We had a great conversation today on our State of the Music Business Podcast with Clif Doyal from Clif Doyal Agency & CDA Publicity. We talked about his 40+ years in the music business and how it all started. He has a fascinating story! If you ever wanted to hear his story, be sure to listen. We talked about the state of the music business currently and where it might go from here as we move into 2021 with hope! Click the play button listen to the podcast.

If you can’t make it live, the recording will be posted here later.

The Clif Doyal Agency & CDA Publicity are dedicated to the promotion of great artists from many genres, including Country, Americana, TX/Red Dirt, Rock, Rockabilly & Big Big Band. And amazing creative performance artists.

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We had a great conversation with Michael Blanton from Songwriting U on our State of the Music Business Podcast. We talked about so many things from the music business side of things. We told stories and just connected on a music level!

State of the Music Business is a podcast where we bring on executives & others from the business side of music to discuss music in general.

Michael Blanton, of Brentwood, Tennessee, has had a celebrated career in the national and Nashville music industry. But today finds him in all kinds of artistic and entertainment development, not limited to just artist management.

A native of Amarillo, Texas, Blanton got his start in music as an A&R representative at Word Records in Waco, Texas, moving to Nashville in 1978 to open the company’s office on Music Row. He and business partner Dan Harrell launched Blanton/Harrell Production and Management in 1980 with Amy Grant as their first client. In 1981 with friend Brown Bannister (’75), they created Reunion Records and Reunion Publishing and soon launched the careers of artists including Michael W. Smith and Rich Mullins and Wayne Kirkpatrick.

Blanton served as executive producer for some of Grant’s biggest hits, including the albums Unguarded (1985), Lead Me On (1988), and the multi-platinum Heart in Motion (1992), which sold more than ten million copies and received five Grammy nominations, including Album of the Year. He also executive produced hits for Smith including his debut, Michael W. Smith Project (1983) featuring the song “Friends,” The Big Picture (1986), i 2 (EYE) (1988) and Change Your World (1992). Blanton and Harrell worked with authors including Frank Peretti, helping him release his multi- million selling This Present Darkness in 1986 and Piercing the Darkness in 1989.

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We had a great conversation on our State of the Music Business podcast with radio personality & artist Ayla Brown. You dont want to miss this. We talked about so many things about the music business. Hope you all enjoy this as much as I did.

We thought we had a hiccup as I didn’t know if the whole show recorded but thank God it did! here it is! Listen below

From parachuting with the Army Golden Knights jump team, lighting up the scoreboard for Boston College basketball, or acting as a main correspondent for national news programs, Ayla Brown is no stranger to the spotlight. Most recently, she has been named as the new Morning Show Co-host at Country 102.5 in Boston. “Jonathan Wier and Ayla Brown” can be heard weekdays from 5:30 to 9am on WKLB-FM. Musically, Ayla has released two full length albums, Heroes & Hometowns and Let Love In, both to critical acclaim and her new single, “Label,” is available on all digital platforms, and a duo project called Make it Mean Something with musician, Rob Bellamy. Some of her national performances include the Orange Bowl, the Boston Pops 4th of July spectacular, Fox & Friends, ESPN’s Monday Night Football, and The Huckabee Show. She was also a finalist on nationally renowned television program American Idol, and she continues to utilize her vast repertoire of talents while advancing her already successful and illustrious career.

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