Music Minute: How'd You Get Your Deal

 DiscoverSooner, the online community connecting songwriters with publishers, has announced an event, How’d You Get Your Deal? The free online Zoom event is aimed at songwriters, artists and music industry professionals of all levels and will be on Thursday, June 17 at 5pm CDT. Featured panelists will be hit songwriters Pete Sallis (“Shut Up And Fish” Maddie and Tae) and Brian White (Dove Award winner and SESAC Country Songwriter of the Year) and will be hosted by Nancy Deckant, Founder and CEO of Sooner. More information and registration details are available at https://www.discoversooner.com/events

The interactive event aims to share the real-world experience of veteran professional songwriters. Sallis and White will tell how they landed publishing deals and what writers can do to put themselves in the position to land a deal of their own. In addition to the panelists sharing information, a Q&A session will be offered during the event. Three participants will have an opportunity to have a song played and receive live feedback from the hit songwriters.

“I love that Discover Sooner gives opportunities to bring publishers and songwriters closer together,” shared Pete Sallis.

ABOUT SOONER:
Sooner, LLC (DiscoverSooner.com) launched in 2020. Publisher Nancy Deckant of Nashville Cool had the idea for an online community where songwriters post their music, career accomplishments and key business criteria and publishers connect when they want to meet. Learn more at https://www.discoversooner.com Facebook, Instagram & TikTok @discoversooner.

ABOUT THE PANELISTS:
Pete Sallis is a professional songwriter and producer. From Chicago, went to Belmont University and played on the road as a drummer with artists like Bob Carlilse, Michael English, Charlie Peacock, Mindy McCready, Trent Wilmon, Tim Rushlow (Little Texas singer), Derryl Perry and others. Pete wrote “Shut Up And Fish” with the Big Machine duo Maddie & Tae and has cuts Phillip Phillips, Betty Who, 3x Grammy Winner Keb Mo, Ronnie Dunn, Bucky Covington, George Canyon, Canadian Duo Autumn Hill, Jo Hikk, Mama's Blue Dress, Mark Cooke, and The Roys. 

Brian White is a touring artist, Billboard #1 songwriter, producer, and recording artist. White’s songs have been recorded by Danny Gokey, Mandisa, Kutless, Avalon, Point of Grace, Larnelle Harris, 7th Time Down, Karyn Williams, Jaci Velasquez and many more, earning him Fourteen #1 Songs and 2 Dove Awards. His successes in the Country market have landed him songs recorded by hit makers Jason Aldean, Trace Adkins, Rascal Flatts, Gary Alan, Neal McCoy, The Swon Brothers, Kix Brooks, Charley Pride, Blackhawk, to name a few as well as the Fiveweek #1 Smash, "Watching You" for Rodney Atkins which was named SESAC Country Song of the Year and Billboard Magazines "Most Played Country Song of 2007" as well as being nominated for “song of the year” honors at the 2008 Academy of Country Music Awards. Recently, “Watching You” was name the “Most Played Country Song of The Decade” and landed at # 37 in the “Top 100 Country Songs Of All Time”. Brian lives in Nashville and writes and produces for SB21 Music.