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Big Deal Music
Big Deal Music was an American music publisher, founded in 2012 by former Chrysalis Music employees Kenny MacPherson, Jamie Cerreta and Dave Ayers. Headed by British executive MacPherson, the trio is joined by principles Michael MacDonald, Pete Robinson and Casey Robison. It was acquired by Hipgnosis Songs Fund in 2020. Prior to is sale the publisher's catalogue had earned 5 Grammy Awards, 126 NMPA, BMI and ASCAP awards, and 27 RIAA certifications. History The company was founded in 2012 by former Chrysalis Music employees Kenny MacPherson, Jamie Cerreta and Dave Ayers in Los Angeles. In September 2020, Big Deal was acquired by Hipgnosis Songs Fund. The company, including its Words and Music publisher, was immediately renamed Hipgnosis Songs Group. MacPherson was named CEO of Hipgnosis Songs Group, with co-presidents Cerreta and Robison, executive vice president Ayers, and senior vice president Robinson signing new five year contracts with the publisher. In October 2023, MacP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose Stock, shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets. Instead, the Private equity, company's stock is offered, owned, traded or exchanged privately, also known as "over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter". Related terms are unlisted organisation, unquoted company and private equity. Private companies are often less well-known than their public company, publicly traded counterparts but still have major importance in the world's economy. For example, in 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for $1.8 trillion in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In general, all companies that are not owned by the government are classified as private enterprises. This definition encompasses both publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Van Etten
Sharon Katharine Van Etten (born February 26, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actress. Originally from New Jersey, and currently based in Los Angeles, Van Etten's music is noted for its indie rock aesthetic and personal lyrical content. In the studio and during live performances, Van Etten is currently accompanied by her backing band, the Attachment Theory, which consists of Devra Hoff (bass guitar, backing vocals), Teeny Lieberson (keyboards, guitar, backing vocals) and Jorge Balbi (drums). To date, Van Etten has released seven studio albums: ''Because I Was in Love'' (2009), ''Epic (Sharon Van Etten album), Epic'' (2010), ''Tramp (album), Tramp'' (2012), ''Are We There'' (2014), ''Remind Me Tomorrow'' (2019), ''We've Been Going About This All Wrong'' (2022) and ''Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory'' (2025). As an actress, Van Etten starred as Rachel in both series of the Netflix mystery film, mystery drama ''The OA'' (2016–2019), and has appeared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Sitek
David Andrew Sitek (born September 6, 1972) is an American musician and record producer, known for his work with his band TV on the Radio. He has also worked with bands such as Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Liars, Foals, Celebration, Little Dragon, Wavves, Beady Eye, and Weezer, and produced free jazz-influenced remixes of songs by artists such as Beck and Nine Inch Nails, and has contributed a solo track to the Red Hot Organization '' Dark Was the Night'' charity compilation. He is also a photographer and painter. In April 2008, Sitek was named number one in ''NMEs Future 50 list of the most forward thinking people in music today. In 2009, Sitek contributed a cover of "With a Girl Like You" to the AIDS benefit album, '' Dark Was the Night'', produced by the Red Hot Organization. A solo album from Sitek under the moniker Maximum Balloon was released on September 21, 2010, on Interscope with individual songs released as singles commencing June 15, 2010. The record includes contribution ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ryan (musician)
John Henry Ryan II (born August 19, 1987), also known as John the Blind and JRY, is an American songwriter, singer and record producer from Rochester, New York. He is best known for co-writing and co-producing One Direction's last four albums and many of their singles. He has written songs for many acclaimed artists. His compositions and productions have sold over 30 million units worldwide. Early life Ryan is from Pittsford, New York. He grew up the youngest in his family with his mother, older brother Joe, and older sister Julie. Ryan wrote his first song in third grade, learning to play guitar and piano at a young age. He continued to write throughout his childhood, even making an album in eighth grade that he was selling out of his locker. By the time he was 16 or 17, he remembers having to choose between music and sports and states that "music came the most naturally and made imthe happiest." He sent his only college application to Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brett Beavers
Brett Beavers (born in Waco, Texas) is an American country music songwriter and producer and a co-author of a book, ''Something Worth Leaving Behind''. Education and early career Beavers attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in secondary education in 1985. He played bass guitar with Mack Abernathy for the next four years throughout the United States, working on his skills as a songwriter. He married and taught high school science in Tyler, Texas southeast of Dallas during a year off and moved to Nashville to join a band with Deryl Dodd. Shortly after arriving in Nashville, Beavers began touring with Martina McBride as a bass player and bandleader from 1992 to 1996. He performed in the same capacity with Lee Ann Womack from 1997 to 2005. During that time, he started a publishing company and his songs started to be recorded by Tim McGraw, Billy Ray Cyrus, and other artists. In 2005, he stopped performing and touring to pursue songw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Wilson (musician)
Jonathan Spencer Wilson (born December 30, 1974) is a three-time Grammy-nominated producer, songwriter and musician based in Los Angeles, California, United States. He is a regular studio collaborator of singer-songwriter Father John Misty, having worked on each of his studio albums to date, and is a touring and recording guitarist for Roger Waters, having joined his backing band in 2017. In addition to his work with Misty and Waters, Wilson has produced albums for Angel Olsen, Dawes, Margo Price, Conor Oberst and Billy Strings, among others. Wilson has released six solo studio albums under his own name: ''Frankie Ray'' (2007), '' Gentle Spirit'' (2011), '' Fanfare'' (2013), '' Rare Birds'' (2018), '' Dixie Blur'' (2020) and '' Eat the Worm'' (2023). Early life Wilson was born on December 30, 1974, in Forest City, North Carolina and raised in nearby Spindale, North Carolina. Wilson lived his formative years from age 6 to 16 in the small town of Thomasville, NC , Population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Underworld (band)
Underworld are a British electronic music group formed in 1987 in Cardiff, Wales (although active in several other guises since 1978), and the principal collaborative project of Karl Hyde and Rick Smith (musician), Rick Smith. After briefly performing as a funk and synth-pop outfit, resulting in two albums between 1988 and 1989, Underworld gained prominence after reshaping into a dance and techno band, releasing albums including ''Dubnobasswithmyheadman'' (1994), ''Second Toughest in the Infants'' (1996) and ''Beaucoup Fish'' (1999), as well as singles "Born Slippy Nuxx" and "Dark & Long, Dark & Long (Dark Train)". Known for their atmospheric, progressive music, progressive compositions, Hyde's cryptic and stream of consciousness lyrics, and dynamic live performances, Underworld have influenced a wide range of artists and have been featured in soundtracks and scores for films and television. History The Screen Gemz, Freur, and Underworld Mk1 In the late 1970s, Karl Hyde and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pussy Riot
Pussy Riot is a Feminism in Russia, Russian feminist protest and performance art group based in Moscow that became popular for its provocative punk rock music which later turned into a more accessible style. Founded in the fall of 2011 by the then 22-year-old Nadya Tolokonnikova, it has had a membership of approximately 11 women. The group staged unauthorized, provocative guerrilla gigs in public places. These performances were filmed as music videos and posted on the internet. The group's lyrical themes included feminism, LGBTQ rights in Russia, LGBTQ rights, opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Putinism, his policies, and Putin's links to the leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church. The group gained global notoriety when five members of #2012 arrests, trial and imprisonment, the group staged a performance inside Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in February 2012, an action condemned as sacrilegious by the Russian Orthodox Church. Three members of the grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birds Of Tokyo
Birds of Tokyo are an Australian alternative rock band from Perth. Their debut album, ''Day One (Birds of Tokyo album), Day One'', gained them domestic success, reaching number three on the AIR Charts, AIR Independent Album charts and spending a total of 36 consecutive weeks in the top ten. In 2008, the band released ''Universes (album), Universes'', which made it to number three on the ARIA charts, Australian ARIA Albums Chart. 2010 saw their self-titled third studio release, ''Birds of Tokyo (album), Birds of Tokyo'', spend over eight months on the Australian top 20, peaking at number two on the ARIA Albums Chart. The double-platinum album received the 2010 ARIA Award for Best Rock Album and in early 2011, the band's breakthrough hit "Plans (song), Plans" ranked number four on Triple J's Hottest 100. The album's follow-up single, "Wild at Heart (Birds of Tokyo song), Wild at Heart", reached number one on the country's national airplay chart and won the band an APRA Award. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wye Oak (band)
Wye Oak is an American indie rock duo from Baltimore composed of Andy Stack (musician), Andy Stack (drums, keyboards, backup vocals) and Jenn Wasner (vocals, guitars and bass). Their sound has been described as "earnest folk-influenced indie rock with touches of noise and dream pop" as well as indie folk. Wasner sings lead vocals and plays electric or acoustic guitar, while Stack plays both drums and keyboards, playing the drums with his feet and right hand, and the bass line with his left hand. History The band was formed as Monarch in mid-2006, before changing their name to Wye Oak, a reference to the former Wye Oak, state tree of their home state of Maryland. They released their first album, ''If Children'', independently in 2007 and subsequently signed to Merge Records in 2008. The label re-released ''If Children'' that year; a second album, ''The Knot (album), The Knot'', followed in 2009. Both albums were recorded at the recording studio at University of Maryland Baltimore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIDLAR
Fidlar, stylized as FIDLAR, is an American punk and garage rock band from Los Angeles. The band's name is an acronym for Fuck It Dawg, Life's a Risk, a skate mantra stolen from singer Zac Carper's former roommates. Originally, FIDLAR went under the name 'Fuck The Clock', as referenced in their song "Cheap Beer". To date, the band have released four studio albums: ''FIDLAR'' (2013), ''Too'' (2015), ''Almost Free'' (2019) and ''Surviving the Dream'' (2024). The band are mostly known for short, fast songs that deal with partying and narcotics. In 2013, ''Pitchfork'' wrote that the band "don't make music you'll grow old with, and they won't get an "A" for originality, but that's not really the point". History Founding members Zac Carper and Elvis Kuehn met while working at a recording studio in which Carper was employed as an engineer and Kuehn was an intern. The two started recording songs when the studio was empty and posting the finished products online. Three years after reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missy Higgins
Melissa Morrison "Missy" Higgins (born 19 August 1983) is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician. Her most popular singles include "Scar", " Steer", and " Where I Stood". Her Australian number-one albums are '' The Sound of White'' (2004), '' On a Clear Night'' (2007) and '' The Ol' Razzle Dazzle'' (2012). In 2018 she released a greatest hits album called '' The Special Ones''. Higgins was nominated for five ARIA Music Awards in 2004 and won Best Pop Release for "Scar". In 2005, she was nominated for seven more awards and won five. Nominated for many more, Higgins won her seventh ARIA in 2007 and two more in 2012, including Best Adult Contemporary Album for ''The Ol' Razzle Dazzle''. Alongside her music career, Higgins pursues interests in animal rights and the environment, endeavouring to make her tours carbon neutral. In 2009 she made her acting debut in the music feature film '' Bran Nue Dae'' and also performed on its soundtrack. Early life and education Melissa M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
