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    • Conversation Corner with Pat Metheny

      By: Andrew Vaughan Pat Metheny may just be the best known jazz artist currently treading the boards. One of the greatest guitarists of recent times, he has won countless polls as "Best Jazz Guitarist" and awards, including three gold records for (Still Life) Talking, Letter from Home, and Secret Story. He has also won 17 Grammy Awards spread out...
    • 12 Ways For A Singer Or Musician To Get More Gigs

      By: Vinny Ribas Whether you’re looking to join a band, get called for pick-up gigs or generate demo work, there are ways that you can increase chances. Here are just a few: 1.) Be easily accessible. For example, have a Blackberry or other phone that enables you to get phone calls, e-mails and text messages just about anywhere. That way, you don’...
    • Are You Growing?

      By: Vinny Ribas Stagnation can be the death of any business, and it is no exception with singers and musicians. Fans love to see you mature as an artist, improving yourself and challenging yourself as a singer, songwriter or performer.
    • Terrible Celebrity Sickness - Overwhelming Pop Culture in 2009

      By: Andrew Vaughan As dust settles on the Michael Jackson death, funeral, tribute, and media circus, I'm left with one curious thought: have we really learned anything in the thirty-odd years since the untimely passing of another pop culture icon, Elvis Presley? Fame and celebrity has become increasingly intrusive since the 1960s and the beginning of the...
    • Ten Mistakes That Many Artists Make When Trying To Book Themselves

      By: Vinny Ribas 1. Bragging. It is not about how good you are! It's always about how you can help the person or the venue hiring you meet their goals!
    • Conversation Corner with Holly Williams

      By: Andrew Vaughan Holly Williams may just be the most exciting singer-songwriter to come down the alt.country pike since Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle and Nanci Griffith burst onto the scene over twenty years ago. Holly Williams has that natural songwriter’s ability to say deep profound things with apparently effortless simplicity. It’s a gift she...
    • "Burning Up Nashville" with Sage Keffer

      By: Emily J Ramey Sage Keffer is excited about country music.  And I’m not just talking about looking forward to getting a hit song on the radio, or enthusiastic about his upcoming album, or optimistic that the CMT reality show he’s featured in this spring is going to garner some well-warranted publicity.  This man is buzzing with...
    • Are You An Artist Or A Singer?

        By: Vinny Ribas  The judges on American Idol are constantly referring to some of the contestants as true ‘artists’, while others are referred to simply as singers. Unfortunately, some of he the great singers who are vying for the show’s coveted ‘American Idol Winner’ title never really grasp the difference between...
    • The Cross Between

      By: Vinny Ribas You are defined by your look and your sound. Some people will see your picture, watch or hear you in an interview before they ever hear your music. Others will hear your music before they ever see what you look like in pictures or on stage. In both cases, people are making ‘first impression’ judgments before they ever get to know...
    • Conversation Corner with Marthia Sides

      By: Andrew Vaughan Marthia Sides is not only one of the more dynamic performers to surface in Nashville, but she's also one of the more interesting. Marthia's from a musical theater and acting career in New York City. When not performing she trained as a stylist and now has numerous celebrity clients. But country music drew Marthia to Nashville where she's...

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    Let's start 2010 with something free. I was contacted recently by an old country music buddy in England about this new concept artist posters. Paul Harris is the guy's name who runs the company and as an ex-singer/songwriter he loves to visit Nashville and do business with Music City. He started a poster company in England offering special posters British pop stars, global superstars, and premier league soccer heroes, and now the company is branching out to the USA and country music.

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