Law on the Row used to be a periodic newsletter in the physical world that I would send to my clients and mailing list. In the first edition of Law on the Row, published September 9, 1999, I published an article on digital downloading entitled “To MP3 or not to MP3? The catalyst for a [...]
Luke Lewis, Chairman of Universal Music Group here on Music Row, announced yesterday that the company will be relocated to the new SunTrust Plaza at 401 Commerce Street in downtown Nashville, right next door to the famous Ryman Auditorium. UMG follows Other Nashville labels that relocated to locations in Nashville other than Music Row: Lyric [...]
The New York-based online music site, SpiralFrog is continuing to grow its catalog of freely downloadable songs. SpiralFrog describes itself as "a Web-based advertising-supported music experience that combines music discovery tools with free and legal downloads of audio and video content." Music Row's own Frances Preston (see my earlier blog regarding her recent award) sits [...]
The Schermerhorn Symphony Center is indeed one of the new crown jewels of Nashville, Tennessee. Last night, I sat in the Sympony Hall while Leadership Music honored another one of Nashville's crown jewels, Francis Williams Preston. Ms. Preston was honored with Leadership Music's Dale Franklin Award, named for the first executive director of Leadership Music. [...]
The Nashville Symphony Orchestra announced this month that it entered into a five-year contract with Giancarlo Guerrero, who will serve as their music director beginning in 2009. Guerrero will be the 8th conductor in the history of the Symphony, replacing the late Kenneth Schermerhorn, who led the Nashville Symphony for 22 years and was critically [...]
The Canadian Country Music Association's has announced the selectio nof its 2007-2008 board of directors, which includes two Nashville music industry veterans, Ralph Murphy and Jeff Walker. Ralph Murphy is vice president for ASCAP in Nashville. Born in England and raised in Canada, Murphy moved to Nashville in the mid 70's when he and Roger [...]
The digital weekly magazine Encore reported that John Michael Montgomery asked a Lexington, Kentucky judge to dismiss the slander lawsuit filed against him. Montgomery's lawyers argued that statements made by Montgomery to the police as part of their investigation into his arrest for drunk driving qualify as "pure opinion" and cannot be found slanderous. His lawyers also [...]
A new series about Music City entitled Nashville airs tomorrow night, Friday, September 15, at 8 p.m. on Fox (WZTV-Channel 17). The series tracks a group of ten young adults who are attempting to "make it" in Music City. The series is being produced by Gary Auerbach's Go Go Luckey Productions, which also produced the [...]
John Allen will head up the Nashville office of Bug Music and Windswept after the new merger of the two companies. The offices officially relocated to 33 Music Square West, Suite 104B, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, Windswept's old address. Allen has been with Bug Music for twelve years.
My favorite client and country recording artist, Brittany Wells, is scheduled to appear in "Fashion for Every Body" on October 14, 2007 in Nashville, Tennessee. The fashion show benefits Eating Disorders Coaliation of Tennessee. This years events features entertainment mogul Anastasia Brown and singer/songwriter Deanna Carter as emcees and hosts, together with other entertainers and [...]