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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.

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 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,