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MUSIC FOR MIKE Concert Sells Out Raising $100,000

By on October 4, 2018 in In The Press

It could only be called an epic night of music for one of the noblest reasons. Country music icons BlackHawk, Brooks & Dunn’s Kix Brooks, Diamond Rio, Foster & Lloyd, Alan Jackson, Brad Paisley, Lee Roy Parnell, Pam Tillis, Phil Vassar and Steve Wariner, all backed by the band Sixwire, met up for a one-night-only event, donating their time, to raise money for the family of one of their former champions—Arista/Nashville and Seagayle Music’s Mike Owens. The organizers of the event, friends and family of Mike Owens wish to extend a heartfelt thanks to everyone who participated in making the concert a success bringing in more than $100,000.00 for the Mike Owens Family Trust.

Emceed by Arista/Nashville’s original label president, Tim DuBois, the event offered country music fans live performances of some of their favorite classic country hits from Diamond Rio’s “Meet In the Middle,” to Phil Vassar’s “Just Another Day in Paradise,” to an all-star collaboration of Merle Haggard’s “Working Man Blues.” Several of the artists also played songs specifically for Owen’s family, including Alan’s “Song for the Life” and Wariner’s “Sails.”

But in addition to the music, the audience was given insight into the Arista/Nashville label family and the man they had come together to honor. During their sets, each act remembered him and commented on how Owens touched their lives and helped shape their careers.

Afterward, DuBois said, “It was an incredible night of talent supported by a loving record label family. Mike was celebrated and remembered in the best way we knew how—with the music he loved and believed in.” The last words spoken during the evening came from Owen’s wife who expressed her deepest appreciation to everyone in the room.

The September 25th show at War Memorial Auditorium was created to raise funds to help defray the costs of the medical treatments incurred while Mike, who had been diagnosed with renal disease, was awaiting a kidney transplant. Sadly, his fight ended when he passed away on September 2.  Donations are still being accepted for The Mike Owens Family Trust through his Go Fund Me page HERE.

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Sony Music Nashville Announces Carlton Anderson Signing To Arista Nashville

By on May 18, 2018 in In The Press

Newly signed Arista Nashville recording artist Carlton Anderson is pictured here with Sony Music Nashville staff in Key West (left to right): Sony Music Nashville’s  A&R Manager Margaret Tomlin, A&R Representative Jillian Whitefield, EVP/COO Ken Robold, Director Digital Sales and Streaming Alaina Vehec, SVP A&R Jim Catino, VP Sales and Streaming Caryl Healey Atwood,  EVP Promotion and Artist Development Steve Hodges, Carlton Anderson, VP Arista Nashville Promotion Josh Easler, Sony Music Nashville’s Chairman and CEO Randy Goodman, Senior Director Partnership Marketing Nicole Marinake, VP A&R Taylor Lindsey, Director’s National Promotion Lauren Thomas and EVP Marketing/New Business John Zarling. Photo credit: Adam Davis

Sony Music Nashville has announced the signing of artist and songwriter Carlton Anderson to Arista Nashville.

Anderson is spending time with the Sony Music Nashville team as he prepares to launch his debut single soon. He deftly balances traditional sounds and contemporary themes and was signed as a songwriter at Warner Chappell Music, where he has written with some of the most sought-after songwriters in Nashville.

Anderson grew up in Cypress, Texas, a town northwest of Houston where sports dominated daily conversation and Friday night, but Anderson focused on the other Texas pastime: Music.

Anderson’s musical awakening started with Willie Nelson, who he refers to as “his drug” and quickly advanced to George Strait and a long line of musical mavericks. Styles varied, but the common denominator was that even though they were born in Texas their music transcended borders.

Anderson started working in the oil fields at 16 – two years before it was legal – and worked at a grocery store after school to put away enough money to buy a guitar and small PA so he could play the honky tonks and dancehalls around his hometown after graduation. But the goal was always Nashville.

After three tries he cobbled enough money and the necessary co-sign from his grandparents to attend Nashville’s Belmont University. He moved to Music City and immediately started looking for ways to pay the bills. He dropped off his bag and headed downtown to find a gig. He parked on Fourth Avenue across from the Swingin’ Doors Saloon and heard the band playing “In Color.” He walked in, asked to play a few songs, and the manager offered him a job. He went on to play there five more years.

Anderson was the first to graduate college in his family, which had a firmly grounded “go to work or go to war” mentality, but he learned the ropes through hard work, practice, paying his dues in Texas, and playing for tourists and bachelorette parties in Nashville. He focused on “connecting” with his audience, no matter how distracted or inebriated they were. It wasn’t long before more than tourists were taking notice.

Sony Music Nashville includes is three country label operations – Arista Nashville, Columbia Nashville, and RCA Nashville – and Provident Music Group, one of the world’s leading Christian Music Companies. Sony Music Nashville is a division of Sony Music Entertainment.

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