Category: MIME
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Heavy Hitters Music & GSI Records Sign Sync Licensing Deal
July 1, 2021 (Los Angeles, CA) – Heavy Hitters Music, a boutique song catalog and music publisher specializing in sync licensing, has signed a deal with renowned NYC record label GSI Records. Under the agreement, Heavy Hitters will work to secure sync placements for GSI artists in all broadcast and…
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Billboard: Revealed: Billboard’s 2021 Indie Power Players
MIME’s David Porter and Tony Alexander were named to Billboard’s 2021 Indie Power Players List! Made in Memphis Entertainment is working to revitalize the city’s music scene, and the multifaceted company includes — in addition to its indie label MIME Records and distribution divisions Beatroot Music and Beatroot Africa —…
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Billboard Names 3 MIME Executives to Indie Powers Players and Pride Lists
June 4, 2021 (Memphis, TN) – Made in Memphis Entertainment (MIME) is proud to announce that three of its executives — David Porter (CEO, MIME), Tony D. Alexander (President & Managing Director, MIME) and Jessica Vaughn (VP, Sync & Creative, Heavy Hitters Music) — have been named to the latest…
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MIME Publishing Signs Deals with Producer Stacey ‘SOS’ Owens and Songwriter/Producer Nathaniel Levingston
June 3, 2021 (Atlanta, GA) – MIME Publishing, an independent music publishing company that is part of the Made in Memphis Entertainment (MIME) family of companies, has signed co-publishing deals with in-demand producer Stacey “SOS” Owens and Platinum-certified songwriter and producer Nathaniel Levingston. Thanks to its relationship with MIME’s state-of-the-art…
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Billboard: Billboard Announces 2021 Pride List of Industry-Shaping LGBTQ Professionals
Jessica Vaughn from Heavy Hitters Music was named to Billboard’s 2021 Pride List for the steps they take to ensure everyone has a place in the industry. The recently promoted vp increased department revenue by 107% in her first year at the boutique publishing/licensing firm — and kept the numbers…
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American Songwriter Op-Ed: Songwriter U: Stop Speed Dating; How Songwriting Curation Can Birth Better Song Babies
Heavy Hitters’ Jessica Vaughn wrote an Op-Ed published in American Songwriter about properly curating songwriting sessions and making sure that “magic” happens. In a world full of TikTok sea shanty performers who fancy themselves as songwriters and powerful people (who have never written a song before), we need songwriting curation…
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Billboard Op-Ed: Want More Women Working in the Studio? Go Get Them! (Guest Column)
4U Recording’s Studio Manager, Crystal Carpenter wrote an op-ed published in Billboard exploring how recording studios can get more women in their ranks! A lot of people ask me, “How do we get more women working in recording studios?” The answer is simple: Go get them! And the earlier, the better.Working…
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4U Recording Launches Contest Seeking Artists to Paint Murals in New Atlanta Studio
Atlanta, GA – 4U Recording, a collection of state-of-the-art recording studios owned and operated byMade in Memphis Entertainment (MIME), has launched a new contest seeking artists to paint two murals that will define the character of their new studio in Atlanta, which is expected to open in the summer. In…
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Memphis Business Journal: 2021 MBJ Power 100 declassified: 51 to 75 (from McCullers to Shockey)
MIME’s David Porter was named to the Memphis Business Journal’s 2021 Power 100 List! No one would blame David Porter if he focused on Memphis’ past. After all, Porter is one of the all-time great songwriters and producers and half of the duo, with Isaac Hayes, behind classics such as…
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WIRED: Big Music Needs to Be Broken Up to Save the Industry
Tony Alexander from MIME was quoted in a great article published in WIRED discussing the possibility of breaking up “Big Music.” As the head of Made in Memphis Entertainment, Tony Alexander does a little of everything. He runs a record label, one of just a handful of Black-owned labels in…