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Apparently one of Carrie Underwood’s songwriters met with country singer Brittany McDonald after hearing and loving her song Bang. The meeting took place well before Carrie’s new single, Cowboy Casanova, was written and recorded and now there is suspicion that the Idol alum’s latest single is in fact plagiarized from McDonald! And the two songs do sound [...]

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Avoiding The “More Must Be Better” Marketing Trap Those of us who write about marketing and the music industry often preach the importance of reaching out to fans, connecting with them and encouraging them to spread the word. It’s an essential concept of modern marketing, and if what we’re spreading is quality and the campaign is executed properly, it can have spectacular results. But increasingly campaigns mistakenly take the “more must is better” approach.