Photo Credit: Bev Moser
ole Writer/Artist Charlie Worsham Signs with Warner Bros. Records
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - April 11, 2012)
ole writer
Charlie Worsham, whose development as writer/artist has been guided by
ole, has signed a long-term record deal with Warner Music Nashville.
Worsham, whose original masters were financed by
ole,
a few of which were part of a previously-released EP, will be in the
studio in May to put the finishing touches on his debut album project.
It is being produced by Worsham and fellow
ole writer Ryan Tyndell with Arthur Buenahora,
ole General Manager, Creative from
ole's Nashville office, at the helm as Executive Producer.
Buenahora marvels at how far ahead of schedule they are with
Worsham's development as an artist. "I am very pleased with all the
tremendous growth that Charlie has shown since joining the roster," he
says. "It is very impressive to hit the ground running like he has and
to get the cuts that he has gotten, not to mention the beginning of a
recording career."
The official signing was held at the Warner offices on Nashville's
Music Row and celebrated with an intimate party attended by Warner and
ole staff; songwriters; his manager, Scott Kernahan (Rogue Music); BMI executives and Worsham's parents and friends.
Worsham's association with
ole coincides directly
with Arthur Buenahora's arrival at the company in 2010. Buenahora, who
in the past has had a hand in developing some of country music's most
prominent new names including Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert, Eric
Church and Taylor Swift, whose Fearless album, which contained a number
of
ole cuts would make history as the most-awarded
country album of all time, had already been championing Worsham's
talents. It was an obvious, natural-progression to have Worsham join the
ole family at that point and it has been a
one-for-all, all-for-one relationship with the company that he
characterized, at the time of his signing, as having "this great,
brand-new, doors-are-wide-open, everything's-looking up, kind of feel."
Since that time, Worsham has gone from strength to strength as a
writer and performer. He has seen his fan-base continue to grow
following tours with country stars like Miranda Lambert and Taylor
Swift, for whom he opened a number of arena dates on her Speak Now North
American tour last fall, and the release by
ole of his well-received, self-titled EP. "I'm basking in the glow of
ole's
generosity, that's what I'm doing," Worsham said at the time. "It has
been a year of growth for me and I owe a lot of that to
ole for fostering my development.
ole was there with me when nobody else was..."
Worsham, a native of Grenada, Mississippi, was a bit of a music
prodigy. At the age of 10, he was playing banjo with bluegrass legend
Jimmy Martin at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. Two years later, he played
the Grand Ole Opry with Opry member Mike Snider, which led to a short
profile on The Nashville Network (TNN). In 2004, he headed for Boston to
study at the renowned Berklee College of Music where, in 2006, he was
the recipient of the Billboard Endowed Scholarship presented each year
to the most promising student. Worsham moved to Nashville in the fall of
2006 and was pursuing a solo career at about the same time he met
Arthur Buenahora.
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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 40 experienced industry professionals
focused on acquisitions, creative development and worldwide copyright
administration. ole has recently entered the Production Music space with
operations in the U.S. (MusicBox) and Canada (clear).
ole has been named Canadian Country Music
Association's Music Publishing Company of the Year for the past five
years and earned its first Grammy Award in 2009 for Best Country Song,
"White Horse." Other recent notable
ole awards include:
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 $115MM USD in acquisitions, including purchases of
music catalogs: Blacktop, Jody Williams Music, Rami Yacoub, Chris
Wallin, Rick Giles, Balmur, Keith Follese, 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 60+ 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 "You and Your Hand"; "It's Gonna Be Me" from 'N Sync';
"Shape of My Heart" by Backstreet Boys; iconic Canadian Olympic theme "I
Believe"; "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 and clear libraries. With 9 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.
