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The best in music news from the Web now available on a monthly basis with all the latest in music industry news, music events and music happenings around the world.
for the month ending September 31, 1998
"the written song, not the recorded performance, is preeminent" -- Glenn McDonald

Beastie Boys A Textbook Case For Success

By Paul Barrow

BEASTIE BOYS NEW ALBUM A MODEL FOR MARKETING WIZARDS

The enormous success of the new Beastie Boys album Hello Nasty, now in its third week holding fast to Number One on the Billboard 200 and one of the more interesting stories to come out of the music industry this month, is being heralded by Capitol Records Senior Vice President and General Manager Lou Mann as "a textbook case of how to set a record up". Nearly one million copies were sold in the first two weeks following release.
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CMA Awards Looking Bright This Year -- NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ENTERTAINMENT WIRE) - "The 32nd Annual CMA Awards" is shaping up to be a star-studded event when it is telecast live on the CBS Television Network on Wednesday, September 23 at 8 p.m. (EDT) from the Grand Ole Opry House. Some of the industry's biggest and brightest stars have already been tapped to showcase their award-nominated talent.See Entertainment Wire .

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Alan Jackson, LeAnn Rimes and Clint Black Bounced from CMA Awards balloting

Billboard Magazine reports in its August 15 issue that Alan Jackson, LeAnn Rimes and Clint Black were all eliminated from the Country Music Association's nominating process for various reasons. Alan Jackson, the article said, has had too many family problems. LeAnn Rimes has been too verbal in her response to criticism by certain people in the industry of her efforts in experimenting with the pop market. Clint's problems were "too complex" and left undetailed.

Reba McEntire to Star in CBS Movie -- NASHVILLE - Fans who have been wondering when they would see Reba in another movie need wait no longer. On September 27, 1998, CBS-TV will air FOREVER LOVE, Reba's latest turn on the screen. Check Reba's Website

On the Road by Barbara Barrow

There is a low ridge of mountains that rises to the northeast horizon of Highway 87 as you travel from Denver to Austin. It was while looking at this elongated elevation, on a star-filled night recently, that I learned how to get glimmers from the stars.

Barbara offers some personal insights into a woman's perspective of being on the road that are at times introspective, at times philosophical, and by all means feminine.

This particular night found us heading down the road toward Texas.

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A Storm is Brewing in the World of Classical Music

He was possessed by the devil, some said. He struck a powerful and terrifying figure in the world of gentile classical music lovers. His face seemed horrifying, pale and gaunt, and he did things with his compositions no one had done before.

Some also said that he learned to play in prison on one string while being held for murder...

Twisting in the Wind: a survival kit

Steve Morse of the Boston Globe says that when Joe Ely opened for Mary Chapin Carpenter July 10, this "Texas honky tonker with the novelist's heart seemed out of place in the early twilight." As another writer Joan Anderman has put it, "If 'Achy Breaky Heart" is your idea of brilliant country music, you may not appreciate Joe Ely." To be sure. Nashville country artists and Joe Ely mix about as well as water and oil. The two are about entirely different purposes, from worlds that really don't go to the same parties or speak to one another.

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Feature: The Recording Academy Forum on Songwriting

Not long ago, the New York Chapter of the Recording Academy presented a panel discussion entitled "Songwriting in the Cyberage." As part of the chapter's continuing NYPD (New York Professional Development) series, the event featured songwriters from a wide range of backgrounds discussing how new technology has impacted their art and their careers.

In Part One of this three-part series distinguished songwriter panelists discuss what it was like before technological innovations became so prevalent, how their songwriting is intermingles with technology, the conflicts that technology can bring to their creative flow.

Go to NARAS, the Grammy Website forPart 1and Part 2to benefit from this very interesting forum.

Warp Publishing's Launch Pad Welcomes Contributors --

Warp's guestbook was visited in June by the following comments:

"This is an exceptional website. I have found the information about national scholarships very helpful. I also enjoy the articles about artists that do not receive mainstream recognition and have bought several selections that were mentioned in your website articles.. If you would be interested in publishing work from a young artist, mention something to that effect in your next publication. I hope to correspond with Warp Publications in the near future."

We appreciate comments like these and of course will gladly review any contributions submitted to us via email or to our address at 44 Music Square East, Suite 702, Nashville, TN 37203.

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