ole’s ‘Royal Flush’: Takes CCMA Music Publisher Honours for 5th Consecutive Year

ole has been honoured by the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) as Music Publisher of the Year for the 5th consecutive time.

The achievement is made all the more significant in that it is the fifth win in the category in the seven years since the company’s founding on September 28, 2004. ole’s initial win in 2007 marked the first time in 15 years that an independent music publisher had won the category.

ole Acquires Music Publishing Co-Ownership in Rob the Robot Children’s Series

ole has concluded a music publishing co-ownership deal with Canadian television producer Amberwood Entertainment for the new children’s series, Rob the Robot. This complements purchases closed previously by ole with Amberwood, including the acquisition of the two series, The Secret World of Benjamin Bear and RollBots.

ole’s Global Deal with Acclaimed Producer/Songwriter David Tyson

ole has concluded a worldwide administration deal with step-up to co-pub for the balance of producer/songwriter David Tyson’s catalog.

The deal includes several songs recorded by artists such as Alannah Myles, Tina Arena, and Canadian Idol winner Ryan Malcolm. This complements the deals closed previously by ole including the acquisition of Tyson’s hit song “Black Velvet” by Alannah Myles.

Roots Three/ole’s Dean Brody: Number One Award-Winner and Chart-Topper

The success of Roots Three Music/ole songwriter/artist Dean Brody at the recent CCMA Awards, which saw him lead the pack with a handful of awards including Album (Trail in Life), Single and Songwriter of the Year (“Trail in Life”), provided the perfect exclamation point to a year that has seen Brody spend the most weeks of any artist in the number one Canadian spot on the country radio charts. During Country Music Week in Hamilton, Ontario, he also picked up awards for the Album Design of Trail in Life, and for his Website. His guitar player, Jason Berry, picked up an All-Star Band Award. Brody won his first CCMA Award in 2009, taking home the trophy for Single of the Year for “Brothers.”

ole Writer Matt Nolen Forms Band of “Sinner – Songwriters”

ole songwriter/artist Matt Nolen would like you to meet the Beagles. That’s the trio he formed earlier this year with fellow songwriters/artists Ward Davis and Rick Huckaby, who felt that there could be some magic in the three of them joining forces to make music as a unit.

ole Set To Introduce Accounts Payable Automation

ole is in the testing phase of an accounts payable automation process which will see invoices that the company pays to third parties and employees scanned so that they are in electronic form, typically in a pdf format.

Lindi Ortega, Mother Mother Success Helps Shape Future of ole, Last Gang Co-Venture

As ole and Last Gang Entertainment entered into their co-venture relationship just after the turn of the millennium, it was a time of great change for the music industry. The Internet had changed the business model for record labels significantly and music publishing had suddenly become the lifeline for not only the artists but the labels themselves. It was a transition that lawyer and record company executive Chris Taylor was facing with Last Gang Records, his small Toronto-based label that, early in its life, launched the current international careers of acclaimed acts like Metric, Death From the Sky and Crystal Castles and today has two successful up-and-coming artists with currently released albums: Lindi Ortega (Little Red Boots) and Mother Mother (Eureka).

ole-Affiliated TV/Film Companies Honoured With 20 Gemini Awards

ole-affiliated TV/film companies picked up a combined 20 awards at the recent 26^th annual Gemini Awards presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television and CBC Television.

The awards were presented on the main live TV broadcast on CBC-TV, hosted by comedian Russell Peters, and at two Gemini Industry Galas held a week prior.

Rizzle Sticks Stir Excitement At BMG-Chrysalis

Quite a buzz these days at BMG Rights Management surrounding British pop duo, Rizzle Sticks, formed in 2008 by Jordan “Rizzle” Stevens & Harley “Sylvester” Alexander-Sule. Originating from Brighton, their style is a mix of pop and old-school hip hop from the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. They’re currently working on their debut album for Universal Island reportedly titled Stereo Typical. They’ve already been involved with a chart-topping song in the U.K. titled “Heart Skips A Beat,” an Olly Murs single that featured the group. They’ve had three singles themselves: “Prophet (Better Watch It),” “Down with the Trumpets,” which peaked at number eight in the U.K. earlier this summer and the most recent, “Youngster.” They recently performed at the BBC Introducing Stage at Reading and Leeds Festival as part of a U.K. tour that will run through the fall and well into Dec. The album is due in October.

Bucks Music Group Writer Charlie Skarbek Scores Big with Rugby World Cup Official Song

Charlie Skarbek, an artist with Buck Music Group, the company for which ole sub-publishes their catalogue in Canada, is the co-writer (lyrics) of the official song of the Rugby World Cup 2011 titled “World in Union.” The song was recorded by Christchurch, New Zealand soprano Hayley Westenra in English, Maori, Italian, French and Japanese. The melody of the song is “Thaxted,” a theme from the middle section of “Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity,” a movement from Gustav Holst’s “The Planets.”The song “World in Union,” was originally commissioned by the International Rugby Football Board in 1991 and has become synonymous with the event. Among the artists who have performed the song over the years are Kiri Te Kanawa (1991), Ladysmith Black Mambazo and PJ Powers (1995), Shirley Bassey and Bryn Terfel (1999 & 2003), All Stars (2007) and Hayley Westenra (2011).

ole, Tebey Celebrate First U.K. Number One With Pixie Lott Single ‘All About Tonight’

Songwriter/recording artist Tebey, who signed a worldwide co-publishing deal with ole four years ago, is celebrating his first U.K. number one hit with the Pixie Lott single, “All About Tonight.” The song, a co-write with Brian Kidd, Tommy Lee James and Lott, debuted at number one on the U.K. singles chart on the strength of over 88,000 sales and also topped the airplay charts. It was Lott’s third U.K. chart-topper.

Writer/Artist Cadence Grace Song A Home Run At ole’s Hitsville

It came late in the “game,” but songwriter/artist Cadence Grace hit a home run with her song “Living in Our Love” and earned herself a single-song publishing deal with ole during the company’s fourth annual Hitsville competition at the CCMA’s Country Music Week in Hamilton, Ontario. As it turns out, the song was a co-write with ole legacy writer Willie Mack who had collaborated with Grace over Skype.

ole’s Saloon Jam a Post CCMA Awards Country Music Week Tradition

For the 7^th year, ole, in association with RGK Entertainment, was host to Saloon Jam, the popular post-CCMA Awards celebration, which has become a Country Music Week tradition. As a wrap party – it started at 10:00 pm following the live CBC telecast of the CCMA Awards from Hamilton’s Copps Coliseum and went until 4:00 am – it’s a celebratory jam that never fails to draw a star-studded line-up of participants.

The 5th Annual ole pop+urban songcamp in L.A., co-presented by Warner/Chappell, Attracts 20 World-Class Songwriters To Historic Westlake Studios For Five Days of Collaborative Magic

The 5^th annual olepop+urban songcamp, hosted by ole and co-presented by Warner/Chappell, is set to kick-off on October 3, 2011 at the historic and storied Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood.

Writers Jimmy Yeary and Marty Dodson Do ole Proud at NSAI Music Row Mega Party

The Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) calls their annual outdoor party on Music Row “The World’s Largest #1 Party” as it brings together members of the Music City community to celebrate all of the #1 hits of the past 12 months. This year, ole was well-represented in that regard by hit writers Marty Dodson and Jimmy Yeary, who both received commemorative plaques for topping the charts during that period: Dodson with the Billy Currington hit, “Let Me Down Easy” and Yeary with the Rascal Flatts chart-topper, “Why Wait.”

David Tyson Co-Write ‘Unsung Hero’ Part of Johnson & Johnson Campaign To Support Nursing Profession

“Unsung Hero,” a co-write of ole’s David Tyson with Tina Arena and Dean McTaggert and performed by this year’s CCMA Female Vocalist of the Year Terri Clark, can currently be heard in a Johnson & Johnson Nursing Scholarship Video being used to raise money for the program. The corporate sync license allows Johnson & Johnson to exhibit the song within the video on their website and up to six events per year to audiences containing no more that 1000 people.

Bucks/ole Sync by Composer Matthew Herbert the Title Theme for TIFF Film Favourite

British electronic music pioneer Matthew Herbert, who also goes by a number of aliases including Doctor Rockit, has the title theme for the movie Café de flore, written and directed by Québec filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallée, which premiered at the recent Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The track, performed by Matthew Herbert and Doctor Rockit, is a Bucks Music Group/ole sync license.

Charlene Clarke Joins Finance Team in Toronto Office As Financial Accountant

ole Financial Accountant Charlene Clarke, whose responsibilities lie in the month end process, accruals, account reconciliations, accounts payable, regulatory tax reporting, financial statement preparation and analysis, joined the company in July of this year with a work background that encompasses the advertising, print media, communications and trade show and conference industries. She is based in the Toronto office and reports to ole Controller Denis Dinsmore.

ole CCO Gilles Godard Wins IBMA for Song ‘Train I Missed’

ole’s Nashville-based Chief Creative Officer Gilles Godard, who is an acclaimed songwriter in his own right, took top honours in the category of Song of the Year at this year’s International Bluegrass Music Awards (IBMA).

Aiming for ‘music at the speed of thought’ – ole launches ole clear library/production music division

“The cornerstone of our business right now is to be leading-edge tech. We offer the highest level of automation so that an editor out there at 3 a.m. can get into our online portal and peruse and buy licensed music in three or four clicks, with no intervention necessary. If our clients want music supervisory advice and the human touch, that’s still there too, but we want to make their jobs as easy as humanly possible.” – ole CEO Robert Ott, quoted in the SOCAN magazine words+music as part of an article written by Christopher Taylor Jones on the launch of ole clear the library/production music division of ole.

16 ole Tracks Showcased On the Just-Released Majorly Indie CD Compilation

The quarterly 2011 ole Hit Kit, a CD compilation that showcases ole hits and songs with television and film potential, debuted on September 28 at ole’s End of Summer Mixer at L.A.’s new Rolling Stone venue.

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 ole Controller Denis Dinsmore who says: “What has made me a converted country music fan is the stories (it’s all about the lyrics). Enjoy!”