I am a record producer, studio musician, and fiddler. I now operate my own recording studio and work with indy artists, but I was born in Nashville and worked in the Music City machinery for years. I started in the business in the late 1970s and worked in Nashville until the late 1990s. When I started my career, the industry was largely …
I am a record producer, studio musician, and fiddler. I now operate my own recording studio and work with indy artists, but I was born in Nashville and worked in the Music City machinery for years. I started in the business in the late 1970s and worked in Nashville until the late 1990s. When I started my career, the industry was largely centered around finding great songs. By the time I cashed in my chips in 1999, it was all about controlling the publishing and other bean counter activities. I have often said that if Hank Williams were to show up on Music Row today with his guitar and a brief case filled with those one hundred and some odd songs that constitute the core vocabulary of country music, he literally would not be able to get in the door of one single publishing company because without an appointment, the secretary would not "buzz him in" the locked (both literally and metaphorically) front door.
I am a record producer, studio musician, and fiddler. I now operate my own recording studio and work with indy artists, but I was born in Nashville and worked in the Music City machinery for years. I started in the business in the late 1970s and worked in Nashville until the late 1990s. When I started my career, the industry was largely centered around finding great songs. By the time I cashed in my chips in 1999, it was all about controlling the publishing and other bean counter activities. I have often said that if Hank Williams were to show up on Music Row today with his guitar and a brief case filled with those one hundred and some odd songs that constitute the core vocabulary of country music, he literally would not be able to get in the door of one single publishing company because without an appointment, the secretary would not "buzz him in" the locked (both literally and metaphorically) front door.