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April 3, 2020
April Has Been Canceled … and Maybe May, TooPutting lipstick on a pig doesn’t help. We are in a real pickle, and God bless musicians for being the ones that are helping every way they can in this dangerous, stressful time.
Dolly Parton giving a million dollars to Vanderbilt University Medical Center was amazing. Dolly seems to always come to the front in trying times.
The Academy of Country Music will showcase Country stars at home this weekend. CBS had the time slot, and the internet showed the old school how they should fill it. Can’t imagine all these stars would ever agree to anything like this during normal times. These are not normal times.
Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood drew in over five million viewers to CBS-TV with the most basic, plain TV show maybe ever on national network television. A two shot and a few close ups, Garth with a guitar, and both wearing lavalier microphones on their shirts. Even in the black and white, low definition TV 1950s, did anyone do anything more basic than that? The internet has changed everything, all day, every day! Maybe a TV production doesn’t have to cost a million dollars.
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March 27, 2020
Nothing Normal About The New NormalHow does this movie end? Is this a “La La Land” kind of ending or a happy one? This new normal pretty much sucks! The actors are frozen and don’t have a clue what to do, but the musicians are still making music. If there is anything cool about this situation, it ...
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March 20, 2020
All You Need Is An iPhone … And TalentThink of what Elvis had to do to get to a national audience, or The Beatles in German clubs and a sweaty basement The Cavern. Now artists can hit a button and go live to the world for free via Facebook Live, YouTube Live, and Instagram Stories. An iPhone (the new one that ...
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March 13, 2020
A Week Not Soon ForgottenNo words, but I need to come up with some. Not since 9/11 have any of us seen the United States shut down like it has this week. All big-time sports, Live Nation concerts, Disneyland, Broadway, the Houston Rodeo. March Madness, MLB, NHL, NBA, college students told to ...
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March 6, 2020
What A Week In Nashville!To say the least, Music City has seen March come in like a lion: A killer tornado to start the week, the stock market on a wild ride, all but two of the Democratic candidates wiping out, and now, the first Middle Tennessee case of the Coronavirus. That final event falls ...
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February 28, 2020
Picking One Child Over AnotherIt’s always a huge problem, but a great problem to have: multiple label signees nominated for the same trophy. The Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards nominations are out, and Luke Bryan is against Eric Church and Carrie Underwood in the Entertainer of the Year ...
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February 21, 2020
Made To Feel Guilty?The three-ring circus known as Country Radio Seminar is underway with more new faces and music than any sane human could digest. One thing that seemed to make a point that should be considered is the research on streaming numbers versus the airplay numbers. It’s like ...
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February 14, 2020
Here They Come!In the words of Johnny Horton’s “The Battle of New Orleans,” “There wasn’t nigh as many as there was a while ago.” The invasion known as Country Radio Seminar (CRS) is ahead for those learning, and those deciding, and those trying to find new gigs in the world ...
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February 7, 2020
Rhinestones And Shaved IceCountry music stars are everywhere these days. They are intermingled with everyone, except for the Super Bowl/NFL that can’t find a stadium-worthy Country star that is a crossover too. Garth Brooks at some point is/was that guy, but he had a falling out with the NFL in ...
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January 31, 2020
Dealing With The UnexpectedMy phone blew up midday last Sunday. The first caller said, “They are talking about Kobe Bryant in the past tense! What is going on?” We are a society that is hard to shock, but that was a shocker. The way he died, and the additional fact his young daughter was with ...
