Beuschel Joins Warner/Chappell Music as A&R Director

Ryan Beuschel has been tapped for the role of A&R Director for Warner/Chappell Music, the global publishing arm of Warner Music Group. Beuschel comes to Warner/Chappell from ASCAP, where he spent four years as an Associate Director of Membership for their Nashville branch.
Beuschel will provide A&R resources and creative support across the publisher’s roster and catalog, and assist in the discovery of new talent and the development of songwriters. He will report to Ben Vaughn, Executive Vice President, Warner/Chappell Nashville.
Vaughn said, “I am pleased to announce that Ryan Beuschel will be joining the Warner/Chappell Nashville team. Ryan understands how to work with talent, as demonstrated through his years helping grow the careers of songwriters at ASCAP and artists at Universal, and we look forward to the excellent service he’s capable of providing to our writers.”
“I cannot wait to begin working with the world-class songwriters and A&R staff of Warner/Chappell. This is an incredible opportunity and I’m extremely grateful for it,” said Beuschel.
While at ASCAP, Beuschel co-founded the ASCAP GPS Project, which aids unsigned songwriters in navigating Nashville’s publishing community. Prior to ASCAP, he was A&R Manager at Universal Music Group, where he worked with artists signed to the MCA and Mercury labels. He began his career in 2005 as an intern for Universal Music Publishing. He was later named as Catalog Coordinator, before moving to UMG label group in 2007 as A&R coordinator. The Michigan native earned a degree in management and finance from Hope College.