Nashville Music News Roundup
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- Music Modernization Act inches closer
- Irish artist Mags launches ‘Strong Enough’ radio tour
- Garth goes ‘Triple Live’ with free album downloads
- Randy Houser launches ‘Magnolia’ tour, new album
- Kenny Chesney surprises one millionth fan
- Listen to Preshias on Y’All Radio
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Music Modernization Act inches closer
Some encouraging news for songwriters and publishers emerged a few days ago. The Music Modernization Act (MMA) had passed the House unopposed but appeared to hit a potential roadblock as it moved toward a Senate vote.
In May, Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced an alternative bill that conflicted with key parts of the MMA bill. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), with the backing of Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) and National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) has been negotiating with Sen. Wyden to reach a compromise. The RIAA stated that they have reached a ‘handshake’ deal with Sen. Wyden, according to an article in Billboard magazine posted August 28.
However, SiriusXM is still lobbying against the bill that would not require terrestrial radio stations to pay royalties on pre-1972 recordings. Earlier, proponents of the MMA – a bill that is seen as beneficial to songwriters and music publishers – overcame objections to the bill lodged by Blackstone, owners of SESAC and the Harry Fox Agency.
See the full report on Billboard’s website, here.
Irish artist Mags launches ‘Strong Enough’ radio tour
Irish-born, singer-songwriter and international recording artist, Mags recently celebrated her debut at country radio here in the USA with the original tune ‘Strong Enough.’ Last week, Mags kicked off the first leg of her radio promotion tour making her way through the Midwest visiting radio stations in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. Continue reading “Music Row One Sheet October 1, 2018”
If you’ve got some spare cash laying around, here’s an opportunity: Vivendi is looking for investors to buy 50% of Universal Music Group. UMG includes: Capitol Music Group, Republic Records, Island Records, Def Jam, UMG Nashville and more. UMG revenues were up 6.8 percent for the first half of 2018 compared to 2017 (although physical record sales and downloads were down). The 50% share could be worth around ten billion dollars, but would probably not require the new investment partner to come up with anything like that much cash. See a full report at Billboard