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Film-Com will present a new project expo and the annual Film/Television Industry Gala from June 18 to June 20. This event is being billed as a “direct-connect” to “film-in-the-making” and the film-making industry. Attendees will learn the art of film-making, including script concept, financing, production, packaging and distribution. Film-Com is also a forum that filmmakers use to introduce new projects.
Panels will be hosted all day on Wednesday, June 18 starting at 10 a.m. at both the Ford Theatre/Country Music Hall of Fame and Whiskey Bent in Downtown Nashville.
The Annual Film/Television Industry Gala will be held on Thursday, June 19 at the Tennessee Governor’s Mansion Conservation Hall. Mayor Karl Dean will be in attendance along with Amy Grant, Nancy Jones, and more.
The New Project Expo will take place at Titan’s Stadium/West Side from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Thursday and Friday. The two-day trade show will exhibit new feature films, as well as television, documentary and video game projects.
More information on the event can be found film-com.com.
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Country Music Hall of Fame’s historic exhibit, Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues, 1945-1970, the museum will host a series of events during the month of July. To conclude the month, the museum will join with Music City Roots for a concert at the Factory at Franklin.
Among the artists scheduled to perform on Wednesday, July 30 at 7 p.m. are Levert Allison, the Jimmy Church Band, Clifford Curry, Mac Gayden, Frank Howard, Marion James, Robert Knight, the McCrary Sisters, the Valentines and the Charles Walker Band. General admission tickets are $15 and available at Grimey’s New & Pre-Loved Music or by emailing [email protected]. The event will also broadcast live on Hippie Radio (94.5 FM).
The museum’s 2 p.m. Sunday programs through July are to include weekly film screenings featuring the television shows The!!!!Beat and Night Train. On Saturday, July 26, an R&B Dance Workshop will be held for families in the Taylor Swift Education Center. Rock-and-roll legend Buzz Cason will additionally be the subject of the museum’s quarterly program series Poets and Prophets on Saturday, July 5 at 1:30 p.m.
The critically acclaimed 2004-05 exhibit celebrated Music City’s contribution to R&B, which influenced Little Richard and Jimi Hendrix and cultivated live music activity on Jefferson Street, as well as spirited entrepreneurs who created the city’s first record companies, and aired WLAC’s rhythm & blues programming across half the United States when most national radio considered the music taboo. From this exhibit came a Grammy-winning CD set by the same name, released by Lost Highway.
Programs hosted at the museum are included with museum admission and are free to museum members.
By: Laura Hostelley
This weekend (June 12-15) thousands of music lovers will flock to “The Farm” in Manchester, Tenn., for the annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. As previous years, 80,000 attendees are expected. With the city’s residents, Manchester’s population will be boosted enough to become the seventh largest city in Tennessee.
Festivities will kick off today (June 12) and go through Sunday night. More than 150 acts will perform during the festival’s four-day run. Nashville will be well represented by Music City artists Dierks Bentley, Blackberry Smoke, Jack White and Ben Folds. East-Nashville label Dualtone’s Shovels and Rope will also take the stage during Bonnaroo.
Main attractions this year include Kanye West, Little Richie and legendary Elton John, whose recently repackaged release of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road features Country artists Hunter Hayes, The Band Perry and Zac Brown Band.
General admission and VIP Weekend packages ($520-1000) as well as general admission Single Day options ($125-295) are still available. Round-trip bus services are included, departing twice daily.
By: Laura Hostelley
With so many Country music fans in one place, CMA Music Festival presented a prime opportunity to conduct research with this important consumer group.
“Country music is reaching a broader and more diverse audience than ever and we believe these shifts have an impact on our attendee base,” said Karen Stump, CMA’s Senior Director of Market Research. “Our research among Festival attendees about their motivations and experiences related to our event serves as a vital tool for CMA to continuously deliver a memorable and relevant event for our fans.”
Findings from 2014:
These preliminary numbers are based on CMA’s onsite/in-person surveying of 437 attendees over the four days. Additional research is being conducted and will result in added insights about CMA Music Festival attendees based on input from more than 2,000 patrons.
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Warner/Chappell Production Music, Warner Music Group’s production music arm, has created a new theme and package for the 2014 FIFA World Cup to be broadcast on ESPN. Warner/Chappell Production Music produced over 150 tracks overall at studios in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Featuring a modified theme from the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Warner/Chappell Production Music created new opens, bumpers, vamps and closers.
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SESAC affiliate Kevin Barton has signed with Songscape Music for publishing representation. Barton recently stopped by SESAC’s Music Row headquarters to celebrate the signing.
Big Machine Label Group and Cox Media Group (CMG) have partnered for a revenue sharing deal that includes both broadcast and digital plays. Big Machine and its artists are the first record label to secure a direct licensing deal with Cox Media Group.
Under Big Machine Label Group’s wholly-owned imprints Big Machine Records and The Valory Music Co., artists such as Taylor Swift, Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Reba, Justin Moore, Brantley Gilbert and Thomas Rhett will benefit from this agreement.
“This agreement represents an exciting opportunity for Cox Media Group to work together with Big Machine and their artists,” CMG President Bill Hoffman said. “We believe that partnering directly with a label across our broadcast and digital platforms is mutually beneficial. We will ultimately enhance the opportunities for our fans, listeners, and our respective companies.”
“Bill Hoffman and [CMG’s Executive VP of Radio] Kim Guthrie have done an incredible job with the Cox Media Group by simultaneously building and preserving their great radio station brands while also re-imagining what the future of broadcasting is going to be. Their station apps are among the very best,” Big Machine Label Group President and CEO Scott Borchetta said. “Big Machine understands that a forward move in the digital broadcasting space is a must to get ahead of the many opportunities that a digital dashboard and other digital initiatives are going to bring. We are thrilled to continue to elevate our partnership with this incredible company as the broadcasting sea change continues.”
Cox Media Group owns some of the nation’s top country stations, including KKBQ in Houston, Orlando’s WWKA, San Antonio’s Y100 KCYY, Dayton’s WHKO, Tulsa’s KWEN and Athens’ WNGC.