Double Down Music Makes First Signings With Blake Bollinger, Clara Calaway
Pictured (L-R): Erin Kidd, Creative Director, Double Down Music; Ryan Dokke, PIA Music CEO; Blake Bollinger; PIA Music Group founder Dallas Davidson
Double Down Music, a recently launched publishing division of PIA Music Group, has inked its first set of deals with producer and songwriter Blake Bollinger and songwriter Clara Calaway.
Texas native Bollinger has landed cuts with Jason Aldean, Darius Rucker, Justin Moore, Locash, Parmalee, Niko Moon, Rodney Atkins, Trea Landon, High Valley, Caylee Hammock, Meghan Patrick, Mickey Guyton, Kylie Morgan, and others. Blake has also had several songs featured on CBS, ABC, NBC, and MTV.
His production credits include Atkins, Locash, Brett Eldredge, and he is currently co-producing projects with Landon and Jacob Lutz, as well as producing Craig Campbell and Nate Kenyon. Bollinger has done programming for the last three Aldean records as well as the most recent Blake Shelton album.
Pictured (L-R): Erin Kidd, Creative Director, Double Down Music; Ryan Dokke, PIA Music CEO; Clara Calaway; PIA Music Group founder Dallas Davidson; Lauren Lieu, Creative Director, Double Down Music
Clara Calaway, formerly Clara Henningsen, began her career as part of her family trio The Henningsens, with dad Brian and brother Aaron. The Henningsens co-wrote The Band Perry’s singles “You Lie” and “All Your Life” as well as several other album tracks on both The Band Perry’s self-titled debut album and follow-up, Pioneer. The trio also landed cuts with Wynonna Judd, Sara Evans, Billy Currington and Highway 101 as well as their own “American Beautiful” for their Arista Nashville debut in 2013.
