March 2010

Trey Bruce (www.myspace.com/treybruce) signed an exclusive Co-Publishing deal with The Royalty Network. His first hit as a songwriter came in 1990, when Shelby Lynne reached the U.S. Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts with "Things Are Tough All Over"; in 1993, Randy Travis reached Number One on the same chart with Bruce's "Look Heart, No Hands". Since then, he has written songs for several country music artists, including Doug Stone, Lee Roy Parnell, Faith Hill, LeAnn Rimes, Diamond Rio, and SHeDAISY. Bruce has also co-produced albums for Trace Adkins, Rebecca Lynn Howard and Chris LeDoux; in addition, his composition "Where There Is Hope" won Bruce an Emmy in 2001. Trey has written for the likes of songs recorded by Glorianna, Trisha Yearwood, Reba McEntire, Carrie Underwood, Marty Stuart, Deanna Carter, Gary Allen, and Chris Ledoux. Trey is a two time troubadour of the Chateau de Marouatte songwriters retreat in France, a member of NSAI, CMA, NARAS, and a proud Leadership Music alumnus. Trey owns publishing company Nouveau World Music , a co-publishing venture with The Royalty Network, Inc.. Trey’s works are Co-Published through Nouveau World Music / Roynet Music (Ascap).

UK firm, District 6, has signed a Sub-Publishing agreement with The Royalty Network. District 6 is a company that strives to break with some of the cumbersome and, lets be honest, tired old traditions of the past. An idea conceived by Paul Vials (Acid Jazz, Ether Records) and Ed Ashcroft (Stern's Music, Ether Records), who between them share some 30 years of combined wisdom and experience of the music industry, from label management, a&r and publishing, production and distribution to marketing, promotion, booking & touring, District 6 Publishing (registered publisher name is EP Music Ltd) is a London based publishing company which continually strives to set the highest standard in contemporary music publishing and administration. They offer a thorough investigative collection service that ensures if there is money owing they will recover it and pay it through to their clients quickly. Covering all genres of Music, District 6 is poised to be a leading contemporary Publisher for the future, and we’re pleased to be representing their catalog.

Shakur Green signed a Worldwide Administration Agreement with The Royalty Network, Inc. Shakur has written for the popular commercial, ‘freecreditreport.com’, plus Miley Cyrus, ‘Hannah Montana: The Movie’, Plain White T’s, and Trace Cyrus. He’s a burgeoning, musician / producer / writer, based in Los Angeles and Philadelphia, and his works are sure to be heard for many years to come. Shakur is a Sesac writer, that will be handled through our Krian Music (Sesac) catalog.