Music News 5/3/12

SESAC Hosts Music Supervisors Panel at Film Festival
SESAC hosted “Music Supervisors 101: The Basics Of Song Placement” during the Nashville Film Festival. The panel offered insight and advice from successful music supervisors Evyen Klean (Hemingway & Gellhorn, Game Change), Tricia Holloway (Middle Men, Honey 2), P.J. Bloom (Glee, American Horror Story), Jo Jo Villanueva (American Reunion, Arthur), Jenee DeAngelis (Cold Case, Breaking Pointe) and Michael Freeman (Music Producer/Ogilvy & Mather). Jim Scherer, President of Whizbang Inc., moderated.

Pictured (back row L-R): SESAC’s Tim Fink, Michael Freeman, Evyen Klean, PJ Bloom, SESAC’s Shannan Hatch, Jim Scherer. (front row L-R): Nashville Film Festival’s Stacey Widelitz, Jo Jo Villanueva, Tricia Holloway, Jenee DeAngelis and Nashville Film Festival’s Tyler Middleton. Photo: Peyton Hoge

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BMG Chrysalis Debuts Concert Series With Carly Simon
Carly Simon performed an intimate concert at BMG Chrysalis’ Los Angeles space; the first in a new showcase series featuring the music right’s company’s top songwriters. Simon offered her beloved classics including “You’re So Vain” and “Anticipation,” as well as new songs such as “I Can’t Thank You Enough.” The following evening, Simon was honored with the Founders Award at ASCAP’s Annual Pop Awards for her four-decade career.

Pictured (L-R): Richard Blackstone, Exec. VP, Creative and Business Development, BMG Chrysalis NA; Laurent Hubert, Pres., Creative and Marketing, BMG Chrysalis NA; Debra A. White; Carly Simon; David Hirshland, Exec. VP, Client Services, BMG Chrysalis NA; Hartwig Masuch, CEO, BMG Rights Management; Larry Ciancia, Manager; Wendy Griffiths, Sr. VP, Marketing, BMG Chrysalis NA

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Daniel Lee Joins BMG Chrysalis

BMG Chrysalis's Nashville team. Pictured (L-R) back row: Kevin Lane, Darrell Franklin, John Allen, Daniel Lee. Front row: Taylor Lindsey, Kim Hylick, Sara Johnson.

BMG Chrysalis US has tapped Daniel Lee to serve as Creative Director at the company’s Nashville operation. He will report to Darrell Franklin, Executive Vice President, effective immediately. Lee’s responsibilities will cover the full spectrum of creative duties including signing and development talent, and songplugging.

“Daniel Lee is going to be a strong complement to our already outstanding creative team,” said Franklin. “He brings a great deal of experience and is well respected throughout the music community. Nashville is an increasingly important hub for the company and we are very excited to have him on board.”

Lee previously worked as Creative Director at Ten Ten Music, a post he held since 2007. Prior to that he spent two years at Island Bound Music.

He joins BMG’s growing Nashville team which includes Vice President John Allen, Sr. Creative Directors Sara Johnson and Taylor Lindsey, GM Kim Hylick, and Creative Manager Kevin Lane. The publisher’s recent hits include “Home” (Dierks Bentley), “Banjo” (Rascal Flatts), “A Little Bit Stronger” (Sara Evans), “Let It Rain” (David Nail), “Reality” (Kenny Chesney), and “Fly Over States” (Jason Aldean).

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SESAC sponsored the 2012 Grammys on the Hill Awards

L-R: SESAC’s President/Coo Pat Collins, John Mayer, NARAS President Neil Portnow, Rep. Howard Berman and NARAS Chief Advocacy & Industry Relations Office Daryl Friedman.

SESAC sponsored the 2012 Grammys on the Hill Awards in Washington, D.C. on April 25 at the Liaison Capitol Hill hotel. Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) and seven-time Grammy winner John Mayer were honored for their commitment to improving the working environment for the nation’s music community. Mayer was also honored for his commitment to music education

Monty Powell entertained the crowd by performing a song he wrote with Senator Orrin Hatch, the very first Grammy On The Hill Awards honoree. Meanwhile, SESAC’s Pat Collins was on hand to present the award to Rep. Berman citing the lawmaker’s steadfast defense of intellectual property rights for songwriters and publishers.

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Big Loud Parking Lot Party

L–R: Seth England, Kimberly Gleason, Craig Wiseman, Heather Buresh, Amy Allmand & Steven McMillian

Big Loud Shirt & Big Loud Bucks staff recently hosted its Annual Big Loud Parking Lot Party, themed “The Hungover Games.”