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Musicnotes Obtains License for Word Music’s Expansive Catalogue of Christian Songs
Madison, WI – August 23, 2005 - Musicnotes, Inc., the market leader in downloadable sheet music, announced it has entered a long-term license agreement with Word Music Group, one of the largest publishers of Christian music in the world.
Word’s song catalogue includes titles by such leading Christian songwriters as Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, Nicole C. Mullen, Chris Rice, Peter Kipley, Wayne Watson, Cindy Morgan, Matthew West, Dan Muckala and numerous others. Additionally, Word’s catalogue has been popularized by recordings from Christian artists such as Point of Grace, Sandi Patty, Jaci Velasquez, Sixpence None the Richer, Selah, Shirley Caesar and numerous pop and country artists. Word Music is part of publicly traded Warner Music Group (WMG).
"We are very excited to be adding Word’s extensive catalogue to Musicnotes.com," said Musicnotes' Chairman Tim Reiland. "Christian sheet music represents one of the fastest growing areas of our business, and this agreement will allow Musicnotes to offer its customers a much broader selection of songs. We expect to double our current offering of almost 3,000 Christian titles over the next year."
“Word Music has enjoyed a rich history of providing printed editions of our songs as they have been recorded across all genres of Christian and Gospel music,” said Word Music President, Don Cason. “We are thrilled to be able to see our catalog reach into some new areas for Christian consumers through a smartly-tuned digital distribution system like Musicnotes.”
Songs from Word Music further bolster the impressive selection of Christian sheet music already available at the Musicnotes.com web site. The addition of this content to a digital sheet music catalog containing music from other major Christian music publishers such as EMI Christian, Brentwood-Benson and Integrity Music strengthens Musicnotes’ place not only in the Christian music community, but in the broader arena of popular printed music.
About Musicnotes: Musicnotes, Inc. has an impressive catalog of nearly 40,000 digital sheet music titles that has been built on the strength of content agreements with Alfred Publishing, BMG, Famous Music, Peer Music, Word Music, EMI Christian, Bug Music and others. They also carry a complete catalog of over 260,000 mail-order items in their online catalog. The Musicnotes multi-genre catalog includes everything from Josh Groban and Coldplay to George Gershwin and Beethoven.
About Word Music: Word Music, based in Nashville, TN, is the printed music division of Word Entertainment, a Warner/Curb company. Word Entertainment also includes the Word Label Group, including Word Records, Fervent Records and Myrrh Records. The artist roster heralds some of today's top Christian music performers and songwriters including Amy Grant, Point Of Grace, Jaci Velasquez, Building 429, Nicole C. Mullen, Randy Travis, American Idol's George Huff, Big Daddy Weave and BarlowGirl. The Word Label Group leads the Christian music industry with over fifty years of music-making history.
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Tim Reiland
Chairman and CFO, Musicnotes, Inc.
treiland@musicnotes.com or 414-745-4232
Bill Aicher
Director of Marketing, Musicnotes, Inc.
aicher@musicnotes.com or 608-662-1680 ext. 277
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