ABOUT US:
Millbrand Copyright Management Ltd is involved in music publishing and media licensing. We control a large catalogue of American songs and have issued sync and master licenses to international companies in the record, film, TV and games sectors.
INTERNATIONAL AGENTS:
From July 1st, Millbrand will be represented in all territories outside of the UK and North America by CP Masters BV of the Netherlands, owners of the Imagem Music Group.
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, Wishbone, Southern Americana, Chu-Fin, Notes of Gold, Short Bone, Ecko South, Azrock, Creative Funk, Wanderick, Pajill, Gold of the Shoals, Harthon, Josteady, Ernkel, Soul Sound, Baku, Lamaja, Jamisha, Scoe and many others.
SONGS:
We control almost 3,000 copyrights including classic songs written by Lou Barreto, Roscoe Robinson, Sam Dees, William Bell, Terry Woodford, Clayton Ivey, Nolan Porter, Paul Kyser, G.C. Cameron, John Ward, Bettye LaVette, Willie Clarke, Clarence Reid, Joshie Armstead, Frank Johnson, Denise LaSalle, Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham, Eddie Hinton, Marlin Greene, Quin Ivy, David Johnson, Tom Brasfield, Lorraine Chandler, Bob Relf, Dunn Pearson, Tony Davilio, Betty Adams, Allen Orange, Lou Ragland, Mitty Collier, James Shaw (King Hannibal), Bettye Crutcher, Becki Bluefield, Earl Randle, Kim Tolliver, Fred Briggs and many more.
RECORDINGS:
Hundreds of soul stars have recorded our songs, including The O'Jays, Teddy Pendergrass, Edwin Starr, Candi Staton, Percy Sledge, Bobby Womack, Jackie Wilson, Sylvester, The Orlons, Coffee, Two Tons Of Fun, Dorothy Moore, Eddie Holman, The Emotions, G.C. Cameron, Denise LaSalle, James Carr, Betty Wright, Ann Peebles, John Edwards, Vicki Anderson, First Choice, Garland Green, Kim Tolliver, Bill Brandon, Johnny Adams, Betty Wright, Tommy Tate, Len Barry, Veda Brown, Bobby Sheen, Thelma Houston, Ann Sexton, The Ovations, Linda Jones, Reuben Bell, Mary Gresham, Voices of East Harlem, Lorraine Johnson, Oscar Toney Jr etc. We also control a number of hip-hop and rap songs including early tracks by rap star Juvenile.
COVER VERSIONS:
Our songs have been covered by pop stars such as Elvis Costello, Paul Weller, Barbara Mandrell, Tony Joe White, Dr Hook, Byran Ferry and others.
SAMPLES:
Our songs have been sampled by hip-hop, rap and dance acts Wu-Tang Clan, Cypress Hill, Ghostface Killah, Cassidy, Rakim, Faithless, Rhythm Masters, Big Daddy Kane, Special Ed, Dilated Peoples, PM Dawn, Keith Murray, MC Lyte, Bounty Killer, Swizz Beatz etc.
MEDIA LICENSING:
We have issued synchronization and master licenses to numerous film and television companies and our songs are featured in motion pictures such as Daddy Daddy USA (2005) and Clubbed (which was released in UK cinemas on January 16th) which features ten of our songs. Other projects include Crying With Laughter and Souled Out .
MASTER LICENSING:
Our masters have been licensed to companies such as Ace, Demon, Sanctuary, Formosa, Expansion, Grapevine, Soul Brother, Soulscape, Selecta and Shotgun etc.
EXCLUSIVE WRITERS:
Millbrand Music have also signed exclusive publishing agreements with several British writers and producers, including Sam Sullivan, Andrew Napoleon and Marc Rayner.
COMPANY HISTORY:
Millbrand managing director Paul Mooney previously owned the Ardent, Zing and Forever labels where he worked with American artists such as Sam Dees, G.C. Cameron, John Ellison, Ronnie Dyson, Marshall Titus and Byron Woods. In 1993 he negotiated major recording and publishing deals with Polydor Records and PolyGram Music for the double-platinum selling pop soul group Lighthouse Family.
Paul also owns Selecta Records Ltd (www.selectarecords.com) which operates the Selecta, Shotgun and Popular labels, and is a shareholder in Groover Management Ltd.
For seven years Paul served as production manager and A&R consultant to Grapevine Music Group and he now has a similar role for Soulscape Records. He has been involved in the release of more than 1,000 tracks covering 100 singles and 50 albums.
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MORE INFORMATION AND CONTACT DETAILS:
www.millbrand.com
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