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R3 RING CIRCUS MUSIC 818-922-0807 Los Angeles DEEP WELL RECORDS 2209 Grantland Ave Email: [email protected] 6100 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1600 1750 Vine St. Nashville, TN 37204 Web: bigdealmusicgroup.com Los Angeles, CA 90048 Los Angeles, CA 90028 Email: [email protected] How to Submit: no unsolicited material 323-969-0988 Email: [email protected] Web: 3ringcircusmusic.net Email: [email protected] Web: deepwellrecords.com Contact: Darrell Franklin, General Manager BIG FISH MUSIC (BMI) CALIFORNIA SUN MUSIC (ASCAP) Nashville DEFEND MUSIC, INC. ABET MUSIC 12720 Burbank Blvd., Unit 124 29 Music Sq. E. 1667 N Main Street 411 E. Huntington Dr., Ste. 107 Valley Village, CA 91607-1421 Nashville, TN 37203 Los Angeles, CA 90012 Arcadia, CA 91006 818-508-9777 615-329-3999 323-305-7315 626-303-4114 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: facebook.com/bigfishmusicbuilding Web: defendmusic.com Web: abetmusic.com Contact: Chuck Tennin, Lora Sprague BUZZART ENTERPRISES, INC. Styles: all styles Styles: easy listening, chill, rock, world music, All Styles: physical therapy music, country, Santa Monica, CA Published: songs recorded by Sharon Jones alternative pop, ballads, up-tempo, adult contempo- 424-216-6105 & the Dap Kings, Kaskade, Robert Glasper How to Submit: submit via website rary, gospel, Film/TV, orchestral, classical, Email: [email protected] Experiment, Eli Paperboy Reed instrumentals, rock, new age, jazz, blues, Web: buzzartinc.com AIR DELUXE MUSIC GROUP alternative Contact: Arthur Berggren DELICIOUS VINYL 23 Music Sq. E., Ste. 301 Notes: Visit nimbitmusic.com/bigfishmusic to Styles: Rock 6607 W. Sunset Blvd. Nashville, TN 37203 check out the kind of music you are looking How to Submit: no unsolicited material Los Angeles, CA 90028 615-726-1204 for. 323-464-7467 Email: [email protected] CARAT RECORDS Email: [email protected] Web: airdeluxemusic.com BLUEWATER MUSIC SERVICES CORP. P.O. Box 12746 Web: deliciousvinyl.com Contact: Robert W. Berg 705 2nd Ave., S. Lahaina, HI 96761 Styles: hip-hop, reggae, rock Styles: country, pop and blues Nashville, TN 372120 808-214-6910 How to Submit: no unsolicited material 615-327-0808 Web: caratrecords.com DEL ORO MUSIC PUBLISHING Email: [email protected] Contact: Alvin “Abbey” Brazley 10700 Ventura Blvd., Ste. H ALFRED PUBLISHING Web: bluewatermusic.com Styles: pop, prog, rock, metal, R&B, hip-hop, Studio City, CA 91604 P.O. Box 10003 Contact: Randy Patton, Mgr., folk, punk, classical, Hawaiian 818-308-6829 Van Nuys, CA 91410-0003 Licensing & Admin. How to Submit: Accepts unsolicited material. Email: [email protected] 800-292-6122, 818-628-1528 see web Call or email first. Also does artist develop- Web: deloromusic.com/studios Published: Styles: pop, R&B, dance, rock, Latin, reggae, Web: alfred.com How to Submit: no unsolicited material ment & runs studio and label. gospel, jazz, world How to Submit: no unsolicited material Published: David Longoria, CeCe Peniston, BOOSEY & HAWKES, INC. CASE ENTERTAINMENT/NEW PANTS PUB- Juliet B. Rock, Eric Gold, Darren Sanner, 2 ANOTHER VICTORY, INC. 229 W. 28th St., 11th Fl. LISHING/OLD PANTS PUBLISHING Much Caffeine, April Diamond, Bino, David CONCORD MUSIC New York, NY 10001 102 E. Pikes Peak, Ste. 200 Keough, Gerina DiMarco, 5 Star 5750 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 450 212-358-5300 Colorado Springs, CO 80903 How to Submit: contact our office and Los Angeles, CA 90036 Email: [email protected] 719-632-0227 Fax 719-634-2274 request to submit your materials. Email: [email protected] Web: boosey.com Email: [email protected] Web: concord.com/labels/victory-records/, How to Submit: no unsolicited material Web: oldpants.com, newpants.com DIMENSIONS GATE (BMI) facebook.com/VictoryRecords Contact: Robert Case Cleopatra Records BOURNE CO. MUSIC PUBLISHERS How to Submit: unsolicited material ac- 11041 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste. 703 How to Submit: no unsolicited material 5 W. 37th St. cepted. Call before sending demos. Los Angeles, CA 90025 New York, NY 10018 310-477-4000 ANTHEM ENTERTAINMENT Fax 212-391-4306 CHRISTMAS & HOLIDAY MUSIC Web: cleopatrarecords.com, www.facebook. 171 East Liberty Street, Ste. 230 Email: [email protected] 26642 Via Noveno com/CleopatraRecords/ Toronto, ON, Canada M6K 3P6 Web: bournemusic.com Mission Viejo, CA 92691 Contact: Brian Perera 416-850-1163 Styles: entire music spectrum 949-859-1615 Published: Cleopatra Records artists only Web: anthementertainment.com/music- Published: Nat King Cole, Nas, the Rat Pack, Email: [email protected] How to Submit: no unsolicited material publishing Crazy Frog, Al Jolson, Rod Stewart, Barbra Web: christmassongs.com Streisand Contact: Justin Wilde DON WILLIAMS MUSIC GROUP, INC. Additional locations: How to Submit: No unsolicited material Styles: Christmas, Hanukkah, Halloween and 4960 Palomar Dr. other holiday music only. Tarzana, CA 91356 Nashville BRENTWOOD BENSON How to Submit: see website for information. 818-342-2564 462 Humphreys Street PO Box 74008453 Do not call the office Email: [email protected] Nashville, TN 37203 Brentwood, TN 60674 Web: dwmg.com 1-615-327-2605 800-846-7664 Ext. 2, 615-261-3300 ext. 1 CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING How to Submit: no unsolicited material Web: brentwoodbenson.com 5750 Wilshire Blvd. , Suite 450 Los Angeles Styles: CCM, Gospel Los Angeles, CA 90036 DRAKE MUSIC GROUP 9000 W. Sunset Blvd., Ste. 806 How to Submit: no unsolicited material 310-385-4455 1300 Division St., Ste. 301 West Hollywood, CA 90069-5808 Web: concord.com/music-publishing Nashville, TN 37203 1-310-859-7450 Fax 1-310-288-2133 BUCKHORN How to Submit: no unsolicited material 615-297-4345 P.O. Box 120547 Other locations in Nashville, New York, Miami, Web: petedrakemusic.com AVATAR PUBLISHING GROUP, LLC Nashville, TN 37212-2105 London, Berlin How to Submit: no unsolicited material 2029 Hyperion Ave. 615-327-4590 Fax 615-327-4639 Los Angeles, CA 90027 Email: [email protected] COPPERFIELD MUSIC EARWIG MUSIC COMPANY, INC. 323-906-1500 Web: buckhornmusic.com 1400 S. St. 2054 W. Farwell Ave., Garden Unit Email: [email protected] Styles: country, gospel Nashville, TN 37212 Chicago, IL 60645-4963 Web: avatardigi.com How to Submit: no unsolicited material 615-726-3100 Fax 615-726-3172 773-262-0278 Styles: R&B, hip-hop, rap, pop, Latin, Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] electronica BMG CHRYSALIS Web: copperfieldmusic.com Web: earwigmusic.com How to Submit: unsolicited materials ac- BMG Chrysalis US How to Submit: no unsolicited material Contact: Michael Frank or Rita Warder cepted One Park Avenue How to Submit: no unsolicited material New York, NY 10016 CORNELIUS COMPANY, THE A WRITER’S PARADISE 212-561-3000 Gateway Entertainment ECS PUBLISHING Nashville, TN Email: [email protected] 9118 16th Ave South – Suite 4-92 1727 Larkin Williams Rd. 615-852-8297 Web: bmg.com/us Nashville, TN 37203 St. Louis, MO 63026 Email: [email protected] Styles: all styles Attn: A& R Department 800-647-2117, 636-305-0100 Web: awritersparadise.com Published: T-Bone Burnett, Snow Patrol, 615-256-9253 Email: [email protected] Contact: Stacy Hogan Ryan Adams, Wilco, Nick Cave & the Bad Email: newsongsubmissions@corneliuscom- Web: ecspublishing.com How to Submit: no unsolicited material Seeds, Los Lobos, Iggy Pop, Pete Townsh- panies.com How to Submit: no unsolicited material end, Spoon, the Guess Who, Talib Kweli, Web: corneliuscompanies.com, gatewayen- BEST BUILT SONGS Calexico, Thievery Corporation, Corinne tertainment.com EMI CMG MUSIC 1317 16th Ave. S. Bailey Rae, Jamie Foxx, M. Ward, Tegan and Styles: country, rock, alt., folk P.O. Box 5085 Nashville, TN 37212 Sara, Sean Garrett, the Faint, Kings of Leon, How to Submit: Please send submissions by Brentwood, TN 37024 615-385-4466 Craig David, of Montreal, Lady Sovereign, MP3 format or songs links – 3 songs Max per 615-371-4400 Email: [email protected] John Prine, Ani DiFranco, Fischerspooner, the submission. Email: [email protected] Web: bestbuiltsongs.com Estates of Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Stevie Web: emicmgpublishing.com Contact: Larry Sheridan Ray Vaughan, Johnny Cash, Fred Ahlert, Del CURB GROUP, THE Styles: CCM worship, gospel How to Submit: no unsolicited material Shannon, Townes Van Zandt, Gram Parsons, 48 Music Sq. E. How to Submit: no unsolicited material Woody Guthrie, Badfinger Nashville, TN 37203 BIG DEAL MUSIC GROUP no unsolicited material 615-321-5080 EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING How to Submit: (see SonyATV) Big Deal Media Email: [email protected] 15503 Ventura Blvd., Ste. #300 Additional locations: Web: curb.com ESPY TEXAS LLC – BOB-A-LEW MUSIC Encino, CA 91436 How to Submit: no unsolicited material P.O. Box 22257 COMPILED BY DENISE COSO 56 November 2020 musicconnection.com November 2020 musicconnection.com Download at musicconnection.com/industry-contacts Sarasota, FL 34276 Beverly Hills, CA 90209 Web: internationalmusicco.com MILES COPELAND GROUP 512-308-1593 323-966-4433 Contact: Marco Berrocal 7647 Hayvenhurst Ave., Ste. 47 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected], info@word- Styles: publishes classical sheet music Van Nuys, CA 91406 Web: espymusic.com swest.com How to Submit: no unsolicited material 818-778-6510 Contact: Ronda Espy, Kim Espy Web: wordswest.com Email: [email protected] The major and indie publishers in this MC directory promote, exploit and collect payments for their writers’ music. Styles: pop, country, blues, alternative Contact: Tony Gimbel, Managing Member J.W.
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