Industry Ink: Curb Cheers Brice, Leadership Music Event, Aaron Tippin Inks, McBee Moves

Curb Records celebrated the release of Lee Brice’s new album with a lunchtime event featuring Mike Rogers on the grill, custom t-shirts, and corn hole. (Read MusicRow’s coverage of Brice’s project in this post.) “Lee Brice has turned in an amazing body of work and it is a great reason to celebrate,” says Taylor Childress, VP, The Curb Group. “Our industry is built on the backs of talented artists, without them, none of us would be here, and this celebration was an awesome reminder! We couldn’t be more proud of the efforts and hard work Lee Brice and his team have put forth in creating this album.”
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Leadership Music will present a conversation with revered A&R ladies Martha Sharp and Mary Martin in its quarterly series, Off the Record on Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 12:00 noon at Sambuca. MTSU professor and award-winning journalist Beverly Keel will moderate.
Sharp is the writer of two million-selling songs and served as Sr. VP of A&R at Warner Bros. Records. Before retiring in 1995, she had been instrumental in signing and developing the early careers of Randy Travis and Faith Hill.
Martin headed the A&R department at Mercury Records, encouraged Bob Dylan to work with The Band, and was involved with the signings of Leonard Cohen, Emmylou Harris and Vince Gill. She also worked with Van Morrison and Rodney Crowell.
The event is open to the public. $25 Leadership Music alumni/$35 non-alumni. To register click here.
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In preparation for his 25th anniversary in music in 2015, Aaron Tippin has signed with Absolute Publicity for exclusive representation.
“We’re overjoyed to add the ‘Hardest Workin’ Man In Country Music’ to Absolute’s client roster,” says Absolute Publicity President Don Murry Grubbs. “We’re proud to represent Aaron for this great career milestone.”
Tippin’s fame launched in 1990 with the release of “You’ve Got to Stand For Something,” which he followed with hits “Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly,” “There Ain’t Nothing Wrong with the Radio” and “Kiss This.”
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Heather McBee is exiting her role as Operations Director for America’s Morning Show. McBee helped launch the nationally-syndicated program over a year ago and acted as the show’s liaison for record labels and affiliates. McBee has 20 years of industry experience, including a long tenure with Sony Music Nashville, which ended with her serving as VP/Marketing & Web Initiatives. She can be reached at hmc@heathermcbee.com or (615) 584-8741.