Dear Music City is a series of inspiring music industry conversations hosted by music industry professionals, stakeholders, and advocates in Nashville, TN.
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06. Former Mayor of Metropolitan Nashville, Megan Barry
Kortney and Brian catch up with Former Mayor of Metropolitan Nashville, Megan Barry. Enjoy!
27 Oct 2021
05. The Change Agent-Cy's, Lucia and Lisa
27 Oct 2021
02. Lindsay LaBennett, Wasserman Senior Director of Inclusion, Equality, and Diversity
Lindsay joined Wasserman – where she manages aspects of client relationships across Nationwide Insurance and their NASCAR, VCU Men’s Basketball and Ohio State University Football team relationships. Over the last six years, Lindsay has managed, negotiated and executed deals between Fortune 500 brands (Nationwide Insurance, Microsoft, Verizon, X-Box, Surface, and Lenovo) and the NFL, all 23 professional football teams and over 15 player deals. Recently, Lindsay was appointed to the new role of Senior Director of Inclusion, Equality and Diversity where she will acts as an advisor to the Executive Leadership Team and have primary responsibility and accountability on Diversity & Inclusion issues across both business units of Talent and Brands & Properties.
27 Oct 2021
03. NBC's The Voice, Wendy Moten
Wendy Moten is an American singer, best known for the single "Come In Out of the Rain", which was a No. 8 hit in the UK. Born in Memphis, Moten sang in church choirs as a child. Wendy attended Overton High School in Memphis, TN and sang in the nationally known Overton Choir under the direction of the late Lulah M. Hedgeman. She got her first break singing with Michael Bolton at a benefit concert; after signing with EMI, in 1992 she released her self-titled debut album and opened for Bolton on tour. Moten's biggest hit single was "Come In Out of the Rain", which, although a moderate hit in 1993 on the Billboard Hot 100, was a No. 5 adult contemporary hit, and also reached the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at No. 8 in 1994. A follow up single, "So Close to Love", reached No. 35 in the UK Top 40.
27 Oct 2021
04. Nashville Music Equality Board Member, Amanda Cates
Amanda Cates is the Head of Marketing and Digital Strategy at Maverick Nashville, overseeing all new business development, marketing initiatives, digital streaming partner relationships, artist online, e-commerce, mobile, social, and fan engagement for the company's roster of high-profile country music clients. A North Carolina native, Cates attended Appalachian State University where she earned a degree in Music Industry Studies majoring in Music Business with minors in Business and Computer Information Systems. She began her career eighteen years ago in Raleigh, NC for an artist management firm, then made her way to a Seattle based, venture-funded mobile entertainment startup before heading to Nashville as a digital marketing consultant in artist management, most recently landing at Maverick management where she has been since 2009. She is a member of the Academy of Country Music, the Country Music Association, and the Recording Academy, a board member for Nashville Music Equality, a co-founder of the Digital Divas Nashville networking organization, 2015’s Platinum Mentor Award recipient for the Nashville Entrepreneur Center’s Project Music accelerator program, an honoree of 2016’s Music Row Magazine’s Rising Women on the Row award, a member of Leadership Music’s Class of 2017, Billboard’s 40 Under 40 list of 2018 and the Nashville Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 list of 2019.
27 Oct 2021
Season 1: Episode 01. Seeds of Wisdom and Lessons with Rissi Palmer
Rissi Palmer is an American country music artist. Palmer debuted in 2007 with the single "Country Girl", which made her the first African-American woman to chart a country song since Dona Mason in 1987. Rissi sits down with Dear Music City Podcast host Brian and Kortney to talk about her experience in Music City.
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