New Signings & Team-Ups: January 17

COOKING VINYL AUSTRALIA PARTNERS WITH TRIPLE CROWN

Cooking Vinyl Australia has entered a new partnership with New York’s Triple Crown Records to represent its product in Australia and New Zealand.

Triple Crown was founded in 1997 by Fred Feldman and has released albums by Sorority Noise, Brand New, Caspian, Kevin Devin, Bad Books, O’Brother, The Receiving End of Sirens, Hot Rod Circuit and The Dear Hunter among others.

Last year Triple Crown won the A2IM Libera Award for “Indie Label Of The Year”.

Feldman said, “Australia has been a growing market for us lately, very excited to be working with Stu [Harvey[, Leigh [Gruppetta] and everyone at Cooking Vinyl Australia to extend our reach there.”

The first release under the new agreement will be Swell, an album by Minnesota’s post-hardcore pop punk Tiny Moving Parts out January 26.

SONY MUSIC, GLOBAL CREATURES, LOOK ON BRIDE SIDE FOR MURIEL’S WEDDING ALBUM

Sony Music Australia and theatre production company Global Creatures have teamed up for the original cast recording of Sydney Theatre Company and Global Creatures’ production of Muriel’s Wedding The Musical

It features 21 songs with music and lyrics by Kate Miller-Heidke (pictured) and Keir Nuttall with additional songs by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson written for ABBA.

Denis Handlin AO, Chairman and CEO of Australia & New Zealand and President Asia Sony Music Entertainment, said “We are delighted to partner with the Global Creatures team on the release of the Muriel’s Wedding The Musical Cast Recording. The quality of the recording is outstanding and is an excellent addition to this brilliant stage show.”

Muriel’s Wedding The Musical is a 28-cast theatrical version of PJ Hogan’s hit film, updated to today by the writer.  The production celebrated its’ world premiere in Sydney on November 18, 2017, and closes on January 27, 2018.

DEADLINE FOR VANDA AND YOUNG COMP ENTRIES

The deadline for entries for APRA AMCOS’ Vanda and Young Songwriting Competition is today (January 17).

It aims to support songwriters while raising funds for not-for-profit organisation Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia.

Albert Music, BMG and APRA AMCOS provide the winner’s cash prize of $50,000. Second place prize of $10,000 is from AMPAL (Australasian Music Publishers Association) and third prize of $5000 from Seventh Street Media.

A new ‘Unpublished’ prize of $5,000 is also up for grabs.

Previous winners have been Megan Washington (2009), Kimbra (2011), The Preatures (2013), Husky Gawenda (2014) and Gretta Ray (2016).

Winners are announced in April.

GREYSCALE BRING IN STUCK OUT

Melbourne promoters Ash Hull and Joshua Merriel’s Greyscale Records expand their roster with the addition of young Melbourne band Stuck Out.

They drop an EP You Won’t Come Home in February, preceded by the single ‘Fade Away’.

Singer Joshua Walker explains, "When we began writing this EP, one of the most important factors we considered was progression.

“Progression of sound, progression of story and progression of the band.”

The band follows the EP release with dates through Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane between February 10 to 25.

WARNER CHAPPELL PLAYS BALL

Norway-born London-based Fred Ball has signed with Warner/Chappell, re-igniting a relationship with the publisher’s MD Mike Smith who signed him to EMI Music Publishing in 2002.

Ball wrote one of Rhianna’s biggest singles ‘Love on the Brain’, as well as for Zara Larsson (‘One Mississippi’), Jessie Ware (‘Slow Me Down’), Toni Braxton (‘Deadwood), Madonna, Little Mix and KT Tunstall.

ISLAND PICKS UP TRINIDAD CARDONA

Billboard reported that Island Records has picked up Trinidad Cardona, the 18-year old Afro-Mexican singer whose playful freestyle ‘Jennifer’ from last June unexpectedly took off online and ended with 18 million views

MARLEY AND ME

Bob Marley’s catalogue continues to resound, decades after his death in 1981: his music has generated 1.7 billion streams in the United States alone, and it’s breaking into new music markets as Asia, South America and Africa.

Former record label executive Larry Mestel’s New York-based company Primary Wave, now with fresh $300 million investor funding, has signed a $50 million deal with Island Records founder Chris Blackwell to get 80% of his share in two catalogues, the New York Times reports.

One of these is the Marley catalogue, which gives Primary Waves rights to classics as ‘One Love’ and ‘I Shot The Sheriff’.

Blue Mountain’s catalogue includes songs from Marley, Toots and the Maytals, Free, U2 (although Blackwell retains them), Marianne Faithfull and The Waterboys, among others.

Primary Wave has been successful in tapping what Mestel calls “the icons and legends business.” It has acquired the songs of the likes of Smokey Robinson and Def Leppard, and licenses them aggressively to movies and TV shows.

FOR WOES TO GOES

Australia’s UNFD has picked up Edinburgh band Woes – a band that’s tipped to be one of the breakouts of 2018 – and have released a new track ‘Real World’.

Vocalist DJ says, “We’re all excited to take Woes to the next level.

“There’s such a great team at UNFD, and it’s invaluable for us to have so many passionate and talented people around us who are as excited about the band as we are.

“We’ve always been a band that wants to stand out and do things differently and from the first meeting with UNFD, we could tell they were on exactly the same page.

“We’ve never felt more excited about our future… and we can’t wait for the chance to go and do some yoga in the Australian sun.”

Woes are currently touring the UK with Seaway and Lizzy Farrall.

MELBOURNE’S MARIBELLE ASSIGNS BOOKINGS TO FALCONA

Melbourne based electro-pop singer, songwriter, producer and label founder Maribelle has assigned her live bookings to Sydney based Falcona covering Australia, New Zealand and Asia.

Already established on the festival circuit, the 23-year-old has been picked up radio support for her collaborations with Carmada for “On Fire” and Young Franco for “Miss You” while her debut EP Overtake saw her work with producers Djemba Djemba, Styalz Fuego and Nic Martin.

She has a global deal with Universal Music Publishing Group and set up her own label Crush Club Records in a joint venture with Warner Music Australia/Atlantic Records.

ROUND HILL ACQUIRES CARLIN AMERICA

Round Hill Records has acquired for a reported $245 million the catalogue of Carlin America, set up in the mid-60s, and US home to AC/DC and Elvis Presley.

The catalogue also includes classics as ‘Happy Together’, ‘Owner of A Lonely Heart’, ‘She Blinded Me With Science’, ‘Fever’, ‘Under The Boardwalk’ and a number of Broadway music – all of which turn over $15 million a year.

ROYAL OPERA PERFORMANCE ON AUSSIE SCREENS

Event & Village Cinemas in partnership with Trafalgar Releasing are screening David McVicar’s acclaimed production of Verdi’s tragic opera Rigoletto on February 10, 11 and 14 on 17 Australian screenings as part of London’s Royal Opera House 2017/18 Live Cinema Season covering ballet and opera.

Full details at www.eventcinemas.com.au/roh and www.villagecinemas.com.au

AMAZON PRIME CATCHES THE ZEE’S

Amazon signed its first content deal for music with India;’ Zee Music Company before launching Amazon Prime Music in that country. The deal covers 450 film soundtracks in Hindi and other Indian dialects, and content from 250 indie artists.