Seeker Music, a new music rights and publishing company headed by a famous musician Evan Bogartgot the catalog of two pop musicians.
The first deal is with John Ryan (over 40 songs by One Direction, Maroon 5, John Legend) and the second is with Jon Bellion (Miley Cyrus, Camila Cabello, Eminem).
Separately, Seeker purchased select catalogs from two of the musician-run music companies: Family Affair Productions (Julian, Damon and Peter Bunetta) and Kara DioGuardi’s Arthouse Entertainment.
The Family Affair deal includes their share of John Ryan’s publishing rights as well as their share of publishing rights from another famous musician, Teddy Geiger, while the Arthouse deal includes that company’s share of the publishing rights. for the publication of Jon Bellion.
Led by CEO Evan Bogart, a chart-topping musician (Beyoncé’s Haloamong others), Seeker says it only “signs the catalog of songs that Bogart and his team are extremely passionate about, are true personal fans, and they see an intrinsic creative opportunity” .
The Seeker/Family Affair deal also includes them sharing the publishing rights of Teddy Geiger, adding songs including Shawn Mendes’ In my blood, stitches, Nothing holds me back, by Caroline Polachek It’s hot, you’re hurting my feelings, etc) to the Seeker’s directory.
Other categories of musicians that Seeker has purchased include Mozella (break the ball), Ruth-Anne Cunningham (JoJo’s Too Little Too LateBritney Spears’ Bitc workh) – both of whom also helped write some of One Direction’s biggest hits – and Sam Watters (Jordin Sparks’ battlefield).
Jon Bellion has co-wrote hits for Eminem and Rihanna (Monster), Maroon 5 (Memory), Camila Cabello (Shameless, Liar), Miley Cyrus (Midnight sky, Prisoner) and seven songs from Justin Bieber’s 2021 album Justice (include St).
He has released two self-titled albums, The Human Condition in 2016, which reached the Top 5 on the chart. billboards 200 and including Top 20 hits All time lowand 2018 Prepare the glorious soundincluding collaborations with Grammy Award-winning producers Quincy Jones, Roc Marciano, RZA, B.Keyz and Travis Mendes.
Kara DioGuardi, who, along with partner Stephen Finfer, brokered an agreement to sell Arthouse’s stake in Bellion’s portfolio to Seeker (in addition to the agreement between Seeker and Bellion himself), has known and collaborated with Bogart for almost two years. decade.
“Evan is a multi-hyphen, whose track record as a Grammy Award-winning songwriter, creator, and entrepreneur has made his company the perfect home for song acquisitions. by Arthouse.”
Kara DioGuardi
Dioguardi said: “Evan is a multi-hyphen with a track record as a Grammy Award-winning musician, creator and entrepreneur, making his company the perfect home to buy back his songs. Arthouse.
“We were lucky to find a partner in Evan, because his passion for songs and musicians is unmatched. We knew he would treat these works as if he wrote them himself.”
“These songs and the songwriters not only record my life (and those of others) over the past decade, but they define what modern pop music sounds like.”
Evan Bogart
Bogart added: “These songs and the songwriters not only record my (and others’) life over the past decade, but they define what modern pop music sounds like. any.
“To work with such influential songs – songs that will continue to define what pop is all about for years to come – is an opportunity that we at Seeker could not be more excited about. “Global Music Business
