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Michael Blanton Artist Manager Film Producer and Branding Agent | HLJ EP311

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Joining us is legend Michael Blanton, of Brentwood, Tennessee, who has had a celebrated career in the music industry. Blanton got his start in music as an A&R representative at Word Records in Waco, Texas, moving to Nashville in 1978 to open the company’s office on Music Row. He and business partner Dan Harrell launched Blanton/Harrell Production and Management in 1980 with Amy Grant as their first client. In 1981 with friend Brown Bannister (’75), they created Reunion Records and Reunion Publishing and soon launched the careers of artists including Michael W. Smith and Rich Mullins.
In 2011, Blanton launched Be Music and Entertainment. In 2018, he partnered with Vertigo Media to help with their new technology that connects Spotify and Apple into one artist music activation app. In 2020 Terry Benedict (producer of Hacksaw Ridge) and Blanton formed a film production company Beacon Hawk Entertainment.
If you like what you hear make sure to subscribe to the show and share it with your friends. You can find us at http://heartlandjournal.com

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Joining us is legend Michael Blanton, of Brentwood, Tennessee, who has had a celebrated career in the music industry. Blanton got his start in music as an A&R representative at Word Records in Waco, Texas, moving to Nashville in 1978 to open the company’s office on Music Row. He and business partner Dan Harrell launched Blanton/Harrell Production and Management in 1980 with Amy Grant as their first client. In 1981 with friend Brown Bannister (’75), they created Reunion Records and Reunion Publishing and soon launched the careers of artists including Michael W. Smith and Rich Mullins.
In 2011, Blanton launched Be Music and Entertainment. In 2018, he partnered with Vertigo Media to help with their new technology that connects Spotify and Apple into one artist music activation app. In 2020 Terry Benedict (producer of Hacksaw Ridge) and Blanton formed a film production company Beacon Hawk Entertainment.
If you like what you hear make sure to subscribe to the show and share it with your friends. You can find us at http://heartlandjournal.com

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