Music News 1/19/2012
Brantley Gilbert’s “Country Must Be Country Wide” No. 1 Party • ASCAP’s GPS Project • BMI’s Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards Luncheon • SoundExchange Distributions
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Music News 12/15/11
Dune Grass Music has inked an exclusive songwriter deal with Neal Coty. He’s written several singles, including the title track for James Wesley’s new Broken Bow release (“Real”), as well as cuts by Craig Morgan (“Every Friday Afternoon”), Blake Shelton (“Playboys of the Southwestern World”), and Mark Chestnutt (“She Was”). Dune Grass General Manager Paul […]
Music News 12/8/2011
Life Notes: Barbara Orbison passes • Average Joe’s signs J. J. Lawhorn • EMI Music Publishing and Average Joe’s sign Ira Dean • Warner/Chappell Music Signs Damien Horne
Music News 12/1/2011
Sony/ATV Hangs At Top of Publisher Airplay Chart • Parallel Music Publishing Signs First Writer • UMPG Re-Signs Andrew Dorff • Ben Hayslip Extends Warner/Chappell & This Music Agreement
BMI Award Winners
Songwriters of the Year: Rhett Akins and Dallas Davidson Frances W. Preston Award (Country Song of the Year): “All Over Me,” Davidson and Akins; publishers EMI-Blackwood Music, Inc., Rhettneck Music, String Stretcher Music; recorded by Josh Turner Publisher of the Year: Sony/ATV BMI Icon: Bobby Braddock • • • • Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) celebrated […]