Notable Signing: Jon Brion joins boutique publisher’s roster
Independent music publisher Notable Music is starting off their 50th anniversary year on a high note with the signing of an exclusive U.S. admin deal with accomplished and multi-talented producer, songwriter and composer Jon Brion. Brion has worked with artists such as Kanye West, Fiona Apple, Spoon, Elliott Smith, Aimee Mann, The Crystal Method, Rufus Wainwright, Keane, Dido, Of Montreal and Best Coast, among many others, and has scored films including Hard Eight, Magnolia, Punch-Drunk Love, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, I (heart) Huckabees and The Break-Up… His lone solo release, Meaningless, remains a critical favorite, and is regularly cited as an influential record for many artists and songwriters.
Notable Signing: L.A. songstress Jenny O.
Jenny signing in Capitol Studio A, on Nat King Cole's piano - with Notable Music's Damon Booth, Tom Desavia & mgr Laurel Stearns (photo: Lester Cohen)
Local Los Angeles publishing boutique Notable Music has announced the signing of songwriter and singer Jenny O. to an exclusive worldwide administration deal, which will have her music joining the likes of a roster that is home to Cy Coleman (Notable’s original founder), Rosanne Cash, Sam Phillips, Bobby Hebb, Kendra Morris and Chico Mann among others. Jenny’s debut EP Home, which was originally self-released earlier this year then later re-released through L.A. label Manimal Vinyl (Warpaint, Bat for Lashes, etc), has been garnering praise from both fans and critics alike, including NPR’s Ann Powers. The L.A. via Long Island artist is currently finishing up a west coast tour with Ben Harper, and then plans to enter the studio with producer Jonathan Wilson to finish a full-length album, slated to appear in early 2012. The first single from the Home EP, “Well OK Honey,” was also featured in a recent episdoe of the HBO series True Blood - watch the official music video for the song HERE.
08.10.10Fresh Ink: Notable Music Signs Rosanne Cash
Notable Music Publishing Signs Rosanne Cash
Notable Music Publishing has announced the signing of renowned singer and songwriter Rosanne Cash. The eldest child of Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto, Rosanne joined The Johnny Cash Show at age 18, further absorbing her father’s influence along with that of his legendary touring show partners Carl Perkins and the Carter Family. She has released 12 albums over 30 years, including Right or Wrong, Seven Year Ache, King’s Record Shop, Interiors, 10 Song Demo, Black Cadillac and most recently, The List. She has also recorded 11 No. 1 singles, and in 1985 she won the Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female, for her hit “I Don’t Know Why You Don’t Want Me,” and has received 9 other nominations… ”Damon (Booth) and I are thrilled to welcome Rosanne to the house that Cy Coleman built!” says Notable’s Tom DeSavia of the signing. Cash is also a published author, whose works include the short story collection Bodies of Water, the children’s book Penelope Jane: A Fairy’s Tale and her long awaited memoir Composed hit bookshelves today.
06.8.10Tuesday Bits & Pieces: Buzz Band Redux, Notable Music Signings & more…
Notable Music Signs Aja West
SXSW billboard buzz-act Neon Indian has signed to Fader Label according to Billboard – the Cornerstone-backed label digitally re-releases the debut album, Psychic Chasms today… In related news, IAMSOUND Records has announced they will release albums this September from Salem, whose infamously interrupted performance at the Fader Fort during SXSW this year was well covered in the blogosphere, and Brooklyn’s Restless People, who were featured as a ‘Band to Watch’ on Stereogum last week… Helping you stay ahead of the indie-curve is the new interactive buzz-chart over at the Guardian that tracks 2010’s most hyped acts (in the UK at least) – Atlanta’s Washed Out currently leads the pack… More signing news from Notable Music as the boutique pubco announces the addition of Aja West and Chico Mann to their roster through the recent JV with Brooklyn-based Wax Poetics. West has been creating and syncing music for over a decade and has worked with luminaries such as trombonist Fred Wesley (James Brown), Headhunters rhythm section Mike Clark and Paul Jackson, and keyboard wizard Money Mark (Beastie Boys), while Mann aka Marcos “Marquitos” Garcia is the guitarist for the Brooklyn Afrobeat collective Antibalas, and is now branching out on his own… Interscope Records is holding open auditions in Austin, TX tomorrow (June 9) in search of a male Americana/Country/Rock-Pop singer. Get more info here. Similar auditions were held last fall in Nashville resulting in a new forthcoming project from the label…
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Fresh Ink: Notable Music signs Sam Phillips and Adrian Younge
Adrian Younge Signs to Notable Music
Los Angeles-based independent music publisher Notable Music Company has signed singer-songwriter Sam Phillips and multi-instrumentalist Adrian Younge.
Sam Phillips joins Notable on the heels of launching Long Play, her unique web-based subscription installation that features new music, short films, original essays, candid footage of her at work in the studio, photographs by and of her and other exclusive material. Phillips’ track “Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us” appeared on the Robert Plant and Allison Krauss Grammy-winning album Raising Sand, while her new song ”Reflecting Light” is featured in the film Crazy Heart. Find out more about Phillips and Long Play at www.samphillips.com.
The signing of composer and multi-instrumentalist Adrian Younge is the first in a new joint-venture between Notable and Wax Poetics, a Brooklyn-based media group that focuses on joining classic and contemporary artists via print, recordings, radio and film. Younge, a self-taught musician and film editor, composed the original score to the 2009 comedy Black Dynamite. The movie, inspired by classic blaxploitation films of the 1970’s, was a sensation at last year’s Sundance Film Festival, with the score receiving critical acclaim for capturing the true cinematic soul of the period. The album is currently available from Wax Poetics Records.
Find out more about Notable Music Company at www.notablemusic.net and read our Q&A with the pubco HERE.
**UPDATE: Amazon is giving away a FREE download of Sam Phillip’s new song “Don’t Do Anything” until Feb. 15th. Get it HERE
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Quotable: RM64 2009 in Q&A’s
In 2009 we were lucky enough to sit down with individuals from all different sectors of the music industry to hear how they are operating in the new music environment, what has led them there and what they see for the future. We appreciate all the time, insight and perspective they shared with us. Below is a recap and links to the entirety of each Q&A…
Andrew Brightman / Brightman Music
“… now A&R people are more used to hearing finished masters, things that are ready to put out…” (Read Q&A)
Bill Armstrong & Joe Sib / SideOneDummy Records
“Ultimately, I think the future label model is one that’s lean and can move quickly, but still be competitive on a big level.” (Read Q&A)
Jason Reynolds / MySpace Records
“I don’t really know how much awareness there is in the music business community as to what we do; which is fine. I guess now they’ll probably all find out won’t they?” (Read Q&A)
Damon Booth & Tom DeSavia / Notable Music Publishing
“I think in general, publishers are in a great position in this climate. If they can be smart about their role, they can help an artist do anything they want to do.” (Read Q&A)
Eric Garland / BigChampagne
“…10 years ago our idea was to provide insight, analysis and measurement in this space that companies like Nielsen have always provided offline. Somebody has to do that online and we should be that company. We’re still here and basically that’s still the mission.” (Read Q&A)
Missy Worth / Artistic License Mgmt
“I’ve learned that a band has to have conviction and a viewpoint, if they don’t have that then no one knows what they are working towards. This all begins and ends with the band and their songs and their story and we all need to remember that.” (Read Q&A)
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