Industry Ink: Martina McBride, Duane Eddy, Music Biz

Martina Sends Love To Covenant House Mothers

Martina McBride and her fan-driven charity, Team Music Is Love, turned her 2017 Love Unleashed Tour into a chance to help young mothers at Covenant House, a homeless youth shelter in New York City, by hosting a baby shower for the group. On March 9, Martina and her team celebrated the young mothers who live at Covenant House, partnering with Huggies Diapers, First Quality, and Cuties Diapers to stock the shelter with essentials all new mothers need. Each mother received a gift bag full of bath supplies, books, and educational toys and in all, over 18,000 diapers were donated to the Covenant House and the mothers. Martina also surprised the mothers and Covenant House staff by inviting the entire shelter to her show that night at PlayStation Theater.

Duane Eddy Speaks To Belmont University Students

Pictured (L-R): Duane Eddy, Dr. Don Cusic

Duane Eddy spoke at Belmont University’s Curb College on Friday, March 17. Interviewed by Dr. Don Cusic, Eddy covered his career and his early recordings were also played during the event.

Music Biz Career Workshops Set

The Music Business Association (Music Biz) will host its Career Development programming at the Music Biz 2017 convention, May 15-18 at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel in Nashville. Consisting of a series of Career Development Workshops on May 16 and Career Day on May 18, the offerings will teach students, aspiring startup founders, and others about how the music business works, provide guidance on careers, and connect attendees with companies and individuals crucial to landing a job or launching a startup.

The Career Development Workshops will begin with a keynote from “Musician with a Message” SaulPaul, after which reps from companies and universities will discuss careers in music, resources, networking, and other skills necessary to get a foot in the door. The program will wrap with Career Day, with representatives from BMI, Creative Artists Agency (CAA), ole, SESAC, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and others on hand to meet with attendees and discuss job opportunities and internships.

For more, visit musicbiz2017.com.

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Lorie Hollabaugh

Hollabaugh, a staff writer at MusicRow magazine, has over 20 years of music business experience and has written for publications including American Profile, CMA Close Up, Nashville Arts And Entertainment, The Boot and Country Weekly. She has a Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication degree from Texas Christian University, (go Horned Frogs), and welcomes your feedback or story ideas at lhollabaugh@musicrow.com.

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