Industry Ink: Riley Green, Megan Moroney, Ashley Gorley, More
Riley Green Celebrates Platinum & Gold
Pictured (L-R): Chase Butler, Big Machine Label Group’s Allison Jones, Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment’s Andrew Thoen, Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment’s Jimmy Harnen, Riley Green, Big Machine Label Group’s Scott Borchetta, Fusion Music’s Daniel Miller and Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment’s Ryan Dokke. Photo: Nick Rau for Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment
Riley Green was recently presented with a plaque commemorating “Worst Way” going Platinum and “Don’t Mind If I Do (feat. Ella Langley)” going Gold. Written solely by Green and tallying more than 300 million streams to date, “Worst Way” is the singer’s fastest-growing song and is currently in the top 20 and climbing. Both solo-written songs are featured on Green’s latest project, Don’t Mind If I Do, which was released this past October.
Green has five nominations at the upcoming 60th ACM Awards for his mega-hit collaboration “You Look Like You Love Me” with Langley, and continues to notch new accolades after garnering more than five billion global career streams.
Megan Moroney Launches “Am I Okay? Tour”
Pictured (L-R, top row): Ken Robold (President & COO, SMN), Taylor Lindsey (Chair & CEO, SMN), Ron Perry (Chairman & CEO, Columbia Records), Julian Swirsky (SVP, A&R, Columbia Records), Megan Moroney, Jen Mallory (President, Columbia Records), Joe Gallo (GM & EVP, Columbia Records) and Caryl Atwood (SVP, Commercial Partnerships, SMN); (L-R, bottom row): Juli Griffith & Hayley Corbett (Management, Punchbowl Entertainment) Photo: Catherine Powell/Getty Images
Megan Moroney recently kicked off her 50-date headlining “Am I Okay? Tour,” and stopped by CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on March 25 to deliver the first-ever TV performance of her streaming hit “Break It Right Back,” a fierce but tender ballad featured on Am I Okay? (I’ll Be Fine), the album’s expanded deluxe edition). During the start to her latest headline run, Moroney performed for a packed crowd at Montreal’s Mtelus followed by two nights at Toronto’s History, then delivered back-to-back shows at Radio City Music Hall March 26-27 in New York City.
AIMP Nashville Hosts Conversation With Master Songwriter Ashley Gorley
Pictured (L-R): Kari Barnhart (Studio Bank), John Ozier (Reservoir), Ashley Gorley, Megan Pekar (Loeb & Loeb LLP), Kendall Lettow (Blue Harbor Music), Courtney Crist (Eclipse Music Group) and Dave Pacula (Liz Rose Music)
The AIMP Nashville Chapter held its “Writing Hits and Cultivating Hit Songwriters: A Conversation with Ashley Gorley” event on March 28 at Live Oak. Moderator Megan Pekar of Loeb & Loeb LLP spoke to Gorley about his career writing hits with artists like Post Malone, Morgan Wallen, Chris Stapleton, Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood and countless others. Gorley is ASCAP’s 2024 Country Songwriter of the Year and has been honored with the award 11 times, and will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York this June.
Charley Crockett Makes Tonight Show Debut
Charley Crockett. Photo: Todd Owyoung/NBC
Charley Crockett made his debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on March 27 performing “Easy Money,” from his new album Lonesome Drifter. The Texan tapes a new episode of Austin City Limits tonight in front of the iconic Austin skyline background at ACL Live at the Moody Theatre for the show’s 51st season.
SESAC Writers Perform At Analog During Tin Pan South
Pictured (L-R): Lydia Cahill, Scott Jungmichel, Shannan Hatch, Chris DeStefano, Kendell Marvel, Joe Fox, Andrew DeRoberts, ET Brown and Abbey Watson
SESAC affiliates Chris DeStefano, Kendell Marvel, Joe Fox and Andrew DeRoberts took the stage at Analog on the second night of Tin Pan South on March 26 performing a variety of their hits including recent No. 1 “Boys Back Home” recorded by Dylan Scott and Dylan Marlowe (Fox); “II MOST WANTED” recorded by Beyonce and Miley Cyrus (DeRoberts); “Good Girl” recorded by Carrie Underwood (DeStefano) and “Either Way” recorded by Chris Stapleton (Marvel). The show also featured special guests ELEY and Haven Madison, who each took a turn performing with DeRoberts.
AIMP U Offers A Peek Into the Business of Songwriting During Day-Long Event
Pictured (L-R): AIMP Nashville Chapter Board members Melissa Spillman (Concord Music Publishing), Treasurer Kari Barnhart (Studio Bank), President John Ozier (Reservoir), Ree Guyer (Wrensong Music), Leslie Roberts (BMI), Tim Hunze (Big Machine Music) and Leslie DiPiero (The Jonas Group). Photo: Faith Boccarossa for Studio Bank
The Nashville Chapter of the Association of Independent Music Publishers held its first “AIMP U – A Holistic Peek Into the Business of Songwriting” event last week on March 26 at the BMI offices in Nashville. The event was designed to provide an in-depth look at music publishing and records, types of songwriting royalties, how to collect them as an independent creator, and other current topics impacting the songwriting community.
Among the panels was the “Record Deals + Royalties” panel, moderated by Autumn Tallant (A&R, Red Light Management) who spoke with panelists Daniel Lee (Head of A&R, Leo33 Records), Hannah Galluzzi (Director, A&R, EMPIRE) and Stephanie Davenport (Senior Director, A&R, Warner Music Nashville).
