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Audiences Choose Brinn Black Touring Band and Say Bon Voyage while Dream Row Magazine Captures Everything
Nashville, TN (April 5, 2010) – Brinn Black has audiences at Nashville’s Cadillac Ranch returning each week to see who’s new, who makes it, and of course who get’s cut.

Each week new musicians have the opportunity to perform on stage with Black and possibly become members of her touring band. However, they only stay if the crowd approves. Why, because Black is a fan of getting her fans involved.



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Country Girl goes International
written by Rick Amburgey, Strum Magazine
Brinn Black is excited about her opportunity to play a MIDEM in January. MIDEM, which will take place in Cannes, France, is considered the largest international music business conference in the world. Black said representatives from international labels, distributors and publishers will be present at the conference and will see her showcase.

“The cool thing is that there are no country music artists who are going, so there is a huge window of opportunity for me,” she said.

Black is currently working on a new song EP that she will take to MIDEM, as well as release in the United States. She said she plans to start recording the new EP as soon as they can nail down a producer.

She is already having some success with her song, “Sweet Virginia Sunset.” The song is currently being played by about 75 radio stations, including Jack FM in Nashville. Black said she wrote the tune in about 30 minutes after watching “The Wizard of Oz” outside in Pinkerton Park in Franklin, TN in August of 2007. “I went into the studio to record my first EP a month later and that became everyone’s favorite.”

Black said she was surprised that she received so much airplay because it was the first thing she had ever put out, but added she is really thankful. Black is also very thankful for the support she’s received from Jack FM since she moved to Nashville. She said the station has connected her with so many amazing people over the years. “I have also performed at a lot of their events and been able to sing a lot of commercials and song spoofs for them.”

ITunes and CD Baby have also helped Black get her music to the people and build her fan base. “On CD Baby, you can see who buys your CD so you can have a direct connection with your fans,” she said.

By listening to her country songs, most people would never guess that she was trained to sing opera. Black admits that making the switch to country was a big adjustment, but she grew up listening to everything from George Jones to Celine Dion and having a huge love for commercial music.

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CRS Now stands for Controversy, Resolve, and Success
NASHVILLE (February 26, 2010) – Brinn Black ‘s new artist showcase was interrupted Thursday night at the Radisson Hotel by security and police, due to many dozens of people filling the room and the hallway creating what the Hotel thought might have been a fire hazard.
Black’s manager was forced to ask everybody to leave the room causing great disappointment in the many people who came to hear Black perform.
Black then negotiated with management to continue her showcase on the second floor where the crowd swelled in size while Black put on an energetic and exciting performance. This performance drew the attention of many industry executives and radio professionals.


MTSU Students in France for Music Conference
January 21, 2010
MTSU News & Public Affairs Release…
With technology changing faster than this week’s top-10 downloads, MTSU recording-industry students are heading to France this week to expand their knowledge and their networking opportunities at MIDEM 2010, the world’s largest music-industry trade fair.
Accompanied by professor Ramona DeSalvo, the 10 travelers—nine undergrads and one graduate student—will leave Thursday to arrive in Cannes for the five-day international event, which begins Jan. 23 and is expected to draw more than 8,000 music-industry attendees from more than 80 countries.
“Everybody who’s anybody in music will be there to discuss trends in music, political and legal issues,” explains DeSalvo, an entertainment law and copyright litigation attorney who teaches courses in copyright law and contracts and legal issues, along with a seminar class, “How To Get A Job In the Entertainment Industry,” in MTSU’s College of Mass Communication.
“We’re taking these students because we want the university to be in the forefront of those trends. We don’t want to be teaching old business models. Plus, letting MTSU have a presence at MIDEM will … get attention for the department and give our students exposure to the global music business.”
This is the first time MTSU will be represented at the 43rd annual event (MIDEM is the acronym for Marché International du Disque et de l’Edition Musicale), and it’s one of only a handful of universities worldwide to attend.
“Our students received grants for research projects from the International Education and Exchange Committee, which are helping them to attend, and they’ll present their research during Scholars Week (March 22-26),” DeSalvo said. The students also will present a panel discussion to share information from MIDEM when they return to campus.
In addition to lectures, seminars and plenty of opportunities to network with industry bigwigs, the students will be rushing to huge nightly concerts and intimate music showcases, talking tours and merchandising, and even watching a classmate’s opportunity to gain international attention for her music.


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