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About Lauren Funk Creative Director - Big Yellow Dog Music Many of you missed the opportunity to pitch your songs to Lauren Funk and you asked to have Lauren again, so we are having her back again! 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

About Courtney Allen Creative Director - Starstruck Entertainment / Writers Group 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

About Courtney Allen Creative Director - Starstruck Entertainment / Writers Group 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

About Eric Gallimore Creative Director, Red Vinyl Music Eric Gallimore grew up in the music business and at a very early age he became a vital part of the successful companies owned by his father, Grammy award-winning and mega-hit record producer, Byron Gallimore. Eric’s work continues as he pitches songs and scouts talent for Red Vinyl Music, an independent music publishing company established in 2010. Red Vinyl’s roster of songwriters

About Debbie Zavitson General Manager, Z Entertainment Debbie Zavitson is a veteran in the music industry. The experience she brings from performing with her own band internationally, to an executive in A&R at Sony and Giant Records. She has now created her own publishing and management company Debbie Z Entertainment.  As of 2017, in addition to her songwriters, Debbie is representing Curb Publishing, Doug Johnson, Canadian artists Tara Shannon and

About Nicole Wyatt Creative Manager - writerslist music Chattanooga, TN native, Nicole Wyatt moved to Orlando, FL after high school to attend Full Sail University. In 2009, once receiving her B.S. in Music Business, Nicole acquired an internship with Sony Music and ventured to Nashville. Wyatt spent two semesters interning for the company until being promoted to Assistant for the Marketing and Media departments. She spent two years learning from

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.