Industry Ink (8-20-13)

DSE Music Group, parent company for Deep South Entertainment, has welcomed Amanda Fletcher to the company. Fletcher brings her current clients Yarn and Humming House to the DSE Music Group roster. She will report to President of DSE Music Company Dave Rose.
The company’s current roster of personal or business management clients includes Vienna Teng, Michael Sweet, Marcy Playground, The Trophy Fire, Tres Chicas, Johnny Folsom 4, I Was Totally Destroying It, Parmalee, Jason Michael Carroll, Stryper, Katie Garfield, and Brantley Pollock.

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Nashville-based rock duo The Cold Stares has signed a production deal with engineer and producer Mark Needham (M.A.N. Entertainment). The Cold Stares band members Chris Tapp and Brian Mullins are recording with Needham at Hollywood, Calif.’s Eastwest Studios.
Needham’s credits include John Paul White, The Killers, Pink and Imagine Dragons, among others.

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Nashville-based Elevate Entertainment has signed a distribution deal for worship artist David Glenn‘s forthcoming album Relentless. Produced by Scotty Wilbanks (Third Day, Newsong, Decemberadio), the project was originally released on June 25 via Glenn’s Evident Music label; the album will be available in stores everywhere on Sept. 24.

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SOLID held another afterwork shop last night at Mercy Lounge focusing on Digital Marketing. Panelists included CAA’s Brandon Frankel, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s David Beronja, Borman Entertainment’s Rachel Barnhard and Girlilla Marketing’s Stevie Escoto.