GAME ON WITH TEAM CLIVE

During his recent event in Nashville—which included an address, a Q&A moderated by Sony’s Julie Swidler and excerpts from the forthcoming documentary The Soundtrack of Our Lives—industry icon Clive Davis joined former staffers of the original Arista Nashville for a photo op, which Steve Schnur, now of EA, later turned into the first video game known as a “first-person schmoozer.” Seen gaming at the next level are (l-r) Thirty Tigers’ David Macias, Tim DuBois Music’s Tim DuBois, Sony Music Nashville’s Allen Brown, Clive, Iconic Entertainment Group’s Fletcher Foster, The Primacy Firm’s Denise Nicoles, Whizband’s Jim Scherer, Global Eyes Entertainment’s Ramona Simmons, Music Row’s  Sherod Robertson, Music Services’ Susan Heard, Schnur and Sony Music Nashville’s Mindi McCormick.