“The Music Man” By Emily J Ramey Written for BMI: MusicWorld Robert Schwartzman is a man refreshingly fanatical about the art of making music. Despite, or perhaps as a result of, having seen rapid success with his California retro rock band Rooney, the 28-year-old singer/songwriter is absolutely bursting with new ideas, projects, and overall zeal for [...]
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Robert Schwartzman Article
Posted in Favorites, Feature Articles, tagged bmi, california, calling the world, emily j ramey, eureka, frontman, musicworld, pop, retro, robert schwartzman, rock, rooney, solo, songwriter on 1 September 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Paul McDonald Article
Posted in Feature Articles, Local Nashville, tagged american idol, americana, bmi, emily j ramey, idol tour, Local Nashville, musicworld, nikki reed, paul mcdonald, rock, season ten, songwriter, the grand magnolias, twilight on 17 August 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Idol‘s Lone Songwriter” By Emily J Ramey Written for BMI: MusicWorld Paul McDonald draws musical inspiration from his life, which, if you’re up on your pop culture you’ll know, has been positively brimming with spectacular, whirlwind song material. The 26-year-old singer/songwriter placed eighth on season ten of American Idol, met, dated, and got engaged to Twilight starlet Nikki Reed, [...]
Kerli Article
Posted in Feature Articles, tagged army of love, bmi, bubblegoth, electropop, estonia, kerli, love is dead, musicworld, singer, songwriter, walking on air on 18 May 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“BubbleGoth” By Emily J Ramey Written for BMI: MusicWorld As defined by its poster child, the term “bubblegoth” is about “putting together things that don’t necessarily go together. It’s about making dark things beautiful and beautiful things dark,” and 24-year-old Estonian singer/songwriter Kerli believes in and lives out those ideals everyday, extending her fascinations into both [...]
Sage Keffer Article
Posted in Feature Articles, Local Nashville, tagged American Music Channel, cma fan fest, cmt, colorado, country music, emily j ramey, Local Nashville, nashville star, rules of the game, running wild with ted nugent, sage keffer, singer-songwriter, ted nugent on 13 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Burning Up Nashville” with Sage Keffer By Emily J Ramey Click Here to See the Published Version on American Music Channel Sage Keffer is excited about country music. And I’m not just talking about looking forward to getting a hit song on the radio, or enthusiastic about his upcoming album, or optimistic that the CMT [...]
Moon Taxi Article
Posted in Favorites, Feature Articles, Local Nashville, tagged 12th and porter, 12th south records, American Music Channel, belmont, common ground, emily j ramey, gimme a light, govt mule, lightning 100, live album, local nashville band, melodica, moon taxi, morningtime, mustang, nashville, the new mastersounds on 13 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Onward and Upward and to the Moon” with Moon Taxi By Emily J Ramey Click Here to See the Published Version on American Music Channel With the word “songwriter,” a lot of people will conjure images of a guy in a collared shirt strumming an acoustic guitar and crooning melancholy ballads, or scribbling lyrics on [...]
Chuck Cannon Article
Posted in Feature Articles, Local Nashville, tagged American Music Channel, chuck cannon, country music, emily j ramey, folk music, john michael montgomery, nashville, nashville underground, songwriter, songwriter's muse, toby keith on 2 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“For the Love of Songwriting” with Chuck Cannon By Emily J Ramey Click Here to See the Published Version on American Music Channel Chuck Cannon ambles down from his house in the woods to meet me, dressed in his finest beach wear, the remainder of a day on the lake with his three children.He shows [...]
Dirty Eye Booking Article
Posted in Feature Articles, Local Nashville, tagged belmont, Belmont Vision, booking company, caitlin rose, dirty eye booking, emily j ramey, evan p. donahue, local nashville band, nashville, nashville music, The (rabbit), the (rabbit) press, the deep vibration, warehouse party on 21 April 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The Dirty Eye Frontier” By Emily J Ramey Written for The Belmont Vision Dirty Eye Booking is a burgeoning business that is quickly revolutionizing the definition of the term “booking” in the music industry, and the most impressive part is that the brains and bones of the organization are kids like us. Two years ago, [...]
Oscar Anthony and the Westfolk Article
Posted in Feature Articles, Local Nashville, tagged belmont, Belmont Vision, emily j ramey, folk rock, local nashville band, nashville, nashville music, oscar anthony, oscar anthony and the westfolk, soundforest, westfolk band on 18 April 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The Telling of the Westfolk Band” By Emily J Ramey Written for The Belmont Vision Oscar Anthony and the Westfolk is a Belmont band that can boast of a live show like no other. Six guys, all performing with such fervor, can saturate a room. With every break in the music, the band intakes their [...]
Kent Blazy and Cory Batten Article
Posted in Feature Articles, Local Nashville, tagged American Music Channel, blake shelton, cory batten, country music, crystal shawanda, emily j ramey, garth brooks, kent blazy, music, nashville, nashville music, singer-songwriter, songwriter, songwriter's muse on 6 April 2009 | 1 Comment »
“‘The Road Less Traveled By’” with Kent Blazy and Cory Batten By Emily J Ramey Click Here to See the Published Version on American Music Channel Kent Blazy and his company I Want to Hold Your Songs Publishing are onto something. Kent has used his extensive knowledge of the music business and his wisdom as [...]
