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 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 Matt Lindsey VP Creative Director - Big Yellow Dog Music 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 of

About Sherrill Blackman Founder and Owner - sdb music group Blackman, a Dudley, North Carolina native, arrived in Nashville in 1980 and graduated from Belmont University with a Music Business degree in 1982. He served on the staff of The Nashville Songwriters Association International for six years and was General Manager of Buckhorn Music for four years until 1994, when he founded his sdb music group, a publishing and songplugging company.

NOTE: This event is on a Tuesday and not on a Thursday as usual. About Bobby Rymer Director of Publishing, Writer's Den Music Group Bobby spent many years at Almo-Irving working under publishing superstar David Conrad, taking over the top position when Conrad retired. At this boutique agency he represented diverse catalogs from rockers Peter Frampton and Bruce Springsteen to Americana icon Patty Griffith to Country legend Kent Robbins.  

About Courtney Allen Creative Director - Sony/BMG Courtney Allen started her journey in the music business when she was a junior in college. While attending The University of South Carolina, she moved to Nashville for an internship at Song Garden Publishing where she worked with Brett Eldredge, Jaida Dreyer, James Slater, Kris Bergsnes and Ben Daniel. It was there that she discovered her love for songwriters and decided that she

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 Justin Nicolet Manager of Publishing - Centricity Music Publishing Originally from Fort Wayne, IN, Justin Nicolet moved to Nashville in 2002 to pursue a career in music, originally as an artist. However, he happily ended up on the business side of the music industry after an internship with Christian indie label, Embassy Music, landing his first music gig in radio promotion, where he co-promoted singles by major-label Christian artists

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 &