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SONG BIZ
DAVIS SHARPENING CUTS – VOLUME ONE
SESAC BOOTCAMP AT SKIRBALL
To toast his decade-plus journey as a Nashville songwriter—one that has him
with close to 40 cuts by other artists—songwriter Patrick Davis, an EMI staff
writer for six years, has opted to record and release his own version of some
of those songs. The Cuts – Volume One is available through iTunes and http://
patrickdavismusic.com.
SESAC drew over 300 attendees to its annual Songwriters Bootcamp held at
L.A.’s Skirball Cultural Center. The event offers information on all aspects
of the industry to artists, songwriters, producers and publishers. Pictured
(l-r): James Leach, SESAC’s VP, Writer/Publisher Relations, West Coast, Herb
Trawick and Dave Pensado, Pensado’s Place co-hosts; Trevor Gale, SESAC’s
Senior VP, Writer/Publisher Relations; Dale Kawashima, HoriPro Entertainment
Group’s Exec. Dir.; and songwriters Billy Mann and Jacob Luttrell.
Kobalt To Rep Paul
McCartney
Kobalt Music Group Ltd. has announced the
signing of an exclusive long-term deal with Paul
McCartney and MPL, one of the world's largest,
privately owned music publishing companies,
which was founded by McCartney in 1971.
With the exception of the US, Canada, UK and
Eire territories, Kobalt will administer the songs of
three MPL catalogues: MPL Communications,
MPL Music Publishing and Cherio Corporation
throughout the world and provide synch licensing.
MPL encompasses one of the largest collections
of classic hits by Paul McCartney, and over 1,000
additional major songwriters and composers.
The MPL Communications catalog includes
all of McCartney's post-Beatles solo material,
works by Linda McCartney and songs by Paul
McCartney & Wings. Major hits include “Ebony
and Ivory,” “Say Say Say,” “Jet,” “My Love,” “Band
On The Run,” “My Brave Face,” “Listen To What
The Man Said,” “With A Little Luck,” “Spies Like
Us,” “Silly Love Songs,” “Vanilla Sky,” “Freedom,”
“Dance Tonight” and the recent single, “My
Valentine,” among many others.
For complete information about this deal,
please contact Rebekah Alperin, rebekah.alp
erin@kobaltmusic.com.
Fox Finesses
LyricFind
The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. (HFA), a leading
rights management solutions and services provider
for the music industry, has announced
the renewal of a lyrics licensing agreement with
LyricFind, a worldwide leader in lyric solutions.
Since its launch in 2004, LyricFind has entered
into lyrics distribution agreements with major and
many independent music publishers. In addition,
LyricFind provides licensed lyrics to various digital
service providers and has developed successful
mobile applications for the iPhone, iPad, Android,
and Blackberry Playbook.
Using its sophisticated bulk licensing process,
which quickly allows a high volume of licenses
to be efficiently processed and issued, HFA
will continue to provide licenses for songs in
LyricFind’s extensive database. This will ensure
that music publishers and songwriters are accurately
compensated for use of their lyrics. More
than 46,000 of HFA’s affiliated publishers have
the opportunity to make their songs available in
LyricFind’s song database as well as for its web
and mobile service platforms.
To obtain additional information about this new
licensing agreement, check out http://harryfox.
com.
PEN Surveys Round Hill
PEN Music has partnered with New Yorkbased
publisher Round Hill Music to pitch
its catalog for synch in North America. Round
Hill Music represents a stellar industry roster
including Andreas Carlsson, Charlie Midnight,
the Gerald Marks Estate, Arif Mardin and the
Beatles.
Songs covered under this new deal include
“Bye Bye Bye” (N'SYNC), “I Want it That Way”
(Backstreet Boys), “All of Me” (Frank Sinatra
among numerous others), “How Do You Stop”
(Joni Mitchell) as well as six Beatles songs; “She
Loves You,” “I Saw Her Standing There,” “From
Me to You,” “Misery,” I Wanna Be Your Man,” and
“There’s a Place.”
To get complete details on this new partnership,
visit http://penmusic.com and http://roundhill
music.com.
Richie to Mentor
for NSAI
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Lionel Richie,
whose Tuskegee duets album is the top-selling
album for the first half of 2012, has signed on
as the mentor for the grand-prize winner of the
annual NSAI Song Contest.
PORFIRIO PIÑA PICKED AS PREZ
Porfirio Piña has been elected President of the Board of Directors of the BMI
Foundation, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to encouraging the
creation, performance and study of music. Formed by BMI employees in 1985,
the organization sponsors programs designed to support music education,
encourage talented young musicians in all genres of music and to promote
music in communities all across America. See http://bmifoundation.com.
MELLENCAMP: A HOOSIER’S DUST BOWL LEGACY
Singer-songwriter
John Mellencamp is
this year’s recipient
of the John Steinbeck
Award. He is the fourth
songwriter, following
Bruce Springsteen (1996),
Jackson Browne (2002)
and Joan Baez (2003).
Other recipients of the
honor, which is bestowed
annually through the
Martha Heasley Cox
Center for Steinbeck
Studies at San Jose State
University, have included
actor Sean Penn, director
Michael Moore and author
Studs Terkel.
28 September 2012 www.musicconnection.com