by Jon Dekel When, this past September, Rolling Stone Magazine named Public Enemy’s “Fight The Power” as the second greatest song of all time, it was a well-deserved ranking of the song’s impact, as well as a gratifying acknowledgment for the song’s co-publisher and administrator Reach Music Publishing and its President, Michael Closter. Closter, a […]
Music Publisher with Impact: Patrick Moxey
by Jon Dekel Long before he was a godhead in the global ascent of hip hop and dance music, Patrick Moxey fell for the beats. As a student and budding DJ at the University of Chicago in the 1980s, Moxey immersed himself in the city’s nascent House music scene. Later, when he came to New […]
Music Publisher With Impact: Daniel Lafrance
by Jon Dekel A few years ago, Daniel Lafrance was tuning into La Voix when he heard something that got his blood flowing. His interest piqued, he called a friend who was a producer on the popular TV show and, the following Sunday, he was on set, courting and eventually signing three of the show’s […]