Nashville Tennessee New Years Eve 2012 Music Drop Countdown Dec 31 2011 720p HD available here!

This is all I found for the 2011 Music City New Year's Eve Bash On Broadway Nashville TN Music Drop. This is the first year for Nashville's "Music Drop". Why did it change from the "Guitar Drop"? I found this explaination on Nashville Public Radio WLPN News:

"There's a new centerpiece to the New Year's Eve festivities in downtown Nashville. The third-annual street party had to find something else to mimic the ball on Times Square.
To signal the start of this year, a glowing Gibson guitar dropped on Lower Broadway. However, 2012 will ring in with a 15-foot music note making the slow-motion descent. That's because the Hard Rock Café -- which started the New Years event -- is no longer a sponsor.

"And THEY (Hard Rock Cafe) own the "Guitar Drop."

Deana Ivey with the Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau says Hard Rock has a trademark. The chain of musically-themed restaurants is still hosting guitar drops in Memphis, Niagara Falls and for the first time St. Louis. A spokesman says the Nashville sponsorship didn't work out -- in part -- because of "cost concerns."

Ivey, with the CVB, says a music note is more original anyway.

"We don't want to do what other cities are doing. So that was another good reason for us to say we're doing our own thing. We're Music City. We're going to represent ourselves well, and we're making a change."

The CVB also now has its own trademark on the name "Music Drop."
video credit to emoeffinsux

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[corey1044]

They need to test it 30 min before the time start. Hint hint. Lol

[aVisionseeker]

@corey1044 I'm not sure but I think they test it the day before, or earlier during the day of the night they are going to drop it. They probably couldn't check it during the concert, it would have been a distraction since the "note" was lit up already but just hanging there waiting to be dropped. People would have freaked if they saw it move down during the concert. That's my guess, but whatever caused it to fail, probably won't happen ever again! Cheers! =) ~Vis~

[TennesseeStang11]

The note didn't go all the way down, kinda disappointing.

[aVisionseeker]

@TennesseeStang11 Yeah I noticed that! Seems like there were a series of technical mis-que's....but....as long as everyone had lots of fun, laughs & great memories is what matters anyway. I feel bad for the technicians that had to answer for the crazy problems though. I am sure next year "Music Drop" will be greatly improved upon. Even CNN nicely avoided televising most of the "technical problems" and that kind of helped make things look not-so-bad on a global news channel. Happy New Year! ~Vis~

[mickyd110011]

i felt all those fireworks! i was like "shit!"

[aVisionseeker]

@mickyd110011 I love it when that happens! The "concussion" from the July4th fireworks in Nashville is even MORE intense! (Especially the finale' ) Happy New Year neighbor!!! ~Vis~

[PhilFeedback]

We were there and it was Awesome!