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	<title>Songwriting News from Nashville&#039;s ParamountSong</title>
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		<title>SiriusXM Outlaw Country Celebrates Waylon This Weekend</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hank Williams Jr.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jamey Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jessi Colter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The music and legacy of Waylon Jennings will be celebrated with a satellite radio special set to air this Saturday, Feb. 4 on SiriusXM’s Outlaw Country Channel 60.
The hour-long special will honor Jennings, featuring stories about the artist and tribute performances from Hank Williams Jr., Jessi Colter, Shooter Jennings, Jamey Johnson, Josh Thompson and Reggie Young. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paul McCartney, Tony Bennett, Coldplay, Foo Fighters to Perform @ MusiCares Person of the Year Event</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Paul McCartney is honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year during Grammy week next Friday night, hell be the biggest name in an otherwise stellar lineup of performers. In addition to a special McCartney performance to highlight the night, multiple-Grammy Award winners Tony Bennett, Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Norah Jones, Alicia Keys, Neil Young [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sugarland&#8217;s Jennifer Nettles Records Classic for Pepsi MAX Commercial on Super Bowl XLVI : Sugarland</title>
		<link>http://blog.paramountsong.com/sugarlands-jennifer-nettles-records-classic-for-pepsi-max-commercial-on-super-bowl-xlvi-sugarland</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Music News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Television]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer Nettles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sugarland]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jennifer Nettles has paired with Pepsi MAX for a commercial spot during this Sunday&#8217;s Super Bowl XLVI! The commercial showcases Jennifer singing the Hank Williams classic &#8220;Your Cheatin Heart&#8221; while a Coke Zero driver hopes to quickly pay for a delicious Pepsi MAX without anybody noticing. Unfortunately for him, the transaction doesnt go as planned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Songwriters: Protecting Your Cellphone Against Hackers Could Be Crucial for Song Protection</title>
		<link>http://blog.paramountsong.com/songwriters-protecting-your-cellphone-against-hackers-could-be-crucial-for-song-protection</link>
		<comments>http://blog.paramountsong.com/songwriters-protecting-your-cellphone-against-hackers-could-be-crucial-for-song-protection#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Songwriter News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Songwriting Tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We frequently hear from songwriters that they&#8217;re highly fearful of their music being stolen. If you fall in that category, now there&#8217;s another worry. Your smartphone. We all know about being careful about the websites we visit, the emails we open and links we click, but the dangers of  losing data to a smartphone hacker [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dumb Rules Eliminate Top Artists/Writers From Oscars</title>
		<link>http://blog.paramountsong.com/dumb-rules-eliminate-top-artistswriters-from-oscars</link>
		<comments>http://blog.paramountsong.com/dumb-rules-eliminate-top-artistswriters-from-oscars#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brad Paisley]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elton John]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lady Gaga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary J. Blige]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Willie Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zooey Deschanel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s unimaginable how the artists people really want to see and hear have been eliminated from the Academy Awards this year. If a major audience is any part of the show&#8217;s goals, then this is a major shot in the foot. As the LA Times puts it,
&#8220;The consolation for Elton John, Lady Gaga, Mary J. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Academy of Country Music to Announce Nominees for the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards Via First-Ever Digital Press Conference</title>
		<link>http://blog.paramountsong.com/academy-of-country-music-to-announce-nominees-for-the-47th-annual-academy-of-country-music-awards-via-first-ever-digital-press-conference</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ENCINO, Calif., Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ &#8211;
WHAT:  The first-ever ACM digital press conference, hosted by the Academy of Country Music, CBS Television and dick clark productions via ACM social media channels, to announce the nominees for the 47th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, Country Music&#8217;s Party of the Year® to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kellie Pickler Releases New Album, ParamountSong X-Writer/Vocalist Has Cut No. One</title>
		<link>http://blog.paramountsong.com/kellie-pickler-releases-new-album-paramountsong-x-writervocalist-has-cut-no-one</link>
		<comments>http://blog.paramountsong.com/kellie-pickler-releases-new-album-paramountsong-x-writervocalist-has-cut-no-one#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[songwriters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don Poythress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kellie Pickler]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s always nice to see talent move up in this business, and we are pleased to see Don Poythress, who used to co-write and sing on demos for ParamountSong, credited with co-writing one of the songs on Kelly Picklers upcoming album release. It&#8217;s like we always say, some of the best up and coming talent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Megaupload Shut Down by U.S. Prosecutors; Kim Dotcom, Three Others Arrested</title>
		<link>http://blog.paramountsong.com/megaupload-shut-down-by-u-s-prosecutors-kim-dotcom-three-others-arrested</link>
		<comments>http://blog.paramountsong.com/megaupload-shut-down-by-u-s-prosecutors-kim-dotcom-three-others-arrested#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet piracy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the controversy rages over SOPA and PIPA, federal prosecutors have taken down a huge piracy site. After all, folks, stealing music and movies, like stealing anything else, is illegal and should be prosecuted.
Billboard.biz reports that &#8220;MegaUpload, one of the worlds largest file-sharing sites, was shut down Thursday, and its founder and several company executives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blackout Sites Include Google, Wikipedia, WordPress in Protest Against Anti-Piracy Bills</title>
		<link>http://blog.paramountsong.com/blackout-sites-include-google-wikipedia-wordpress-in-protest-against-anti-piracy-bills</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Songwriter News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Billboard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet piracy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So Piracy — or stealing songs, videos and anything a thief can get his hands on is OK? The gall of these Internet companies. They make their livings mostly on the creativity of others. But they&#8217;d rather sacrifice the providers of their content than go to the trouble of protecting that content against vandals!
They claim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paisley Starts Tour With Sold-Out First Weekend</title>
		<link>http://blog.paramountsong.com/paisley-starts-tour-with-sold-out-first-weekend</link>
		<comments>http://blog.paramountsong.com/paisley-starts-tour-with-sold-out-first-weekend#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Music News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brad Paisley’s Virtual Reality World Tour 2012 completed its first weekend by playing three sold-out shows before a total of over 39,000 fans, with stops in Grand Rapids, Milwaukee and St. Paul.
On Saturday afternoon 1/14, Paisley performed before an intimate crowd at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul on Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. [...]]]></description>
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