About Cliff Audretch, III VP Creative, Downtown Music Publishing 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,
About Nicole Sherrill Creative Director - MV2 Entertainment Nicole Sherrill is a 28 year old born and raised Nashvillian!! A legacy of the music industry, Nicole always had a passion for everything music and inner workings of the business. After receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in musical theater from the University of Mississippi, she immediately jumped into the professional performing world working with Matt Davenport Productions.
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 Jenny Hall Creative Director - Sheltered Music Jenny Hall has joined Sheltered Music as the newly appointed Creative Director. Previously the Creative Director at Given Entertainment, Hall brings experience in catalog and talent acquisition to the Nashville-based publishing house. Jenny, an Indiana native, moved to Tennessee in 2012 to pursue a career in the music industry. She graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a degree in music business and a
About Sherrill Blackman Founder - 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. Since
About Daniel Lee President - Altadena Music A fifteen-year publishing veteran, Daniel Lee has found success at independent publishers like Ten Ten Music, worldwide operations like BMG, and now as President of Altadena, an independent label and publishing venture he founded with late hit songwriter and producer busbee. Having worked with a variety of hit songwriters including Hillary Lindsey, busbee, Steve Robson, Emily Shackelton, Dave Barnes, Jim McCormick, and Tia
About John "JMo" Moses Creative Manager - The Bus Music John "JMo" Moses currently serves as the Creative Manager at The Bus Music, a boutique music publishing company located in the Greater Los Angeles area. Prior to his role at The Bus, John served the songwriting community at Broadcast Music Inc (BMI) within multiple business operational roles (filmtv. digital, and live tour). Throughout recent years, John has dedicated himself to
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 Butch Baker Creative Director - Hori Global Music Publishing Butch Baker is currently head of Hori Global Music Publishing and is working with the same partners that he had incredible success with at Hori Pro Music Publishing (purchased by MoJo Music in 2019). Butch lead the transition and MoJo for a couple of years until he was approached to put his over 20 years of industry experience to work
About Jen Hubbard Creative Director, Concord Publishing Jen Hubbard is the Creative Director, Publishing with Concord’s music publishing division, based in Nashville, TN. Hubbard began her career with Razor & Tie in 2014, where she served as Creative Coordinator, and then Creative Manager. Currently, Jen is responsible for assisting in the procurement and management of the songwriter roster, as well as the exploitation of the publishing catalog out of Concord’s
