Geoff Warburton Inks Joint Pub Deal With Big Machine Music, Range Media Partners
Pictured (L-R): Big Machine Music’s Michelle Attardi, Geoff Warburton, BMM’s Alex Heddle and Mike Molinar; not pictured: Range’s Sam Drake. Photo: Courtesy of Big Machine Music
Geoff Warburton has signed an exclusive joint publishing deal with Big Machine Music and Range Media Partners.
Based in Toronto, Warburton is a key collaborator of Shawn Mendes, having co-written 26 of his songs including No. 1 hit “There’s Nothing Holding Me Back” and Grammy Song of the Year nominee “In My Blood.” Additional cuts include 5SOS, Demi Lovato, Machine Gun Kelly, Backstreet Boys, Quinn XCII, Lauv, Sam Fischer, Band Camino, and more.
Warburton also earned his first country No. 1 with Jake Owen’s “Best Thing Since Backroads,” expanding his catalog with cuts from Keith Urban, Chase Rice, Morgan Evans, Filmore, Florida Georgia Line, Brett Young, Elle King and more.
“Geoff is an elite songwriting talent and the perfect complement to our well-established team in Nashville and what we have been building within our LA office this past year,” shares BMM’s General Manager Mike Molinar. “We are so grateful to work with him alongside Sam Drake and our friends at Range.”
“Working with Geoff over the last five years has been one of the greatest privileges of my career thus far,” adds Drake, Range’s VP of A&R and Publishing. “His talent and dedication is so inspiring to myself and everyone at Range and we couldn’t be more excited to partner with Big Machine Music on what will be an amazing new chapter.”
“I’m very excited to partner with Range and Big Machine Music for this next step in my career,” shares Warburton. “I respect their song-first mentality and real ability to connect with writers on both a creative and human level. I can’t wait to see all that this special partnership will bring.”
