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ole has signed singer, songwriter and producer Frank Myers, one
of the most prolific writers in both country and pop on Music Row,
to a worldwide administration deal with step-up to co-pub. The
arrangement encompasses existing works under his Meleva Music
catalog and Futures.
The single "Piece of Me," which is featured on the ARIA 2012
Country Album of the Year-nominated, Two Worlds Collide, by
Australian country music trio, The McClymonts, is included in the
deal. The catalog also includes multiple cuts on upcoming projects
for various artists.
ole previously acquired a catalog from Frank Myers, which
included Lonestar's #1 hit single "I'm Already There," BMI's 2002
Country Song of the Year, which remained at the top of the country
chart for seven weeks, went to #2 on the AC chart and earned Myers
the title of Country Songwriter of the Year (with writing partner
Gary Baker) from American Songwriter Magazine.
Myers' 10 #1 hits also include the Grammy Award-winning
crossover smash "I Swear," recorded by both John Michael Montgomery
and All-4-One, which also earned Single and Song of the Year honors
at the ACM Awards and was Billboard's #1 song of 1994; "My Front
Porch Looking In" and "I'm Already There" by Lonestar; "You and I"
by Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle, a #1 country hit, which also
reached the upper echelons of the AC and pop charts; Alabama's
"Once Upon A Lifetime;" Eddy Raven's "I Got Mexico" and "Bayou
Boys" and, most recently, Chris Young's 2011 chart-topper,
"Tomorrow." Myers has also had 20 Top 10 hits.
A Dayton, Ohio-native, Myers is the son of champion fiddle
player and singer Melvin "Pee Wee" Myers. He first started
performing at the age of 11, winning a local talent contest and
opening for a number of the artists that appeared at Dayton's Hara
Arena. By the age of 14, he had guest-starred on the Porter Wagoner
TV show and begun working in a band with his brother, Melvin Jr.
Myers made the move to Nashville in 1981, where he first hooked up
with recording artist Eddy Raven as band leader, road manager and
lead guitarist. He began to write, co-produce and play on sessions
during a nine-year period of collaboration that proved fruitful for
both Raven and Myers, producing two #1 songs, five #2s and three
Top 10s.
About ole:
ole is one of the world's largest independent music publishers.
Founded in 2004, and with offices in Toronto, Nashville and Los
Angeles, ole boasts a team of 45 experienced industry professionals
focused on acquisitions, creative development and worldwide
copyright administration. ole has recently entered the Production
Music space with the acquisition of MusicBox and Auracle which have
operations in NY, Toronto and LA.
ole has been named Canadian Country Music Association's Music
Publishing Company of the Year for the past six years and earned
its first Grammy Award in 2009 for Best Country Song, "White
Horse." Other recent notable ole awards include: Academy of Country
Music (ACM) 2012 Song of the Year Award for "Crazy Girl" (Liz
Rose/Lee Brice); SESAC 2011 Country Performance Activity Award for
"Til Summer Comes Around" (Monty Powell/Keith Urban); three BMI
2011 Most Performed Songs Awards for "Fearless" (Liz Rose, Taylor
Swift); "Why Wait" (Jimmy Yeary, Tom Shapiro) and "Let Me Down
Easy" (Marty Dodson, Jennifer Hanson, Mark Nesler); 2011 SOCAN
Country Music Award for "Make Hay While The Sun Shines" (Steven Lee
Olsen, Bruce Wallace); 2011 SOCAN Domestic Television Series Music
Award Busytown Mysteries (Peter Coulman, Carl Lenox, David
Tedesco); and 2011 SOCAN Award for 100,000 Radio Performances of
Lighthouse's "Sunny Days" and "Pretty Lady" (Skip Prokop).
The ole catalog includes over 45,000 songs and 40,000 hours of
TV music across all genres. ole has completed over $145MM USD in
acquisitions, including purchases of music catalogs such as:
Timbaland, Blacktop, Jody Williams Music, Rami Yacoub, Chris
Wallin, Richie MacDonald, Balmur, Keith Follese, Brett Jones,
Lighthouse, Frank Myers, Dream Warriors, Encore, David Tyson, and
Marsfilm Music. ole has also purchased the worldwide music rights
for TV catalogs such as WGBH, Cookie Jar, Cineflix, CCI and
recently, The Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About That.
ole is committed to the creative development of its 6o+ staff
songwriters, legacy writers and composers and the cultivation of
our catalogs and client catalogs. ole has ongoing co-ventures with
Last Gang Publishing (Alt Rock), Roots Three Music (Country) and
tanjola (Pop/Rock/Urban).
ole is an expert in administrating and sub-publishing music
copyrights and has concluded worldwide publishing administration
agreements with some of the world's leading songwriters, publishers
and film and television producers. adminow, ole's online client
account transparency portal, was launched recently and demonstrates
ole's commitment to modernizing its client services and to
leading-edge IT.
Notable copyrights for ole include: Taylor Swift singles
"Fearless," "White Horse," "Tim McGraw," "Picture To Burn,"
"Teardrops On My Guitar"; Rascal Flatts' "Why Wait"; Kelly
Clarkson's "Miss Independent"; and "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a
Woman" by Britney Spears; Pink's "U + Ur Hand"; "Sexyback," "My
Love," and "What Goes Around" by Justin Timberlake; "Say it Right"
and "Promiscuous" by Nelly Furtado; "Start a Band" by Brad Paisley
with Keith Urban; "That's How Country Boys Roll" by Billy
Currington; "If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away" by Justin Moore; "It's
Gonna Be Me" from (i)N Sync; "Shape of My Heart" by Backstreet
Boys; iconic Canadian Olympic theme "I Believe"; "Legendary Child"
by Aerosmith; "Black Velvet" by Alannah Myles; Tim McGraw's
"Something Like That."
ole owns or represents up to 150,000 production music tracks
within its MusicBox libraries. With 10 staff in North America,
ole's Production Music division delivers excellent customer service
and quality Creative on a leading edge IT platform. Our production
music division leverages ole's established Administration, Finance
and IT services.
ole is committed to being the best and most innovative global
destination for world-class songwriters, composers, and management
talent, and the first choice music source for creators in all
media.
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