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The great thing about Nashville is there is never a shortage of bands to write about. On any given week I can usually find a band that’s promoting a new album or who has decided to give away a previous album that deserves some attention. This week though I’m changing it up a little bit & writing about a band that needs your help funding their new album. They just so happen to have a show coming up this Sunday at 3rd & Lindsley as well. That band is Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors.

I was first introduced to Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors through last year’s Next Big Nashville Festival. Since then

Guest Writer – Katie Butcher

I do a lot of work in rights and clearances for television programming and I have a bit of a problem: I don’t know what the hell the iPad is. Alright, unless you’ve been living under a rock (and, heck, at this point, even if you have), you probably have a basic understanding of what the iPad does. I comprehend its functionality, its impact on pop culture, its various apps and I even understand a bit about how, technologically speaking, it all works. What I don’t know is precisely how to clear for it.

Traditional clearance categories, for music synchronization, master use licenses, footage uses, photos, etc. fall into three

Guest Writer – Katie Butcher

THERE’S STRANGER THINGS TO DO ON THE INTERNET…

We’re lucky at my firm, West End Enterprises, that we enjoy the benefits of an absurdly qualified team of staff and volunteers when we work here in Nashville. Our events are generally populated with people who come from great educational backgrounds and have solid industry experience. However, even through we made our home-base here, occasionally, like everyone else, we have to leave. Working out of town for almost any firm can be scary. (No, I’m not talking about shipping your gear…but that can be scary, too.) No matter how good your connections are or how well you know the area, at some point, you’ll likely exhaust your resources and