Group Expands
Nashville, TN (November 2, 2015) Each Monday in November, Butler Music Group (BMG) will share big news from BMG, as well as its label and Radio Promotions division, Family Music Group.
Since its inception, Butler Music Group (BMG) has solidified its position as one of Gospel Music’s premier companies. Specializing in artist management, radio promotion, and production, BMG has seen rapid growth. BMG is expanding in several areas, including a move into a new office space in Franklin, TN, which boasts a television studio, recording studios and more.
Butler Music Group is also excited to announce the addition of Matt Felts as the company’s new General Manager. Matt has been a mainstay in Gospel Music for many years and has worked extensively within the music industry. He brings with him a vast resume in marketing and publicity. “It’s hard to contain my excitement. Matt’s background as an artist and his work in the marketing and publicity fields adds a tremendous depth to our company,” stated Les Butler, President of Butler Music Group. With the addition of Matt, Roger Spears will turn his focus exclusively toward Harmony Road; a thirty-minute weekly television program owned by Roger Spears, Allen Rhodes and Les Butler.
Butler continues, “There’s more big news coming throughout the month. These will truly be Monumental Mondays!”
About Butler Music Group
Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Butler Music Group provides professional management and consulting services to Southern Gospel and Bluegrass artists including Eighth Day, Heaven’s Mountain Band, Kramer’s, Tammy Jones Robinette and Williamson’s.
BMG subsidiary, Family Music Group, is the label and radio promotion division of BMG. Label or Radio Promotion artists include the Williamsons, Canton Junction, Hagees, Matt Hagee, Jimmy Fortune, Oak Ridge Boys, Dunaways, and many others.
Les Butler has been actively involved in Southern Gospel Music for over 37 years as a musician, producer, manager, former publisher of the Singing News, and as a nationally syndicated radio host. Butler started Butler Music Group in 1978, and purchased Family Music Group in 2003. He is a past March of Dimes AIR award, as well as winner of the Paul Heil Broadcasting Award in 2011. Butler’s syndicated radio show, Les Butler and Friends, is heard across America and abroad. Butler’s playing and production credits include Palmetto State Quartet, Steeles, Dunaways, Crabb Family, Easter Brothers, Marksmen Quartet, Earl Scruggs, Bowling Family, Jimmy Fortune, Marty Raybon, and many more. Butler’s publishing companies are Hurry-Up Publishing/BMI and Hush Jean/ASCAP. He continues to host Harmony Road TV, a nationally televised Southern Gospel TV show, and he has recently started hosting a daily Southern and Bluegrass Gospel video blog at southerngospel365.com.