About Courtney Gregg General Manager - Carnival Music Courtney Gregg currently serves as General Manager for Carnival Music. She oversees the company's operations and has been instrumental in projects for Brent Cobb, Aubrie Sellers, Roman Candle, the Eli Young Band, Jedd Hughes, Derik Hultquist, Mando Saenz, Rob Baird among many others. Throughout her tenure at Carnival, she has worked with the aforementioned artists, along with guiding the songwriting efforts of

About Sophie Hopkins Creative Manager - Film/TV/Sync - Big Yellow Dog Hopkins is the Creative Manager for Film/TV Sync working with Alex Stefano, Creative Director of Film/TV on behalf of Big Yellow Dog. Originally from Indianapolis, Sophie Hopkins moved to Nashville at 18 to attend Belmont University. Upon graduation, she moved to Los Angeles where she worked as Music Coordinator at Heavy Hitters Music Group, a Film/TV Music Publisher. At

About Woody Bomar President, Green Hills Music Group Woody Bomar began his career at Combine Music, writing hits for artists like Conway Twitty, Jim Glaser and Loretta Lynn. He later became General Manager, but left Combine to start Little Big Town Music with partner Kerry O’Neil. After a 10-year run, including 15 #1s, they sold Little Big Town to Sony/ATV where Woody worked for 8 years as Sr. VP &

About Sarah Feldman Creative Director - Writer's Den Music Group Sarah Feldman is the Creative Director at Writer’s Den Music Group where she manages the roster of writers, pitches catalog, and handles day to day office functions. The Writer’s Den currently represents Sarah Clanton, Robert Earl Keen, Gordon Kennedy, Drew Kennedy, Brennen Leigh, Noel McKay, NSAI Hall of Fame Songwriter and Country Music Hall of Fame songwriter Don Schlitz and

About Noreen Prunier Creative Assistant - BMG Music Group Noreen Prunier started her career in music business at Belmont University, interning for Spirit Music Group in both the New York and Nashville offices, where she worked in the sync department, then with writers such as Frank Rogers, Rose Falcon and Jim Collins. Here is where Noreen found her passion and talent for music publishing. Spring semester of her Junior year,

About Christina Wiltshire Creative Director - Sea Gayle Music Christina Wiltshire is from the Washington DC area and went to college at The University of South Carolina. Upon graduation, she moved to Nashville to chase her passion for songs. She started her career as Creative Coordinator for Patrick Joseph Music learning from legendary publisher, Pat Higdon and today, serves as Creative Director at Sea Gayle Music.   EVENT SOLD OUT!

About Lauren Funk Creative Director - Big Yellow Dog Music Lauren Funk works as Creative Director for Big Yellow Dog Music, an independent publishing company based in Nashville whose catalogue has racked up four Grammys, twenty-nine number ones, and hundreds of placements. Big Yellow Dog's roster includes Meghan Trainor, Maren Morris, and Josh Kear to name a few.  Lauren has been working at Big Yellow Dog for over two years

About Shane Barrett Owner - Shane Barrett Music A 27-year veteran of the Nashville Music Industry, Shane Barrett has generated many successes in the areas of A&R, Song Plugging/Publishing, and Performing. During Shane’s tenure at MCA Records-Nashville, he reported to two of Nashville’s top producers and heads of A&R, Tony Brown and Mark Wright; found songs for Gary Allan (Two #1 hits), Lee Ann Womack, Reba McEntire, Rebecca Lynn Howard,

About Cliff Audretch, III President/CEO, Greatshakin' Music Cliff Audretch began his career in 1995 at E-Squared Records, a joint-venture with Warner Bros, where he was Director/A&R working alongside Steve Earle and Jack Emerson. Highlights included the release of Grammy-nominated "Train A Comin" and critically acclaimed "I Feel Alright" albums from Steve Earle. In 1997, Cliff moved over to Windswept Publishing. As Sr. Dir/Creative, was responsible for pitching songs, producing demos,

About Joel Lindsey Co-Owner, Sunset Gallery Music Publishing Joel Lindsey is the co-founder and co-owner of Sunset Gallery Music Publishing.  Sunset Gallery, with its subsidiaries, KeTone Songs, Imperial Palms Music and Three Marcos Music, has 16 exclusive writers including Jeff Bumgardner, Rachel McCutcheon, Scott Inman, Marcia Henry, Helga Kaefer, Gene Ezell, Jim Davis, Mark Mathes, Val Dacus, Randall Garland, Barbara Huffman, Jonathan Denney, Keagan Denney, Ed Stivers,Donna King and Adina