Music News (8/27/14)

Songwriters and representatives from NSAI and Warner/Chappell at The Listening Room. Photo: Libby Oellerich

Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) and Warner/Chappell brought out a few of Music City’s best songwriters Tuesday evening (Aug. 19) for a #FightToWrite songwriters round, to help raise awareness and support for fair songwriter royalties and copyrights. Warner/Chappell writers Brett James, Lee Thomas Miller, Chris Stapleton and Nicolle Galyon performed an intimate, in-the-round set at Nashville music venue The Listening Room.

“What we want is a free market,” NSAI Executive Director Bart Herbison told the packed house, to enthusiastic applause. “We want to be able to set our own prices, because those songs are worth it.”

Warner/Chappell Nashville’s Executive VP Ben Vaughn recounted being invited to Washington, D.C. with Herbison, Miller, and Galyon.

Miller, a songwriter and president of NSAI, was among those to testify recently on behalf of songwriters at one of several congressional hearings in Washington, D.C. in June.

Read more at MusicRow.com.

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Pictured (L-R): Jeff Skaggs (Creative Nation), Beth Laird (Creative Nation), Natalie Hemby, Scott Cutler (Pulse), Luke Laird (Creative Nation)

Songwriter Natalie Hemby has signed a worldwide publishing deal with Creative Nation and Pulse Music Publishing. The signing once again unites Nashville-based Creative Nation with LA-based Pulse, both publishing and management companies. With the signing, Hemby joins Creative Nation’s roster of songwriters, which includes frequent collaborators, Luke Laird and Barry Dean.

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Back (L-R): Shellien Kinsey (ole, Creative Coordinator), Emily Mueller (ole, Creative Mananger), Gilles Godard (ole, VP Business Development), Austen Adams (Dickinson Wright, PLLC), and Ben Strain (ole, Creative Director). Front (L-R):  John Ozier (ole, GM Creative Nashville), Songwriter/Producer Jeremy Stover

ole has signed hit songwriter/producer Jeremy Stover and acquired his song catalog, which contains several chart-topping hits.

Stover teamed with Justin Moore and others to co-write the No. 1s “Lettin’ the Night Roll” and “Small Town USA,” which Stover also produced. The Moore/Stover collaboration also yielded the Top 20 hits “Backwoods,” “Till My Last Day,” and “How I Got to Be This Way.” He also wrote and produced the No. 1 Country hit “Wherever You Are” for Jack Ingram, and cowrote the Top 20 track “Wildflower” by The JaneDear Girls.  

Stover’s catalog includes more than 575 compositions, including songs recorded by Scotty McCreery, Hunter Hayes, Jake Owen, Drake White, JJ Lawhorn, Cole Swindell, Easton Corbin, and Dallas Smith. As a producer, Stover has also worked with Drake White, Jordan Rager, and JJ Lawhorn.

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(L-R, front row): Sharon Tapper, Lisa Johnson, Kylie Sackely, Lisa Ramsey Perkins; (back row): Bradley Collins, Penny Everhard, Jody Williams

Lisa Johnson of Razor & Tie Music Publishing (RTMP) and Lisa Ramsey Perkins of Little Extra Music have signed songwriter Kylie Sackley to a worldwide publishing co-venture.

The Australian Country writer has penned songs for LeAnn Rimes (“Nothin’ ‘Bout Love Makes Sense”), Faith Hill (“Sunshine and Summertime”), Alan Jackson (“It’s Just That Way”), Danielle Bradbery (“Young In America”), Thompson Square, John Rich, Lee Brice and Jo Dee Messina. Sackley won Australia’s Country music talent search, Star Maker (Keith Urban was a previous winner).

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Song plugging group For The Record invites Music Row song pluggers to its “We Love the ’90s Plugger Mixer” on Aug. 27 at Belcourt Taps. The private event will take place from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.

Attendees are encouraged to don their favorite ’90s gear to support one of the greatest decades in Country music history. The playlist will include plenty of ’90s Country favorites.

For The Record includes Well Mannered Music, Red Creative Group, and Diamond Eye Music.

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