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 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. After Universal absorbed Almo-Irving Bobby became director of the publishing arm of Writer's Den Music
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
About Debbie Zavitson VP/COO - M-Pact Music Group After moving to Nashville in 1984, Debbie has made a name for herself in the music business. From performing with her band all over the world to moving to Nashville and being tapped as Sr Director of A&R at Epic Records. At Epic, Debbie found many of the biggest hits of the 90's for Patty Loveless, Collin Raye, Ty Herndon, Ricochet, and many others.
About Devon DeVries. VP of Creative - Film/TV and A&R - Big Yellow Dog Music Devon is looking for songs in Pop, Film/TV, Christian and Country genres. Devon has already been pitching several of our GSC members songs. Devon is currently Megan Trainor’s publisher as well and represents the song “All About that Bass” which is currently #2 on the Hot 100 and #4 on the Top 40 radio charts.
About Ciara Shortridge A&R Coordinator, Disney Music Publishing “My passion is to apply my creative, administrative and interpersonal skills and my music publishing experience to the development and promotion of writers and artists in the music industry. “ -- Ciara Shortridge If you are an ARTIST/WRITER, this is “the” POP event you will not want to miss! Ciara’s passion is finding, developing and promoting artist/writers in the music industry. If you
About Stacey Willbur Stacey Willbur Music NOTE: This event has been changed to Tuesday, February 21st. Stacey works in both the CHRISTIAN MARKET and the COUNTRY MARKET. She is looking for mainstream commercial, pitchable songs that you would hear on the radio by today’s charting artists. Stacey has a long track record of discovering, pitching and having songs go to #1. She facilitated Award Winning songs in both of these
About Chris Oglesby Sony/BMG/Chrysalis Chris Oglesby from Sony/BMG/Chrysalis – Chris’s focus is the Music Row artist market. If an artist is charting, he is pitching songs to them. Uptempo songs are preferred but if you have what you think is a really great ballad, do not hesitate to pitch it. Chris served for many years as a songwriter manager in the Nashville Music Market and loves discovering new up-and-coming writers.
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 Butch Baker Senior Vice President of Creative Services - HoriPro Entertainment Group Butch Baker has lead HoriPro's Nashville office for over 8 years, claiming an impressive track record of success. A now 32-year resident of Nashville, Butch Baker began his career in music as a recording artist, inking 4 major record deals. His transition to the business side of music came by working as an independent A&R rep for
