Blue Mountain Music Begins Self-Administration of Catalogue in America

Blue Mountain Music Begins Self-Administration of Catalogue in America

HOUSE OF HASSLE PUBLISHING NAMED AS BLUE MOUNTAIN U.S. SYNCH LICENSING REPRESENTATIVES

NEW YORK, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Global music publisher Blue Mountain Music Ltd. is proud to announce that the company began self-administering its remarkable catalogue in America for the first time in the company's history. To help them on this momentous occasion, Blue Mountain has brought on New York-based House of Hassle Publishing as its creative partner, with affiliate Bank Robber Music coordinating all synch-licensing activities. Bronwen Boyan, formerly Director of Island Def Jam Film & TV Department, who has also music supervised and consulted on various film projects over the last 10 years, will be in charge of all Blue Mountain operations at House of Hassle. Barry Cole, Vice President of Creative, North America, and Gillian Morris, Vice President of Business Affairs, North America, will be in charge of operations at the Blue Mountain New York office. Everyone will be reporting to Guy Morris, Vice President of Business Affairs and Operation, and Louise Hammar, Vice President of Creative and A&R, at Blue Mountain Music's head office in London.

About the new association, Morris said, "We're delighted to be moving into this new era of self-administration and to be joining forces with the great team at House of Hassle/Bank Robber Music. We are confident that our synch-licensing is in safe hands and look forward to a long and successful relationship."

"We couldn't be more excited about representing Blue Mountain Music," said House of Hassle co-founder Ken Weinstein. "We've been fans of nearly the entire BMM catalogue our entire lives. Their taste is impeccable. It's a true honor."

About Blue Mountain Music, Ltd.

Blue Mountain Music is an independently owned music publishing company established by the legendary Chris Blackwell in 1962. The company has always been joined at the hip to Island Records, also founded by Chris Blackwell, and has worked with some of the very finest songwriters from around the world, from a wide variety of forms. For example, Blue Mountain Music publishes the U2 catalogue in the UK, as well as representing great British songwriters as diverse as John Martyn, the group James and Julia Fordham, and holds the UK administration rights for the standard 'My Way.' The cornerstone of Blue Mountain Music is the global administration of the entire Bob Marley song catalogue. The wealth of the Marley catalogue speaks for itself. Together with songs from Burning Spear, Black Uhuru, The Congos, The Heptones, Third World and many others, Blue Mountain has for long been established as a goldmine of Jamaican songs. Currently Blue Mountain Music is proud to publish and work with such writers as Manu Chao, Justice, Because, The Sunshine Underground, The Blood Arm, Kano and Fredo Viola.

About House of Hassle Publishing

Launched in downtown New York City by founders Lyle Hysen, Gandhar Savur and Ken Weinstein, House of Hassle was born from a union between Big Hassle Media, a widely respected publicity company, and Bank Robber Music, a boutique TV/film licensing firm representing some of the best labels in independent rock. What is key to making HoH special is that, while being a boutique and focused company, HoH offers its roster all of the services of a major publisher -- including collections of publishing royalties throughout every major territory of the world, as well as a heavy emphasis on television and film synchronization licensing. Artists on the roster include: Ben Kweller, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Rentals, The Broken West, The Felice Brothers, Jennifer O'Connor, Miss TK & The Revenge, John Vaderslice, Lifetime, Nina Nastasia and many more.

Source: Blue Mountain Music Ltd.

CONTACT: Ken Weinstein of Big Hassle Media, +1-212-619-1360, or
weinstein@bighassle.com

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