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 Dallas Gregory Senior Creative Director & General Manager - Song Rocket Music Music veteran Dallas Gregory has nearly 25 years experience in the music Industry. The product of a musical family, Gregory grew up in Georgia, singing and playing Southern Gospel and Country music. Accepting an invitation to move to Nashville as a background vocalist, Dallas arrived and began working as an artist and background singer for the Grand
About Alex Stefano General Manager Creative - Big Yellow Dog Alex Stefano is the General Manager Creative – Film & TV Sync at Big Yellow Dog Music. In her role, Stefano oversees the day-to-day operations of the sync department including working with Big Yellow Dog Music’s stable of 20 writers to market and license their songs for sync. Sync is a central part of Big Yellow Dog Music’s business, and
About Shane Barrett Owner - Shane Barrett Music A 25-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 Nancy Peacock Owner/CEO - Washington Street Publishing Nancy Peacock is the owner / CEO of Washington Street Publishing. She is a graduate of Sweet Briar College (B.A.) and Vanderbilt University (M.A.). She is actively involved in the local community with the Junior League of Nashville and internationally with St. George's Episcopal Church's missionary work in Honduras. Nancy is a member of The Recording Academy, CMA, ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, Global
About Wes Mayer Creative Director - Redline Entertainment Group Wes Mayers has had a varied and successful career in the entertainment industry including television, video, and music. After college Wes moved to Los Angeles, California where he worked in network television for 3 years. He then moved on to video production and distribution where he was a partner at Sen-Sei Productions for five years. Wes relocated back to Nashville in
About Matt Lindsey General Manager / Owner - Matt Lindsey Music, LLC 1982-83 Interned for Gene Watson’s Publishing Company. 1983-89 Mel Tillis Enterprises. Started out in tape room and advanced to songplugger within the first year. In 1987 became general manager of publishing company. Also signed as a writer to company. 1989-92 Morgan Music Group. Worked as songplugger and managed publishing company. 1992-00 Forerunner Music Group. In 1995 became VP
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 Rachel Wein A&R Creative Coordinator - Prescription Songs Nashville Rachel Wein is on the A&R team at Prescription Songs and has helped to spearhead Prescription Songs Nashville - the first office to open separate from their headquarters in Los Angeles. Directly after graduating from Boston University, Rachel secured a well-rounded set of internships with companies including Monotone (Jack White, Vampire Weekend, The Dixie Chicks, LCD Soundsystem, etc.), New Frontier