Industry Ink: CMA Songwriters Series, CMT’s Leslie Fram, MusicMaster

The CMA Songwriters Series visited Chicago this week for a night of stories and songs at Joe’s Bar. Songwriter and CMA board member Bob DiPiero hosted and performed alongside Monty Powell, Striking Matches, and Charlie Worsham.

Pictured (L-R): CMA Board member Bob DiPiero, Charlie Worsham, Sarah Zimmermann and Justin Davis of Striking Matches, and Monty Powell backstage at the CMA Songwriters Series Wednesday, July 30 at Joe’s Bar in Chicago. Photo: Matt Marton / CMA

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Leslie Fram

CMT Sr. VP of Music Strategy Leslie Fram will be the keynote speaker for Nashville Lifestyles‘ Women In Business event, to be held Thursday, Aug. 26, beginning at 11:30 a.m. at Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Tickets are $50, and full table ticketing options are available (10 for $500) by contacting lkeally@nashvillelifestyles.com.

Individual tickets are available at ticketsnashville.com.

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Former MusicRow radio chart reporting panelist JVC PD Dave Tyler has joined MusicMaster as a Music Scheduling Consultant. Tyler has worked with the MusicRow CountryBreakout chart since inception stating, “I have been with WTRS alone for 16 years and there are few gigs that could entice me away from my JVC Broadcasting family, but this is one that checked every box on my wish list, the most important of which is the chance to work with Joe Knapp, whom I’ve known and admired for a long time.”

Additional new hires include Jeff Schroeder as Senior Technical Consultant for onsite installation, technical documentation, and automation interface expertise and Lorie Robers as Senior Accountant.