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Just Announced: Strategic Partnerships with Brookfield Asset Management and CAA!

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We’re thrilled to announce our strategic partnerships with Brookfield Asset Management and CAA!

 

“It means there isn’t any good acquisition that we couldn’t do in the music business. We’re not limited by size or opportunity.” – Larry Mestel

Read the full Press Release below. 

 

Read more HERE on The Wall Street Journal.

BROOKFIELD AND PRIMARY WAVE MUSIC ENTER INTO $2 BILLION

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

 

Brookfield To Buy Minority Stake in Primary Wave Music

 

Commitment of $1.7 Billion From Brookfield

To Fund A Permanent Capital Vehicle Focused On Acquiring Music Rights From

The World’s Most Iconic Musicians

 

Creative Artists Agency (CAA) To Take A Minority Strategic Stake In Primary Wave Music

 

NEW YORK, NY (October 6, 2022) – Primary Wave Music and Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (“Brookfield”) today announced a strategic partnership whereby Brookfield will buy a significant minority interest in Primary Wave and provide an additional $1.7 billion capital funding commitment, in a deal valued in excess of $2 billion. An initial acquisition of over $700 million of iconic music rights from the company’s fund 1 and fund 2 will go into Primary Wave’s new permanent vehicle. With over $300 million worth of deals previously finalized year-to-date and another $600 million of pending transactions expected to be completed by …

Pre-Order & Pre-Save “Bing Crosby’s Christmas Gems” Album, Available October 27th

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New York, New York (September 29, 2023) – The Estate of Bing Crosby and Primary Wave Music have partnered to ring in the holidays with the upcoming release of Bing Crosby’s Christmas Gems. Curated by the estate, Christmas Gems brings together a remarkable arrangement of holiday favorites, along with a collection of never-before-released tracks from Crosby’s musical archives that will bring select songs to streaming platforms for the first time ever. From rare recordings like “Just What I Wanted For Christmas” and notable songs like “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” to iconic collaborations with Kathryn Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, and David Bowie, Christmas Gems perfectly captures Bing’s timeless joy for the holidays.

“Our family loves hearing Bing Crosby music everywhere we go around the holidays,” shares Mary Crosby on behalf of the estate. “This new collection is so much fun because it includes many of dad’s less familiar holiday recordings. I especially love hearing Mom sing “Christmas Island” with Dad. It was done for one of our family Christmas TV specials. It brings back wonderful memories and has never been on an album before!”

“Christmas Gems is a wonderful new collection of my father’s less familiar holiday recordings,” Harry Crosby adds. “It’s very gratifying to see him remain the voice …

Primary Wave welcomes the estate of the iconic songwriter P.F. Sloan!

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PRIMARY WAVE MUSIC PARTNERS WITH THE ESTATE OF THE

ICONIC SONGWRITER P.F. SLOAN

 

THE DEAL WILL SEE THE PUBLISHING GIANT ACQUIRE SLOAN’S PUBLISHING AND WRITER’S SHARE

 SONG’S INCLUDE “SECRET AGENT MAN,” “EVE OF DESTRUCTION,”

“A MUST TO AVOID,” “YOU BABY,” AND MORE

NEW YORK, NY (September 26, 2023) – Primary Wave Music, the leading independent publisher of iconic and legendary music in the world, announces today their partnership with the estate of the iconic songwriter P.F. Sloan. Terms of the deal will see the publishing giant acquire Sloan’s publishing and writer’s share, as well as his master royalty income. Sloan wrote, performed, and produced a number of top 20 hits for artists across all genres of music. The singer and songwriter worked with everyone from Barry McGuire to Herman’s Hermits to the Mamas and the Papas.

Included in the multi-million-dollar deal are some of Sloan’s biggest hits including the number one, protest hit “Eve of Destruction,” the critically acclaimed and top ten hit “A Must To Avoid,” The Turtles’ hit “You Baby” which spent twelve weeks on Billboard’s Hot 100, as well as “Secret Agent Man” which was famously recorded by Johnny Rivers and used as …

Sun Records and Gaither Music Marketing & Production teams interviewed for Women In Vinyl Series

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Sun Records’ Marketing team members Laura Pochodylo (Marketing Manager), Adrienne Kelley (Social Media Manager), Olivia DeMasters (Marketing Manager), and  Meghann Wright (Director of Marketing), as well as Gaither Music team member Melissa Chambers (Head of Production), and Primary Wave’s Emmie Chambers (Production Operations Manager) were recently interviewed for Women In Vinyl!

 

The 3-part article series highlights these women’s career within the music industry, their recent work at Sun Records, Gaither Music, and Primary Wave, and more!

Read Below:

Part 1: Melissa Chambers & Emmie Chambers | Head of Production, Gaither Music Group LLC & Production for Primary Wave (Sun Records)

Part 2: Laura Pochodylo & Adrienne Kelley | Marketing Manager & Social Media Manager, Sun Records

Part 3: Olivia DeMasters & Meghann Wright | Marketing Manager & Director of Marketing, Sun Records

 

PRIMARY WAVE MUSIC WELCOMES THE WORKS OF SINGER-SONGWRITER EDDIE RABBITT

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PRIMARY WAVE MUSIC WELCOMES THE WORKS OF

SINGER-SONGWRITER EDDIE RABBITT

TERMS OF THE DEAL WILL SEE THE INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING GIANT ACQUIRE A STAKE IN RABBITT’S MUSIC PUBLISHING CATALOG

 

SONGS INCLUDE “I LOVE A RAINY NIGHT” AND

“DRIVIN’ MY LIFE AWAY”

New York, NY (September 19, 2023) – Primary Wave Music, the leading independent publisher of iconic and legendary music in the world, welcomes the works of award-winning singer-songwriter Eddie Rabbitt to their growing roster. Announced today, the deal will see the independent publishing powerhouse acquire a stake in the artist’s music publishing catalog. Throughout his prolific career, Rabbitt co-wrote a dozen #1 country music hits, with 12 of his songs earning BMI’s Million-Air status. Of the songs included in the deal are some of Rabbitt’s most notable compositions, such as the number one crossover hit “I Love A Rainy Night,” and the top 10, Grammy-nominated song “Drivin’ My Life Away.”

“Eddie Rabbitt’s music has left a lasting impression in the Country Music community and beyond. We are thrilled to welcome the catalog of such an iconic performer and songwriter,” said Lexi Todd, Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs at Primary Wave Music.

Eddie Rabbitt was …

The story behind Ted Lasso‘s Emmy-nominated track “A Beautiful Game,” performed by Ed Sheeran and co-written by Foy Vance – via Hollywood Reporter

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“A Beautiful Game”: How the ‘Ted Lasso’ Song Scored a Goal — With a Lyrical Assist From Jason Sudeikis

 

Read on The Hollywood Reporter HERE.

‘Ted Lesso’ earned 21 Emmy nominations, including two for outstanding original music and lyrics and one for outstanding music supervision.

August 23, 2023 9:45am

It all started with music supervisor Tony Von Pervieux’s dream of working with pop music maestro Max Martin for an originalTed Lassosong — and ended with an emotional tearjerker that was so good Jason Sudeikis wrote a specific scene for the tune in the season three finale of the Apple TV+ comedy. Sudeikis even had a tiny role in changing one of the song’s lyrics (more on that later).

This is the story behind Ted Lasso‘s Emmy-nominated track “A Beautiful Game,” performed by Ed Sheeran and written by Sheeran, Martin and Foy Vance.

A SONG IS BORN

When Von Pervieux received the go-ahead from Ted Lasso producers to pursue an original song by Martin for the series, he had to pitch the five-time Grammy-winning producer, who has launched 25 No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. “He has always been one of the best producers of all time. Everything he touches turns to gold,” Von Pervieux tells THR.

Martin is one of contemporary music’s most prolific producers, the force behind many …

PRIMARY WAVE MUSIC PARTNERS WITH DENNIS DEYOUNG, ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE ROCK BAND STYX

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PRIMARY WAVE MUSIC PARTNERS WITH DENNIS DEYOUNG, ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE ROCK BAND STYX

 

THE DEAL INCLUDES HIS MUSIC PUBLISHING RIGHTS FOR A MAJORITY OF COMPOSITIONS WRITTEN BY DEYOUNG AND MASTER RECORDING RIGHTS FOR A MAJORITY OF RECORDINGS FEATURING DEYOUNG’S PERFORMANCES

 

SONGS INCLUDE THE STYX HITS “COME SAIL AWAY,” “BABE,” “MR. ROBOTO,” “LADY,” “THE BEST OF TIMES” AND OTHERS

 

NEW YORK, NY (August 17, 2023) – Primary Wave Music, the leading independent publisher of iconic and legendary music in the world, announces today another exciting new partnership with the legendary Dennis DeYoung, founding member of the iconic rock band Styx. This exciting new deal will see Primary Wave acquire his music publishing catalog rights for a majority of compositions written by DeYoung, and master recording rights for a majority of recordings featuring DeYoung’s performances.

As one of the songwriters for Styx, Dennis penned seven of the band’s eight top 10 Billboard singles. The new partnership with Primary Wave will encompass many of those legendary songs including “Babe,” “Lady,” “The Best of Times,” and “Come Sail Away.” Released in 1979, “Babe” was the band’s first number one single and spent two weeks atop the Billboard chart. …