Lizzie Sider
is continuing her tour of elementary and middle schools in Florida where she is conducting her Bully Prevention Assembly at over 100 schools during January, February and March. The tour continues after a successful weekend in Nashville, where Sider performed the national anthem at the Nashville Predators game before taking the stage at the historic Bluebird Cafe.
“Bullying doesn’t just happen in October during Bullying Prevention Awareness Month, it happens all year,” says Sider. “As someone who understands what it is like to be bullied, I am on a mission to help anyone who doesn’t think anyone will listen.”
During the 30- to 40-minute assembly, Sider will encourage kids to help prevent bullying as she recounts her own personal journey as a young student being teased and ridiculed in elementary school, what it felt like, and how she tried to deal with it. In addition, Sider discusses the importance of everyone standing up to stop bullying. She will also perform her original song “Butterfly,” which Sider co-wrote about her experience. Her goal is to help kids as a positive role model, having risen above her own ridicule, to pursue a career in music.
As a spokesperson for PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center, Sider visited over 80 schools in California before starting her school tour in Florida.
Lizzie’s Upcoming Assembly Tour Dates
Feb. 3 South Daytona (2 Assemblies) – Deland, Fla.
Feb. 3 Manatee Cove Elementary – Orange City, Fla.
Feb. 4 Citrus Grove Elementary – Deland, Fla.
Feb. 4 Blue Lake Elementary – Lake Helen, Fla.
Feb. 5 Volusia Pines – Lake Helen, Fla.
Feb. 5 Woodward Elementary – Deland, Fla.
Feb. 5 Umatilla Elementary – Umatilla, Fla.
Feb. 6 George Marks Elementary (2 assemblies) – Deland, Fla.
Feb. 6 Southwestern Middle – Deland, Fla.
Feb. 11 Lake Okeechobee Girls Academy – Okeechobee, Fla.
Feb. 11 Country Oaks Elementary School- La Belle, Fla.
Feb. 12 Pinecrest Elementary School – Immokalee, Fla.
Feb. 12 Highland Elementary School -Immokalee, Fla.
Feb. 12 LaBelle Middle School – LaBelle, Fla.
Feb. 13 Miami Childrens Museum Charter School – Miami, Fla.
Feb. 13 Plantation Key School – Tavernier, Fla.
Feb. 13 Key Largo School – Key Largo, Fla.
Feb. 14 Stanley Switlik Elementary – Marathon, Fla.
Feb. 14 Sugarloaf School Sugar Loaf — Key, Fla.
Feb. 14 Horace O’Bryant School – Key West, Fla.
Feb. 18 Dixon School of the Arts – Pensacola, Fla.
Feb. 18 Liza Jackson Preparatory – Ft. Walton, Fla.
Feb. 19 Franklin County School – Eastpoint, Fla.
Feb. 19 Apalachicola Bay Charter School – Apalachicola, Fla.
Feb. 19 Altha Public School – Altha, Fla.
Feb. 20 Emma Love Hardee Elementary – Nassau, Fla.
Feb. 20 Yulee Middle School – Yulee, Fla.
Feb. 20 Callahan Middle School – Callahan, Fla.
Feb. 20 Nassau City Homeless – Nassau, Fla.
Feb. 21 Shadowlawn Elementary School – Green Cove Springs, Fla.
Feb. 21 Lakeside Junior High – Jacksonville, Fla.
Feb. 21 Mandarin Middle School – Jacksonville, Fla.
Feb. 25 Parkway Magnet Middle School – Lauderhill, Fla.
Feb. 25 Deerfield Park Elementary School – Deerfield Beach, Fla.
Feb. 25 North Broward Preparatory – Coconut Creek, Fla.
Feb. 26 Tavares Elementary – Tavares, Fla.
Feb. 27 Sorrento Elementary – Sorrento, Fla.
Feb. 27 Seminole Springs Elementary – Eustis, Fla.
Feb. 27 Windy Hill Middle School (2 assemblies) – Clermont, Fla.
Feb. 28 Challenger 7 Elementary – Port St. John, Fla.
Feb. 28 Enterprise Elementary – Cocoa, Fla.
Feb. 28 Discovery Intermediate – Kissimmee, Fla.
March 3 Kingsway Elementary School – Port Charlotte, Fla.
March 3 Port Charlotte County School to be scheduled
March 3 Vineland Elementary – Rotonda, Fla.
March 4 Myakka River Elementary School – Port Charlotte, Fla.
March 4 Port Charlotte County School to be scheduled
March 4 Peace River Elementary School – Port Charlotte, Fla.
March 5 Liberty Elementary School – Port Charlotte, Fla.
March 5 Neil Armstrong Elementary – Port Charlotte, Fla.
March 5 Deep Creek Elementary School – Punta Gorda, Fla.
March 6 Meadows Park Elementary – Port Charlotte, Fla.
March 6 Port Charlotte Middle School – Port Charlotte, Fla.
March 11 Wesley Chapel Elementary School – Wesley Chapel, Fla.
March 11 Cypress Elementary – New Port Richey, Fla.
March 11 Woodland Elementary – Zephyrillis, Fla.
March 12 Fuguitt Elementary – Largo, Fla.
March 12 Eisenhower Elementary — Clearwater, Fla.
March 12 Melrose Elementary – St. Petersburg, Fla.
March 13 Laurel Oak Elementary – Naples, Fla.
March 13 Naples Park Elementary – Naples, Fla.
March 13 Palmetto Elementary – Naples, Fla.
March 14 Tommie Barfield Elementary – Marco Island, Fla.
March 14 Gulf Coast Academy Charter South – Naples, Fla.
March 18 Hobe Sound Elementary (2 assemblies) – Hobe Sound, Fla.
March 18 Pine Crest – Boca Raton, Fla.
March 24 Wildwood Middle School – Wildwood, Fla.
March 24 Lake Panasoffkee Elementary – Lake Panasoffkee, Fla.
March 25 Webster Elementary School — Webster, Fla.
March 25 South Sumter Middle School — Webster, Fla.
March 26 Forest City Elementary School – Altamonte Springs, Fla.
March 27 Roundlake Elementary School – Mt. Dora, Fla.
March 27 Bushnell Elementary – Bushnell, Fla.
March 28 Pine Crest School – Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Industry Ink (1/31/14)
/by Jessica NicholsonEd Salamon
Former WHN assistant program director (and now operations manager of Cumulus Nashville and program director of WSM-FM and WKDF) Charlie Cook, WHN music director (now with Cumulus Media Networks) Pam Green and Ed Salamon will present a panel about WHN radio with Alabama’s Jeff Cook on Monday, Feb. 17 at 6 pm at Two Old Hippies in The Gulch 401 12th Ave. S, Nashville, TN 37203 (across from The Station Inn).
The discussion will be followed by a signing for Salamon’s book WHN: When New York City Went Country.
For more information, visit twooldhippies.com.
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I Don’t See Heaven is available for order on amazon.com and can be found in select Barnes & Noble bookstores nationwide.
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Gracenote, Next Big Sound Collaborate on Customizable Radio Platform
/by Jessica NicholsonGracenote revealed plans to collaborate with music data company Next Big Sound to enhance how it analyzes listeners’ habits and make recommendations for new music. Gracenote, which claims it has data on 180 million songs, is utilized by Apple, Amazon, Spotify and other companies to identify and organize digital music tracks. Next Big Sound focuses on social media chatter surrounding songs; it reaches out to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Wikipedia and other sources to see what songs fans are paying attention to.
Gracenote president Stephen White envisions Gracenote’s system, called Rhythm, can be used by any company to create a radio service tied to its own product or websites. White mentioned that car companies might be the most interested, as they can develop a system to be used in all of their cars around the world.
Next Big Sound has become one of the leading providers of social-media data for the music industry, parsing billions of streams, tweets and searches to tell a picture of how fans are interacting with music they like. Earlier this month, the company released its analysis of online music in 2013, which found, for example, that 0.2 percent of all musicians account for 53 percent of Facebook page likes among artists and 65 percent of the Twitter followers.
Country Artists Gear Up To Salute The Beatles
/by Jessica NicholsonPictured (L-R): Emily West and Meghan Linsey
Numerous events across the country have been scheduled to commemorate the Beatles’ American debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, which took place 50 years ago on Feb. 9, 1964.
Emily West and Steel Magnolia’s Meghan Linsey are among the many performers at the Town Hall venue for the NYC Fab 50’s America Celebrates The Beatles at Manhattan’s Town Hall on Saturday, Feb. 8. Tickets range from $52-$252 and can be purchased at ticketmaster.com.
CBS-TV will air it’s own The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute on Sunday, Feb. 9, with Keith Urban pairing with John Mayer for “Don’t Let Me Down,” and Brad Paisley teamed with Pharrell Williams for “Here Comes The Sun.” The show will begin at 8 p.m. ET–exactly 50 years to the day, date, and time of the original event.
Centricity Music Signs Lindsay McCaul
/by Jessica NicholsonPictured (Back row, L-R): Jim Houser, Jeanie Kaserman, Creative Trust; Caren Seidle, John Mays, Centricity Music. (Front row, L-R): Blake Monroe, Creative Trust; Lindsay McCaul; Mark Mattingly, Creative Trust
Franklin, Tenn.-based Centricity Music has signed singer/songwriter Lindsay McCaul. McCaul enjoyed success with her first major label album in 2012, If It Leads Me Back, which showcased her trademark introspective songwriting and warm vocals. Her first project with Centricity Music will release August 2014 and is being produced by Brent Milligan (Steven Curtis Chapman, David Crowder Band) and Jeff Pardo (Matthew West, Josh Wilson).
“I’m incredibly honored and so excited to be joining the Centricity family,” says McCaul. “I am so grateful for the chance to partner with both a label and a publishing team comprised of key people whom I have long respected. I so admire the team’s pursuit of excellence as they strive to produce art that bring glory to Jesus. I’m a lifelong, diehard Christian music fan, so I also consider it a huge honor to be joining a roster that includes some of my favorite artists. I’m very much looking forward to serving our great God together.”
“We waited a long time to get the opportunity to work with Lindsay,” says John Mays, Vice President of A&R, Centricity Music. “We first met years ago when she was still a staff worship leader in Chicago and I immediately felt a connection with who she was and the music she was making. As God would have it, the time wasn’t right back then, but now we get to celebrate a new partnership with her and a new season of the best music she’s recorded to date. I’m so proud of the work she has poured in to every note of these new songs and can’t wait for the world to hear them.
McCaul hails from Merritt Island, Fla. and began writing songs when she was 12-years-old. She moved to Chicago to attend Moody Bible Institute, where she graduated with a degree in Applied Linguistics. Now living in the Nashville area with her husband Mark, she currently leads worship as an artist-in-residence at Nashville’s Fellowship Bible Church. McCaul has enjoyed an active touring schedule with high-profile acts including, Casting Crowns, Matthew West, Mercy Me, Sanctus Real, The Afters, and others.
Weekly Chart Report (1/31/14)
/by Michael_SmithArtist Updates (1/30/14)
/by Jessica NicholsonBlake Shelton
Blake Shelton will perform at a concert to benefit injured military veterans and their families. The concert will take place on Friday (Jan. 31) at a temporary built venue in Manhattan’s Bryant Park in connection with Super Bowl festivities. The show will also feature comic Jon Stewart.
PepsiCo is organizing this concert and donating $1 million to the Bob Woodruff Foundation, the organization that aids injured veterans and named for the ABC News journalist who was severely injured by a roadside bomb in Iraq.
The event will also be streamed Friday night at 9:45 pm at pepsi.com. Viewers will be able to click on a button on the site to donate to the foundation.
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Bellamy Brothers
With their 40th anniversary on the horizon (2015), the legendary Bellamy Brothers are keeping the tour circuit red hot this year. In addition to their usual 150+ United States concert dates, the brothers have announced stops for their international tour of the globe. Throughout 2014, the Bellamys will tour in Sri Lanka, India, Brazil, Switzerland, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Australia and New Caledonia.
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“Take the Keys” vocalist Leah Turner made her Grand Ole Opry debut this week (Jan. 24) from the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. The Columbia Nashville artist took the stage to perform her current Top 40 hit “Take the Keys” and to debut her co-penned track “Beat Up Bronco.”
Pictured (L-R): Leah Turner and Bill Anderson
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Mallary Hope
Mallary Hope‘s song “My Day” is now the anthem for the U.S. Olympic hopefuls competing next month at the Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.
In a cross-promotion between two of NBC’s high ratings draws–The Voice and the Olympics–the network has created an ad campaign featuring Danielle Bradbery (season 4 winner of The Voice) singing “My Day” as the commercial runs through several inspirational Olympic moments.
Industry Pics (1/30/14)
/by Jessica NicholsonRadio and fans packed Smith’s Olde Bar in Atlanta on Jan. 23 to hear Natalie Stovall And The Drive perform songs from their new Paul Worley-produced EP on HitShop Records including the single, “Baby Come On With It.”
Pictured (L-R): HitShop President Skip Bishop, Cumulus Sr. VP Mike McVay, Joel Dormer, Natalie Stovall, Zach Morse, Miguel Cancino, James Bavendam, and Cumulus Corporate Program Director Greg Frye
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SESAC’s Tim Fink visits with Georgia Middleman and Gary Burr from the acclaimed act Blue Sky Riders.
Pictured (L-R): Ellen Truley, SESAC’s Vice President, Corporate Relations, with husband, actor Todd Truley (Nashville, Prisoners, Grudge Match).
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Lizzie Sider Promotes Anti-Bullying Message Via Florida School Tour
/by Jessica NicholsonLizzie Sider
Lizzie Sider is continuing her tour of elementary and middle schools in Florida where she is conducting her Bully Prevention Assembly at over 100 schools during January, February and March. The tour continues after a successful weekend in Nashville, where Sider performed the national anthem at the Nashville Predators game before taking the stage at the historic Bluebird Cafe.
“Bullying doesn’t just happen in October during Bullying Prevention Awareness Month, it happens all year,” says Sider. “As someone who understands what it is like to be bullied, I am on a mission to help anyone who doesn’t think anyone will listen.”
During the 30- to 40-minute assembly, Sider will encourage kids to help prevent bullying as she recounts her own personal journey as a young student being teased and ridiculed in elementary school, what it felt like, and how she tried to deal with it. In addition, Sider discusses the importance of everyone standing up to stop bullying. She will also perform her original song “Butterfly,” which Sider co-wrote about her experience. Her goal is to help kids as a positive role model, having risen above her own ridicule, to pursue a career in music.
As a spokesperson for PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center, Sider visited over 80 schools in California before starting her school tour in Florida.
Lizzie’s Upcoming Assembly Tour Dates
Feb. 3 South Daytona (2 Assemblies) – Deland, Fla.
Feb. 3 Manatee Cove Elementary – Orange City, Fla.
Feb. 4 Citrus Grove Elementary – Deland, Fla.
Feb. 4 Blue Lake Elementary – Lake Helen, Fla.
Feb. 5 Volusia Pines – Lake Helen, Fla.
Feb. 5 Woodward Elementary – Deland, Fla.
Feb. 5 Umatilla Elementary – Umatilla, Fla.
Feb. 6 George Marks Elementary (2 assemblies) – Deland, Fla.
Feb. 6 Southwestern Middle – Deland, Fla.
Feb. 11 Lake Okeechobee Girls Academy – Okeechobee, Fla.
Feb. 11 Country Oaks Elementary School- La Belle, Fla.
Feb. 12 Pinecrest Elementary School – Immokalee, Fla.
Feb. 12 Highland Elementary School -Immokalee, Fla.
Feb. 12 LaBelle Middle School – LaBelle, Fla.
Feb. 13 Miami Childrens Museum Charter School – Miami, Fla.
Feb. 13 Plantation Key School – Tavernier, Fla.
Feb. 13 Key Largo School – Key Largo, Fla.
Feb. 14 Stanley Switlik Elementary – Marathon, Fla.
Feb. 14 Sugarloaf School Sugar Loaf — Key, Fla.
Feb. 14 Horace O’Bryant School – Key West, Fla.
Feb. 18 Dixon School of the Arts – Pensacola, Fla.
Feb. 18 Liza Jackson Preparatory – Ft. Walton, Fla.
Feb. 19 Franklin County School – Eastpoint, Fla.
Feb. 19 Apalachicola Bay Charter School – Apalachicola, Fla.
Feb. 19 Altha Public School – Altha, Fla.
Feb. 20 Emma Love Hardee Elementary – Nassau, Fla.
Feb. 20 Yulee Middle School – Yulee, Fla.
Feb. 20 Callahan Middle School – Callahan, Fla.
Feb. 20 Nassau City Homeless – Nassau, Fla.
Feb. 21 Shadowlawn Elementary School – Green Cove Springs, Fla.
Feb. 21 Lakeside Junior High – Jacksonville, Fla.
Feb. 21 Mandarin Middle School – Jacksonville, Fla.
Feb. 25 Parkway Magnet Middle School – Lauderhill, Fla.
Feb. 25 Deerfield Park Elementary School – Deerfield Beach, Fla.
Feb. 25 North Broward Preparatory – Coconut Creek, Fla.
Feb. 26 Tavares Elementary – Tavares, Fla.
Feb. 27 Sorrento Elementary – Sorrento, Fla.
Feb. 27 Seminole Springs Elementary – Eustis, Fla.
Feb. 27 Windy Hill Middle School (2 assemblies) – Clermont, Fla.
Feb. 28 Challenger 7 Elementary – Port St. John, Fla.
Feb. 28 Enterprise Elementary – Cocoa, Fla.
Feb. 28 Discovery Intermediate – Kissimmee, Fla.
March 3 Kingsway Elementary School – Port Charlotte, Fla.
March 3 Port Charlotte County School to be scheduled
March 3 Vineland Elementary – Rotonda, Fla.
March 4 Myakka River Elementary School – Port Charlotte, Fla.
March 4 Port Charlotte County School to be scheduled
March 4 Peace River Elementary School – Port Charlotte, Fla.
March 5 Liberty Elementary School – Port Charlotte, Fla.
March 5 Neil Armstrong Elementary – Port Charlotte, Fla.
March 5 Deep Creek Elementary School – Punta Gorda, Fla.
March 6 Meadows Park Elementary – Port Charlotte, Fla.
March 6 Port Charlotte Middle School – Port Charlotte, Fla.
March 11 Wesley Chapel Elementary School – Wesley Chapel, Fla.
March 11 Cypress Elementary – New Port Richey, Fla.
March 11 Woodland Elementary – Zephyrillis, Fla.
March 12 Fuguitt Elementary – Largo, Fla.
March 12 Eisenhower Elementary — Clearwater, Fla.
March 12 Melrose Elementary – St. Petersburg, Fla.
March 13 Laurel Oak Elementary – Naples, Fla.
March 13 Naples Park Elementary – Naples, Fla.
March 13 Palmetto Elementary – Naples, Fla.
March 14 Tommie Barfield Elementary – Marco Island, Fla.
March 14 Gulf Coast Academy Charter South – Naples, Fla.
March 18 Hobe Sound Elementary (2 assemblies) – Hobe Sound, Fla.
March 18 Pine Crest – Boca Raton, Fla.
March 24 Wildwood Middle School – Wildwood, Fla.
March 24 Lake Panasoffkee Elementary – Lake Panasoffkee, Fla.
March 25 Webster Elementary School — Webster, Fla.
March 25 South Sumter Middle School — Webster, Fla.
March 26 Forest City Elementary School – Altamonte Springs, Fla.
March 27 Roundlake Elementary School – Mt. Dora, Fla.
March 27 Bushnell Elementary – Bushnell, Fla.
March 28 Pine Crest School – Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Garth Brooks Comeback Special Is Total Sell Out
/by Sarah Skates10,000 people stood in line across the country to buy tickets. Some fans camped outside for days, braving downpours and biting winds.
The concerts are taking place ahead of Brooks’ world tour. He last played at Croke Park in 1997.
Brooks’ longtime manager Bob Doyle said, “We’re thrilled. Peter Aiken, his team and Ticketmaster have done an amazing job.”
“In 52 years of business this is the fastest selling concert Aiken Promotions have ever been involved in,” added Aiken.
Brooks also sold out his recent appearance at the 100th anniversary of the Calgary Stampede. The sell out of 15,000-plus seats happened in less then a minute. He was recently inducted into the International Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Brooks has sold in excess of 128 million albums and was certified by the RIAA in 2000 as the No. 1 selling solo artist in U.S. history.
CRS Announces Keynote Speaker
/by Jessica NicholsonGavin McGarry
Multimedia strategist and Jumpwire Media co-founder Gavin McGarry has been announced as the CRS 2014 keynote speaker. McGarry’s educational address will take place at 10:15 a.m. on Wed. Feb. 19, 2014 at the Nashville Convention Center in downtown Nashville, Tenn.
“As we have built CRS 2014, a focus emerged around ‘Branded Content,’ which has very clearly become a cornerstone this year,” said CRS President Charlie Morgan. “Gavin McGarry has exceptional innovative experience in this arena and will bring his compelling perspective to all of our attendees in his keynote on Wednesday!”
McGarry is the co-founder/president of Jumpwire Media. Since founding the company in 2009, Jumpwire Media has delivered innovative and effective media and marketing strategies to both Fortune 500 and SME clients from countries all over the world including: USA, Russia, India, South Africa, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, and others.
McGarry aims to present the best practices every radio executive should be implementing to build a station’s audience and engagement on Facebook, Twitter, Vine, Snapchat, Pinterest and more. Gavin will also present ideas and strategies around monetizing your social media platforms using your sales teams.
Prior to his launch of Jumpwire Media, Gavin worked for online video start up Joost and was the Head of Cross Platform Business Development at global television production company Endemol. He has been working in the media space for more than 20 years. His company created some of the first cross media TV content and worked with major networks including NBC, Discovery, CTV, and Global Television.
In 2004, he moved from his native Canada to the UK to better understand the rapidly emerging mobile phone space. Through his position at Endemol he worked closely with the UK’s largest mobile operator O2 and helped develop leading edge content for multiple platform release. In 2007, he moved into the web video arena based out of the Joost’s New York office. Throughout his career, he has spent time in Japan, Africa, Europe and China exploring and understanding the global digital media content market place.
As a sponsor of the keynote at the opening session of CRS, Folds of Honor Foundation will be sharing their mission with attendees and announcing an exciting program available to country radio stations. Folds of Honor provides educational scholarships to the children and spouses of military service men and women while serving our great nation. The foundation is supported by country stars Lee Brice, Craig Morgan, Dierks Bentley, Rascal Flatts, among many others, and is now presenting Country radio with the opportunity to give away educational scholarships in their local communities to qualified recipients of the brave soldiers defending our freedoms. As part of the turnkey program, Folds of Honor will provide content to engage listeners, especially over patriotic holidays such as Memorial Day and the 4th of July.