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    • 5 Ways To Win New Fans

      By: Vinny Ribas Your job is to 'WOW' your audiences so that they become ardent and enthusiastic fans. Here are 5 ways to do that: 1. Find the best songs that you can to perform and record. Writing every song yourself is satisfying. But if you're not an a-list writer, you may be missing the boat on winning fans.
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    • Conversation Corner with Tracy Lawrence

      By: Andrew Vaughan Nobody could accuse Tracy Lawrence of being boring. Since he burst on the country scene in 1991 as a rough-around-the-edges, 23-year-old "hellion" (Tracy's words!), Lawrence has experienced all the ups and downs of life in the spotlight. There has been an arrest or two, a suspension by a record company, a shooting in a parking...
    • Conversation Corner with JD Souther

      By: Andrew Vaughan A key figure in California’s country rock and singer/songwriter movement of the early 70s, JD Souther wrote some of the finest songs of that era, including the Eagles' "Heartache Tonight," "Victim of Love," "New Kid In Town," and "Best of My Love."  He also penned a few classics for one...
    • Holiday Conversation Corner with Mark Wayne Glasmire

      By: Andrew Vaughan 1) What is your favorite Holiday memory as a child? "I have been blessed to have nothing but fond memories of Christmas throughout my entire life. Having been born and raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 'The Christmas City,' has always made those memories that much more special. I believe my fondest memories are of the times that...
    • Create Your Own Success

      By: Vinny Ribas Anything worth having is worth working and even fighting for. Yet, I am amazed at the number of artists who just sit and wait for the world to ‘discover them’. The truth is that anyone who has any modicum of success, in any industry, most likely did a whole lot of things that would put them in the way of opportunity. That way,...
    • How Much Money Should I Spend On My CD?

      By: Vinny Ribas Any time that someone prepares to record a CD, chances are the first question that comes to their mind is “How much will it cost?” However, that is often not the right question to ask. Too many artists pay much more than they should for their recording project, not because the quality isn’t worth what they paid, but because...
    • CMA Music Fest Country's Biggest Event

      By: Andrew Vaughan   CMA Music Fest is country music biggest event of the year. Despite Kix Brooks proclaiming that the CMA needs to pay artists to appear (they have always appeared for free since the event is set up as a charity), a hoist of superstars and exciting up-and-comers will be in town for Nashville's glitziest schmoozefest and musical...
    • "For the Love of Songwriting" with Chuck Cannon

      By: Emily J Ramey Chuck Cannon ambles down from his house in the woods to meet me, dressed in his finest beach wear, the remainder of a day on the lake with his three children.  He shows me to his studio, a building separate from the house that once served as a garage, although you’d never know it: the stuccoed walls, rusted chandeliers, and dark...
    • Conversation Corner with Star De Azlan

      By: Andrew Vaughan Star DeAzlan started out young. At 13 years of age she was singing open mic nights at the Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos, Texas.  At 13, of course, she had no idea of the significance of the venue she was playing. She had no idea that this was the place where George Strait got his break. In fact, three members of Strait...
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    By: Andrew Vaughan

    It’s not often that a concert surprises me these days. I’d hate to count the number of gig hours I’ve clocked writing about music these past twenty years and the truth is, sadly, that shining lights of pure musical wonder become harder and harder to find.

    Taking all that into consideration and throwing in the couple of hours driving to Huntsville, Alabama to see a show, it needed to be a pretty good show to knock me off my seat.

    But that’s what I got. It was Victoria Shaw and friends. For anyone wondering, Victoria Shaw is one of Nashville’s pre-eminent songwriters, responsible for several number one hits, such as Garth Brooks’ immense, "The River,” and several top notch solo albums.

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