Ben Folds and Alison Krauss Join Street Corner Symphony on Stage in Nashville
What began as a musical project between six local Nashville friends, bothers Jeremy and Richie Lister and John and Mark McLemore and pals John Martin and Adam Chance has since turned into something of a phenomenon thanks to national exposure provided by the NBC talent show, “The Sing Off.” In fact, our local boys, who [...]
Carrie Underwood Film to Hit Theaters 4-8-11
Country star Carrie Underwood’s first feature film foray, Soul Surfer, is scheduled to hit theaters April 8. Ahead of that release, church leaders, pastors and youth workers are getting an opportunity to take an early look during a series of screenings (information at www.soulsurferwave.com.). Interlínc, which works to share Christian music with youth leaders, has [...]
Clear Channel Reports $5 Billion Loss : MusicRow
CC Media Holdings has reported a $5 billion fourth quarter loss due to a major change in the value of its assets such as radio licenses and other permits. CC Media Holdings is the vehicle used by Thomas H. Lee Partners and Bain Capital to privatize Clear Channel Communications last year in what was reportedly [...]
Bluegrass fans put spin on CD-buying habits | BluegrassJournal.com
When’s the last time you heard someone say they walked up to Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift or Eminem at a concert and bought a new CD directly from the artist? And, oh yeah, can you believe this, it was autographed right on the spot? Believe that one and let me unload some shares of GM [...]
Bluegrass Hotel Turning Sour | The Bluegrass Blog
A cascading series of booked acts for the March 20 concert, scheduled to both kick off a year-long tribute to The Bluegrass Hotel, and raise funds for the American Cancer Society, have announced that they will not appear on the show. Sam Bush was the first to drop, followed almost immediately by John Cowan and [...]
The Bluegrass Blog: Performance Rights Act hearing 3/10
The Judiciary Committee of the US House Of Representatives will take up the Performance Rights Act today (3/10) with a hearing at 10:00 a.m. This legislation (H.R.848) seeks to require broadcast radio (terrestrial transmitter-based) to pay royalties to artists and performers each time a song is played. These royalties are currently paid to copyright holders [...]
CMT News: NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Death of CD Confirmed
Friends and family announced the death of Compact Disc — familiarly known as “CD” — this week. Its remains were said to be scattered over a few dozen remaining retail stores that continued to stock CDs. It is survived by millions of MP3s and thousands of vinyl LP records, which were themselves long thought to [...]
Celebrating 50 Years Of Del McCoury
The following is from The Bluegrass Blog. We transferred a few of the recordings here at Creative Caffeine from analog tape into pro tools last year… looking forward to hearing the final product. Rejoice all you Del-heads McCoury Music is preparing to release a 5 disc, definitive collection of the music of Del McCoury on [...]
Great Singers In the Studio and Behind the Scenes : Photos
John Lennon (with son Sean) shows off the new automated mixing board at New York’s Hit-Factory, 1980. “It looks like he’s turning Sean on to the world of music,” says photographer Bob Gruen. Full Article: Great Singers In the Studio and Behind the Scenes : Photos : Rolling Stone Blog This:
Taylor Swift Records at Creative Caffeine
We were please to have Taylor Swift in the studio this week. Taylor is wonderful to work with in the studio and is very easy-going and focused. Look for Taylor’s new album “Fearless” which will make it’s debut on Nov. 11. For more info on Taylor visit her website at TaylorSwift.com. Engineer Collin Peterson with [...]
