New model music company BMG has announced it is launching its own standalone operation in Australia.
It is the eleventh market in which BMG operates directly after Germany, the US, UK, France, Canada, Italy, Scandinavia, Spain, Benelux and China.
According to the company, this new BMG launched in October 2008 to bring the record company and music publishing sides of its business together.
Australia is one of the world’s most successful music exporting nations. It is the seventh biggest market for music publishing collections according to CISAC while IFPI statistics show it to have the sixth biggest recorded music market.
Hartwig Masuch, BMG chief executive officer, said: ‘Australia has long been one of the greatest music producing nations in the world. Australian songwriters and artists are an important element of the BMG catalogue. It is therefore a logical step for us to launch our own operation in Sydney, giving Australian songwriters and artists a genuine alternative to the established companies.
‘We are proud to be the only music company in history to set out its stall from day one to offer transparency and service to the people who make the music. A commitment to fairness is in our DNA. We believe these values are as important to Australian music-makers as they are to our clients in the rest of the world.’
Highly-regarded Australian music executive Heath Johns, previously of Universal Music Publishing Australia, will heading the new operation as managing director of BMG Australia.
BMG already represents publishing rights to exciting contemporary Australian talent such as Tame Impala, Missy Higgins, Matt Corby and Meg Mac, as well as publishing rights in Europe to Australia’s biggest musical export, AC/DC.
It is the eleventh market in which BMG operates directly after Germany, the US, UK, France, Canada, Italy, Scandinavia, Spain, Benelux and China.
According to the company, this new BMG launched in October 2008 to bring the record company and music publishing sides of its business together.
Australia is one of the world’s most successful music exporting nations. It is the seventh biggest market for music publishing collections according to CISAC while IFPI statistics show it to have the sixth biggest recorded music market.
Hartwig Masuch, BMG chief executive officer, said: ‘Australia has long been one of the greatest music producing nations in the world. Australian songwriters and artists are an important element of the BMG catalogue. It is therefore a logical step for us to launch our own operation in Sydney, giving Australian songwriters and artists a genuine alternative to the established companies.
‘We are proud to be the only music company in history to set out its stall from day one to offer transparency and service to the people who make the music. A commitment to fairness is in our DNA. We believe these values are as important to Australian music-makers as they are to our clients in the rest of the world.’
Highly-regarded Australian music executive Heath Johns, previously of Universal Music Publishing Australia, will heading the new operation as managing director of BMG Australia.
BMG already represents publishing rights to exciting contemporary Australian talent such as Tame Impala, Missy Higgins, Matt Corby and Meg Mac, as well as publishing rights in Europe to Australia’s biggest musical export, AC/DC.
