| Bruce G oodwin got his start in the music business the same way he has been encouraging upcoming artists and songwriters by putting together a presentation of himself and contacting music industry professionals. He landed a position in 1982 with the Entertainer Network. He was instrumental at the early stages of the careers of “Boyz II Men”, who at the time were being distributed through Motown Records. For the next few years, his position with the Entertainer Network afforded him the opportunity to be involved with several established acts including: Bruce Springsteen Rod Stewart Madonna George Strait Clint Black Prince Tina Turner Garth Brooks Robert Palmer Whitney Houston Florence Henderson Willie Nelson Alabama Barbara Mandrell Paula Abdul and the list goes on and on. This lead him to move to Nashville in 1989, where he headed a production company and for the next few years he produced several established acts. His songwriting and publishing received recognition for his first song in 1991, which he co-wrote with David Chamberlain, who had hits with Tanya Tucker, George Strait, Charlie Pride, etc. During the next few years, he divided his time between writing and producing for top acts. In 1993, he helped form the conglomerate company MMT Music Group. This involved affiliate production companies, producers, studios, publishing companies, booking agencies, promotion, movies, TV, radio, Internet, publicity, basically any and all avenues involved with the entertainment business. Now his list of credits of affiliates include Shania Twain, Monica, Buster Rhymes Rome, John Michael Montgomery, Joe Diffie, Darryl Singletary, Doug Stone, Billy Ray Cyrus etc., as well as Grammy Award winning publishers and producers like Larry Butler. As with all successful people and companies, we have had our share of challenges. No company can stay in business for 20 years without some issues along the way. The company has always tried to please everyone, but sometimes that is just an impossible feat. In 1995, International Productions, along with two other divisions, was sold. The new owners could not meet the challenges of running a company of this magnitude so we had to assume control. By this time, MMT had already been formed and the companies were all merged into one. 2000 brought on yet another serious challenge, we had a hurricane that left our offices under water. We struggled through this only to find ourselves facing the biggest challenge of all. We had negotiated a deal that included websites along with production deals. We had to fight off extortion, as well as negative publicity that was created to mislead our potential clients. Our clients' success is due in part to our sharing and teaching them the "true" entertainment business Our expertise and longevity allows us to connect them with the necessary industry executives to further guide and develop their career path. In 2004, Bruce and Keith Bradford of KMA Records in Nashville revamped “MCE”, a company they formed in 1991 . Prior to 2004, the company had mostly yielded songwriter publishing deals. In January 2005, MCE inked a deal with PAX Network, an affiliate of NBC, to air our show “Music City Explosion”. We negotiated with media companies to promote some of their artists. Some of these artists include Gretchen Wilson, Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, Randy Travis, Kevin Spencer, The Pheiffers, Rascal Flatts, Sugarland, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Big & Rich, Jason Alden, Trace Adkins, Martina McBride, Toby Keith, Alan Jackson, Trisha Yearwood, Garth Brooks, Lee Ann Womack, Keith Urban, Billy Currington, Taylor Swift, to name a few. MCE started off 2006 with KMA’s artist Hadassah, landing a deal that included recording a song on Grammy winner Sandra Boynton’s CD/book “Dog Train”. Other artists included Alison Krauss, Hootie & The Blow Fish, Steve & Eydie Gorme, “Weird Al” Yankovic & Kate Winslet. Hadassah was also one of the few entertainers chosen to perform at Dollywood for the 2006 season. MCE ended the new year launching our “Gospel on the Move Today” show. We also celebrated one of our artists, Chris Smith, having two #1 hits with 2 more top 5 hits by the end of 2007. The year progressed with our expansion of new TV, Radio and Internet affiliates, including distribution with major cites like Fort Worth/Dallas area where our shows are currently airing up to three times weekly. The year 2008 started with goals for several new TV/radio affiliate offices, with our first new office opening in Valdosta, Georgia. Music City Explosion will continue promoting the major stars and offering opportunities for new artists and songwriters by continuing the same path of past success. We are looking forward to our best year ever! |
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