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QUOTE OF THE MONTH: If God Brings You To It, He Will Bring You Through It.
ARTIST NEWS: Country Music Superstar TG Sheppard is assembling a new team of industry professionals. Sheppard has enlisted Rob Battle, with Battle
Artist Agency for booking and Vanessa Davis, with Splash! Public Relations for publicity representation. Sheppard continues his more than 20 year management
relationship with manager RJ Kaltenbach. Announcements about his upcoming new projects will be coming soon.
BENEFIT NEWS: Aaron Tippin, who also has a new CD being release to benefit “wanna play music.” Please visit wannaplaymusic.com & namm.org…. The
9th annual Marty Stuart Late Night Jam raised more than $30,000 for MusiCares flood relief efforts. Keith Urban, Vince Gill, Gene Watson and Connie Smith
were among the performers joining Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives Band.
BOOK NEWS: Iconic music manager and talent impresario Jim Halsey developed and directed the careers of his worldclass stable of superstars. Halsey
packs 60 years of collective ‘how to’ wisdom in the pages of his new book, Starmaker: How To Make It In the Music Business, just hitting national bookshelves
from Tate Publishing. Jim Halsey’s Starmaker: How To Make In It The Music Business is a definite ‘must read’ resource book for those wanting to
achieve success in music, for fans interested in the ‘behind-the-scenes’ of major artist careers, and for students of business of every age who love to see
successful achievements through the eyes of a visionary. Available at Amazon.com, Borders, & www.jimhalsey.com
CD NEWS: Mark Chesnutt, the honky-tonkin’ torchbearer for the traditional country format, will revive the music from the outlaw movement of the 70s and
delivered with his new collection, OUTLAW. The release on Saguaro Road Records logo, the CD’s 12 tracks are a reverent homage courtesy of Chesnutt’s
masterful delivery, genuine Texas style and automatic-triggered talent. Mark’s career: Four platinum albums, five gold albums, 14 No. 1 singles, and 23 Top
10 singles to his credit. Chesnutt shines in his interpretation of the 12 OUTLAW recordings produced and arranged by Pete Anderson (one of my favs).
Chesnutt releases the first OUTLAW single, the legendary Kristofferson-penned “Lovin’ Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again),” to radio on
August 2, 2010.
CMA MUSIC FEST NEWS: The first four nightly sellouts in CMA Music Festival history crown the most successful such event since the inception of Fan
Fair in 1972. Average nightly attendance of 49,000 equaled a 16.7% increase. Attendance at the daytime Riverfront Park was up 6.4% over last year, while
estimated daily attendance festival-wide was 65,000, up from 56,000 in 2009. Four-day ticket package sales were up 33.3%, causing many single-show
nightly tickets to be turned into packages, resulting in a year-over-year dip in single-ticket sales.
INDIE ARTIST NEWS: Flynnville Train participated in a successful CMA Fest 2010 last month. Their new single release, entitled “Preachin’ To The Choir”
was released last month. The group appeared in a number of booths, signing autographs and visiting with fans, new and old. Their latest project, REDEMPTION,
comes from the indie label Next Evolution Records. The 11 tracks were co-produced with David Barrick in the family-owned Barrick Recording Studio
in Glasgow, KY. The CD will be available via all major digital outlets. Flynnville Train fans can order an autographed CD via the band’s official web site:
www.FlynnvilleTrain.com.
LABEL NEWS: Curb Records recording artist, five-time GRAMMY® Award winner & Multi-platinum artist Wynonna Judd has joined Cracker Barrel Old
Country Store® in its support of Wounded Warrior Project with the release of Love Heals, a collection of Wynonna’s top singles. Purchase Cd at Cracker
Barrel locations, by visiting the Cracker Barrel website (crackerbarrel.com). The exclusive CD features many of Wynonna’s biggest hits along with three
tracks that have not been available for sale, including Let Your Light Shine, a new song never before released….. Lyric Street’s Rascal Flatts are among the
2011 Hollywood Walk of Fame star recipents, which include Melissa Etheridge, Los Tigres Del Norte, the Go-Go’s, Slash, Will.I.Am, Bebe & Cece Winans
and, posthumously, Buddy Holly and Louis Prima. The date of the presentation has not yet been determined.
MUSIC NEWS: The competition to become Tennessee’s new state song has been won by “Smoky Mountain Rain,” made famous by country music star
Ronnie Milsap who has had 40 #1 hits, “Smokey Mountain Rain” being one of them. Tennessee already has seven official state songs, more than any other
state, “Tennessee Waltz” and “Rocky Top” being the most famous.
NASHVILLE SONGWRITER”S NEWS: NSAI’s Song Camp is July 16-18 in Nashville! Please don’t miss out on your chance to attend the ONLY open enrollment
camp this year. Song Camp: Holiday Inn Select Hotel (2613 W End Ave) it’s filling up fast! Our faculty is led by songwriter/author Jason Blume and
includes Hugh Prestwood , Ralph Murphy, Angela Kaset, James Dean Hicks, Don Henry and Rick Beresford. All attendees will receive two critique sessions
with our Pro faculty members. Class exercises will also stress techniques and strategies for co-writing, an essential aspect of the professional songwriting
experience. Info & register now nashvillesongwriters. NSAI has Saturday summer hours. Flood Relief Concert: Hall Of Fame Songwriters Sing For Nashville
July 17 At Fontanel Amphitheatre.
NEWS NOTE: Check out Shannon McCombs’ website at shannoncountry.com. Then you will know why they call her the radio princess!
TIME LIFE MUSIC NEWS: Jett Williams made the radio rounds at Music Row Live! during CMA Music Fest, in support of her dad’s box set on Time Life:
Hank Williams Complete Mother Best Recordings.