, a new firm that both signs active songwriters and acts as the dot connector between teams looking to sell music catalogs with their strategic partner Round Hill Music.Previous to his new firm Hawkeye, Stumpf found success as an executive at Imagem Music and Cherry Lane Music. More recently, he was the founder and CEO of the indie publisher of Atlas Music Publishing which guided Van Halen, Brandi Carlile, Counting Crows, Dan the Automator, Sean Garrett, Ashley Gorley, and the Al Jackson Jr.
Hawkeye Music Publsihing has not signed its first active songwriter yet, but it has already assembled a team of advisors across the music industry to, as Stumpf puts it, “provide expertise across several sectors of a constantly evolving and overlapping music space.” This list includes Ann Mincielli , Gruss , Sean Garrett , Barry Ehrmann , Brandon Young , Chris “Coach” Rodriguez Julio Guiu and Amy Berkholtz .
“This advisory team shares my reverence for the songwriter and the creative process. They are a group that fully embrace innovation,” says Stumpf. “I’m humbled and excited by their participation.” Adds Gruss, “Rich is a real music guy with a lot of creative ideas about maximizing value for copyrights and writers. He’s a respected industry vet that I’m happy to have working alongside Round Hill Music. We’ve already been able to welcome Warren Haynes as a Round Hill Music client and are grateful to Rich for the introduction and endorsement.