Sentric Music Group

Liverpool, United Kingdom

1st Floor, 29 Parliament St
Liverpool
L8 5RN
United Kingdom

Press Releases

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Sentric signs Sean Silverman to admin agreement

Sentric Music Group, recently acquired by Believe, one of the world’s leading digital music companies, has signed LA-based writer and producer Sean Silverman to an exclusive administration agreement.

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Sentric to administer Rough Trade Publishing in global deal

Sentric Music Group has agreed to a global administration deal with Rough Trade Publishing.

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Sentric signs Mason to exclusive admin deal

Sentric Music, has signed Dutch producer and DJ Iason Chronis, aka Mason, to an exclusive administration deal.

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Sentric Music Group makes key A&R hires across US

Sentric Music Group, part of Utopia Music, has made four key A&R hires in the United States, bringing experienced executives Matt DuFour, Carlos Escalona Cruz, Kebu Commissiong and Lou Plaia to the company. The hires follow Sentric’s move into North America and establish a presence in all the major markets within the territory.

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Sentric signs Boston Manor

Sentric Music Group has signed British rock band Boston Manor to a publishing deal that includes their back catalogue and a number of future works.

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Rising Irish artist Elaine Mai strikes publishing deal with Nick Halkes as part of JV with Sentric Music Group

Rising Irish talent Elaine Mai has signed an exclusive publishing deal with respected industry pioneer Nick Halkes and his joint venture with Sentric Music Group.

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Sentric and Tileyard sign Ross Hamilton to exclusive songwriting agreement

The first deal to be announced under Sentric Music Group and Tileyard Music’s recently formed JV is the signing of Ross Hamilton to an exclusive songwriting agreement.

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Sentric Music Group signs William Orbit to exclusive administration agreement

Orbit has sold 200 million recordings worldwide across his own catalogue of work, and his production and songwriting career.

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Sentric Music Group and Nick Halkes sign PBH & JACK to exclusive songwriting agreement

Sentric Music Group’s rapidly expanding electronic division has today announced the signing of PBH & JACK in partnership with Nick Halkes.

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Sentric Music Group and Nick Halkes sign PBH & JACK to exclusive songwriting agreement

Sentric Music Group’s rapidly expanding electronic division has today announced the signing of PBH & JACK in partnership with Nick Halkes. Sentric announced a long-term joint venture with pioneering music executive Nick Halkes to bolster its electronic offering earlier this year. 

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Black Rock co-publishing partnership with Electric Ibiza hits the ground running

Black Rock has finalised a co-publishing partnership with Electric Ibiza – one of Ibiza’s biggest events, label and artist management companies.

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Black Rock Publishing signs ANNA, Felix Da Housecat and Archie Hamilton to exclusive deals

Sentric’s concierge electronic music publishing service, Black Rock, has added three more high profile electronic music producers to its roster, under exclusive songwriting agreements.

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Sentric hires Bridget O’Gara Bloom, promotes Patrick Cloherty in key global sync roles

Sentric Music Group has appointed long-time publishing and recording executive Bridget O’Gara Bloom as Head of Sync, North America, as well as promoting Patrick Cloherty to Head of Sync, Europe.

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Sentric Music Group renews co-publishing deal with Joe Hammill in partnership with Strictly Confidential

Hammill has accumulated over 30 million Spotify streams (including numerous New Music Friday playlists) via his co-write cuts, as well as international chart success and extensive air play from the likes of BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 6 Music and BBC Radio 1.

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Sentric signs Tom Speight to exclusive songwriting agreement

Signed to Nettwerk Music Group for records, Speight has amassed more than 160 million streams across all DSPs, with more than a million monthly listeners on Spotify alone.

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Roger Sanchez signs to Sentric’s Black Rock division

A pioneer and mainstay of House music, Sanchez is widely known for his global No.1 record, Another Chance. He was also awarded a Grammy in 2003 for Best Remixed Recording with the track Hella Good.

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Sentric signs Danny Dearden to Black Rock, hires Shino Parker as Creative Manager, Sentric Electronic

The two moves represent an expansion of Sentric´s vocal and songwriting talent, complimenting the company’s already enviable roster of writers, producers and labels within the genre.

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Marshall Records signs sub-pub deal with Sentric

The agreement will mean that Marshall’s publishing roster will benefit from Sentric’s industry-leading administration infrastructure, team and technology. The deal will also give Sentric’s award-winning sync team access to the Marhsall roster for creative opportunties.

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Sentric signs Don Broco to exclusive songwriting agreement

The British rock band released their debut album, Priorities, in 2012. The follow-up, Automatic (2015), was a Top 10 hit in the UK, peaking at No.6, and their latest LP, Technology (2018), hit No.5.

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Black Rock Publishing signs Mark Knight, Rodriquez Jr. and more

Sentric’s concierge electronic music publishing service, Black Rock, has signed seven high profile electronic music producers to exclusive songwriting agreements.

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Prolifica and Sentric announce publishing JV

Expanding on an existing relationship between the two companies, the JV sees Sentric power Prolifica’s publishing arm - including full administration and creative services - facilitating opportunities for a number of artists on Prolifica’s roster. Prolifica’s publishing division sits alongside its management and label operations.

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Sentric signs Lanterns On The Lake in exclusive songwriting agreement

The deal encompasses the band’s latest album, Spook The Herd (released in February on Bella Union), its predecessor Beings (2015), and future works over the next three years.

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E2 Music signs admin agreement with Sentric

Founded in 2018, E2 Music is the publishing off-shoot of Edition Records, a jazz record label that, over the last 12 years, has been a creative force in identifying global artists with an uncompromising vision and world-class musicianship.

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Sentric doubles Academy Fund

Sentric Music Group is doubling the number of acts that will benefit from its Sentric Academy Fund this year, in response to the current climate and the difficulties many artists are facing.

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Sentric makes Business Affairs and Data Science hires

McShane joins Sentric after holding Business Affairs roles at Sony/ATV, Vevo and the BBC. Meanwhile, Dr Joe Watson has taken on a Data Scientist role at Sentric, having successfully completed a Knowledge Transfer Partnership at the independent publisher.

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Sentric signs Coco in exclusive songwriting deal

The Sheffield-born grime MC, producer and songwriter has a long-term relationship with the independent publisher having previously been on its flexible, 28-day deal.

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Sentric acquires Big World Publishing

Founded by Patrick Meads in 2000, Big World Publishing is an independent publisher representing a wide range of funk, soul, jazz, Latin jazz, electronica, afro funk, ambient, blues and reggae music.

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Sentric launches fund for emerging artists

Sentric Music Group has launched a fund for artists based on the company’s popular recurring blog post that asks some of the music industry’s brightest minds what they would do with a £1,000 budget as an emerging artist.

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Sentric launches Songwriter Accelerator Programme

The first iteration of the programme will start on August 28 and see five artists take part in hands-on masterclasses and guidance sessions, as well as receiving continued mentored support.

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Sentric Music Group and Strictly Confidential renew exclusive songwriting agreement with Joe Hammill

An award-winning, British songwriter, Hammill landed his first No.1 record in 2016 after co-writing Alice On The Roof’s debut album Higher (Sony/PIAS), which topped the album charts in Alice’s native Belgium.

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Sentric and Riptide Music Group form Strategic Partnership

The deal sees leading indie publisher Sentric and creative music company Riptide join forces on either side of the pond to share staff, resources and infrastructure across territories to the benefit of their catalogues, catalogue owners, artists and writers.

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Toddla T signs exclusive songwriting deal with Sentric Music

The deal covers Toddla T’s third full length album, Foreign Light, set for release on July 28, as well as previously unpublished work. It represents the latest in a number of traditional publishing deals inked by Sentric in recent months.

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Modern Sky UK inks deal with Sentric Music

The new agreement will see Sentric perform administration duties for artists signed to Modern Sky UK for publishing, as well as commercialising Modern Sky songwriters as far as sync and other opportunities are concerned.

About Us

Founded in 2006, Sentric Music Group is a global, award-winning independent publisher. Based in Liverpool, with offices in London, Hamburg and New York, it boasts an international infrastructure including direct royalty collection with over 120 global territories. Today, it represents more than 1.5m works and over 200,000 songwriters either directly or via industry partners, including music publishers, independent labels, management companies and distributors that benefit from Sentric’s publishing administration, co-publishing and creative services.

Alongside Sentric’s industry innovating Direct to Artist 28-day publishing model and online platform, the company is home to a number of highly respected brands across multiple genres including Black Rock Publishing, IQ Music Publishing and Big World Publishing.

Sentric is also home to RightsApp, a pioneering software and service platform that enables rightsholders to seamlessly view and administer compositions, collect royalties and manage a global publishing business centrally & effectively. The Music Rights Management platform provides ultimate visibility, complete control and guaranteed performance for the modern music business.

Key Personnel

Chris Meehan

CEO

Peter McCamley

Creative Director

Simon Pursehouse

Global Director of Music Services

Sabine Douglas

Head of Business Operations

Rosie Hill

Global Head of Synchronisation

Locations

Liverpool
1st Floor, 29 Parliament St
Liverpool
L8 5RN
United Kingdom