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Monday, 08 February 2010
Nashville Association of Talent Directors
For over 50 years NATD has been a vital part of the Nashville Music
Business Community by professionally representing, directing and
promoting the entertainment industry through its members.
A Tribute to our Great Friend the "Deacon", of Billy Deaton Agency
This meeting was dedicated to the memory of and to pay honor to our friend and active member for so many years... we decided not to bring in a special speaker and to invite friends and former clients of the Billy Deaton Agency to join us to honor the “Deacon”.
Members brought best or worst Billy Deaton story to share with a number of folks who did not have the pleasure of knowing Billy. He was NATD’s Treasurer for many years, “Talent Director of The Year Award” (three times... 1977, 1980, 1981), “The Hubert Long Award,” “The Colonel Tom Parker Award". He very successfully managed the late great Faron Young’s career for over a quarter of a century plus booked just about every act in Country Music. “One Call Gets them All!” was Deaton’s slogan...
Executive Director of Content and Programming for
Touring and Live Entertainment, Billboard.
NATD was very proud to welcome...
Billboard reporter and the co-author of the
Billboard Books/Random House publication
“This Business of Concert Promotion & Touring”
Ray Waddell has covered the live entertainment business for more than 20 years. He joined the Billboard family in 1987 as a Los Angeles-based reporter for Billboard sister publication Amusement Business. In 1991, he relocated to his home town of Nashville to continue covering the live business for AB. In 2000, Waddell moved over to Billboard to spearhead the magazine’s expanded touring coverage. He authors Billboard’s weekly On The Road column, and provides features and news coverage on the global touring industry for Billboard, Billboard.com, Billboard.biz, and Billboard Bulletin. Waddell also works with the Billboard Events team in producing the annual Billboard Touring Conference & Awards each year in New York City. Now in its sixth year, the Touring Conference is set for Nov. 4-5. Waddell is the co-author of the Billboard Books/Random House publication “This Business of Concert Promotion & Touring,” considered the definitive guide to staging, promoting and marketing concerts and tours. He frequently lectures and participates in panels on the concert business at professional and educational conferences and is often quoted as an expert on live entertainment in a wide range of national media. Waddell is a graduate of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and lives in Hendersonville, Tenn.
Through the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s, Bob Roberts was the voice of
country music radio in the United Kingdom, and it all happened by
accident!
Bob has always been around the music industry as well as being a qualified Mental Health Practitioner...some would say that there is little difference!
In the Sixties, he played in several different bands, never quite making it but almost....This period was the first time he encountered country music whilst playing U.S. military bases in the U.K.
By his late twenties, when the girls stopped screaming and throwing underwear, he settled down to a professional life treating people with psychiatric problems.
It was at this time in the late seventies that the BBC planned a major series on the closure of the large mental hospitals and the transfer of people into a community setting. Bob became the Consultant on that series and when it was over was invited by the BBC to join the organization as a Freelance Producer.
He quickly graduated from producing factual programs to music radio, and eventually to Head of Music on BBC North. It was then that he realized that country music was not being either played or promoted. Between 1978 and 1996, he tried at every opportunity to bring country music to a wider audience. It became more than a job; it was more like an evangelical mission!
That enthusiasm continues to this day...country music is still not being promoted properly in the U.K. It is a sleeping giant which needs to be awakened. Bob is more convinced than ever that with the right promotion and investment, country music could be a major player in both the U.K. and the wider European Market.
Author of "The Garth Factor" published May of 2009
Patsi Bale Cox is the New York Times bestselling co-author of Wynonna Judd, Tanya Tucker, and Loretta Lynn's autobiographies, and two music histories with Country Music Hall of Fame television and radio personality Ralph Emery. She has also written memoirs with talk show host Jenny Jones and ‘70s icon Tony Orlando.
She began her writing career in 1967 as a freelance columnist for Plaza Magazine in Kansas City. In 1974 she founded Colorado Woman Magazine in Denver, which she edited until 1980, when she began work on Rocky Mountain Country, a coffee table country music book. She moved to Nashville in 1983 and started writing for a variety of magazines, record labels and artists.
She has written magazine cover stories and worked with a who's who list of country artists ranging from Johnny Cash and Tammy Wynette to Keith Urban and Patty Loveless. A former magazine editor with BA and MA degrees in history, she served three terms on the National Academy of Recording Arts & Science (NARAS) Grammy liner notes nominating committee. Patsi wrote all label-generated Garth Brooks material throughout his career, and worked with him in 2005 and 2006 creating content for GarthBrooks.com. Her latest book, The Garth Factor, will be published in May, 2009.
She is a past winner of the Colorado Salute to Women Media Award and keynote speaker at the Federal Woman’s Conference.
Kira Florita is currently the Executive Director of Leadership Music, an educational 501c3 non-profit founded in 1989, Florita has served this organization since September of 2004 and is an alumni of the Class of 2000. In this capacity she directs day-to-day operations; supervises and supports Committee and Alumni activities / events; facilitates fundraising, Program planning, industry relationships, and strategic alliances. Annual events include the LM Digital Summit, a day-long conference on digital music, and the LM Dale Franklin Award, honoring business or artistic leaders such as Tony Brown, Gerry House, Emmylou Harris and Frances Preston.
Barbeque, Hotdogs, Potato salad,
Cole Slaw and the President's Home Baked Beans soft drinks and Ice Cream -
Served up by the NATD Officers - Plus special entertainment !
Bradley Collins' responsibilities include connecting new
writers/artists with those who can further their careers; evaluating
writers’ material for potential industry referrals; helping writers in
negotiating publishing deals; setting up BMI showcases and so much more.
Hank Adam Locklin serves as Senior Manager of Membership and Industry Relations for CMA, the international trade organization with over 6200 members in 43 countries. He joined the CMA staff in 2004. Locklin works under CMA’s COO, Tammy Genovese, to expand the value and importance of CMA to its members. He is responsible for developing CMA membership through recruitment and other forms of outreach designed to formulate relationships in and out of the music industry. He also works to maintain and increase CMA’s presence in the areas of artist outreach and relations.
"The Dean of Nashville's Entertainment Journalists"
Robert K. Oermann writes bi-weekly columns for Music Row magazine and has been published in more than 100 other national periodicals. His eight books to date include the award-winning Finding Her Voice and A Century of Country. He has penned liner notes for more than 100 albums and boxed-set productions.
He has scripted and/or directed television specials and documentaries for CMT, CBS, the BBC, TBS, TNN and others. And he appears frequently on-camera as a commentator on VH-1, A&E, CMT and the BBC.
Oermann’s recent projects include scripting the 2000 CBS television special celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Grand Ole Opry, penning the liner notes for the Grammy-winning O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack album in 2001 and cowriting the autobiography of 2002 Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame inductee Brenda Lee. He was a judge on the 2003 USA Network series Nashville Star.
President of Nashville's Convention and Visitors Bureau
“Tourism is our business - the direct impact of the hospitality industry in Nashville is $3.5 billion annually with over 10 million visitors to Music City every year.”
Spyridon acknowledged the need to keep an eye on the gloomy economic climate;. however, Spyridon also says booking Music City Center is going well so far.
Spyridon has garnered four major bookings for the Music City Center beginning in 2013.
“We started knocking on doors in April,” Spyridon said. “The response is beyond anything I would have expected.”
Spyridon added that the goal was to book 100,000 rooms before the end of the year and have one million rooms booked before the proposed center opens in 2013.
The barometer currently used to measure booking success of the existing Convention Center is that hotel rooms stay booked at about 70 percent, Spyridon said.
The Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau sells and markets Nashville, Music City, to the world as a premier entertainment destination for travelers who seek authentic and unique leisure and convention experiences. Locals rarely see their work - they enjoy the results.
NATD celebrated another great year of networking and proffessional accomplishments at their annual Christmas Party! There was excellent food and drink and of course a very special guest. . . .Santa Claus!
"40 Years in Broadcasting" - Keith Bilbrey hails from Cookeville, Tennessee and has been on the air
at WSM for 32 years. He can be heard weekdays from 10 am to 3 pm on 650
AM WSM. During a visit to the the Opry when he was only 12, he says
that he knew he would work there someday and sure enough... He's been
an Opry announcer now for 22 years! You'll remember Keith as the
original host of Grand Ole Opry Live on TNN as well as his days as the
morning weatherman on WSMV-TV here in Nashville. He recently was
featured in A & E "Biography" shows on Buck Owens and Ronnie
Milsap. Keith also has co-written a song with Tom T and Dixie Hall and
future plans include a book about his years in broadcasting on WSM.
Larry Holden spoke about Country Weekly Magazines' powerful new indie special feature, "Listen Up!", a section designed to offer unmatched exposure for the independent country music artist of today, and YOU could use it. Country Weekly Magazine is the world's #1 selling Country Entertainment Magazine.
Bill Gatzimos
Robert K. Oermann
Butch Spyridon
Keith Bilbrey
Larry Holden
