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Post by sabre14 on Feb 23, 2016 7:28:59 GMT -5
That roster dismissal, at the apparent fault of a manager, was quite the read. I can't see it being Jerrod Niemann, although I guess it's possible. Jerrod's loss of a record deal just lined up with the failure of "Blue Bandana" and not waiting to see what happened with the roster assessment...that would line up with someone like Josh Dorr. Randy Goodman always struck me as a very nice and down to earth individual but its clear he will get angry if something or someone fuels his fire.
Interesting that Warner was in on Maren as well. I don't think that was surprising since that label has been well run for the most part in the past few years and adding someone as coveted as Maren Morris would have been another great signing but Sony knows that they have had some real trouble breaking in new artists recently (before Goodman's hiring) and they have made sure not to get beat out for artists like Maren, Old Dominion and Kane Brown. I'm not sure I totally agree with the guarantees they're giving these young artists (contractually0 but it's working so far in their radio and sales returns.
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Post by James on Feb 23, 2016 9:13:59 GMT -5
Really great/interesting Billboard article on Randy Goodman and Sony Nashville: Dang, that 3rd to last paragraph...I wonder what artist and manager Goodman was referring to? My guess would be either Josh Dorr and his manager or Steven Lee Olsen and his manager, although I suppose Jerrod Niemann is another possibility. Whoa. I was thinking Sara Evans. Although in decline, her departure seemed a little premature and I could imagine her manager being a little more aggressive since she's well-established. Just speculation though. Would love to know who it was.
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Post by sabre14 on Feb 23, 2016 9:36:21 GMT -5
I would put my money on the manager representing Josh Dorr or Steven Lee Olsen. I know Olsen was supposed to have a second single ready to go when the change with leadership at Sony happened and maybe they were put on the back burner when Goodman was doing his roster evaluation. We'll likely never know though.
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Post by fe_lipeoliveira on Feb 23, 2016 23:11:19 GMT -5
Mallary Hope made a lengthy post in which she reveals she's on Curb. There's a preview of a song and a faith oriented message. I remember someone saying her record deal could be with a Christian label, does Curb have a gospel division or something? Anyway, excited for new music! https://www.instagram.com/p/BCJyHokBAw7
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Feb 23, 2016 23:16:40 GMT -5
Mallary Hope made a lengthy post in which she reveals she's on Curb. There's a preview of a song and a faith oriented message. I remember someone saying her record deal could be with a Christian label, does Curb have a gospel division or something? Anyway, excited for new music! Curb does have a Christian label and they actually have a few artists on their roster that do very well in the genre - namely Natalie Grant and Plumb. But other artists, MIKESCHAIR, OBB, and Selah have still garnered some hits for Curb as well. Just based on chart positioning, Curb does much better on the Christian formats today than they do on Country radio. So Mallory has the potential to do very well on the Christian formats while on Curb! As a huge fan of Contemporary Christian Music (CCM), I'm thrilled to hear which direction Mallory goes with it. There are a few successful Christian acts that could be labeled as "Country Christian" as well, so Mallory could do well even if she keeps the country sound of her music!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 23, 2016 23:22:03 GMT -5
My first instinct seeing that she signed with Curb is to be really pessimistic of her having any kind of real success, but I wanna think that with the way women are coming back into favor just a little bit more lately that there's still an opening for Mallary Hope and since Curb Records is pretty much Lee Brice and the occasional single from someone who isn't famous, maybe, just maybe they can do something with her. They've obviously got money in the bank so hopefully they'll actually use it on someone other than Lee Brice and try to maybe, idk, establish a new artist other than putting all their eggs into one basket. I'd really like to see new music from Mallary though, regardless of what happens with it (thought success would be ideal!).
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Post by sabre14 on Feb 23, 2016 23:35:30 GMT -5
Curb has only a very small percentage of their roster artists promoted to mainstream Country radio these days. A couple are (Lee Brice, Mo Pitney, Dylan Scott) but most are either legacy-type artists (Wynonna, Rodney Atkins), ones that are pushed to secondary radio (Ashley Gearing, Tim Dugger), Christian artists or other genres.
We've seen this label have some serious trouble breaking artists at mainstream radio the past few years (though, Dylan Scott looks like he'll have a moderate hit with "Crazy Over Me"), so I don't think it's fair to expect or even been optimistic that an artist who was signed to a record deal seven years ago that didn't break out, who is a female artist, will be pushed to mainstream radio not to mention make an impact on mainstream Country radio.
I don't know what deal it is exactly but it certainly sounds like she'll be releasing Christian/faith based music from that social media post, that I'm sure will sound Country in nature. I don't see her being played on mainstream radio but it's great she's back on a major label and she will be giving us new music.
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Post by rsmatto on Feb 24, 2016 9:14:04 GMT -5
Mallary's husband is Curb's EVP of radio promo Ryan Dokke. They WILL push songs to country radio too.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2016 9:19:52 GMT -5
Mallary's husband is Curb's EVP of radio promo Ryan Dokke. They WILL push songs to country too. Mainstream Country Radio? Or secondary radio?
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Post by rsmatto on Feb 24, 2016 9:24:51 GMT -5
Mallary's husband is Curb's EVP of radio promo Ryan Dokke. They WILL push songs to country too. Mainstream Country Radio? Or secondary radio? He's over all country radio promo. And my bet is Curb signed her a la Marie Miller, someone who can do both country and CCM stuff. In fact, I'd expect her to release stuff to country radio first, the kind of stuff that could work on both formats (is faith-based but not overtly CCM, not unlike Dave Barnes or Needtobreathe's stuff). Country is willing to play stuff with various levels of faith or even mention word the word God in it so as long as it's not pure worship kinds of songs, it'll stand a chance.
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Post by sabre14 on Feb 24, 2016 15:48:26 GMT -5
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Post by sabre14 on Feb 25, 2016 17:32:11 GMT -5
Just to point out, it's a publishing deal. :)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 29, 2016 22:25:27 GMT -5
I'm probably reading into this way too much, but bear with me. Here's the situation: Scotty McCreery and Chris Lane recently gave performances at a BBQ event sponsored by Houston's KILT-FM (the event was one of many smaller events surrounding the Houston Rodeo). This picture is from AllAccess: What's interesting is that this nearly identical 2nd picture (below) from Country Aircheck includes a Big Loud Records promo rep (in place of McCreery). Even though Scotty isn't in this 2nd picture, I find it pretty interesting that he was there with Chris Lane and some Big Loud staff members. I wonder if Big Loud Records has an interest in Scotty?
In other Scotty news...he was part of WWQM Madison's "Storytellers Jam 19" last night (the other artists that performed were Ashley Campbell, Maren Morris, and LoCash). Scotty is pictured at this link standing next to a Mercury Nashville promo rep... I hope that wasn't too awkward! My guess is that this event was planned before Scotty and UMG/Mercury parted ways, but then, there were no other Mercury or UMG artists there, so it's odd that Mercury still sent a promo rep.
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 1, 2016 13:31:35 GMT -5
It's official. Big Machine Label Group and The Band Perry have parted ways. Washington Post
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Post by missbehaving on Mar 1, 2016 13:58:36 GMT -5
Damn all this waiting convinced me they were still together. They're free from Borchetta to be full time pop tarts now.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2016 14:39:30 GMT -5
I'm not surprised that The Band Perry parted ways with their label. But I mean wow! The Band Perry and Scotty McCreery parted ways with their label before like Lauren Alaina or Kelleigh Bannen (not saying either lady deserves to get dropped they don't because they are super talented but neither one of them have much momentum to speak of) Color me surprised about that.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2016 15:37:11 GMT -5
Here's what The Band Perry had to say on their Facebook page: (thanks to travelrocks24 for pointing this out to me) My suspicions were raised as soon as I saw that Republic Nashville ad prior to CRS that only listed Florida Georgia Line, A Thousand Horses, Cassadee Pope, and Brett Young. I pride myself on being pretty good at spotting little clues/hints like that :) It's also why I think Gloriana is probably no longer with Warner Bros.; they were left off a Warner Bros./WAR Promotion ad late last year, and of course they announced in January that Rachel Reinert had decided to go solo. We don't have any confirmation regarding Gloriana's future yet (the Warner Music Nashville website hasn't been updated in months), so it remains to be seen whether or not they're still with WMN. It's possible that Rachel could land a solo deal with Warner Bros. or another label, or maybe the Gossin brothers keep recording for Warner Bros. (they could keep the Gloriana name or record under a different name). For what it's worth, the Gossin brothers are still using the Gloriana twitter account. They tweeted a few days ago that they were in the studio working on new music, but again, it remains to be seen whether that music will be released by Warner Bros. or by another label.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Mar 1, 2016 15:44:37 GMT -5
I'm not surprised that The Band Perry parted ways with their label. But I mean wow! The Band Perry and Scotty McCreery parted ways with their label before like Lauren Alaina or Kelleigh Bannen (not saying either lady deserves to get dropped they don't because they are super talented but neither one of them have much momentum to speak of) Color me surprised about that. First of all, there isn't a pecking order that says Lauren Alaina should've been dropped before Scotty McCreery, for instance, just because he was more successful to date, as the two artists' careers are not tied to one another at all. Also, The Band Perry, in particular, isn't even on the same label as either of them, so bringing them up at all and comparing them to Lauren Alaina is especially random and unnecessary. That'd be like me going gee I can't believe Sara Evans got dropped by her label before some other totally unrelated label dropped *insert new artist with no big hits yet*.
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I'm not surprised that The Band Perry parted ways with their label. But I mean wow! The Band Perry and Scotty McCreery parted ways with their label before like Lauren Alaina or Kelleigh Bannen (not saying either lady deserves to get dropped they don't because they are super talented but neither one of them have much momentum to speak of) Color me surprised about that. First of all, there isn't a pecking order that says Lauren Alaina should've been dropped before Scotty McCreery, for instance, just because he was more successful to date, as the two artists' careers are not tied to one another at all. Also, The Band Perry, in particular, isn't even on the same label as either of them, so bringing them up at all and comparing them to Lauren Alaina is especially random and unnecessary. That'd be like me going gee I can't believe Sara Evans got dropped by her label before some other totally unrelated label dropped *insert new artist with no big hits yet*. Ok I'm just going to reply once and that's it. All I was saying was given the fact that Scotty McCreery and The Band Perry had more success as a whole then Lauren hence why it's surprising to me that they parted ways with their respective labels since Lauren has had a lack of any success. I also never said Lauren should be dropped nowhere in my statement did I say that (I'd be sad if that happened but not surprised). I don't believe there's a pecking order at a label at all and I never said there was. Like I know they are not at the same label (The Band Perry and Lauren Alaina), but I just thought since Lauren has had one Top 30 song and now 5 failed single releases, you know I'd figure she would be dropped or parted ways with her label before a group with a bunch of hit songs (If I Die Young, You Lie, All Your Life, Better Dig Two, and Done). Where, in my statement did I say their (Scotty and Lauren) careers were tied together I mean before Scotty parted ways Scotty and Lauren had probably very similar contracts but their careers besides that are very different. Scotty had one complete failure of a single where Lauren has had quite a few now so it to me is surprising that he left the label first. I do want Lauren to be successful but once "Next Boyfriend" peaks (any week now) I won't be surprised if Lauren parts ways with her labels.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2016 16:10:25 GMT -5
Also, Scott Borchetta tweeted this in response to The Band Perry's statement: So yeah, on the surface it certainly doesn't appear that there are any hard feelings, but I'd be willing to bet that The Band Perry is a bit disappointed that Big Machine wasn't willing to support them. Honestly, though, I can't really blame Big Machine...The Band Perry's new music (the stuff they've been performing lately) is pretty awful and I can't see them being successful with it on ANY radio format. It's fine by me if The Band Perry wants to shift from country to pop, but if they want to be successful pop artists, then the key is good pop music, not bad pop music.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Mar 1, 2016 16:25:47 GMT -5
First of all, there isn't a pecking order that says Lauren Alaina should've been dropped before Scotty McCreery, for instance, just because he was more successful to date, as the two artists' careers are not tied to one another at all. Also, The Band Perry, in particular, isn't even on the same label as either of them, so bringing them up at all and comparing them to Lauren Alaina is especially random and unnecessary. That'd be like me going gee I can't believe Sara Evans got dropped by her label before some other totally unrelated label dropped *insert new artist with no big hits yet*. Ok I'm just going to reply once and that's it. All I was saying was given the fact that Scotty McCreery and The Band Perry had more success as a whole then Lauren hence why it's surprising to me that they parted ways with their respective labels since Lauren has had a lack of any success. I also never said Lauren should be dropped nowhere in my statement did I say that (I'd be sad if that happened but not surprised). I don't believe there's a pecking order at a label at all and I never said there was. Like I know they are not at the same label (The Band Perry and Lauren Alaina), but I just thought since Lauren has had one Top 30 song and now 5 failed single releases, you know I'd figure she would be dropped or parted ways with her label before a group with a bunch of hit songs (If I Die Young, You Lie, All Your Life, Better Dig Two, and Done). Where, in my statement did I say their (Scotty and Lauren) careers were tied together I mean before Scotty parted ways Scotty and Lauren had probably very similar contracts but their careers besides that are very different. Scotty had one complete failure of a single where Lauren has had quite a few now so it to me is surprising that he left the label first. I do want Lauren to be successful but once "Next Boyfriend" peaks (any week now) I won't be surprised if Lauren parts ways with her labels. The point is you're pairing apples to oranges in saying that you are surprised Scotty would be dropped before Lauren. The two have nothing to do with each other aside from being on the same label group and that they were both ex-American Idol contestants. I can see why you'd think "huh, Scotty was more successful than Lauren, wonder why they let him go instead?" but that doesn't work because the two of them have nothing to do with each other, so that's not how that decision was made. Throwing The Band Perry into the mix just makes it even more confusing because they really have nothing to do with each other being on a completely different label. That one is more like comparing apples to coconuts. I can follow your logic behind the comparison, but it doesn't really make a whole lot of sense to contemplate why some artist was let go of a label before another in this manner. I certainly didn't expect Scotty to become a free agent after "Southern Belle" bombed, but it honestly has exactly nothing to do with Lauren Alaina. Each artist is an independent on a label and you are kind of implying this sense that perhaps the label sat down and decided that Scotty was less of an asset to keep around than Lauren, rather than realizing the decision for the label & Scotty to part ways was done without any mention of Lauren Alaina in any capacity. To insert the same kind of logic into it, it'd be like saying you're surprised that The Band Perry is off Big Machine before someone like Danielle Bradbery, but that doesn't take into consideration the kinds of things like TBP's musical direction and appearance taking a sharp left turn and that probably having more of an effect on that decision than their past chart history.
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Ok I'm just going to reply once and that's it. All I was saying was given the fact that Scotty McCreery and The Band Perry had more success as a whole then Lauren hence why it's surprising to me that they parted ways with their respective labels since Lauren has had a lack of any success. I also never said Lauren should be dropped nowhere in my statement did I say that (I'd be sad if that happened but not surprised). I don't believe there's a pecking order at a label at all and I never said there was. Like I know they are not at the same label (The Band Perry and Lauren Alaina), but I just thought since Lauren has had one Top 30 song and now 5 failed single releases, you know I'd figure she would be dropped or parted ways with her label before a group with a bunch of hit songs (If I Die Young, You Lie, All Your Life, Better Dig Two, and Done). Where, in my statement did I say their (Scotty and Lauren) careers were tied together I mean before Scotty parted ways Scotty and Lauren had probably very similar contracts but their careers besides that are very different. Scotty had one complete failure of a single where Lauren has had quite a few now so it to me is surprising that he left the label first. I do want Lauren to be successful but once "Next Boyfriend" peaks (any week now) I won't be surprised if Lauren parts ways with her labels. The point is you're pairing apples to oranges in saying that you are surprised Scotty would be dropped before Lauren. The two have nothing to do with each other aside from being on the same label group and that they were both ex-American Idol contestants. I can see why you'd think "huh, Scotty was more successful than Lauren, wonder why they let him go instead?" but that doesn't work because the two of them have nothing to do with each other, so that's not how that decision was made. Throwing The Band Perry into the mix just makes it even more confusing because they really have nothing to do with each other being on a completely different label. That one is more like comparing apples to coconuts. I can follow your logic behind the comparison, but it doesn't really make a whole lot of sense to contemplate why some artist was let go of a label before another in this manner. I certainly didn't expect Scotty to become a free agent after "Southern Belle" bombed, but it honestly has exactly nothing to do with Lauren Alaina. Each artist is an independent on a label and you are kind of implying this sense that perhaps the label sat down and decided that Scotty was less of an asset to keep around than Lauren, rather than realizing the decision for the label & Scotty to part ways was done without any mention of Lauren Alaina in any capacity. To insert the same kind of logic into it, it'd be like saying you're surprised that The Band Perry is off Big Machine before someone like Danielle Bradbery, but that doesn't take into consideration the kinds of things like TBP's musical direction and appearance taking a sharp left turn and that probably having more of an effect on that decision than their past chart history. It's just an intresting observation is all. Look, I never said they had anything to do with each other, other than being American Idol contestants and having the same 3 labels put together before Scotty left that's it for similarities. All I'm going to say is this I find it fascinating that Lauren has had quite a few bombs of singles and yet remains with her label. Like I was just saying as an example since I like never thought like 3 years ago that Lauren would still be with the label. Also where in any of my posts, did I say Lauren was more of an asset than Scotty. That's right I didn't. I decided to use Lauren as an example because she's had multiple failures where as Scotty hasn't and the same thing for The Band Perry (I'm not comparing it's an observation). Now, to why Danielle Bradbery is probably still on Big Machine probably has more to do with the fact that she backed out of the whole "Friend Zone" thing similarly to what Eli Young Band has done. I think Big Machine probably recognized this whole "pop" direction with Danielle, and Eli Young Band probably wasn't going to work so I imagine both acts are re-branding. Where as I think The Band Perry was more stubborn with their new musical direction and I think Borchetta probably recognizes that the new musical direction that country music is taking would probably make The Band Perry completely irrelevant. Since they probably wanted to keep the sound, I think both sides realized it was best to split ways.
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Ok I'm just going to reply once and that's it. All I was saying was given the fact that Scotty McCreery and The Band Perry had more success as a whole then Lauren hence why it's surprising to me that they parted ways with their respective labels since Lauren has had a lack of any success. I also never said Lauren should be dropped nowhere in my statement did I say that (I'd be sad if that happened but not surprised). I don't believe there's a pecking order at a label at all and I never said there was. Like I know they are not at the same label (The Band Perry and Lauren Alaina), but I just thought since Lauren has had one Top 30 song and now 5 failed single releases, you know I'd figure she would be dropped or parted ways with her label before a group with a bunch of hit songs (If I Die Young, You Lie, All Your Life, Better Dig Two, and Done). Where, in my statement did I say their (Scotty and Lauren) careers were tied together I mean before Scotty parted ways Scotty and Lauren had probably very similar contracts but their careers besides that are very different. Scotty had one complete failure of a single where Lauren has had quite a few now so it to me is surprising that he left the label first. I do want Lauren to be successful but once "Next Boyfriend" peaks (any week now) I won't be surprised if Lauren parts ways with her labels. The point is you're pairing apples to oranges in saying that you are surprised Scotty would be dropped before Lauren. The two have nothing to do with each other aside from being on the same label group and that they were both ex-American Idol contestants. I can see why you'd think "huh, Scotty was more successful than Lauren, wonder why they let him go instead?" but that doesn't work because the two of them have nothing to do with each other, so that's not how that decision was made. Throwing The Band Perry into the mix just makes it even more confusing because they really have nothing to do with each other being on a completely different label. That one is more like comparing apples to coconuts. I can follow your logic behind the comparison, but it doesn't really make a whole lot of sense to contemplate why some artist was let go of a label before another in this manner. I certainly didn't expect Scotty to become a free agent after "Southern Belle" bombed, but it honestly has exactly nothing to do with Lauren Alaina. Each artist is an independent on a label and you are kind of implying this sense that perhaps the label sat down and decided that Scotty was less of an asset to keep around than Lauren, rather than realizing the decision for the label & Scotty to part ways was done without any mention of Lauren Alaina in any capacity. To insert the same kind of logic into it, it'd be like saying you're surprised that The Band Perry is off Big Machine before someone like Danielle Bradbery, but that doesn't take into consideration the kinds of things like TBP's musical direction and appearance taking a sharp left turn and that probably having more of an effect on that decision than their past chart history. I personally think that you are reading too much into what raylatch98 said. I think it is perfectly reasonable to express surprise at the fact that someone like The Band Perry got dropped before someone like Lauren Alaina, given the fact that TBP has had WAAAAY more success through the years, and that they were still a pretty big-name group at the time of the split. Imagine if Carrie Underwood's next single flops and she suddenly parts ways with her label. I would undoubtedly think something like, "Wow, I cannot believe Carrie Underwood lost her record deal before Lindsay Ell." Or Lauren Alaina, or Clare Dunn, etc. Never mind the fact that they have absolutely nothing to do with each other. The idea that Carrie, after one failed single, despite a HUGE history of success, would part ways with her label before someone who had a handful of failed single attempts and no history of success, would seem absolutely mind boggling. The comparison between Lauren and TBP is acceptable because they are such different artists. Lauren is someone who could have been dropped at any point in the last 4 years and I honestly would not have been surprised for even one second. TBP, on the other hand, seemed ready to explode to the next level up until a few months ago. Lauren was still struggling to get any traction whatsoever while TBP was still racking up hit after hit on their last album. So the fact that TBP got dropped before her is indeed a reason to express surprise. You are right that from a statistical/scientific standpoint they have nothing to do with each other whatsoever. But "Wow, Artist Y got dropped before Artist X?!" is not a thought that automatically warrants a scientific analysis. It's more of a vague, in-the-moment thought. It's like someone saying, "I cannot believe you threw away last-night's leftover steak before you threw away that week-old pizza!", and then someone else starts babbling about how steak has nothing to do with pizza because it doesn't have cheese on it... Tl;dr: Let the man be surprised ;)
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Post by vamp111 on Mar 1, 2016 20:18:26 GMT -5
I'm probably reading into this way too much, but bear with me. Here's the situation: Scotty McCreery and Chris Lane recently gave performances at a BBQ event sponsored by Houston's KILT-FM (the event was one of many smaller events surrounding the Houston Rodeo). This picture is from AllAccess: What's interesting is that this nearly identical 2nd picture (below) from Country Aircheck includes a Big Loud Records promo rep (in place of McCreery). Even though Scotty isn't in this 2nd picture, I find it pretty interesting that he was there with Chris Lane and some Big Loud staff members. I wonder if Big Loud Records has an interest in Scotty?
In other Scotty news...he was part of WWQM Madison's "Storytellers Jam 19" last night (the other artists that performed were Ashley Campbell, Maren Morris, and LoCash). Scotty is pictured at this link standing next to a Mercury Nashville promo rep... I hope that wasn't too awkward! My guess is that this event was planned before Scotty and UMG/Mercury parted ways, but then, there were no other Mercury or UMG artists there, so it's odd that Mercury still sent a promo rep. Interesting, I would love for this to be true. Scotty's dad posted on 'Idol Forums' that "Things are progressing on search for a new label. I can say there is certainly interest, but these things take time. There are several other things to work on as well. Getting back the rights to his new music is priority right now." So maybe they are interested in signing him, but want some of the legal stuff to be worked out first? I know the process can take awhile.
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 6, 2016 15:02:55 GMT -5
A new group called Breaking Southwest is on the newly formed Nash Next record label. The group won the Cumulus formed Nash Next competition in 2015 and they have a debut single called "Ghost Town" out at radio shortly. They appear on Big Machine's website here. The group is under the Big Machine Label Group umbrella as it appears BMLG and Nash Next/Cumulus have formed a deal with this new talent competition. This was the press release about the Nash Next talent competition: jhomes87 I'm assuming any winner of this competition will have their single(s) played on Cumulus owned stations. I made a post about this new competition last Summer but I didn't know any partnership with BMLG was going to happen until now.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2016 17:01:50 GMT -5
Will Breaking Southwest be assigned to one of the imprints or is Nash Next an imprint by itself? For me, from the name, if Nash Next is an imprint it sounds like a starter label for new artists until they have been recording awhile then be assigned to another BMLG label.
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