All of us here at Jaybird hope you’ve been enjoying your summer. We’re happy to report that we’ve been staying cool by working hard for our – always cool – clients!
Jaybird Is Happy to Welcome New Clients to Our Nest!
Help us give a warm welcome to new Jaybird Clients Mondo NYC, SongVest and Qrates! Click the logos below to view their websites.
SongVest was also featured this week in Variety!
Rudy Ray Moore’s ‘Dolemite’ Albums Sold to 800 Pound Gorilla Comedy Label
Deborah Mannis-Gardner
What’s not cool? What happens when you don’t officially clear a sample, even on Tik-Tok.
Jaybird client Deborah Mannis-Gardner explained in the Rolling Stone article She Sampled His Hit on TikTok. Then All Hell Broke Loose:
“Kids need to understand that even though you’re giving something away for free, sharing it on TikTok because you’re really excited about something you created, you still need to get permission [to use a sample] because you don’t own that song 100 percent,”
Deborah Mannis-Gardner, one of the music industry’s most outspoken advocates of proper sample usage, and the founder of DMG Clearances.
Deborah has also been busy working as the music supervisor of the feature film Spinning Gold, a biopic of Casablanca records founder and leader Neil Bogart that was written and directed by his son, Timothy Scott Bogart. It is Mannis-Gardner’s second Music Supervisor credit, following her work on HBO’s Dr. Dre and Jimmy Lovine docu-series The Defiant Ones, for which she won the Best Music Supervision in a Docu-Series or Reality Television award from the Guild of Music Supervisors.
“It’s been a joy working with Tim and Evan Bogart, the producers on Spinning Gold, a real labor of love all around,” said Mannis-Gardner. “It’s crucial for the music to live up to Neil’s legacy and that of his artists, and I’m honored they trusted me to help them secure the songs for the right performers at the right moments. Major thanks to [music producer] Evan and [Atlantic Records President] Kevin Weaver for bringing the recordings to life, and to the cast for knocking their performances out of the park.”
Made in Memphis Entertainment (MIME)
Congratulations are in order! Billboard named three MIME executives to their Indie Powers Players and Pride Lists. 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 prestigious Billboard Power lists. Porter and Alexander were both named to the Indie Power Players list, while Vaughn was recognized on the Billboard Pride list.
Hits Daily Double caught up with the legendary songwriter/producer and MIME (Made in Memphis Entertainment) co-founder David Porter to discuss his legendary career, the success of MIME and the amazing activity happening in the studios. In discussing their success, Porter said, ”I have six platinum awards in my office right now and a Moneybagg Yo plaque just came in.” Read more about Mr. Porter, his storied work with Stax Records, and his “vision of a Black music distribution hub come to life” in DAVID PORTER GROOVES ON.
MIME recently celebrated the opening of its Atlanta studio by hosting the launch event for the AIMP Atlanta chapter. Two great new beginnings for Jaybird clients!
In May, Soundstripe and the Justice Film Festival announced the winners of their ‘More Than Music: Black Filmmaker Grants‘ Program. A panel of five expert judges selected Aroy Productions – a self started independent production company with three main members: Jared Bishop, Santino McNaughton Jr. and Andrew Gerdak – as the grant prize winner. They will receive a $1,500 grant, a one-year subscription to Soundstripe Music & SFX, and be featured at the 9th Annual Justice Film Festival, the premier showcase for films that celebrate social justice and affirm the dignity of all people, which will be held November 10-13 at The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture in New York City. Filmmakers Clarence Williams IV and Ugenia Stokes were named Runners-Up and will each receive a $500 grant, a one-year subscription to Soundstripe Music, and have their finished films featured on Soundstripe and the Justice Film Festival’s social media platforms.
Soundstripe’s Trevor Hinesley has also been honored as one of Nashville Business Journal’s 40 under 40 for 2021!
Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP)
The Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP) held its 4th annual Global Music Publishing Summit online in early June. The summit kicked off with Creator Day on June 7, followed by Business of Publishing Day on June 8, and wrapping with International Day on June 9. Read more about it here on Music Row!
CCS Rights Management / Daytripper
Jaybird client CCS, a leading global independent rights administration and creative services company, launched Daytripper Music Publishing (Daytripper), a new division and stand-alone brand dedicated to the creative development of established and up-and-coming artists and songwriters while enhancing, capitalizing, and promoting their works. Their first signing is 2X Juno award-winning Canadian songwriter, producer, recording artist and composer Hill Kourkoutis!
CCS Launches Daytripper Music Publishing, Signs Hill KourKoutis – Music Connection
Daytripper also announced this week that they and renowned KCRW radio host and multi-Grammy nominated music supervisor Chris Douridas have partnered to build and develop its talent roster as it expands further into the U.S. market. The match between the company and Chris, one of the world’s premier music tastemakers, is kismet, centering on a commitment to discovering and nurturing artists and songwriters.
KCRW/L.A.’s Chris Douridas Teams With CCS Rights Management For Joint Venture, Daytripper Music Publishing – All Access
Verifi Media, a technology company focused on innovating how media data is enhanced, corrected, shared, tracked, and broadcasted across all parties in the media value chain, just completed a four-million dollar funding round led by FUGA, Fintage House and QVT Family Office Fund LP. Verifi’s core belief is that collaborative sharing of dynamic media data leads to better data, which results in significantly better business decisions for all parties. Read more below:
Fuga and Fintage House lead $4m funding round for Verifi Media
The folks over at Trqk officially launched TrqkIQ Indie Edition, their powerful new tool to help rights holders maximize performance royalties. Some of the biggest features at launch include gap analysis, live on-air detections and strategic decision support for negotiating better sync deals! In addition to launching TrqkIQ Indie Edition they also launched the Inside Trqk Blog where users will be able to access a wealth of knowledge including Trqk tutorials, news, education on music publishing and sound advice from industry experts. More below!
Trqk Launches New Tool to Help Rights Holders Maximise Performance Royalties
The actually very good-tempered folk at Angry Mob Music Group added even more talent to their group this summer with their signings of ROMES, Tolan Shaw, KiNG MALA, and Joe Pepe.
“I love how these three artists – ROMES, Tolan Show, and KiNG MALA – are so different, yet what they have in common is their distinct voices and unique talents. That’s exactly what we’re looking to get behind at Angry Mob. I am also so thrilled to extend our relationship with Joe. His talent as a writer and producer has already achieved such wonderful success, and we can’t wait to be a part of what comes next,”
Marc Caruso, CEO of Angry Mob Music Group.
Check out Music Connection’s coverage of the signings for more info!
DDEX, the international standards-setting organization dedicated to improving the exchange of data and information across the music industry, welcomed Facebook’s Dan Simpson from Music Operations to its Board of Directors. Facebook is a DDEX charter member.
DDEX has also announced that Universal Music Group’s Kim Beauchamp has been Named Chair of the Board of DDEX. Beauchamp has been part of DDEX since 2008, and has been part of the Executive Board for the past eight years. Throughout that time Kim has been a leading voice in the Working Group developing the Electronic Release Notification Message Suite (ERN) and the Media Enrichment and Description (MEAD) standards as well as, more recently working on the development of a version 2.0 of the Recording Information Notification (RIN) standard. She is the first woman to lead the DDEX Board, and she succeeds Jeff King, the former Chief Operating and Corporate Development Officer of SOCAN.
NYTA’s own Andy Saldana was quoted in a Forbes piece on DEI titled Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Thought Leaders On What Companies Should Do To Be Better In 2021:
“Companies can support DEI by providing incentives for employees to support local nonprofits that serve underrepresented communities through paid volunteer time and/or by providing matching funds for the hours donated..”
– Andy Saldana, Executive Director, NYTech Alliance
MusicTechWorks’ rightsholder.io introduced its bulk song data research service, ideal for companies that need larger quantities of song ownership information – as few as ten titles or into the millions – for licensing, registration research, catalog insights, and any application that requires data about music copyrights at scale. Trialed with companies in the music clearances, catalog acquisition, and UGC app sectors, Rightsholder saved these commercial clients countless hours of human research work, allowing them to focus on their core business strengths rather than cross-referencing databases.
Music Tech Works Launches a Bulk Song Data Research Service