Driskill Returns to ASCAP As VP/GM, Nashville Paisley Scores 6, Leads

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ONLINE DIRECTORY by Sarah Skates George Strait, Subscribers will find the Driskill Returns to ASCAP as Taylor Swift, and directory at Zac Brown, each www.musicrow.com/ received four directory. If you haven't VP/GM, Nashville already created a new Connie Bradley, nominations. password for the directory, Senior Vice President of Among the please email the American Society of highlights: [email protected]. Composers, Authors and • Strait now has 79 career total CMA ROWFAX POLICY Publishers (ASCAP) has Awards nominations, which ties him with Respect Intellectual announced that Marc Property. Sharing your Driskill has joined ASCAP Alan Jackson for the most nominations to subscription with others is as Vice President & General date. He leads the trophy count with 22. prohibited. RowFax is for Manager, Nashville. In this • Swift’s four nominations include her first professional use only and Marc Driskill for Entertainer of the Year. The last time a does not guarantee song newly established position pitching access. It is up to reporting to Bradley, Driskill solo female artist was nominated for the subscriber to use their will direct the goals and objectives of the Entertainer of the Year was Faith Hill in own resources and Nashville Membership staff as well as focus 2000. Shania Twain was the last female contacts to submit artist to claim the award in 1999. material. RowFax is on ASCAP’s general membership efforts. intended for information Driskill rejoins ASCAP from Big Loud Shirt • A powerhouse in the Entertainer of the only and is not responsible and Big Loud Bucks Administration, music Year category, Kenny Chesney has won the for business transactions or publishing and copyright administration trophy four times. If he takes it home again misadventures resulting this year, it will tie him with Garth Brooks from use of this companies respectively, where he served for information. RowFax never more than three years as Chief Operating for the most wins in the category. gets involved in the Officer for both entities. Prior to his experience • If Carrie Underwood wins Female Vocalist process of pitching, at these companies, Driskill was Assistant again, it will tie her with Martina McBride reviewing, listening to or and Reba McEntire for most wins in the owning songs. RowFax Vice President, Nashville with ASCAP for listing descriptions do not nearly eight years. category. McBride and McEntire are necessarily reflect the nominated as well. In fact, McEntire is the opinions of RowFax and/or female artist with the highest number of Music Row Paisley Scores 6, Leads nominations in the 43-year history of the Communications, LLC. CMA Nominations CMA Awards with 48. Music Row Nominees for the 43rd Annual CMA Awards • Brooks & Dunn are nominated for Vocal Communications, LLC were revealed yesterday (9/9), with Brad Duo, a category they have won a record 14 1231 17th Ave. S. times. They have 19 trophies total. Nashville, TN 37212 Paisley leading the pack with six nods. 615-321-3617 Paisley was nominated [email protected] for Entertainer; Male www.musicrow.com Vocalist; Album for ©2009 Music Row American Saturday Night Communications, LLC (produced by Frank Nothing may be reproduced without the Rogers and Chris written permission of the DuBois); Single and publisher. Song for "Then" (songwriters DuBois and Ashley Gorley); and Music Video for “Start a Band” with Keith BMI Buzz at the Basement was held last Wednesday (9/2). Nashville’s Urban, which was authentically underground venue was at full capacity as attendees listened to directed by Jim Shea. acoustic sets from the city’s newest up-and-comers. (L-R):BMI’s Beth Mason; Cherrill Green, Hannah Blaylock and Dean Berner of Edens Edge; Kacey Urban, along with Musgraves; BMI’s Leslie Roberts; Ben Glover; and BMI’s Jody Williams. Jamey Johnson,

@2009, MusicRow Communications, LLC—ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [email protected] ROW FAX page 2 Thursday, September 10, 2009 Save The Date: Grammy RT 107 /IMM/Larry Belvins/Fall/Winter 09 City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Noms To Be Announced Contact: [email protected] Nominations for the Grammy Bluegrass, no astroturf! • CDs to Mary Thomas POB 983, Awards will be announced Wed., Dec. 2, Damascus, VA 24236-9998 live on CBS. The GRAMMY® Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music’s Ashton Harrell/Lamon Records/Dave Moody/Fall Biggesst Night® will be a one-hour City: M. Juliet, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Only special broadcast live from Club Contact: [email protected] NOKIA in Los Angeles at 7 PM/CT. Teen Male Pop Rocker; Nickelback, David Cook • CDs to Nominations in several categories will Dave Moody, Lamon Records, POB 1907, Mt Juliet, TN 37121 be revealed and there will be performances by past GRAMMY winners and/or nominees. Presenters, performers Mark Cooke/TBD/J. Gary Smith/Late Oct. and additional information will be announced shortly. City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs The 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards will take place at the Contact: [email protected] Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, Good agressive country From Dierks to Jason. • CDs to airing live at 7 PM/CT on CBS. Music Mountain Productions, 7675 Sawyer Brown Rd., Nashville, TN 37221

New Listings—Just In Alexa /TBD/Brent Milligan/ASAP Warning: When submitting unsolicited material, follow record label, City: Palm Harbor, FL Pitch Preference: MP3 producer and other policies and guidelines for submissions. Request Contact: [email protected] permission before submitting material to major labels. Never send Epic-sounding R&B Christian; www.myspace.com/ MP3s when they are not named as a pitch preference. alexadinsdale • Prefers MP3s ARTIST/LABEL/PRODUCER(S)/SCHEDULE CITY/PITCH PREFERENCE/EMAIL/ Amber Shalene/TBD/Teddy Gentry/Ongoing DESCRIPTION City: Brentwood, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Only Anthems for women; cross between CCR and Wynonna, Jo Dee Messina/Curb/Paul Worley/Sept. 21 sprinkle with Bonnie Raitt; uptempos only • CDs to PG City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Only Productions, Attn: Preshias Harris, 7106 Crossroads Blvd., Career singles—need uptempos • CDs to John Ozier, Kelly #215, Brentwood, TN 37027, www.ambershalene.com, Lynn and Doug Johnson at Curb [email protected]

Julianne Hough/UMG/Dann Huff/Oct 6-7 City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Only Cutting Edge—Large & CDs to UMG A&R or Darrell Franklin at Crosstown Songs Mid-Size Labels Lee Ann Womack/UMG/Tony Brown/Fall Warning: When submitting unsolicited material, follow record label, City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Only producer and other policies and guidelines for submissions. Request permission before submitting material to major labels. Never send CDs to UMG A&R / Tony Brown Productions MP3s when they are not named as a pitch preference. Braden Gray/ATP Records/Gary Sadker/Oct. ARTIST/LABEL/PRODUCER(S)/SCHEDULE City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Only CITY/PITCH PREFERENCE/EMAIL/ Contact: [email protected] DESCRIPTION 23-yr.-old male artist. Has very wide range, so rangy songs welcome. A good power ballad love song or swampy, Lady Antebellum/Capitol/Paul Worley/Oct. 7-9 uptempo rocker in the vein of Jerry Reed's "Amos Moses." City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Anything you could hear Ronnie Dunn singing. • CDs to Hits with Lady A feel; duet/harmony potential; male/female 1208 16th Ave. S., Lower Lobby 1, Nashville, TN 37212 Little Big Town/Capitol/Wayne Kirkpatrick/Oct. Red State Rockers /DM Records/Watson Bros./ASAP City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs City: Boca Raton, FL Pitch Preference: MP3 Hit songs; radio smashes Contact: [email protected] Seeking great American patriotic song, a la "God Bless the Trace Adkins/Capitol/Frank Rogers/Oct. U.S.A." Must be smash hit single quality. Prefer mp3s or City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs links; www.redstaterockers.com • [email protected] Trace smashes

Jeff Best/Dream Records/TBA/Dec Darius Rucker/Capitol/Frank Rogers/Nov. 23-24/Dec. 14-15 City: Boardman, OH Pitch Preference: MP3-CDs City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Contact: [email protected] Hit county songs Adult Contemporary tunes in the style of James Ingram, Jeffrey Osborne, Richard Marx, Lionel Ritchie. Positive Walker Hayes/Capitol/Marshall Altman/TBD upbeat tunes, and some great power ballads. • CDs to 7110 City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Vineland Place, Boardman, OH 44512 or email mp3 Hit songs with a groove

LeAnn Rimes/Curb/Dann Huff/TBD City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Only Hits • CDs to Kelly Lynn, Doug Johnson, and/or John Ozier at Curb or Darrell Franklin at Crosstown Songs

Heidi Newfield/Curb/Blake Chancey/Fall City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Only CDs to John Ozier, Doug Johnson and/or Kelly Lynn at Curb

Rodney Atkins/Curb/Ted Hewitt/Fall City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Only Hits • CDs to Doug Johnson, John Ozier and Kelly Lynn at Curb

Ashley Gearing/Curb/Byron Gallimore/TBD City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Only Young lyric; career songs • CDs to Kelly Lynn, Doug Johnson, and/or John Ozier at Curb and Byron Gallimore

Andi Zach has signed a publishing agreement with Zavitson Music ••••••••••••••••••••• Group. Zach co-wrote John Thompson's current single "Beer On The The Issacs/Sony (demo deal)**/Blake Chancey/Sept. 28 Table" with Thompson and Ken Johnson. (L-R): BMI's David Preston; City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs ZMG's Jenny Gill; Zack (seated); and ZMG's Debbie Zavitson and Straight ahead, great country songs; a la Dixie Chicks and Carrie Bleitner. Patty Loveless

Jypsi/Sony**/Nathan Chapman/ASAP City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Randy Houser/Universal South/Mark Wright, Cliff Great songs; a la “Cowboy Take Me Away;” musical, young, Audretch III/Fall attitude City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Only Great country songs! Sara Evans/Sony**/Nathan Chapman (Producer), Matt Evans (Associate Producer)/Oct. Jason Jones/WB/Brett Beavers/TBD City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Only Incredible songs; tempo a la “Born To Fly” and “Real Fine Place” Cutting second round ASAP • CDs to Brett Beavers, contact Greg Mangum Kenny Chesney/Sony**/Buddy Cannon/TBD City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs The Dirt Drifters/WB/Justin Neibank/TBD Great Country songs; uptempo songs City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Only Visit www.myspace.com/thedirtdrifters for details • CDs to Chuck Wicks/Sony**/TBD/September Warner Bros. City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Great songs Blake Shelton/WB/Scott Hendricks/TBA City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Only Adam Brand/Sony**/Richard Landis/Fall Cutting ASAP • CDs to Warner Bros. City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Sexy, edgy, a la country meets Bruce Springsteen The JaneDear Girls/WB/John Rich/TBD City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Only ** Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Nashville absolutely does Looking for potential singles; already cut one round • CDs not accept unsolicited material or unsolicited requests to to Warner Bros. submit material. No exceptions. This listing is provided as a service for our professional publisher clients only. Do NOT send any submissions to the producer. Cutting Edge—Smaller Labels ••••••••••••••••••••• Warning: When submitting unsolicited material, follow record label, producer and other policies and guidelines for submissions. Request Randy Rogers Band/UMG/Paul Worley/Nov. permission before submitting material to major labels. Never send City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Only MP3s when they are not named as a pitch preference. CDs to UMG A&R ARTIST/LABEL/PRODUCER(S)/SCHEDULE CITY/PITCH PREFERENCE/EMAIL/ Ashton Shepherd/UMG/Buddy Cannon/Fall DESCRIPTION City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Only Dilan James/Crystal Clear Records/Johnny Garcia/TBD Eli Young Band/Universal South/Mike Wrucke/Late Sept. City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: MP3 City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Only Contact: [email protected] Mid up-tempo radio hits From slow to fast to rock; no need to request permission; dilanjames.com

Martin Sims/Cupit/Jerry Cupit/ASAP Caitlyn Murphy/Lamon Records Nashville/Dave Moody/Fall City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Only City: M. Juliet, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Only Traditional country; www.cupitmusic.com; Request Contact: [email protected] permission before sending • CDs to Cupit Music, POB Modern female country/pop; www.lamonrecords.com • Send 121904, Nashville, TN 37212 packages to: Dave Moody, Lamon Records Nashville, POB 1907, Mt Juliet, TN 37121 Jason Mitchell/DMP Records/Dale Morris, Dan Mitchell/ ASAP Daylon Wear/TBD/Buddy Hyatt/Sept.-Dec. City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Only City: Madison, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Only Contact: [email protected] Contact: [email protected] Uptempo hits • CDs to Elise at 2 Music Circle East, Similar to his Texas Twister country album • CDs to Buddy Nashville, TN 37203 Hyatt Productions, 207 Beverly Dr., Madison, TN 37115

Manda West/Electric Records/Eddie Gossien/ASAP Tommy Wood/Tone Baby Records/TBD/Now-Oct. 31 City: Pitch Preference: CDs Only City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Only A la Dixie Chicks; Aldean’s “She’s Country” Also looking for Fast and medium tempo songs with a traditional country a strong ballad to finish album; www.myspace.com/ flavor. Songs about life and love; http://www.myspace.com/ heg3artistmanagement • CDs to 1609 Callie Way, Franklin, tgwood and [email protected] (do not send MP3s) • TN 37064 CDs to Skyline Managament, 312 Ocala Ct. South, Nashville, TN 37211 Rumi Martin/Global Music Group/Robby Wilson/ASAP City: Mobile, AL Pitch Preference: MP3 Sarah Adams/Visionway Reocrds/Jim Frazier/Oct. 5-6 Contact: [email protected] City: Nashville, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Only Female pop/country/contemporary; we have major label Contact: [email protected] distribution, so please, send your best material; looking for Need one more uptempo and two power ballads to complete that kick off song for her album! NO male songs, artist is project; modern Country a la Taylor Swift, Sara Evans, female; send MP3s with lyric sheet Carrie Underwood • CDs to Jim Frazier Productions, Inc. 952 www.globalmusicgroup.net Dogwood Dr., New Johnsonville, TN 37134

Amy Taylor/independent/Gene Lesage/TBD Freddie Way/VMG Management/TBD/Mid Oct. Pitch Preference: MP3 City: Auburntown, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Contact: [email protected] Story songs; hit songs; no fluff; www.myspace.com/ Outlaw country a la Miranda Lambert, Shelly Fairchild, Freddieway • CDs to TGM Music Nashville, 61 Music Sq. Gretchen Wilson; all tempos; www.myspace.com/ West, Nashville, TN 37203 amytaylormusic

Chasing Lexi/independent/Gary West, Ron Kendall/Oct. Career Connection City: Birchleaf, VA Pitch Preference: MP3-CDs Musicians Needed Contact: [email protected] City: Nashville, TN We need songs for debut CD for Chasing Lexi. Alternative Pitch Preference: CDs-MP3-Links rock band, cross between Breaking Benjamin, Avenged Contact: [email protected] Sevenfold and Green Day; www.startrixproductions.com • Larry Roser at Studio 19 is looking for five great "chick" CDs to Star Trix Productions, POB 2 Birchleaf, VA 24220 musicians to form "An All Girl Band" for the possibility of a TV Reality Show!! Needs: Drummer, Electric Lead Kimberly Thomas/Lamon Records Nashville/Dave Moody/ Guitar, Keys, Bass and Fiddle. Preferred age range: 18-23. Fall If interested, please email resume. City: M. Juliet, TN Pitch Preference: CDs Onl Contact: [email protected] Contemporary Christian, praise and worship; www.lamonrecords.com • CDs to Dave Moody, Lamon Records Nashville, PO Box 1907, Mt Juliet, TN 37121