Industry Ink: ACM, Catch This Music, Wortman Works Media & Marketing, Anastasia Brown

Jake Owen’s Midnight Mission

The Midnight Mission (TMM) honored the Academy of Country Music’s leader Bob Romeo Thursday night at a star-studded Beverly Hills Golden Heart Awards gala celebrating those with a philanthropic spirit. ACM Award winner Jake Owen was on hand to pay tribute to Romeo and present him with the honor following a four-song set that had the audience on its feet.

Jake Owen and Bob Romeo. Photo: Melanie Catalano Photography/Courtesy of The Midnight Mission

Catch This Music Celebrates Four Years

Catch This Music will celebrate four years with a Parking Lot Party on Wednesday, Oct. 7 from 4 p.m.-7 p.m. The party will be held at 1008 17th Ave. S. in Nashville. RSVPs can be sent to kathryn@catchthismusic.com.

Kelsea Ballerini Calls ‘Dibs’ On ACM Membership

The Academy of Country Music welcomed Black River recording artist Kelsea Ballerini to the office while she was in Los Angeles recently. While at the Academy, she signed up for Academy membership and performed several songs from her debut album including her current chart-climbing single, “Dibs” and her first Gold-selling, #1 single “Love Me Like You Mean It.”

Kelsea Ballerini signing up for Academy of Country Music membership. Photo: Michel Bourquard/Courtesy of the Academy of Country Music

Wortman Works Media & Marketing Adds Account Exec, Announces West Coast Expansion

Wortman Works Media & Marketing announces the addition of recent Auburn University graduate Elyse Wiser to the agency as an account executive. Additionally, the company expands to the west coast with Townhouse West in Pasadena, California. Award-winning media veteran Denise Quan serves as a consultant and content manager.

Wortman Works Media & Marketing continues to expand and evolve as a full service public relations, brand development and management company, with the addition of Townhouse West and consultant Denise Quan, who began her career at ‘Entertainment Tonight,’ and most recently served as Senior Producer at CNN. There, she specialized in broadcast, digital, radio and text projects and spearheaded multi-platform coverage of major events, such as the Grammy Awards.

“Quan is one of the most respected in the business. Her abilities range from producing a story that is hard-hitting in nature to writing an introduction piece inciting interest in one of today’s up and coming celebrities,” says Wortman. “The expansion of our team and capabilities enhances the strength of our core as we strive to offer our clients progressive approaches in the ever-changing landscape of media and marketing.”

Reese Witherspoon’s Draper James Retail Store Adds Brown For Music Curation

Nashville’s Anastasia Brown, music supervisor and entertainment executive, has been tapped by Reese Witherspoon to curate music for “SOUTHERN SOUNDCHECK,” a monthly playlist for Witherspoon’s online Southern specialty store, Draper James.

According to Reese, the music of the South is quintessential to “hosting a cocktail party or going on a road trip. The playlist is (almost!) as important to us, as what we’re wearing. Lucky for us, we’ve got a good friend to help us choose the tunes.” Witherspoon chose Anastasia Brown because she “is a music industry superstar who has music supervised films and television series that have garnered Oscar, Grammy, Dove, and Emmy wins and nominations.”

Brown has worked on projects including The Shack (Lionsgate), Hot Pursuit (New Line Cinema), The Americans (FX), The Darkest Hour (New Regency), Footloose (Paramount), August Rush (WB), It’s Complicated (Universal Pictures), For the Love of Music: The Story of Nashville (Kings of Leon, Black Keys, Kris Kristofferson, Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris), Taken (Sci-Fi), The Darkest Hour (Regency), and more.

Anastasia Brown and Reese Witherspoon