This is the Association of Independent Music Publishers, Nashville Pubcast. Hosted by Big Machine Music's Vice President Of Publishing, Tim Hunze. Bi-weekly, you'll be informed of issues in the world of music publishing, and gain insight as a songwriter maneuvering your career. For more information about the Nashville, AIMP visit www.aimp.org.
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This is the Association of Independent Music Publishers, Nashville Pubcast. Hosted by Big Machine Music's Vice President Of Publishing, Tim Hunze. Bi-weekly, you'll be informed of issues in the world of music publishing, and gain insight as a songwriter maneuvering your career. For more information about the Nashville, AIMP visit www.aimp.org.
Building an Empire with the VP of A&R and Publishing at EMPIRE, Eric Hurt
AIMP: Nashville Pubcast
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4 weeks ago
Building an Empire with the VP of A&R and Publishing at EMPIRE, Eric Hurt
With more than 25 years’ experience in Nashville’s music industry, Eric Hurt was EMPIRE’s first hire for its Nashville division. As VP of A&R and Publishing, Hurt’s focus was to create more in-roads in the country genre for EMPIRE; leading to EMPIRE’s signing of breakout artist Shaboozey. Shaboozey has risen to become a global star with his Billboard #1 “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”. This smash broke the record as the longest country radio hit in history (7 weeks at #1 on country radio), is the longest running #1 in Billboard Hot 100 history, the first artist / song in history to go #1 across 4 different radio formats and continues to break records and blaze new trails for what it means to be “country”.
Hurt was listed as a 2025 Billboard Country Power Player, was featured in Billboard's 2020 Indie Power Players list as well as Billboard's 2020 Country Power Players list.
Additionally, Eric serves as a Governor on the Board of the Recording Academy’s Nashville Chapter as well as serving as a Board member for non-profit Send Musicians To Prison.
AIMP: Nashville Pubcast
This is the Association of Independent Music Publishers, Nashville Pubcast. Hosted by Big Machine Music's Vice President Of Publishing, Tim Hunze. Bi-weekly, you'll be informed of issues in the world of music publishing, and gain insight as a songwriter maneuvering your career. For more information about the Nashville, AIMP visit www.aimp.org.
