ole Caps Unprecedented 2011 Country Success with BMI, SESAC Awards and Third Number One

ole celebrated CMA Week with the company’s third number one country single this year – the Eli Young Band’s “Crazy Girl” – along with three BMI and one SESAC award for the radio and chart success of writers Marty Dodson, Monty Powell, Liz Rose and Jimmy Yeary.

ole 5th Annual pop+urban songcamp Continues Tradition of Great Copyrights

The recent ole 5^th annual pop+urban songcamp in L.A. produced 23 great songs from the 20-plus world-class songwriters in attendance, a number of which have already generated significant artist interest.

ole Writer Monty Powell In Good Company With Chart-Toppers Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum

If you’re known by the company you keep, prolific songwriter and producer Monty Powell, whose catalog and futures came to ole in the late summer of last year as part of a worldwide co-publishing deal, has a profile that’s platinum-plus.

ole/Roots Three Writer Bruce Wallace Heats Up Music Row

ole/Roots Three songwriter Bruce Wallace, who has singles and album cuts with artists that include Kix Brooks, Montgomery Gentry, Trace Adkins, Dierks Bentley, One More Girl and Katie Armiger, has never been hotter as a writer.

ole’s ‘To the Topline’ Challenge Declares Another Winner - Michael Gebrehiwot

Through the ole /PenUp “To the Topline” event held in L.A., ole has signed songwriter Michael Gebrehiwot to a worldwide, single-song publishing deal for his song “My Rockstar.”

Introduction of Revolutionary Conductor Software at ole another advancement for ole Clients

ole has introduced Conductor, a custom-built suite of software that not only enables faster royalty processing but also automates the creation of the company’s detailed variance analysis reports.

Last Gang/ole’s Lindi Ortega Wins “Best Music Video” at iPhone Film Festival in San Francisco

Last Gang/ole writer Lindi Ortega, who has just released a four-track Christmas album titled Tennessee Christmas with three original songs, has received an invitation to participate in MacWorld 2012 by the associated iPhone Film Festival.

Roots Three/ole’s Doc Walker Remembers December With Christmas EP, National Tour

Roots Three/ole’s Doc Walker, currently on a national Canadian tour in support of their new album 16 & 1, has also released an EP of four Christmas songs, three of them original.

tanjola/ole Has All the Cuts On Dru’s Sophomore Solo Album, On the Brink

Dru’s sophomore solo album On the Brink (Effortless Ent/Universal) is set for release on November 29. All tracks on the album are tanjola/ole co-writes including the initial single, “Getting’ It In,” written by Dru (aka Andrew Grange), Rupert Gayle and Greg Ogan.

ole Writer Tebey Follows Up Pixie Lott UK Number One Hit With New JLS Single

ole writer Tebey has followed up his recent number one success in the U.K. with Pixie Lott and the song “All About Tonight” by having his co-write “Do You Feel What I Feel?” chosen as the new JLS single/video.

ole Multiple Award Winners at 22nd Annual SOCAN Awards

ole didn’t have to go far this year to accept honours in three categories at the 22^nd edition of the SOCAN Awards which were being held at Roy Thompson Hall, a few steps across the street from their new Toronto offices on King Street West.

ole Proud Supporter of Billboard/Hollywood Reporter Film/TV Music Event of the Year

ole was a supportive presence at the 10^th Billboard/Hollywood Reporter Film & TV Music Conference in Los Angeles in late October as a participant in the two-day schedule of mentoring and educational seminars and as sponsor/presenter of the conference’s closing night party, the premiere film/TV music event of the year.

Three Nominations For ole at Dec. 5 American Country Awards in Las Vegas

ole Chief Creative Officer Gilles Godard and ole writer Marty Dodson, who is involved in two of the three nominations for ole songs, will be on hand for the second annual American Country Awards (ACAs) in Las Vegas on December 5.

ole’s Chad Richardson Mentoring at Manitoba Music

L.A.-based ole Creative Director Chad Richardson was in Winnipeg, Manitoba at the end of October to participate in events organized by Manitoba Music including the Understanding A&R: Demo Listening Derby and a showcase at The Lo Pub of four local acts: alt.country songstress Kayla Luky; acoustic singer/songwriter James Struthers; indie pop act Mise En Scene; and dark roots trio Crooked Brothers.

ole Writers Marty Dodson, Lindi Ortega Put the Heart into Hart of Dixie

ole writer Marty Dodson and ole/Last Gang writer/recording artist Lindi Ortega can both be heard in the new American medical comedy/drama TV series, Hart of Dixie, which premiered on The CW Television Network (The CW) in late September.

ole Creative Director Chad Richardson Proud of Pop/Urban Market Inroads

Ask Chad Richardson, ole’s newly-promoted Los Angeles/Toronto-based Creative Director, about the biggest change he has seen at the company since he arrived a little less than a year ago and he will tell you, without hesitation, it is the company’s elevated profile within the pop/urban music community.

The fifth annual ole pop+urban songcamp, co-presented by Warner/Chappell, convened Oct. 3 at the storied Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood. Twenty songwriters, producers and artists from around the world...

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 picks from ole Office Coordinator Jennifer Essiembre.