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About Larry Sheridan and Robin Ruddy Owners, Best Built Songs Larry Sheridan and Robin Ruddy are the owners and driving force behind Best Built Songs. They have completely renovated a 1920's bungalow on 16th Avenue South (Nashville's "Music Row") and taken it from a run down 1600 square foot building to a gorgeous 4200 square foot, state of the art recording facility and offices. Larry's previous business, "Best Built-Ins", designed and

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 Shawn Bowling Creative Manager for Catch This Music - Writers Ink. Shawn Bowling, born and raised in Lynchburg, VA has been a fixture on Music Row for many years. His deep passion for songwriting and the Nashville music scene has earned him a great deal of recognition and respect within the music community. Before joining CTM Writers Ink, he served as Membership Manager and Song Evaluations Director for the

About Chad Green Creative Director – Daywind Music Chad Green was elected as Nashville Membership Representative, of ASCAP by Senior Vice-President Connie Bradley.  This began his rise as a Music Industry Executive on Music Row.  Many of you met personally and one on one with Chad during his years at ASCAP and it is time to reconnect to him in his new position of Creative Director at Daywind Publishing.  Chad

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 Chad Segura President of Meld Music Publishing Chad Segura is the founder and President of Meld Music, a multi-genre music company focused on music publishing, film & tv licensing, and consulting. He began his career at Sparrow Records in 1996, working initially in the Publicity department, and later joining the Artist Development Team. In 1998 he moved to EMI Christian Music Publishing, where he eventually headed their Creative Team,

About Jimmy Metts General Manager of Starstruck Music Jimmy Metts moved from Mississippi to Nashville in the early 80’s after discovering a Music Industry program at Belmont University that would allow him to pursue his passion of music. He graduated from Belmont University in 1985 with a BBA in Music Business. Jimmy started his first music industry job that same year at Famous Music, a division of Paramount Pictures, and