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March 02, 2009
Circumstances haven't quite reached the point that record labels have started outsourcing their radio promotion calls to India. Still, they are making wiser use of independent promotion in their efforts to bring new singles to radio.
Despite the proliferation of new media outlets, getting an...
August 07, 2008
Ringtones - those brief snippets of music that herald an incoming phone call - have grown from being a sometimes tinny novelty into a significant potential income stream for artists, songwriters, music publishers and record companies.
In 2007, for example, music fans in the United States spent...
January 30, 2008
As major record labels evolve plans for sailing toward their goals on uncertain seas, and as independents seek to compete with music industry giants, a new breed of entrepreneurs is finding ways to identify talented artists and help find their paths toward success.
Some of these visionaries ...
December 12, 2007
Throughout 2007, the centennial year of Gene Autry's birth, fans and historians recalled the course-changing impact this "singing cowboy" had on Country Music. Autry was the original "hat act" and the man who cemented the "Western" in what used to be called Country and Western Music. As such, he...
February 03, 2007
It used to be that ambitious youngsters knocked on Music Row doors or networked in nearby bars to gain a foothold in Nashville's music industry. Some still prefer these approaches, but the more savvy among them have learned that the odds favor those who've earned a music business degree, particula...
January 31, 2007
As a performer, Neal McCoy had all he could hope for - except a record company that loved him as much as the crowds did. So he started his own label, dubbing it "903 Music" after the area code of Longview, Texas, his hometown. So far, the new enterprise has done well. For starters, it generated M...
November 30, 2006
Keith Urban's "Livin' Right Now" DVD has sold more than 130,000 copies since its release in September 2005. But high production costs, limited means of promotion and uncertain prospects of sales continue to restrict the number of concert DVDs record labels make available to Country fans. More common...
November 23, 2006
These days, the most effective artists' Web sites combine the colorful variety of an oriental bazaar with the giggly intimacy of a pajama party. The aim, according to Web designers, is to create a community, a sort of virtual hometown for fans where they will visit often, linger for awhile, intera...
April 12, 2006
Country Radio Broadcasters welcomed Terry Dorsey, Lon Helton and Arch Yancey into its Country Music DJ Hall of Fame and Jonathan Fricke and Ed Salamon into the Country Radio Hall of Fame in ceremonies held at the Nashville Convention Center on Feb. 14. The induction was the opening event of CRB's 3...
April 04, 2006
If you could project Marty Stuart's mind onto a screen, it would probably look like a night shot of Las Vegas during a power surge. The man never stops thinking. Lately, the 47-year-old former wunderkind has been riding a volcanic burst of creativity. Besides his usual performances, Stuart, who owns...