pigFACTORY Signs DEF LEPPARD's Phil Collen To Worldwide Publishing Administration Deal
November 10, 2011, 12 years ago
Independent music publishing company pigFACTORY Music has just signed Phil Collen of DEF LEPPARD to a worldwide publishing administration deal. The announcement was made today by Keatly Haldeman, CEO, pigFACTORY Music.
The new deal allows pigFACTORY to exclusively administer the publishing for all songs that Phil Collen writes with songwriting partner CJ Vanston. Earlier this year, pigFACTORY signed Vanston, a multi-Grammy Award nominated producer, film composer, keyboard player and songwriter. Among many accomplishments, Vanston produced the music for SPINAL TAP and serves as the keyboardist in the band.
Together Collen and Vanston penned the song 'It's All About Believing' on Def Leppard's recent release Mirrorball and they have an upcoming cut on Risa Hirako's new album on Avex Records. In addition, Vanston's song 'Telephone' has been released on Japanese superstar TVXQ's new album Tone, which recently sold over 200,000 units in its first week of release.
Said Haldeman, "Phil Collen is a world-class superstar musician and songwriter in every sense of the word. His success with Def Leppard holds him in rarefied air. We are thrilled to be collaborating with him as he and CJ continue to co-write terrific material covered by a variety of artists around the world."
