doing this,” he said. “Because you are good at it,” I replied. I should have said, “really, really good,” since he is one of my best faves.
Spunky, who is a music journalist for atlasjams.com covering the Nashville scene, is also a painter. He has been doing a series of musician portraits for Rolling Stone. And, yes, “Spunky” is the name  on his business card.
Tin Pan South 2014 Kick-off Party

Tin Pan South 2014 Kickoff Party. Photo: Bev Moser


Bobby Rymer met Echo Propp. In addition to having a fabulous music-industry name, she is the community-relations person at Nashville Opera and hosts a bluegrass radio show. Whoa.
The room was awash with fabulons. Working the room were Bernie Nelson, James Dean Hicks, Steve Bogard, Suzi Ragsdale, Lance Carpenter, Rich Fagan, Bob Saporiti (a.k.a Reckless Johnny Wales), Steve O’Brien, Janie West, Craig Campbell, Erika Wollam Nichols, Kira Florita, Sherod Robertson, Fletcher Foster, the St. Jude’s music-industry liaison Jackie Proffit, Doak Turner, Mark Ford, Mike Sistad, John Ozier, Emily Mueller, Preshus Tomes, Alicia Warwick, Anthony Smith, Larry Sheridan, Laura Travis Crawford, Ralph Murphy and hostess-with-the-mostest, Lisa Harless.
“Who are all these people?” asked Roger Nichols and I in unison to one another as we gazed upon the throng of youngsters in attendance. Which is bizarre, since he is a generation younger than Bobby Karl. I guess it shows how many people are pouring into our community these days. Even Roger said that he could remember a time when you could know pretty much everyone inside of a year, if you worked at it.
The party was broiling, but tempus fugit. Time to go. Wa-a-a-a-i-t a minute, Bub. Get a load of that Maggiano’s dessert display –- lemon cookies, crème brulee cups, pecan bars, mini cheesecakes and apple crostada. Perhaps a few more moments in partyland.
Tin Pan South, the world’s largest songwriting fest, officially begins today (March 25). Its shows take place at 10 Nashville venues – B.B. King’s, Belcourt Taps, the Bluebird Cafe, Commodore Grille, Douglas Corner, the Hard Rock, The Listening Room Café, The Rutledge, Station Inn and 3rd & Lindsley.
Drop into any one of those, and you’re bound to have your ears pinned back. During the five-day extravaganza, more than 425 song poets are warbling their wares.
Tin Pan South 2014 Kickoff Party. Photo: Bev Moser

Tin Pan South 2014 Kickoff Party. Photo: Bev Moser


Citing just 10 percent of these, we have, for starters, Adam Wright, Brandy Clark, Leslie Satcher, Rivers Rutherford, Rose Falcon, Ella Mae Bowen, Jimbeau Hinson, Karen Staley, Jessi Alexander, ACM Songwriter of the Year Shane McAnally, Erin Enderlin, Randy Montana, Roxie Dean, Jerry Salley, Marcus Hummon, Angel Snow, Amy Speace and Josh Leo.
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famers on hand include Mark D. Sanders, Sonny Curtis, Allen Shamblin, Pat Alger, Dickey Lee, Mac Davis, Hugh Prestwood, Roger Murrah, Roger Cook and Vince Gill. Plus the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame’s new inductee John Oates (Hall & Oates) and future inductee Jonathan Cain (Journey). Come to think of it, Sonny is in both of those Halls.
Americana fan? Got ya covered. Robin & Linda Williams, Jeff Black, Kim Richey, Chuck Mead (BR5-49), Holly Williams, Kevin Welch and Jim Lauderdale are a few who are participating. CCM fan? How about Amy Grant, Wayne Kirkpatrick or Ashley Cleveland?
Country star gaze, if you must. Rounding out our 10 percent for your edification are T. Graham Brown, Eddy Raven, Jamie O’Neal, Michael Peterson, The Kinleys, Buddy Jewell, Billy Yates, James Otto and Lee Roy Parnell. Trust me, there are many, many, many more who are showcasing. Like 300 more.
All photos by Bev Moser.
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NPR Now Available on iTunes Radio

national public radio1National Public Radio (NPR) content is now available on iTunes Radio. Listeners can access digital streams of Morning Edition, All Things Considered and hourly newscasts on a new 24-hour streaming NPR station.
The NPR iTunes radio station launched Monday (March 24).
“What you hear today is just the start of what’s to come,” said Zach Brand, NPR’s vice president of digital media. “Later this spring, the station will expand to include streams of our member stations from across the country.”

Industry Ink: Eventbrite Plans Local Office Space

L to R: Peter Strickland (EVP & GM, WMN), Cris Lacy (VP A&R, WMN), John Esposito (President & CEO, WMN), Chris Palmer (VP Promotion, WAR) Vice President of A&R, Cris Lacy, celebrated her second No. 1 in just three weeks with Frankie Ballard’s “Helluva Life” which tops the Mediabase Country Chart and Billboard Country Chart this week. Last month, her other artist, Cole Swindell, celebrated his debut No. 1 with “Chillin’ It,” which is nearing 1 million singles sold. In addition, Vice President of Promotion, Chris Palmer, also celebrated the success as this marks Ballard’s first No. 1 with over 400,000 digital copies sold.

Warner Music Nashville celebrated recent hits by Frankie Ballard (“Helluva Life”) and Cole Swindell (“Chillin’ It”), which sold over 400k and almost 1 million downloads, respectively. Swindell’s debut No. 1 reached the pinnacle of MusicRow’s CountryBreakout Chart in January. Pictured (L-R): Peter Strickland (EVP & GM, WMN), Cris Lacy (VP A&R, WMN), John Esposito (President & CEO, WMN), and Chris Palmer (VP Promotion, WAR). 


Event and ticketing company Eventbrite is moving in to Cummins Station at 209 10th Ave. S. The rehabbed space was once home to Johnny Jackson’s Soul Satisfaction.  The company offers plenty of employee perks and is hiring more than forty Nashvillians. Details here.
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L.A. based Dee Mc Laughlin is exiting her role as CMT SVP, Brand Strategy, Marketing & Creative to take over the VP, Global Marketing post at clothing chain Forever 21.
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Hunter Kelly, ABC News Radio Nashville Entertainment Producer, has taken up new office digs at 10 Music Cir. E., Nashville, TN 37203.
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The Music Managers Forum – US, the National Conference of Personal Managers, and the Talent Managers Association have jointly rejected the SAG-AFTRA Personal Manager Code of Ethics and Conduct. Announced March 4, SAG-AFTRA says the “goal of the… code is to provide some reasonable ‘rules of the road’ for members who are looking for representation by personal managers.” The managers believe the code “is too disruptive to a manager’s ability to work with and communicate with artists…would discourage managers from taking on developmental clients… and that SAG/AFTRA has no vetting process” for those who could receive approval.
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Nominations are being accepted for the 2014 Americana Honors & Awards, slated to take place at the Ryman Auditorium on Sept. 17, 2014. Only members of the Americana Music Association can nominate and vote. The nomination period runs now through Friday, April 4. The Americana Music Festival & Conference will be held September 17-21, 2014 in Nashville. For more information please visit www.americanamusic.org.