The Following publishers and music industry professionals were either on the cruise and participating in the pitch/critique sessions, or listened to songs in absentee during the cruise. Conference attendees were advised of the songs that were "picked up" by both the absentee and on-board publishers and industry pro's.

	JohnnyMic Publishing This company is actively looking for songs in all genres, with focused attention on placing songs in the country music market and in television and film. Norman DeVasure Owner of Sunset Ranch Music/Norman Productions, Nashville. Norman has an extensive career in the country music market, having been Senior Creative Director for HoriPro Entertainment Group and Vice President and co-owner of RPM Music Group. Norman placed Tracy Byrd's mega-hit "Keeper of The Stars" and Jeff Bates' current single "Long Slow Kisses". He has also had cuts by Lee Ann Rimes, John Michael Montgomery, Ty Herndon, Billy Ray Cyrus, George Strait, Lorrie Morgan, Reba McIntire, Daryl Singletary, Tanya Tucker, and Tracy Lawrence to name a few. He also published, pitched and produced RCA artist Brice Long. Norman is currently pitching a couple of new young female artists to the labels. Ted Lowe President of Choicetracks, Inc., based out of Los Angeles. Ted has worked in A&R for Warner Bros and Sony Music, with extensive experience in television and film soundtrack music. Choicetracks' credits include the Coors commercial "Guy's Night Out", movie trailers for "Kill Bill 2", "Rebound", "Honeymooners", and "XXX2" to name a few, as well as extensive placements in television including "Desperate Housewives", "America's Next Top Model", "Kojak" , "Barbershop", "Pimp My Ride" and "Punk'd". In addition, Choicetracks currently has music in the Gwyneth Paltrow/Anthony Hopkins motion picture "Proof" as well as the upcoming Farrelly Brothers film "The Ringer" starring Johnny Knoxville. Mike Geiger - Nashville BMI Songwriter of the Year (1989). Songs he's written include "Darlene" (T. Graham Brown), "Adalida" (George Strait), "The City Put the Country Back In Me" (Neal McCoy), "Its You Again" (Skip Ewing), "This Missing You Heart of Mine" (Sawyer Brown), "Hillbilly Shoes" (Montgomery Gentry), and more. Mike was a member of the band "Cooter Graw" which was signed to Warner Bros. He is currently pitching a couple of new artists to the labels and is interested in hearing songs from the cruise attendee as possibilities. Perry Howard, Songwriter/Publisher Relations at BMI Nashville. Perry Howard serves as Associate Director, Writer/Publisher Relations at BMI Nashville, where he assists songwriters and publishers in the administration of their musical works and signs new affiliates to the performing rights organization. Howard, a native Nashvillian, was formerly a Music Research Associate with the company's TV Operations Department. He graduated from Belmont University in Nashville in 1993. D.Vincent Williams Born and raised in the Lufkin/Nacogdoches area of East Texas, David, professionally known as D.Vincent, moved to Nashville in 1994 and landed a recording contract with Columbia Records in 1995. David began writing songs for his project, and soon Nashville recognized a unique honesty and quality to his writing. Since then, he’s had cuts with numerous artists, including Reba McEntire, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Jimmy Wayne, Diamond Rio, The Kinleys, Ty Herndon, Randy Travis, Rascal Flatts, Kevin Denny, Michelle Poe, Billy Gilman, John Berry, Neil McCoy, Mark Wills and The Wilkinsons. David’s impressive resume of hits includes: “Hands Of A Working Man”, “You’re Still Here”, “Oklahoma” and NSAI and ACM Song of the Year, “I’m Movin’ On”, recorded by Rascal Flatts on Lyric Street Records.

	Hot Seat Music Group Congratulations Mike and Tom for placing Kevin Fowler's newest single, "Don't Touch My Willie", written by Bobby Pounds, Holly, and Kevin Fowler. Owned by Mike Daily and Tom Foote, who are associated with George Strait and the Ace In The Hole Band. Their company most recently published songs that were included in Kevin Fowler's latest album. David Hilker (WILD WHIRLED MUSIC) Los Angeles David's company has a very impressive track record for placing songs in television and film. Television credits include "The George Lopez Show", "Drew Carey", "CSI NY", "CSI Miami", "JAG", "Law and Order", "ER", "King of the Hill" and "Good Morning America" to name a few. Holly Hefner Congratulations Holly on Ann Wilson Music placing 2 songs on Brad Paisley's next album, written by Wil Nance. Vice President/Creative Director of Ann Wilson Music/Song Catchers Music, Nashville. She was a first runner up in the Miss Wisconsin preliminary Pagent followed by an artist career where she performed on national TV shows including the National Anthem for ESPN, was a winning contestant on Nashville's Be A Star, The Charlie Daniels Show, and featured in a number of music videos on CMT and VH-1. Ann Wilson Music works to place songs in the country and Christian music markets having recently landed the catalog songs "Why Can't We Just Get A Long Neck" (Hank Williams Jr.), "Same Boat Now" (Restless Heart), the #1 Christian Country Music song "Maybe I Could Forget" (Elbert West), "Devil In the Mirror" (Gary Allan), and "You're Why God Made Me" (Tracy Lawrence). Holly is married to hit songwriter Wil Nance who wrote George Strait's "Round About Way", Joe Nichol's "Cool to be a Fool", with additional cuts on artists such as John Michael Montgomery, Chad Brock, Gene Watson, Craig Morgan, and Diamond Rio. Monica Benson BOK Music/Wild Pink Music Calabasas, California. Monica has placed songs in the movies "Barbershop", "Miss Congeniality", "Runaway Bride", "The Hot Chick", "Power Puff Girls" and "Birthday Girl". She has also been successful in the TV industry with songs placements in "CSI", "Without A Trace", "Scrubs", Darcy's Wild Life", "Summerland", "The Young and the Restless", 7th Heaven", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", and "Jake In Progress". She has also had songs recorded by Whitney Houston, Misteeq, Diamond Rio, Faith Hill, Brie Larson, and The Temptations. Monica's husband, Howard Benson, produced Hoobastank, My Chemical Romance, Papa Roach, POD, and the All American Rejects. Tim Gaetano Tangerine Moon Music, LLC // LA Luna Tunes Tangerine Moon Music, LLC // La Luna Tunes is a small Nashville based publishing company of 17 years! Our writers have had cuts by established acts like Waylon Jennings, Faith Hill & Diamond Rio. Some of the newer acts that have recently cut our writer's songs have been Steve Azar, Jennifer Hanson & Ray Scott. Some alternative acts that have also cut songs have been, Gov't Mule, Johnny Neel and native american artist, Felipe Rose. Lately, quite a few of our cuts have come in collaboration with the artists. I'd be lying if I painted you a rosy picture. It's tough and getting tougher to get cuts with a lot of the newer acts. My philosophy has and will always be, "That a great song will cut through ... We just have to find the right home for it!!" As far as what type of songs we're looking for, that is a very difficult question to answer! We'll listen to any song that a writer thinks is their very, very best! Quite honestly though, I won't know it until I hear that special, unique "something" that just makes it stand on its own miles away from the crowd of your basic everyday run-of-the-mill mass produced songs!