Nashville, TN (June 14, 2013)— Parallel Music Publishing, a division of Parallel Entertainment, has acquired approximately 2000 songs from the catalog of Songs of Bigger Picture. Highlights include recent #1 hits “Better Dig Two,” “Mama’s Broken Heart” and “Til My Last Day.” Included in the purchase are the catalogs of Nashville’s leading songwriters, such as Brandy Clark, Brian D. Maher, Josh Osborne and Brice Long, among others. Additionally, songwriters Michael White and Lance Carpenter join the Parallel Music Publishing team as part of the acquisition.

“We’re very excited to continue expanding and growing Parallel Entertainment’s footprint in Nashville,” said Tim Hunze, managing partner, Parallel Music Publishing.

About Parallel Entertainment:
Founded in 1991 by CEO J.P. Williams, Parallel Entertainment is a Los Angeles-based talent management and production company. Parallel develops, finances and produces a wide range of entertainment projects, including feature films; DVD premiere features; comedy and music albums; and television series and specials for network and cable. The filmed entertainment productions include comedy and holiday specials for Comedy Central, CMT, VH1 and HBO; motion pictures, including the upcoming Them Idiots Whirled Tour for CMT as well as the theatrical releases, Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie; Larry the Cable Guy: Heath Inspector, Delta Farce, and Witless Protection. Parallel has produced countless television shows including Blue Collar TV, The Bill Engvall Show for TBS, Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy for History, the game shows Lingo and The American Bible Challenge for the Game Show Network and most recently, Buck Wild for MTV. Their upcoming animated series for CMT entitled Bounty Hunters premieres this summer. Parallel also has a drama in development for TNT starring Bill Engvall. For more information on Parallel Entertainment, please visit: parallelentertainment.com.

About Bigger Picture Group:
Bigger Picture Group is a next-generation Nashville based music company. By taking a holistic view of each artist’s career and establishing a joint venture whereby the artists contribute both their art and their brand, Bigger Picture Group can strategically provide the resources required to develop, promote, and market the artist, all under one roof. Bigger Picture Artist Ventures includes established country stars Chris Cagle and Craig Campbell, and rising talents including Chris Janson, Rachel Bradshaw, and Ryan Kinder. Songs of Bigger Picture, Bigger Picture’s publishing company, strategically focuses its interest on the company’s joint venture artists and includes associated songwriters such as Luke Sheets.

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