The Music Gardener - Artist Manager, Music Marketer

Artist Garden Entertainment made a trip to Muscle Shoals, Alabama last week to visit Noiseblock Music and their beautiful recording studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Gary Baker, songwriter who penned “I Swear” (John Michael Montgomery and All 4 One) “I’m Already There” (Lonestar) and many other hits, built this incredibly beautiful studio in Alabama about 2 1/2 hours south of Nashville. We really enjoyed hearing some of their vision for Noiseblock Music Group as we spent the morning with Gary and his business partner Greg Boyd. Noiseblock is looking to get word out that they are a nice alternative to Nashville or Atlanta for making a record. The studio sits in a quiet little town about 2 hours and 20 minutes south of Nashville that forces you to relax and be creative. What a great environment to do some recording!

On my visit, I also had the opportunity to spend some time with up and coming artist Shane Baker. Expect to be hearing more from Shane in the near future as he is writing some great music and quickly building a following in the south.

We highly recommend Noiseblock Studio to any artist or producer looking for a new great place to record.

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We have a winner for our Music Pick of the Month! The Rudy Vaughn Band from Atlanta, GA is our pick this month. Click on the music Pick of the Month tab to learn more. The Rudy Vaughn band will be playing the Hard Rock Calling festival in London June 26-28 on the same bill with Dave Matthews Band, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young and The Killers.

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Artist Garden Entertainment spent some time this last week working on a marketing plan to break an artist. Everything we hear daily is that the music industry is crumbling and nothing works as it used to in regards to marketing and selling records. However, there seems to be a marketing constant that most industry experts agree is vital to breaking a rock artist. You start with the college audience. As I spent time with experts in the college marketing field, I couldn’t help but notice that college marketing hasn’t changed significantly in the last twenty years. College radio is still the hub. Why hasn’t that changed like the rest of the music marketing methods? Maybe there is some loyalty at the college level to their radio station? Is it a sense that radio stations should be supported like their college sports teams are supported? Hard to really say but I do think it has something to do with the amount of new music and the variety of music that college radio plays. The average run for a record at college radio is 8 weeks. That is light speed compared to commercial rock or pop radio. I am looking forward to being in the college marketing mix again. It reminds me of my first year in the music business when we were working on breaking acts like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Megadeth, Crowded House and the Cocteau Twins. Those were fun days! I’m looking forward to this familiar little ride through college marketing!

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This artist from Atlanta, Rudy Vaughn, is FABULOUS! Take 10 seconds, Vote and send him to London where he will open for Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, The Killers and Neal Young.

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