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Playing Up A Storm

Bob- Jeff Stevens here, I thought I’d “part the curtain” and give you a look inside :)   When you said “The advantage of being Nashville’s biggest star is you get to play with the biggest and best players.” I knew I had to reply. My son Jody Stevens and I worked in studios on this […]

What We Know

No one can know all the records, but god forbid you admit this, you’re pilloried by the self-anointed cognoscenti who believe they’re single-handedly carrying the torch of credibility and without them music would die. Ubiquity died in 2013. Everybody knew “Get Lucky,” “Blurred Lines” and “Royals.” Today a star is someone who appeals to few […]

Utterly Hysterical!

From: Kirk Turner Re: Want To Want Me Hey Bob! Just thought it was interesting that you wrote posts about Luke Bryan and Jason Derulo separately this weekend and now they are singing a duet together using a karaoke app. IT’S LIKE YOU PREDICTED THE FUTURE. Here’s the duet on Smule’s website: http://bit.ly/1htFc0O Here it […]

11 Million Subs

How come no one is calling Apple Music a disaster? Forget the usability issues, all the industry hype about Beats 1. The truth is the public just doesn’t care. In case you missed the memo, Eddy Cue told “USA Today” that 11 million people signed up for an Apple Music subscription. Talk to Twitter, registered […]