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The Lady’s not Gaga anymore!
Written by guest blogger, Joshua Johnson Producer/songwriter Rob Fusari recently filed a $30.5 million lawsuit against Team Love Child, LLC and Mermaid Music, LLC, two companies co-owned by the Grammy Award-winning pop star, Stefani Germanotta, professionally known as Lady Gaga, currently a very popular and controversial pop artist. The complaint alleges that Lady Gaga “froze” [...]
Winds of Change at EMI
By all accounts, EMI’s Grammy party at the Hollywood “W” Hotel was impressive. But one there was one significant absentee from the celebration: Guy Hands, Chief Executive of Terra Firma, the in vestment that purchased EMI in 2007. EMI is a British company with a 113 year history of making music. Globally, EMI is home [...]
Slightly Off-key “Voice of a Generation”
A little history: February 22, 1990: Pop sensations Fabrice Morvan and Rob Pilatus, a/k/a Milli Vanilli, who achieved international acclaim as a result of their Arista release, Girl You Know It’s True, win the Grammy for “Best New Artist.” Soon, the rumors began to swirl that Morvan and Pilatus were not actually singing on the [...]
Lyndsey Highlander at 12th & Porter
It’s been a while since my last blog entry, and I apologize to regular readers of Law on the Row. I’ve been in transition mode, getting settled in to my new offices downtown at 2nd Avenue North. I was also invited by my good friend Mark Volman to teach a course at the Mike Curb [...]
The Music Row Show and the “Do it Yourself” Artist
I really enjoyed being on The Music Row Show on 1510 WLAC last evening with Scott Southworth. I love their motto, “two guys fumbling their way through the music business, so you don’t have to!” If you didn’t catch the show (you should be able to download the podcasts from their website in a few [...]
In Memory of Barry Beckett – 1943-2009
Barry Beckett, renowned Nashville producer and longtime musician, passed away last evening, further dampening, in conjunction with heavy downpours, the opening day of the 2009 CMA Music Festival. Beckett was a fellow Aquarian, born February 4, 1943 in Birmingham, Alabama. He was a noted keyboardist and musician, perhaps best known as a member of the [...]
The Business Phone that Could (have)
Once upon a time, there was a shinny new device called the iPhone that tried to climb up the mammoth hill that is the sole domain of the business smartphone. “I think I can, I think I can,” said the iPhone, and it tried and it tried, but alas, it could only make it up [...]
My Appearances on WSM Radio
For the last several weeks, I have enjoyed being a guest host on Malcolm West’s live radio program, Race Night. It’s a weekly show that airs on WSM 650 AM from 7-9 p.m CST. The show is broadcasted into over 37 states and, as Malcolm quips, two outhouses! It reaches over 150,000 listeners. The show is [...]
HR 848 passes committee
Rep. John Conyers, Chair of the House Judiciary Committee brought the Performance Rights Act (HR 848) up for markup this morning. HR 848 created no small amount of disagreement among radio broadcasters, minority broadcasters, trade unions and civil rights groups. However, a group of minority artists, including Duke Fakir of the Four Tops, Dionne Farris [...]