Industry Ink: Staffing Changes at TKO, New APA Nashville Signing

Misha Williams Tristan

TKO Staffing Changes: TKO Artist Management has promoted Misha Williams Tristan from Publishing Coordinator to Director of Publishing. Tristan has been with the company for 3 ½ years. Additional promotions and hirings include Robby Schneider, who has been promoted from Personal Assistant to Management Assistant after two years with the company.

Kelly Bolton has added Management Assistant duties to her Brand Assistant responsibilities after one year with the company; Sophie Cape recently graduated from NYU’s Music Business program and has been hired as Executive Assistant to the President.

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Doug Seegers

APA Nashville Adds To Roster: APA Nashville has signed singer-songwriter Doug Seegers to its roster. After spending numerous homeless nights with only a guitar at The Little Pantry That Could in the basement of West Nashville United Methodist Church, the 62-year-old singer-songwriter was discovered by Swedish Country artist Jill Johnson. While Johnson was shooting a documentary on street musicians, she met Seegers and took him to Cash Cabin Studios to record the song “Going Down To The River.” The song found success in Sweden, topping the iTunes chart.

Seegers will release his debut project on Lionheart Music Group, Going Down To The River on Rounder Records on Oct. 7, 2014. The project is produced by Will Kimbrough and features a duet with Emmylou Harris on “She,” which also features instrumentals on Harris’ Red Dirt Boys Band, and steel guitarist Al Perkins. Buddy Miller also makes an appearance on the project.