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Millbrand Copyright Management Limited
MUSIC PUBLISHING
COPYRIGHT MANAGEMENT
MEDIA LICENSING

ABOUT US

Millbrand Copyright Management Ltd has interests in music publishing, media licensing and film and television synchronization.

CATALOGUES AND CLIENTS

Our catalogues include Millbrand, Three Saints, Hunter Bond and Ardent. In EU territories we represent American publishers such as Quinvy, Song Tailors, Southern Americana, Ecko South, Notes of Gold, Wishbone, Chu-Fin, Short Bone, Azrock, Pajill, Syl-Zel, Harthon, Ernkel, Baku, Soul Sound, Gold of the Shoals, Lamaja, South Camp, House of Orange, I've Got The Music Co, Josteady, Lottsamama and many others.

SONGS

We control thousands of copyrights including songs by Terry Woodford, Clayton Ivey, William Bell, Sam Dees, Syl Johnson, Nolan Porter, Gabriel Mekler, GC Cameron, John Ward, Bettye LaVette, Joshie Armstead, Bob Relf, Willie Clarke, Clarence Reid, Frank Johnson, Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham, Eddie Hinton, Marlin Greene, Quin Ivy, David Johnson, Betty Adams, Tony Davilio, Lorraine Chandler, Geater Davis, Allen Orange, Denise LaSalle, Becki Bluefield, Reuben Bell, Earl Randle, Lou Ragland, Kim Tolliver, Tom Brasfield, Fred Briggs and many more.

RECORDINGS

Hundreds of soul stars have recorded our songs, including The O'Jays, Candi Staton, Edwin Starr, Teddy Pendergrass, Percy Sledge, Bobby Womack, Jackie Wilson, Eddie Holman, Two Tons Of Fun, Sylvester, The Orlons, Dorothy Moore, Coffee, GC Cameron, Denise LaSalle, The Emotions, James Carr, Betty Wright, Ann Peebles, John Edwards, First Choice, Garland Green, Kim Tolliver, Vicki Anderson, Bill Brandon, Johnny Adams, Tommy Tate, Ann Sexton, Bobby Sheen, The Ovations, Veda Brown, Thelma Houston, Linda Jones, Mary Gresham, ZZ Hill, Betty Wright, Reuben Bell, Voices of East Harlem, Bobby Sheen, Lorraine Johnson, Oscar Toney Jr etc. We also control a number of hip-hop and rap songs including early tracks by the notorious rap star Juvenile.

COVER VERSIONS

Many pop stars have covered our songs, including Elvis Costello, Paul Weller, Barbara Mandrell, Tony Joe White, Dr Hook, Ken Boothe, Len Barry and others.

SAMPLES

Our songs have been sampled by hip-hop, rap and dance acts such as Wu-Tang Clan, Cypress Hill, Ghostface Killah, Cassidy, Rakim, Faithless, Rhythm Masters, Big Daddy Kane, PM Dawn, Keith Murray, Special Ed, MC Lyte, Bounty Killer, Dilated Peoples, Swizz Beatz etc.

MEDIA LICENSING

We have issued synchronization and master-use licenses to many film and TV companies. Our songs are featured in motion pictures such as Daddy Daddy USA and Clubbed which is due for cinema release in 2008. Current film projects include Crying With Laughter and Souled Out.

MASTER LICENSING

Our masters are licensed to record companies such as Ace, Demon, Sanctuary, Expansion, Soul Brother, Grapevine, Soulscape and Selecta / Shotgun etc.

EXCLUSIVE WRITERS

Millbrand Music has exclusive contracts with British writers such as Paul Fisher, Sam Sullivan, John Hodgson and members of the group Hot Like Fire - including Andrew 'Polo' Napoleon, Marc Rayner, Steve Smith and Joe Flannan.

HISTORY

Millbrand managing director Paul Mooney previously owned the Ardent, Zing and Forever labels and worked with Sam Dees, GC Cameron, John Ellison, Ronnie Dyson, Byron Woods, Marshall Titus and others. In 1993 he negotiated major record and publishing deals with Polydor Records and PolyGram Music for the double-platinum selling pop group Lighthouse Family. Paul also owns Selecta Records Ltd which operates the Selecta and Shotgun labels. For seven years he was production manager and A&R consultant to Grapevine Music Group and now has a similar role with Soulscape Records.


Millbrand Copyright Management Ltd.
P.O. Box 357, Middlesbrough TS1 4WZ, England ∙ UK Tel: 01642 806795 ∙ Fax: 01642 351962

email: info@millbrand.com