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Big Life allies with Reservoir

By | Published on Wednesday 31 May 2017

New York-based music rights firm Reservoir has announced another deal to expand its UK interests, this time with artist management firm Big Life and its music publishing wing Big Life Music.

Under the deal, Reservoir will acquire a stake in Big Life’s music publishing catalogue, and “will expand its business operations to include participation in artist management activities”. Big Life will still be led by Tim Parry, who co-founded the firm with the late Jazz Summers, but the company will now be allied to Reverb, the UK music publisher run by Annette Barrett,which Reservoir acquired in 2012.

Says Parry: “I’ve known Reservoir/Reverb Music Managing Director Annette Barrett and Reservoir SVP Of Creative & A&R Spek for many years, and what they and the Reservoir team have achieved globally over the last decade is remarkable. They are one of most creatively focused and innovative independent music publishers and always put the songwriter right at the middle of their decision making”.

He adds: “Our approaches to working with creative talent are aligned and this new agreement will see us both benefit from the experience and expertise of our respective teams. When the opportunity came up to work with Spek and Annette it seemed like the perfect fit for Big Life”.

Speaking for Reservoir, the firm’s COO Rell Lafargue added: “We have a longstanding relationship with Big Life and have been discussing ways of working together for some time. Helping the company build on the success of its publishing activity and working closely with them to develop interesting new opportunities in the artist management sector is a natural fit for us and we are excited to be working with Tim and his team”.



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