DHX Chooses ole For Worldwide Publishing Admin

ole has concluded a worldwide administration deal with the globally-recognized Canadian entertainment company, DHX Media Ltd. With offices in Toronto, Halifax, Vancouver and Los Angeles, DHX is an international leader in television production and distribution, interactive content, and entertainment licensing, with a focus on children, family and youth markets,

ole ‘Write Where UR Tour 2011’ Huge Success: Two Cuts On Chart-Topping Eric Church Album and More

Ryan Tyndell. Photo: Tiffany Wayne

In early 2011, the ole bus, a mobile songwriting lab customized with everything needed for creative collaboration including a complete state-of-the-art recording studio, set out on what would turn out to be a highly-successful 65-day excursion. It was dubbed the “Write Where U R Tour” and the idea was for ole songwriters to spend time on the road with a number of top artists to do some co-writing during the inevitable down times that occur while touring.

E-TRAIN On Board At ole Following Worldwide Placement and Licensing Deal

ole has concluded a worldwide Sync & Master Placement and Licensing deal with rapper/hip hop producer, E-TRAIN.

The deal brings the rights to his first hit single, “Damn,“ his upcoming single “Glow So Hard,” for which he has a video in the works, as well as songs from his debut album, Wrath of Roxanne.

ole Signs Classic Rockers The Kings to Worldwide Admin Deal

ole has concluded a worldwide admin deal with the Canadian rock band, The Kings, which brings with it the admin rights to the group’s 1980 North American hit song, “This Beat Goes On/Switchin’ To Glide.”

ole Signing Jim Vallance Returns To His First Love – Songwriting

Though he has been involved in most areas of the music creative process, Jim Vallance, who has just concluded a worldwide administration/step-up to co-publishing deal with ole that includes select legacy works and futures, has currently returned to his first love – songwriting. When it came time to look for a new publisher, prior experience made the selection process relatively easy.

ole Development Deal Behind the Scenes Player in Rebecca Everett YoYo Release

Rebecca Everett, whose new album YoYo will get an eastern Canada launch in Toronto on September 28, is of that new breed of songwriters who look to the world for their inspiration. Over the past four years, since relocating from Victoria to Toronto and signing a development and co-publishing deal with ole, Everett has traveled extensively across North America and Europe, spending time in cities like London, New York, Paris, Stockholm, Nashville and Los Angeles, often collaborating with other writers of disparate styles and outlooks along the way. She wrote her current album during this period and those influences dance merrily with the pop musical styles she first appreciated when she was a young performer starting out on Canada’s west coast: Motown, folk, old school rhythm and blues, jazz, early 20th century Parisian torch songs and even Klezmer, which she actually performed in bands at clubs and synagogues in and around Victoria.

ole Writer and People Magazine ‘Hot Guy’ Charlie Worsham Set For Career-Boosting Concert Dates With Taylor Swift

Unprecedented Activity for Unsigned Country Recording Artist

As writer/artist Charlie Worsham signed to ole last year, he sensed that the creative climate was right for good things to happen. “The company has this great brand-new, doors-are-wide-open, everything’s-looking-up feel,” he said at the time. “I really trust being in ole’s hands and I feel that everything has happened to this point for the purpose of this relationship.”

ole-Affiliated Writer Jimmy Yeary Continues Hit-Making Ways With LeAnn Rimes, Martina McBride

The recent success of ole-affiliated songwriter Jimmy Yeary is an indication of the richness and depth of the ole catalog. Yeary, whose songs were acquired by ole as part of the Blacktop Music Group acquisition, continues to enjoy great success on the country charts.

Liz Rose/ole song ‘Like My Mother Does’ Still Making News For Idol Runner-Up Lauren Alaina

The ride that American Idol runner-up Lauren Alaina and the Liz Rose/ole song “Like My Mother Does” have both taken since the finale of the show has been nothing short of remarkable. In the latest news, an appearance recently by Alaina with Idol winner Scotty McCreery and other former contestants on the TV show Good Morning America resulted in the doubling of sales of the song to 247,000 downloads. Alaina was on-hand at CMT on August 8 to unveil the video clip of the song and introduce a 15-minute special that includes behind-the-scenes footage from her video shoot.

ole Writer Alan Frew Teaches Corporations To Sing Their Own Song

In early August, ole writer/award-winning recording artist Alan Frew (Glass Tiger, “I Believe”), who is also a best-selling author and accomplished motivational speaker, unveiled Lessons From A Tour Bus, his new integrated songwriting and speaking format, in the main boardroom of ole’s Toronto office.

ole adminow Delivers World-Class Service and IT Tools, Innovative Conductor Technology Set To Enable Faster Royalty Processing

ole prides itself on being a leading edge copyright administration operation able to deliver world-class service and IT tools. Adminow, the online client transparency tool that allows clients to view the status of their accounts 24/7, has an admin staff that works on a point-person, personal service system that underpins adminow.

ole clear Continues Impressive Growth with Omnimusic Sub Pub Deal

ole clear, Canada’s largest supplier of production music, has concluded a Canadian sub-publishing deal with U.S.-based Omnimusic to represent their entire Production Music Library.

The deal brings the rights to represent over 13,000 tracks of music in several unique libraries including Omnimusic, BURN Music, Blue Dot, MusicOutsideTheBox, Flash-Point Music and Spice - Songs For Film and Television.

oleclear.com 2.0 – Faster, Better, More Intuitive For Clients

ole clear, which launched into the production music space in March of this year, is referring to its completely new lightning-fast music search and decision-making system as oleclear.com 2.0. A creative, multi-keyword Music Search system allows the user to drill down to accurate results along with a fun-to-use, multi-project management system. Our Media Network clients can control and channel their accounts to multi-point producers.

Lindi Ortega Doing Nashville Residency Until Late September

Last Gang/ole news, in part, is that Lindi Ortega, whose album Little Red Boots was released in early June to immediate critical reaction, sales of 3000 and a number 27 ranking on the U.S. Billboard Heatseeker chart, has been writing and touring ever since.

Roots three/ole Writers Look Forward To Country Music Week Celebration

Roots Three/ole heads into Hamilton, Ontario for Country Music Week and the Canadian Country Music Awards with the chance of spending some significant time at the podium following an extraordinary showing from artists like Dean Brody and Doc Walker when the nomination were announced recently.

Impressive List of Gemini Award Nominations for ole-Affiliated TV/Film Companies

TV/film companies, with which ole is affiliated as music administrator, have picked up an impressive 58 nominations for the 26th annual Gemini Awards. The nominees were announced recently by CBC Television and the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television,

ole Joins ASCAP In the Mentoring of 12 Emerging Composers

The 22nd annual ASCAP Television and Film Scoring Workshop, with Emmy Award-winning composer Richard Bellis and involving 12 talented emerging composers, was held recently in Los Angeles.

ole President Michael McCarty, (left) in the picture, and ole Senior Director of Film, Television and Media John Anderson joined in the mentoring of these composers at a workshop session.

ole Picks Up 13 Nominations For CCMA Awards Including Music Publisher of the Year

ole, the 2010 Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) Publishing Company of the Year, has been nominated for the fifth consecutive time in the category it has carried over the past four years. The company was named CCMA Music Publisher of the Year for 2007, the first time in 15 years that an independent music publisher had won the category, and in 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Track “In Your Machine” Finds Itself In Showcase Lost Girl Premiere

The track “In Your Machine” aka “Your Machines,” recorded by Alex Metric and written by Alex Drury and Daniel Zak Watts has found a place in Episode 201 of the CBC’s Lost Girl (Season 2). The episode will air on Showcase on September 4.

The license is on behalf of ole admin client, Bucks Music Group which has a catalogue that is a diversified offering of major label and indie tracks. Notable songs include; the James Blunt smash “You’re Beautiful,” Kanye West’s “Drunk and Hot Girls,” Beyonce & Shakira’s “Beautiful Liar,” and the tracks “Satellites” and “Disappear” from the Beyonce’s album I am Sasha Fierce. There are also a number of tracks from Jay Sean, who currently has some hits with Lil Wayne.

Jackzon Tan Appointed Financial Accountant at clear, ole’s Production Music Division

Jackzon Tan says he’s settling nicely into the newly-created position of Financial Accountant at ole’s Toronto office where he is responsible for the day-to-day bookkeeping and financial administration of clear, ole’s production music business. He will also handle bookkeeping processes and best business practices for clear as well as provide additional financial and accounting support to ole’s main music publishing business.

ole’s Gilles Godard On Hand At Nashville Luncheon To Support Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Expansion Plans

ole Nashville-based Chief Creative Officer Gilles Godard accepted an invitation recently from the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville to attend a luncheon at the museum’s Ford Theater with key music industry figures to kickoff of the public phase of the $75 million capital campaign that will finance the museum’s 200,000-square foot expansion.

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 Ten pics from Arthur Buenahora.