Archive for July, 2011
Kings Of Leon Melt Down In Texas
*** Update: On August 1, Kings Of Leon posted the following message on their website: “We are so sorry to say Kings of Leon are cancelling their entire US tour due to Caleb Followill suffering from vocal issues and exhaustion. The band is devastated, but in order to give their fans the shows they deserve, [...]
Loudbytes Brings Digital To Physical Retailers
Ruben Lozano was helping artists with marketing and new media when he found a disconnect between the new models for selling music and the old ones. “It wasn’t making sense to go out and try to sell CDs,” he says. The answer he came up with was to bundle CDs with other merchandise in stores. [...]
Behind The Scenes With Kid Rock And Wynonna At The CMT Awards
John Bohlinger was the Musical Director at the 2011 CMT Awards this past June. In this special report, he describes the exhilarating experience of putting together a last-minute duet with Kid Rock and Wynonna Judd, and also explains which of his axes he brought to help lead the show. *** Kid Rock and Wynonna Judd [...]
Platinum Hit: Jes Hudak Speaks!
Bravo’s new songwriting competition show Platinum Hit can be summed up in one word: intense. Contestants are challenged to write new songs, usually together, as the clock ticks away, only to have their efforts critiqued mercilessly by judges Jewel and Kara DioGuardi. At the end of the night, one songwriter is going home. Cue the [...]
Robert Ellis, “Friends Like Those”
Robert Ellis performs “Friends Like Those” for American Songwriter.
Robert Ellis, “What’s In It For Me?”
Robert Ellis performs “What’s In It For Me?” from his debut album Photographs.
Robert Ellis, “Westbound Train”
Robert Ellis performs “Westbound Train” in the American Songwriter office.
Freeing Music From The Page: A Q&A With iSheetMusic’s Matthew Sutton
iSheetMusic is a music app that works for both the iPhone and iPad. One of the company’s founders, Matt Mostad, was struck one night by the fact that he couldn’t remember any tunes to play at a beachfront guitar pull. Why weren’t there tools on his iPhone to help him remember the chords to that [...]
Sessions: Robert Ellis
We opened our doors to Robert Ellis, a Texas singer-songwriter with country leanings whose New West debut, Photographs, has been lodged in our stereos for months. Ellis brought along a pedal steel guitar player and a sack full of songs, including “Westbound Train,” which the long-haired troubadour told us was inspired by the pain he [...]
SoundLand Adds Foster The People, Yelawolf, Ben Sollee And More
Everyone remembers Next BIG Nashville right? Of course you do (see our our great mini-documentary from 2010 if you need a refresher). Well it appears graduation day is this coming September, as the event has now been billed “NBN presents: SoundLand 2011,” and it’s shaping up to be even more awesome than we originally thought. [...]
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