Partners

Melmax Music - Melmax is a human sized publishing company created in 2001 by Philippe Daniel, who has been working for BMG for 10 years in France.

"We are not part of a race to release as many catalogues as possible.

We found that in A7 we had a partner with same philosophy, considering that the aim of a publisher is to promote his writers and not to behave like a bank by just granting loans and waiting for income."

Melmax Music is the French ambassador of companies such as Imperial music (Jos Gonzales, Melpo Mene), Global Talent (Corinne Bailey Rae), Misty Music AB, GoodGroove (Grant Black, Tom Nichols, Tim Kellett), Roland Musikverlag, Tombone music AB... the list goes on.

Visit the Melmax Myspace page at website at www.myspace.com/melmaxmusic or contact Philippe at melmax.music@wanadoo.fr

David Gresham Records - in the roll call of South African music-industry leaders, David Gresham's name always rings out loudly. His company David Gresham Records is tiny compared to the majors that dominate the entertainment industry here. Yet none of them boasts so instantly recognizable a leader. Gresham is synonymous with South African music, through the continuous efforts he and partner Allan Goldswain have made on behalf of so many forms of music over such a period of time.

Gresham and Goldswain signed local artists who scored massive hits in the early '70s, represented international artists who burned up the here during the early 1980s and early '90s, and are now unleashing newly signed South African acts onto the world markets. Their first South African release of the post-apartheid era, Qkumba Zoo, was signed by Arista Records in the U.S. and charted on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart - the first South African act to do so in 17 years.

In a dual career that began in the early '60s, Gresham was also able to rise to the very top of the broadcasting industry, his name achieving special prominence in music radio, where he interviewed the likes of John Lennon, Trini Lopez, Ann-Margret and Elton John in his capacity as a presenter.

With Goldswain, he went on to create the only independent record company in South Africa with not only its own recording studio complex, but also its own sales and promotional force in each of South Africa's major centers.

He was one of the first South African entertainment-industry figures to recognise the synergies between various media and the value to be gained from cross-pollination between them. A keen business sense and a keen interest for the entertainment industry are the dual hallmarks of David Gresham's career. His company has been a trend-setter throughout its existence: in the 1970s it proved that concerts featuring local artists could play to packed halls, in the 1980s it brought electronic-music technology to traditional black music for the first time and in the 1990s it both foresaw and helped to bring about the explosion in dance music that has turned the raw scene into a dominant form of youth culture in South Africa. And still it brings new artists to the fore; the very lifeblood of the music industry.

Visit the Gresham website at www.greshamrecords.co.za.

Media Men Group (MMG Music Publishing), is Israel's only stand-alone music publishing company, the market leader in production music and Israel's largest publisher of local music. More than 150 music publishing companies from all around the world have chosen MMG as their sub publisher in Israel. Amongst the catalogues MMG represents in Israel are: BMG-Zomba, Bug Music, Famous Music, Cherry Lane Music / DreamWorks, Windswept, Peer Music, Elvis Presley Music, Leiber & Stoller to name but a few.

MMG administrates more than 1,500,000 SONGS from international catalogues and has a local catalogue of over 6,000 active local titles. Their local writers roster varies from local pop to classical music, electronica and scoring. Their roster of writers has had songs recorded by best selling artists such as Shalom Hanoh, Rami Kleinsteinn, David Broza, Rita and more. Music written by MMG writers for film and TV has won the Israeli Oscar Award for best original soundtrack.

They are proud of their policy of artist development for local writers and have a marketing network for exporting their music outside of Israel for others to enjoy. They are also proud of their aggressive efforts on behalf of international catalogues to make sure that their songs are being used in commercials, TV and films and that all income due to them from record sales etc. reaches them as soon as possible.

Visit the MMG website at www.mmgmusic.com.

A7 music publishing has entered into a 3 year sub publishing arrangement with Peer Music Australia. A7 music Co-managing Director Anthony De Rothschild said "We have been looking long and hard at trying to secure a good creative and proactive partner to help take A7 music forward in Australia and believe Mathew Donlevy's Australian team at Peer music the right people for the job. The deal was the result of a meeting at the Carlton Hotel at last years Midem and it seems a good time to be announcing the deal on the eve of this years Midem convention."

The deal will see Peer music sub publishing all of the A7 music Portfolio including Marcella Detroit's Catalogue including Shakespear's Sister as well as songs written for other acts ranging from Eric Clapton, Al Jarreau and Chakka Khan through to more recent co-writes with Alex Parks and Charlotte Church.

The deal will also see Peer sub publishing Hed Kandi Music in Australia and new label Furry Tongue Records acts "Headway" and "McQueen." A7 Music is also hopeful of signing domestic acts in Australia as well and is already close to signing its first Australian act.

Visit the Peer Music website at www.peermusic.com.

A7 music has closed a deal with Warner Music to administer the A7 music catalogue across the GAS territories. The deal will see all the A7 music catalogue including this weeks Number 3 record in Germany by Universal artist Joana Zimmer, written by A7 music writer Marcella Detroit falling under the terms of the deal.

The deal was instigated by Warner Chappells MD Norbert Masch and Hille Hillincamp of Warner Chappells affiliate company H Music who will both also play an active day to day proactive role in the exploitation and administration of the A7 music catalogue.

The deal was finalised by Norbert Masch and A7 music MD Seven Webster who last worked together on the artist Dido when she was first signed by Webster to Warner Chappells Worldwide. A7 music MD Seven Webster says " It is great to be working with both Hille and Norbert and get their creative involvement and enthusiasm with our acts and writers in Germany and to have a situation where we effectively have two exceptionally good and well respected publishers spearheading our growth in the GAS territories.

The deal will see Warner Music/H Music sub-publishing A7 music writers like Marcella Detroit, who has co-written songs on forthcoming albums for Charlotte Church and Alisha (Misteeq) and of course Joana Zimmer, as well as sub-publishing new A7 music acts like The Sunset Strippers, Headway and McQueen.

Visit the Warner Music website at www.warnermusic.co.uk.

Dipiu (Italy) - A7 music publishing has entered into a 3 year sub-publishing arrangement with Italian independent music publisher Dipiu Music to represent the A7 catalogue in Italy.

A7 music's Christopher Sills said "It has been a long search but we feel we have finally found a publisher with the same beliefs & work ethics as A7 Music. We believe Pierangelo¹s Italian team have the right hands-on creative attitude and approach to help compliment A7's own creative ethos and help A7 music continue to grow in yet another market place.

The deal was the result of a meeting at the Italian stand at this years Midem. Dipiu Music control more than 20,000 copyrights which include The Village People and The Ritchie Family catalogues, alongside more recent songs by acts like Daft Punk, Romanthony and Deep Dish, just to name a few.

Visit the Dipiu website at www.dipiumusic.com.

Chrysalis Scandinavia - A7 music publishing has entered into 3 year administrative and sub-publishing arrangement with Chrysalis music Scandinavia to represent A7 music's catalogue & writers across Scandinavia and the Baltic states.

Seven Webster of A7 music said "After forging a healthy working relationship with Chrysalis Music MD Ben Malene during his time as MD of Jimmy Fun music it is nice to finally take that relationship one step further and enter into business together. Ben is one of the best and most respected publishers in Europe."

The deal will see Chyrsalis music sub-publishing all of the A7 music catalogue including singer songwriter Marcella Detroit's catalogue which includes songs written with Eric Clapton, Alex Parks, Charlotte Church and new act McQueen as well as her Shakespear's Sister catalogue.

Content Participation, the French media investment company, owned by former CEO of Vivendi Universal Net Alex Berger, has acquired a stake in A7 Music. Alex is best known for initiating and defining the merger of Seagram, Canal + and Vivendi. Alex also previously co founded Reel to Reel Filmwork and Rapido TV with Richard Branson.

Content Participation, have a stake in Chez Wam and Wamerica the French and US based producer notably co-producer of Asterix-Mission Cléopatre (more than 15 Millions tickets sold in France).

A7 have signed a 3 year sub publishing arrangement with top Spanish independent publisher Clippers Music (Ediciones Musicales Clipper's). The deal is the first territory based deal for A7 Music and should help greatly with the company's repertoire in Spain and Portugal where Clippers look after copyrights by The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and Santana.

Visit the Clippers website at www.clippersmusic.com.

A7 music are pleased to announce the signature of a three year sub publishing arrangement with Dutch independent music group 2P'sW Music to represent A7 music's catalogue and writers in Holland.

2P'sW Music, run by legendary music publishers Pieter Van Bodegraven and Peter Schoonhoven publish some of the most prestigous music catalogues in Europe and A7 music are delighted to have 2P'sW Music working and representing our catalogue and writers in Holland.

Visit the 2P'sw website at www.2pswmusic.com.