Country Singer/Songwriters Are Hot Investments

Country singer/songwriters are the single hottest investment property you can find in 2008. A new artist that writes their own original material will literally make an investor three to four times their investment with original copyrights now paying over a million dollars for one hit record (ASCAP,BMI or SESAC) that stays in the charts an average of 21-23 weeks.

“The show is a celebration of Johnny Cash but no one can truly play Johnny Cash,” he said. “The singers theatricalize the numbers with their own styles.”

McFadden continued, “But people come to hear those great songs and the treat will be the audience will hear great artists perform the songs. Doing it this way gives us the freedom of having different voices, lots of harmonies, different arrangements that we can mix to make it very visual and exciting.

The 9513’s very own Matt C caught the show and wrote a review yesterday.

Dale: What key do you want
Random Woman: I don’t know I am just going to sing
Dale: Ok start singing
Random Woman sings off mic
Dale plays a few notes on his guitar
Dale to band: B-flat guys
Song gets played

That should give you a bit of an idea how good these musicians are.

Does the best stuff get through?

No. I think there are unbelievable songs out there that will never see the light of day. There’s always a great one that slips through and has mass appeal, but it’s harder these days because of the corporate mentality of music right now. Every now and then a “Whiskey Lullaby” slips through, or a “Bless the Broken Road.”