In This Issue: MusicRow’s 2024 Artist Roster Features Visionary Industry Leaders

MusicRow’s 2024 Artist Roster Issue, released on June 18, offers a wealth of resources for industry professionals and features ASCAP songwriter and Big Loud Records/Songs & Daughters/Pigasus Records recording artist Hailey Whitters on its cover.

This annual edition contains a six-part company directory, complete with client rosters and up-to-date contact information as well as an indispensable Artist Grid which connects artists to their team members in Label, Management, Talent Agency and Publicity categories.

Inside, MusicRow chats with industry titan Mike Curb to discuss the 60th anniversary of Curb Records, his early career and journey to Nashville. In the six decades since its inception, the company has achieved an impressive 435 No. 1 hits, garnered over 1,500 top 10 songs and charted over 4,500 total records.

Elsewhere, top managers Daniel Miller of Fusion Music, Charly Salvatore of Underscore Works and Juli Griffith of PunchBowl Entertainment come together to discuss the ever-changing currents of the music industry and the technological advancements within it.

When asked about lessons they apply to managing their life both inside and out of the music business, the managers shared insights on the importance of the people around them.

“You’ve got to surround yourself with great people,” explains Salvatore. “In your work life, you’ve got to surround yourself with great artists that you want to work with and build your company with great people who you want to help grow. The same goes for your personal life, you need great people who push you and make you better.

“I agree. You have to have people around you that complement your life,” adds Griffith. “I have so little spare time that I can’t deal with anyone who takes away from my life. You need those people in your world that help you out and make life better, because you often have so little time for yourself that it needs to be worthwhile.”

Elsewhere in the print issue, MusicRow explores the exciting new development Nashville Yards, and chats with the minds behind the project including Pinnacle’s Andy Moats, CAA’s Jeff Krones, Southwest Value Partners’ Cary Mack and AEG Presents’ Mike DuCharme.

“There are so many great venues in Nashville, and we hope to be thought of in the same breath as them,” says DuCharme of the developing new music venue inside Nashville Yards, The Pinnacle. “We want this to feel like home to everyone in Nashville and beyond—a home that comes with all the appeal that a bespoke, purpose-built music venue can offer. It is going to lead to people traveling here to see their favorite act, in a great venue, in a wonderful city where they want to spend the weekend.”

In another editorial feature, MusicRow delves into PR strategy with Sacks & Co.’s Executive Vice President Asha Goodman. She shares what it takes to get a team behind an artist and establish credibility with new talent.

“What you constantly have to do is to put yourself in the shoes of who the audience is for that person and try to figure out how to reach those people,” Goodman explains. “Not every piece of music is for everyone, but I think that as long as an artist has a real perspective, a real point of view and real authenticity within their art, it becomes very easy to become passionate about it.”

The Artist Roster issue also takes a look at the impact of Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter album on the industry and the featured artists that have been championed because of it. Rising singer-songwriter Tiera Kennedy sheds light on her experience as a collaborator on the project.

Single copies of MusicRow’s 2024 Artist Roster print issue are available for purchase at musicrow.com for $50, and are included with yearly MusicRow subscriptions.