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Marco Promotions Fall Update
Friday, November 14th, 2008 | Marco Music | No Comments
Fall is a busy time for Marco Music with lots of records competing to be in their optimum position when the holiday shopping season rolls around in late November. Among the season’s highly anticipated releases is the second album from Big Machine’s Taylor Swift. The debut single from that album, “Love Story,” has been rocketing up the charts and is poised to hit #1 across the board in the next few weeks.
After a few weeks of significant difficulty with the Music Row chart, we are very pleased with the brand new and improved chart system at Music Row (courtesy of AristoWorks), which has made reporting much easier for our friends at radio, and which will undoubtedly result in greater ease of information flow between us and radio and our record clients.
Patty Loveless continues to turn heads with her new album “Sleepless Nights- The traditional country soul of Patty Loveless.” This stunning collection of classic country covers has critics scrambling for superlatives, and radio stations have been embracing her version of George Jones’ classic “Why Baby Why.”
In other news, if you’ve ever wanted to try your hand as a record exec, Valory Music Co. is asking fans to take part in producing newcomer Justin Moore’s debut album. The 10-week promotion allows fans to help pick the songs that will be on the record. A widget has been placed on Justin’s social networking sites (Myspace, iLike, Facebook, Digital Rodeo, etc…) where fans can listen to his new music and give their feedback. There will be two new songs placed on the widget each week for fans to vote on, so after the promotion ends, the 10 songs with the most votes will make it onto his album. Fans will also be able to create their own personalized 10-song playlist, which can earn them a chance to win a trip to Justin’s Album Premiere Listening Party early next year in Nashville. Check out his myspace page to get started.
Have a great fall season!
Rick