Bucks/ole songcamp, featuring Island Def Jam, Hosts 35 International Songwriters to Craft a Body of great songs!

ole and U.K.-based Bucks Music Group, two of the world's largest independent music publishers, were co-hosts of a unique writing initiative to craft hit singles at the recent Bucks/ole songcamp in London (May 17-21). This effort united 35 songwriters for five-days of networking and collaboration with the goal of creating new hit material.

Songwriter Gerald O'Brien Shares Sons of Sylvia's Revelation

Revelation is not only the title of the Sons of Sylvia's hot new debut album but also a word that applies to songwriter Gerald O'Brien's pleasing discovery that he would have five cuts on the 11-track recording including "The Song of Solomon," "The War Within," "Ghost Town," "John Wayne" and "50 Ways."

A native of Grenada, Mississippi, such were Worsham's early musical abilities that by the time he was 10, he was playing banjo with bluegrass legend Jimmy Martin at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. Two years later, he played the Grand Ole Opry with Opry member Mike Snider. He headed for Boston in 2004 to study at the Berklee College of Music, as he continued to develop as a musician, vocalist and songwriter.

The deal reunites Tyndell with ole Senior Creative Director Arthur Buenahora, who had previously worked with the young writer shortly after he arrived in Nashville about seven years ago as a member of the bluegrass band, Cadillac Sky, and was looking to launch a solo career.

ole has been chosen by Discovery Communications Inc., the world's number one nonfiction media company with more than 100 worldwide networks, led by Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Science Channel, Investigation Discovery (ID), Planet Green and HD Theater, to handle its publishing administration.

For the fifth year, ole, along with sponsorship partner ASCAP, were at the heart of the celebrations as part of the 15th annual Key West Songwriters Festival, one of the biggest events of its kind in the world. Once again, it was a welcome opportunity for ole to support the Nashville songwriter community and to enable ole songwriters to be part of "A"-list collaborations in a conducive, creative environment.

For songwriters, composers and producers, the fifth annual ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO 10, for which ole was a sponsor for the third consecutive year, was the place to be.

Jennifer Beavis, ole's Senior Director of Administration, has just returned from a European excursion during which she liaised with ole's sub-publishing partners in Germany, France and the U.K. and had in-depth meetings with three major performance rights organizations: GEMA/SACEM and MCPS/PRS and the Association of International Collective Management of Audiovisual Works (AGICOA), Europe's predominate collective for the retransmission rights of independent producers.

After a period of intense travel for writing sessions and concert appearances, ole/tanjola writer Shiloh has settled for a while in L.A. where she is working on her second album with an A-list of writers and producers.

Singer/songwriter/social activist Kinnie Starr's current album A Different Day, which finds her back in the Last Gang/ole publishing fold for administration, will be a revelation for those who recall the "hip hop aggro groove" (L.A. Weekly) and the trademark spoken-word poetry of her earlier records.

With the launch of adminow, ole's state of the art administration e-tool, and the resulting enhancement of the company's expert music publishing royalty administration service, ole has moved to the next level of client service.

productionmusicnow, the new portal for ole's elite production music library which will allow users the ease of scoring scenes, downloading, licensing and paying for music in just a few clicks, is scheduled for a soft-launch in June 2010.

Holland-based Walboomers recording artist Ehsan has cut the ole/Dave Kopatz song "Same Spot" for his forthcoming album. The song was co-written with Mike City and Iain James during ole's 2nd annual pop + urban Songcamp in Hollywood.

Billy Currington has cut the ole/ Marty Dodson song "Let Me Down Easy" for his forthcoming release.

Bucky Covington's ole single "A Father's Love (The Only Way He Knew How)," continues to climb the charts: Billboard up from # 38 to # 36, Mediabase up from # 36 to # 35, Music Row up from # 30 to # 24.

For Whitney Taylor, Executive Assistant to ole Chief Creative Officer, Gilles Godard, and Office Manager at ole's Nashville headquarters, music publishing was always a likely career choice. She loves music and at an early age, back in her hometown of Greenville, South Carolina, indulged that passion by singing and making music in church and on stage. But, her parents were both successful in the business world and that also colored her ambitions for the future.

Gilles Godard, ole's CCO, was one of only a handful of special guests at Liz Rose's private wedding ceremony held last month at the famous Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas during the Academy of Country Music Awards weekend.

ole's Qiana Conley, Sean Mulligan and Gilles Godard pictured at the ASCAP Pop Awards held at the Renaissance Hollywood Grand Ballroom on May 21st.

ole's Sean Mulligan and David Weitzman pictured with TBA at a recent SOCAN Reception held to introduce the incoming CEO to Los Angeles members.

ole will once again be celebrating its annual Summer Party on June 18th.

Each month we feature the top ten songs in the ole catalogue as selected by one of the staff in our creative group. Here are the Top 10 pics from Elizabeth Spear.