Showing posts with label Music Industry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music Industry. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Another sign of changes in the music industry

Due to a slow economy and a recording industry that seems to be trying to figure out how to sell albums right now, Equity Music Group in Nashville is suspending operations. People don't seem to be spending money on albums right now and something else that seems to be changing the industry is the ability to get the music without having to buy a full album.

I hate to see this happen but hopefully the business will go on and we'll see growth in Nashville and the music industry again. Read more below and the complete story in the Tennessean newspaper.
~Corey


Little Big Town and the folks from Equity Music Group

Nashville-based independent music label Equity Music Group said Tuesday that it was suspending its operations immediately, blaming a challenging economic climate.

"Our investors tried to a find a way to keep the doors open at Equity, but with a struggling industry, an overall decline in discretionary spending by consumers and a total freeze on the capital markets" the board made this decision, said Tim Wipperman, the label's president.

Equity Music Group began in 2003, co-founded by country artist Clint Black and Mike Kraski, a former Sony/Nashville executive. The label was best known for once representing the country music group Little Big Town.

Read the entire story in the Tennessean newspaper.

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Demystifying the music business

Industry insiders offer School of the Arts students tips on making it



More than 20 music industry top executives, songwriters, producers, directors, engineers and designers put their daily tasks on hold for a day this week to visit with area schoolchildren who dream of going into the music business.

At Grammy Career Day this year, more than 400 students at Nashville School for the Arts were treated to performances by Tyler Hilton and CeCe Winans and invited to attend panel discussions on topics ranging from makeup and wardrobe design, show production, songwriting and commercial jingles, musical theater, vocal performance and music video. The Tuesday event was sponsored by the Nashville chapter of the Recording Academy with additional support from the Gibson Foundation and Starkey Hearing Foundation.

"It's really important for kids to have the opportunity to ask questions and have the opportunity to learn," said panelist Tracy Gershon, who is vice president of artists and repertoire at Warner Brothers and is also on the Recording Academy's Nashville chapter board. "I wish I had this when I was a kid. It helps dissolve the mystery around being an artist and a songwriter. Fame isn't always what it's cracked up to be, and everyone has their own version of what they think fame is. This is clearing up myths and giving the students a dose of reality."

Read the rest of the story in the Tennessean newspaper.

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

So what’s Nashville got that Oklahoma doesn’t?

The Gaylord family name is well-known to Oklahomans in connection with a certain newspaper. But to the folks in Nashville, Tenn., Gaylord is the name of the entertainment company that is the area’s 10th-largest employer, as the owners of the Grand Ole Opry.

Many Oklahomans are also familiar with the names of a list of top-selling country and western music stars who hail from the Sooner State – Reba McIntire, Vince Gill, Garth Brooks, Toby Keith, Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton and many more. Yet, those stars are making money hand over fist for music companies that are not located in Oklahoma, but in Nashville.

So what’s Nashville got that Oklahoma doesn’t? That’s what state Rep. Randy McDaniel, R-Oklahoma City, wants to know. McDaniel, who serves on House subcommittees focused on tourism, arts and culture, has proposed an interim study to find out.

McDaniel’s study request asks what incentives Nashville and other cities offer to attract musicians, and how does Oklahoma rank in the economic impact of its music industry.


Read more in the Oklahoma newspaper Journal Record