

Pictured (L-R): Jedd Katrancha, Andrew Bergman, Sean McGraw, Jumee Park, Roberto Neri, Joe Conyers III, Justin Kalifowitz, Taeko Saito, Andrew Sparkler, Steve Markland and Lucas van Slegtenhorst. [CLICK TO ENLARGE]
The three-story party brought together Downtown’s global leadership for the first time ever under one roof. Staff from New York, Nashville, LA, Tokyo, Amsterdam, London and the soon-to-be-open Paris office converged to celebrate 10 years of Downtown with floors themed to the different regions and many Downtown writers in attendance.

Pictured (L-R): “Big Al” Anderson, Ben Caver, Kendell Marvel, Katie Roth, Marc Beeson, Natalie Osborne, Justin Kalifowitz, Steve Markland and Sara Haze. [CLICK TO ENLARGE]
The Downtown Nashville office staff attended the New York party including Markland, Natalie Osborne (Manager of A&R) and Katie Roth (Creative Assistant).
“It was a thrill to bring a touch of Nashville to New York to celebrate Downtown’s tenth birthday with our full staff, and to hear amazing music performed by some of our finest writers,” Markland said.

“Big Al” Anderson performs some of NRBQ’s most beloved songs for the packed crowd. [CLICK TO ENLARGE]

The Downtown Nashville staff and writers sing along with Kendell Marvel. Pictured (L-R): Marc Beeson, Kendell Marvel, Natalie Osborne, Andrew Sparkler, Sara Haze, Justin Kalifowitz, Katie Roth, Jedd Katrancha, Katie Olsufka and Steve Markland. [CLICK TO ENLARGE]
Founded by Justin Kalifowitz in 2007, Downtown Music Publishing has grown from a staff of two to over 80 based all over the world. Downtown’s tech platform Songtrust has grown since its 2011 launch to manage over 1 million song copyrights composed by over 100,000 unique songwriter clients, and this year expanded its global presence to Europe.

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