Blake Davis Joins Green Hill Productions as General Manager
Green Hill Productions, the boutique record label and creator of top quality jazz, instrumental and specialty music releases, is pleased to announce the addition of Blake Davis to their team.
Davis, who has spent over two decades in the music business, will serve as Green Hill Productions' new general manager overseeing all label operations, branding, marketing, and strategic initiatives. Davis takes over for former Vice President/General Manager, Greg Howard who started the label in 1994. In his newly created role, Howard will continue to focus on product development and A&R.
As a former signed artist and published songwriter, Davis brings to Green Hill an extensive wealth of knowledge about the entertainment industry. More than 20 years ago, Davis kicked off his music career as a radio personality for a Duke Enterprises-owned Top 40 station (101.9 KIYS FM). He also served as the brand manager for the wildly popular Christian animated series VeggieTales. While there, he served as a liaison between Warner Music/Word Entertainment and DreamWorks Animation/Big Idea Entertainment.
Davis also spent several years as the manager of commercial partnerships for Capitol Christian Music Group, heading up the company's national accounts for Music, Home Entertainment, and Kids within CBA markets. In addition, he managed day-to-day marketing and strategic initiatives for all artists signed to ReThink Media, working with the indie artists signed to digital distribution deals through Capitol Christian Music Group.
The addition marks an exciting new chapter for Green Hill Productions, which struck a partnership with Primary Wave Music last year as part of a strategy to expand to a larger audience, develop new artists, and grow its artist roster. The label is home to a variety of artists including Beegie Adair, David Arkenstone, Michael Omartian, Luke McMaster, Jack Jezzro, and Orla Fallon and recently announced an integrated partnership with instrumental music phenom Jim Brickman.
"I'm very excited to join the amazing team at Primary Wave and specifically Green Hill," said Davis. "Green Hill Productions provided a unique opportunity to work within a wide array of music genres and continue to grow and expand upon the the amazing things that Greg Howard has built over the past 25 years."
"We are happy to welcome Blake Davis to the team," stated Paul Sizelove, president of Green Hill Productions. "He comes to us with an accomplished history in the music business, an understanding of today's marketing landscape, and fresh ideas for the artists and projects on the Green Hill label. We look forward to watching the label grow stronger under his management."
About Green Hill:
Green Hill Productions is a boutique record label celebrating 25 years of creating top-quality lifestyle music for every mood. With over 500 titles in its diverse catalog, Green Hill covers an amazing variety of genres and targeted themes including jazz, New Age, Celtic, Christmas, chillout, bluegrass, Cajun, easy listening, nature, piano, romance, relaxation, oldies, beach, western, world, patriotic, big band, classic crooners, and many others. In addition, Green Hill produces recordings on such performers as new age composer/producer/performer David Arkenstone, iconic jazz pianist Beegie Adair, pianist Jim Brickman, GRAMMY-nominated jazz guitarist Jack Jezzro, Canadian singer/songwriter Luke McMaster, and more.
About Primary Wave:
Primary Wave Music Publishing was founded in 2006 and specializes in the acquisition and unique marketing of iconic and legendary artists and songs. Over the years the company has acquired the copyrights of over 15,000 songs from the catalogs of legendary artists such as Bob Marley, Smokey Robinson, Kurt Cobain, John Lennon, Def Leppard, Hall & Oates, Whitney Houston, Boy George & Culture Club, Glenn Gould, Free, Brenda Russell, Tom Cochrane, Holly Knight, Steve Cropper, CeeLo Green, Free, Blue Mountain Music, Count Basie, Tom Hamilton (Aerosmith), Tommy Shaw (Styx), Sly & The Family Stone, Leon Russell, Bill Gaither, Boston, Bob Ezrin, Paul Anka, Dave Navarro, Noel Hogan (The Cranberries), Donny Hathaway, and many others; and it administers and markets such icons as Robbie Robertson, Alice Cooper, Bobby Hebb, Counting Crows, Kenny Loggins, Melissa Etheridge, and Jimmy Van Heusen. As a company, Primary Wave strives for excellence in the pursuit of catalogs that not only reflect great songwriting, but moments of culture. Primary Wave has strategically grown over the last 13 years into a full-service music company that includes Brand Marketing, Digital Marketing, Publicity, Film/TV, and commercial synchronization. In addition to its legendary artist catalogs, Primary Wave Music Publishing also boasts hit songwriters LP, Foy Vance, Kiiara, Jeremih, Jocelyn Alice, Georgia Ku, Aalias, DJ White Shadow, and more. Primary Wave also has strategic ventures with Rough Trade, Janice Brock, Juan Madrid, and Blue Mountain Music, all of whom specialize in up-and-coming talent.
With just three employees in 2006, Primary Wave has grown to a company of 70+ employees today, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Nashville, and Austin. With a team of the industry's finest executives, Primary Wave is consistently growing and looking towards the future, focusing on integrating all aspects of creative acts.
