Music News 4/7/11
EMI Music Publishing • Davis Music Group • Bobby Roberts Co. • Absolute Publicity • SESAC • Black River Ent. • JKMusicWerks • Word Music Publishing
Category: Music News
Key West Songwriters Fest; Better Angels Staff Updates
>>Better Angels Music Group President/CEO Rob Rappaport has added Chief Creative Officer to his roles, and will also become Creative Director of the Publishing Group. Previous Creative Director Todd Wilkes has exited the company but will continue to work with Better Angels as a consultant. Better Angels Director of Artist Relations Gary Ray will assume the […]
ASCAP Christian Awards Honor MercyMe, Dan Muckala
Songwriter Dan Muckala, and band MercyMe were among the top honorees at the recent (3/28) ASCAP Christian Music Awards, presented at Nashville’s Richland Country Club. ASCAP VP and Managing Executive, Nashville Tim DuBois, presented Muckala with his first Songwriter of the Year award. Muckala penned three of ASCAP’s most performed Christian songs of the […]
Songwriter Harley Allen Passes
Respected songwriter Harley Allen succumbed to cancer on Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Known as a country traditionalist, Allen is credited with hits including Blake Shelton’s “The Baby,” Joe Nichols’ “I’ll Wait For You,” and Darryl Worley’s “Awful, Beautiful Life.” He was 55. Allen, a songwriter at Harlan Howard Songs, has also had numerous cuts by […]
Music News 3/24/11
BMG Chrysalis & Carly Simon • CMA and CRS Volunteer Needed • Little Champion Signs Kennard
Music News 3/17/11
Hit songwriter Jeremy Spillman has launched his own publishing and production outfit, Brave Music Company. With cuts by Josh Turner, Lee Ann Womack, Trace Adkins, and Brantley Gilbert, Spillman is celebrating his most successful single yet, Eric Church’s “Hell On The Heart.” Now Spillman has signed Jared Crump to Brave Music. The new artist/songwriter […]