NASHVILLE |DT: SEPTEMBER 03, 2014
FM: MITCH SCHNEIDER/MIKE GOWEN—MSO PR
WIXEN MUSIC PUBLISHING, INC.
ANNOUNCES NEW ADMINISTRATION SIGNINGS
INCLUDING:
THE ESTATE OF STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN
JIMMIE VAUGHAN, ROGER MCGUINN, ROBERT LAMM, GRACE SLICK AND
JAKE SHIMABUKURO
WIXEN MUSIC PUBLISHING, INC. has just signed a worldwide administration deal with The Estate of Stevie Ray Vaughan, it was announced by the company’s president Randall Wixen. In addition to the Stevie Ray Vaughan songs,WIXEN MUSIC PUBLISHING, INC. will handle the repertoire of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s brother, Jimmie Vaughan(including the works written for his former band, The Fabulous Thunderbirds.) Recent WIXEN administration signings include the Byrds’ iconic pioneer Roger McGuinn, Chicago founding member Robert Lamm, Jefferson Airplane legend Grace Slick and acclaimed ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro.
“These are real great signings for us,” says Randall Wixen. ‘We are thrilled to be working with these iconic American repertoires. We will be working hard to insure that all royalties are being collected properly while simultaneously taking steps to reinvigorate public awareness and generate new uses.”
WIXEN MUSIC PUBLISHING, INC. is the premier independent publishing administrator in the country. A family run business of 20 employees, they have been in business since 1979, and represent a huge breadth of talent amongst the highest echelon of popular songwriters. A partial client list can be found here: www.wixenmusic.com.
With an office in Los Angeles and a sister company, Wixen Music UK Ltd. in London, the companies administer the song catalogs of many top artists from the last 50 years, ranging from George Harrison, the Doors, Neil Young andTom Petty, to the Black Keys, Andrew Bird and Fitz & The Tantrums. This past April (2014), Randall Wixen issued the third edition of THE PLAIN AND SIMPLE GUIDE TO MUSIC PUBLISHING. With a foreword by Tom Petty, it contains an array of new topics pegged to the ever-changing music industry landscape. The new subjects include: the value of music (how and why streaming yields so little income to content creators), monetizing YouTube, and the difficulty of calculating and verifying new statutory streaming rates. The book is available at all major chains, including Amazon:http://tiny.cc/qpq5bx.
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