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How Raven Music Partners Carved Out a Niche in the Small- to Medium-Sized Catalog Market


Raven Music Partners has built a 15,000-song portfolio of music assets by focusing on small- to medium-sized deals.

As co-founder and managing member of the Nashville-based investment firm, Tucker isn’t focused on acquiring what he calls “trophy” catalogs — the Taylor Swifts, Bruce Springsteen and Queens of the world. There are also creative options for finding return on its catalog investments: re-releasing the masters in high-fidelity audio and Dolby Atmos, anniversary editions of albums or songs, and YouTube lyric videos, for example. “What’s important is that they have a fan base that cares.” The catalog includes well- known tracks by major artists, such as “Whiskey Glasses” by Morgan Wallen, “All About That Bass” by Meghan Trainor, and “Say You Won’t Let Go” by James Arthur.

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