Canada-born rights management company ole has acquired the music publishing catalog of Nashville-based Better Angels Music Publishing Group.
The catalogue includes copyrights spanning a broad spectrum of music genres including rock, pop, country, bluegrass and blues and features more than 2,000 unexploited songs, over 100 commercially-released songs, and several master recordings.
Notable copyrights in the deal include several cuts from the multi-platinum, self-titled debut album from Thompson Square (pictured), as well as songs from artists Brad Paisley, Jason Aldean, and Kip Moore, among many others. Active songwriters moving to ole include Josh Thompson, Matthew Rogers, and Brian Callihan.
Better Angels Music current General Manager, Gary Ray, will be assisting ole in integrating and further exploiting the catalogue. Shellien Kinsey, who had previously held various positions at Better Angels, recently joined ole as Office Coordinator at the company’s Nashville office.
Ole’s country music catalogue now numbers around 17,000 songs. Founded in 2004, and with operations in Toronto, Nashville, New York and Los Angeles, ole owns rights to more than 45,000 songs in total.
“The purchase of Better Angels Music reiterates ole’s commitment to Music Row and Nashville’s songwriting community,” says ole GM, Nashville Creative, John Ozier. “Our Creative staff looks forward to adding value to both the catalog and the writers of Better Angels Music.”
“We’ve been speaking with ole for over a year and I couldn’t be more pleased that we’ve finally circled the wagons on a win/win deal for ole and Better Angels,” adds Better Angels CEO John McDonald. “I’m excited to be in business with such a successful and forward-thinking company.”Music Business Worldwide
