Haley, Siedah Garrett and Kobalt Music

[Tusk]

Note from Miguel: The first posts in this thread are from March 2017.
They were originally posted in the "musical connections" thread.
I created this thread by merging them with a post made in
response to Siedah Garrett -- today (7-28-17) -- posting a pic with
Haley from that session.

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grahna
Had a great day at @kobaltmusic working with the legendary @siedahgarrett -
co-writer of "Man In The Mirror" amongst many others, and the one and only @haleyreinhart

[mercfan3]

Wow...whoever is footing this bill sure is invested in Haley..

[Miguel]

Anders and Siedah have a relationship with Kobalt.

Anders Grahn‏

Lovely meeting at @kobalt Stockholm today!
8:33 AM - 13 Nov 2015

SIEDAH GARRETT 10 Mar 2016

Excited 2 sign w/ http://kobaltmusic.com 4 my music publishing administration & their superb creative team. @kobalt

It looks like Anders did some writing at Kobalt last month:

13 February
This little helper was also in today s session with @iman.yes over at @kobaltmusic in L.A 1st song written one day after the #grammys - feels extra good to be working on the music industry s New Year s Day!

So I guess Kobalt, which is a publisher, sometimes brings writers together like Ole.

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The photo was taken by Anna Schlafer. A "creative director" at Kobalt. Around 11 years ago she was a "talent intern" at the House of Blues - Chicago. Around that same time she was the promotions director for a college radio station (WONC) in Naperville, Illinois that serves the Chicago area.

In 2014 she was promoted to "Creative Manager:"

Kobalt has also promoted Anna Schlafer and Amanda Samii to the position of Creative Manager. They are also both based in Los Angeles and report to Kobalt’s Sas Metcalfe and Sue Drew.

Schlafer, who has been with Kobalt for six-and-a-half years, formerly served as an assistant to Kobalt Founder and CEO Willard Ahdritz, and has held other roles assisting the company’s Synchronization and Creative teams.

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/ko...ublishing/

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Haley has a co-publishing deal with Ole. Kobalt's model is "admin-only." This info is from 2013:

We do not do co-pub deals. I feel a lot of artists are learning to appreciate the administration-only model, in that it’s clean, transparent and it gives the client control of their own copyrights.

In most cases, if the writer needs money, they lean towards a co-publishing option—meaning they are willing to give up interest in their copyright and a longer commitment. The alternative admin option isn’t as lucrative upfront but in the end it does have a much bigger pay-off for career and business-minded writers and teams. It seems there is a growing interest in the admin type of model. I believe it to be the wave of the future.

http://musicindustryquarterly.com/interv...g-america/

[Tusk]

h/t Avelene

SIEDAH GARRETT‏Verified account @SIEDAHGARRETT 1h
Love creating new #music w/ next generation singer/#songwriters, esp. @HaleyReinhart.
Watch 4 Haley! #NewMusicFriday @kobalt @ConcordRecords
#pop #americanidol #recordingartist #haleyreinhart

dinalapolt
Love you and @haleyreinhart !!!