![]() ![]() This scrutiny has illustrated the confusion that exists (Continued on page 9) Jackson 'Drives'To CMA Victory Big- Selling Arista Nashville Artist Wins Five Major Awards BY DEBORAH EVANS PRICE NASHVILLE- Arista Nashville recording artist Alan Jackson dominated the 6th annual Country Music Assn. "These are businessmen, managers with a hell of a lot on their plate." The role of the PD has caught the attention of the media recently, as the consumer press has attempted to examine the chains' relationships with independent promoters. "These are not just music guys hanging out," Cumulus chair - man/ceo Lew Dickey says. Certainly, today's PD is less the jeans -wearing "mad scientist"-as Cox Radio CEO Bob Neil puts it -and more the straight -ahead business person. Further, policies vary on matters of record -company relationships and contact with independent promoters. But the chains differ in the amount of input provided by central programming executives. At the largest radio chains, PDs typically maintain a high degree of autonomy when it comes to music decisions. radio in recent years has changed the role of many local PDs. Blige.Īrtist biography compiled by BDS/West 10.1 $6.95 (U.S.), $8.95 (CAN.), 5.50 (U.K.), 8.95 (EUROPE), Y2,500 (JAPAN) I II,II #BXNCCVR * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * ** -DIGIT 908 #90807GEE74EM002 * BLBD 86 A06 E MAR 04 2 MONTY GREENLY 740 ELM AVE # A LONG BEACH CA THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSW EKLY OF MUSIC, VIDEO, AND HOME ENTERTAINMENT NOVEML Amid Changes, Local PDs Still Call Shots On Music BY MARC SCHIFFMAN and GAIL MITCHELL It's no surprise that the consolidation of U.S. He subsequently became rock's favourite opera crossover artist, appearing in many prestigious opera shows while collaborating on recordings with everyone from Christina Aguilera to Mary J. ![]() And after the Zucchero-Pavarotti duet became a major hit, Zucchero took Bocelli on tour with him to perform it live. Italian rock star Zucchero used him to demo one of his songs, Miserere, to send to opera superstar Luciano Pavarotti as a rock-operatic duet. Bocelli studied law at the University of Pisa and, after qualifying, he performed in bars at night. He threw himself into music, mastering numerous instruments, including piano, flute, saxophone, harp, guitar, trumpet, trombone and drums and at the age of 14 he won his first singing competition performing O Sole Mio. ![]() Bocelli grew up on a farm 40 km south of Pisa and, born with the eye disease glaucoma, he went completely blind after a footballing accident when he was 12. ![]()
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