David Cook Signs a Publishing Deal
Season 7 winner, David Cook, just signed a brand-spanking new publishing deal:
From Billboard magazine:
Cherry Lane Music Publishing Co. has signed a worldwide, long-term publishing agreement with 2008 “American Idol” winner and songwriter David Cook. As part of the deal, Cherry Lane will be administering Cookà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s current catalog and will hold co-publishing rights in any new writing opportunities that are set up through Cherry Lane.
“Everyone knows David Cook the American Idol winner,” Cherry Lane senior VP of creative services and marketing Richard Stumpf said in a statement. But after early discussions with Cook, “I was most impressed with David Cook the gifted songwriter,” said Stumpf.
The deal was negotiated by Stumpf, Cherry Lane VP of business & legal affairs Keith Hauprich, and Iain Pirie at 19 Entertainment and Howard Siegel at Pryor Cashman LLP.
Happy songwriting, David!
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42 Responses to “David Cook Signs a Publishing Deal”
This is great news for David! :smile1_tb:
David is such a gifted writer, this is great news!
Congratulations David! Very impressive news indeed! Along with DCTR, I love Analog Heart and many of the Axium songs as well. I am not sure how many of those he wrote. To say David has a way with words would be an understatement on my part! I love his lyrics and that they can have more than one meaning. He is just so talented. I am grateful that David graced the AI stage! His music has changed my life in too many ways to post here!
If you’re curious, here is a good post about Axium. He wrote or co-wrote every song but Incarcerate.
LadyM, thanks a lot for all the info. It’s interesting that he didn’t go the usual way and found a different “home”. They have great names with them but it’s great that it looks like they take more time with each client and he won’t get lost in a list of houndreds of names.
David well done!!!
I have always considered you to be the best. I knew you would be up there with the greats because you belong there. Your new home. You must be bursting with pride!!
Up there on the same page as Elvis. Nice one!
You are a stellar musician all the way around and your songwriting is so beautiful and deep and amazing.
Congratulations Rock Star!!!!
Love ya!
leome – Thank you so much for that link! How did I miss that? I thought he wrote most of those songs as well, but I wasn’t sure, since I never had a hard copy of his Axium work. The man is incredibly gifted. He was so young when he wrote those, and yet his words are quite profound!
Awesome news. Go, David!
(Did Elvis write songs? I really had no idea.)
CONGRATULATIONS DAVID COOK!!!
I love his writing and can’t wait until the world discovers what a great songwriter he is. Exciting news!! :clap_tb:
Woohoo! Congrats to David!
I think songwriting may be the area where Cook eventually finds the most acclaim. I do not believe he will end up being in the top echelon of recording artist stars that Idol produces. But, he has shown flashes of brilliance as a songwriter (LOTM as an inversion of TOML– unless that was a happy coincidence?), although he still has a lot of room for growth. He’s always been a very talented lyricist, but I think his composing skills have improved too (A Daily Anthem is a step up from most of Analog Heart, musically).
Anyway, I could eventually see him writing hits for other artists– perhaps even other Idols– and gaining recognition (and awards) for it. So with songwriting as well as his own major music career– however long it lasts– and his inevitable forays into screen and stage acting, the kid isn’t going to be going hungry.
This is great news. I always thought that David’s songs would be perfect in soundtracks and it’s great to know that there is such a thing as a music publishing company that can promote this. He definitely has a gift when it comes to songwriting… whether his lyrics are complex, like in Makeover or extremely simple, like in Not Around, they make an impact.
And I think David will absolutely be in the top echelon of recording artist stars that Idol produces.
I think he’s already in the top echelon of recording artists that Idol has produced, course that’s prolly because his is the only album I wanted to purchase thus far. Can you say mileage? :laugh_tb: ANYway…at the very least it would be sad to silence that voice and have his material sung exclusively by other singers.
Word. It’s cool to hear it from a dude who obvs knows da bizness. Good on 19 for taking special care of one of Cook’s best assets. When you think about it, between the Axium back catalogue, AH, the unreleased mystery album holy grail, DCTR, and songs like KOTN, Souvenir and Breathe Tonight that didn’t make DCTR proper, he’s been a pretty damn prolific songwriter, especially for a 26 year old. I wonder if Cherry Lane could help him buy the rights back for the Axium stuff? I have no idea, but that would be cool.
Technically, noctem, I think Cook said A Daily Anthem was written in 2005, which would predate Analog Heart….not that I am an encyclopedia of Cook songwriting knowledge or anything, cuz that would be weird.
I did a search of David’s songs on the Cherry Lane site and only the DCTR songs were listed. Is it possible that his pre-Idol songs are not inluded in his “current catalog”? That would be a terrible pity, I think.
By top echelon, I mean the “big three” of Kelly, Carrie, and Daughtry. I think and he and Jordin will hover beneath that level and contend with each other for the “fourth most successful Idol recording artist” slot (out of those who have already established their music careers).
It’s possible that Cook’s second album could end up being his massive breakout. But, Idols generally sell less on their sophomore releases (sometimes significantly less). I could be wrong, but I don’t think there has been a second record by an Idol that has outsold his/her first since Kelly’s “Breakaway”.
“but I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think there has been a second record by an Idol that has outsold his/her first since Kellyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Breakawayà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ .”
I think each idol winner paves their own way. Jordan is the perfect example. She started off very weak and gained tons of momentum and I wouldn’t be surprised if her 2nd album did better. I think Battlefield is superior to her other singles and will probably bring in new fans. Cook’s best songs (i.e. the ones he actually wrote) have not even been released as singles and he just got this publishing deal, so who knowns what that will bring. They’ve both already broken a lot of Idol trends so I wouldn’t go by what’s happened in the past…..yet.
Loved that he went with an indie publishing label whose motto is “the Songwriter is King!”. He’s definitely showing his 12-year songwriting-and-selling-CDs-outa-the-back-of-his-van experience with this move. Understanding the industry and understanding which direction/s he wants his music to go and understanding where he best fits. Also, capitalising on the resources that Idol has given him to the max (shows he knows how to get the best of this advisors).
About Analog Heart music not being on their portfolio yet, could be David is holding on to his back catalogue coz he doesn’t want to farm it out at this point (he doesn’t have to co-publish everything right now until he sees how they optimise his DCTR catalogue). Or could be, he’s simply about ‘progression’ and AH will remain a piece of nostalgia that he can delve into in live performances for the ‘invested’ fans? Or could a re-release be in the offing? Woohoo!