Author: Brance

  • IBMA: First day impressions

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    It's Tuesday morning, well it's after noon but I just got up, and I'm reflecting back on my impressions from yesterday of the new environment for the World of Bluegrass event. The exhibit hall here at the Nashville Convention Center is

  • IBMA: Walking the Ailse

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    Here are some more photos from yesterday. This time we're featuring the people who were at the trade show yesterday. A lot of business gets done at the trade show, but it's also a time to visit with friends you

  • IBMA: Aisle of Instruments

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    Monday at IBMA is always a busy day. John spent most of the day setting up his AcuTab booth. As he previously mentioned we also set up a small isolation booth for recording podcasts. But even with all this going

  • Moody Bluegrass at the Ryman

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    Last night I had the privilege of attending the Moody Bluegrass concert at the Ryman Auditorium. It was the first bluegrass event of the week here in Nashville. I'll admit to being a little to young to fully appreciate the

  • IBMA: Internet Marketing – Mentor Sessions

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    On Thursday Oct. 27th from 2:15 - 4:30 PM, I'll be hosting mentoring sessions at IBMA on the topic of Internet Marketing. The other mentor for this topic is Jane Grimes from Echo Music. The mentoring sessions take place in

  • UPDATE: Roger Murrah – songwriter

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    I was just contacted by Roger Murrah, the songwriter I blogged about here. Speaking of his induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he had this to say. It's quite an honor that I'm still learning how to live with. I

  • IBMA Events Schedule

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    Thank you to everyone who so kindly forwarded us your scheduled events for the week of IBMA. John has been busily entering all that data into our database, while I was figuring out what to do with it. We've both

  • Acoustic Endeavors, On A Farm

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    After almost three years of promises, the new release from Acoustic Endeavors is finally available. Like their two previous CDs, On A Farm contains all original material, written by Warren Amberson and Kelly Green, the band's primary vocalists. Other band

  • Wichita Rutherford podcasts Knoxville

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    Wichita Rutherford just emailed me and let me know about something new he is doing. He's podcasting for the city of Knoxville, TN. Every Monday starting October 31st he'll have a new podcast all about what's going on in Knoxville.

  • Bluegrass Jam Tunes Books

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    Running Dogs Publishing has just announced the second printing of its Jam Tunes books for bluegrass guitar and mandolin. Each volume is accompanied by two audio CDs featuring 25 tunes. Each tune consists of 3 practice tracks: slow with melody,