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By: Juli Thanki

Juli Thanki — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:30:05 +0000

Thanks, Rick! I think so too–stay tuned…

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:27:52 +0000

Congratulations Juli! I think this means you should feature a lot more bluegrassy stuff on the engine145! I stay away from The Bluegrass Blog because I’m afraid I might encounter Jon W. over there! Oh, wait a minute…(lol)

By: Juli Thanki

Juli Thanki — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:18:08 +0000

Thanks, Barry!

By: Barry Mazor

Barry Mazor — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:14:20 +0000

Congrats, Juli (from sunny Chicago) on your nomination for IBMA Print Media Journalist of the year..

By: Juli Thanki

Juli Thanki — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:42:13 +0000

Thanks, Jon! I don’t have a prayer against Ralph Berrier’s If Trouble Don’t Kill Me and the Tony Rice bio, but it’s an honor just to be nominated.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:32:39 +0000

Congratulations, Juli!

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:21:17 +0000

Which major label records do you believe cost $1,000,000 to record this year, and what makes you believe that? Last year? Whenever?

By: Byram

Byram — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:50:12 +0000

I hate to break it to you, but it’s 2011 now.

Don’t tell me Jon, tell the majors.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:22:54 +0000

The current Music Row regime only believes in “spend, spend, spend,” dropping a million dollars to record a cd…

I hate to break it to you, but it’s 2011 now.

By: Byram

Byram — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:40:09 +0000

Well surprise, surprise. The “young’uns” involved in the Music Row Think Tank came up with ways to market new bands using cost-cutting procedures. The current Music Row regime only believes in “spend, spend, spend,” dropping a million dollars to record a cd project in an era when cd purchases decrease with each year that passes. The faster we can get this greedy bastards out of town, the better off the fans will be.