Big Deal Music is pleased to welcome Dan Wilson to its roster, publishing new compositions under its joint venture deal with BMG Chrysalis US. Big Deal will now also exclusively handle the Semisonic back catalog.
Wilson is one of the world’s most successful contemporary songwriters, having co-written Adele’s global hit ‘Someone Like You’ and Dixie Chicks’ ‘Not Ready to Make Nice,’ for which he received two Grammy awards.
The singer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and occasional cartoonist first gained fame as the lead singer of the band Semisonic, for which he wrote the Grammy-nominated smash ‘Closing Time,’ as well as other international hits including ‘Secret Smile’ and ‘Chemistry.’
As a songwriter and producer, Wilson has worked with a diverse group of artists including Adele, Dixie Chicks, John Legend, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Taylor Swift, Jim James, Pink, Dierks Bentley, Nas, Josh Groban, Weezer, Carole King, and many others.
Under the Big Deal Music/BMG publishing joint venture, the two companies sign talent jointly and BMG provides global state-of-the-art administration and pro-active exploitation services to the Big Deal Music catalog in North America, Germany, UK, Scandinavia, France, Benelux, Spain & Italy.
The Big Deal Music roster includes: My Morning Jacket, Ray LaMontagne, St. Vincent, The Afghan Whigs, Jim James, Sharon Van Etten, the Black Angels, Ethan Johns, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Missy Higgins, FIDLAR, Wye Oak, Birds of Tokyo, Underworld and Jonathan Wilson, and songwriters Brett Beavers, Tim James, Brad Tursi, John Ryan, Matt Morris and Matt Mahaffey.