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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 86495, member: 27"] A Nashville publishing house founded by an artist-songwriter just hired a veteran A&R exec and two assistants to expand its roster operations. Dane Schmidt joins ERN's Cadillac Music as Senior Director of A&R [LIST] [*]ERNEST founded the publishing venture in 2023 with Big Loud Publishing backing. [*]Schmidt will oversee the company's roster of GRAMMY and CMA-recognized songwriters. [*]Writers on the roster include Chandler Walters, Cody Lohden, and Jacob Durrett. [*]Schmidt has run his own creative management company, Daschent, since 2022. [/LIST] Jordan Marcus and Jude Warren were hired for creative and A&R roles [LIST] [*]Marcus worked in live event production at Amazon before joining Cadillac. [*]She previously ran a private chef business outside the music industry. [*]Warren started as an intern for ERNEST before getting hired full-time. [*]His prior internships included King Pen Music and Republic Records. [/LIST] ERNEST has known Schmidt for almost 12 years in the business [LIST] [*]Their journeys in the industry started around the same time, ERNEST said. [*]Schmidt brings strong relationships and song evaluation skills to the team. [*]The company contributed to Post Malone's country debut, F-1 Trillion, last year. [*]I Had Some Help featuring Morgan Wallen hit all-genre No. 1 from that album. [/LIST] Schmidt previously held positions at Sony Music Publishing and Tree Vibez [LIST] [*]He co-founded WeVolve Music earlier in his career trajectory. [*]Daschent notched over 25 No. 1s since launching three years ago. [*]Schmidt called ERNEST's talent-finding and mentoring ability inspiring to watch. [*]The exec is pushing boundaries of what a modern publishing company can be. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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