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In this six part series which began November 10th, 2008, WPLN’s Craig Havighurst reported on how Nashville is adapting to historic change and what Music Row might look like after the shakeout.
Below are selected highlights of some of the interviews conducted during the reporting of Music City Remixed. They reflect a range of views and predictions about the trajectory of Nashville’s music business and the industry in general.
Bill Ivey is the Director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy at Vanderbilt University, an arts policy research center with offices in Nashville, Tennessee and Washington, DC. Ivey’s book, Arts, Inc.: How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed Our Cultural Rights, was published by the University of California Press in the summer of 2008. Ivey is a former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, and he recently joined President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team for arts policy issues.
1: Why arts are a “poor fit” in publicly traded corporations. (7:41)
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2: The culture of the arts business in Nashville. (5:26)
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3: The ongoing intellectual property debate and other policy frontiers. (8:49)
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Paul Worley left a long career in the country music business to start Blue Skyline, a publishing and artist development company. With a variety of major labels and as an independent songwriter, musician and producer, Worley contributed to dozens of #1 recordings, shaping the sound of Martina McBride, Brooks & Dunn, the Dixie Chicks and others.
1. Why he left the major label system and why it’s broken. (9:08)
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2. Who will invest and how in artist development in the new music business? (8:53)
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3. The impact of big box retail on country music; A future of lower expectations and greater fulfillment. (8:28)
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Jason Moon Wilkins is a recording artist and a former manager and music journalist. He’s the co-founder of Next Big Nashville, a festival and conference showcasing Nashville’s rock and independent music scene.
1: Big picture changes and shifts in the power balance in the music industry. (8:19)
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2: The future of artist development and Next Big Nashville. (6:23)
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3: Bonnaroo and the two Nashvilles. (7:36)
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4. Retooling Music Row and repackaging Nashville. (6:31)
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5. Money to be made with music in TV and film, and the future of the business. (4:46)
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