Good morning, and welcome to your Daily Briefing. I’m one of the new members of The Tennessean’s team of music writers, Melonee Hurt.
While the SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America strikes haven’t affected the people in Nashville quite like they have in Hollywood, the songwriting and publishing community on Music Row is certainly feeling the effects of the strike.
Many publishers and songwriters here are working in the “synch” business, or creating music specifically for film and television. This time of year is typically busy as so many new TV shows begin production, but right now, there’s very little of that going on, which means fewer opportunities to write for those shows.
Mike Fiorentino, director of A&R and Production for Spirit Music Nashville, an independent publisher here, said he has seen areas of the synch business hitting the brakes.
“I don’t feel like the workflow has halted, but I have been missing out on the briefs catered toward new productions. Whatever is already in the can, those productions are still looking for songs, but sometimes we will get a brief about starting ‘XYZ’ project in six weeks. We haven’t seen those in a minute.”
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