Hayden Bell

Hayden Bell is a successful international music executive and entrepreneur.

Overview

Based in Queensland, Australia, he is Creative Director of the Bell Hughes Music Group (BHMG) that he established with his co-partner Dr Charles Margerison.

Via the Excalibur Productions Company (a subsidiary of BHMG)) he discovered and developed The Veronicas girl rock pop group. He established a contract to publish the songs written by The Veronica’s (Warner/Sire records) [Mengel, N: "Sistermatic", "Q Weekend, Courier Mail" page 12, Nov, 2005.]

Hayden Bell discovered Mark Sholtez (Verve/Universal) and signed his publishing.

Hayden Bell is signed as a songwriter/producer with EMI Music Publishing worldwide.

Bell Hughes Music Group

The Bell Hughes Music Group (BHMG) is an Australian based Music company that directs and oversees Excalibur Productions Australia, Multiplay Music Australia, Multiplay International & CJM Songs Australia. Hayden Bell creatively manages The Bell Hughes Music Groups abilities in popular music publishing & marketing, artist development, record production, artist, writer and producer management, record licensing, and most recently, mobile phone content aggregation.

Signing The Veronicas

Recent international success in his role as Music Director at Bell Hughes Music Group includes discovering and signing the publishing of The Veronicas through BHMG subsidiary Excalibur Productions. Bell, produced their original demos and helped cultivate their progression from acoustic pop to the more rhythmic rock pop approach that is now their trademark. On the strength of these demos Bell then took them to meet the executives at Engine Room a subsidiary of PBL (Packer) Group and they were immediately signed to a production deal.

To further develop The Veronicas songwriting skills, Bell connected them with internationally acclaimed songwriters and producers including Cliff Magness (Avril Lavigne), Billy Steinberg (Madonna, Cyndi Lauper), Eric Nova, Dead Mono and Vince DeGiorgio, where they created a catalogue of over 50 songs. Meetings were then arranged with Warners Brothers in the USA. Seymour Stein and senior executives recognized that Hayden Bell had indeed discovered and developed a unique musical talent, signing them quickly to a recording contract with Warner/Sire America.

Hayden Bell then took one of The Veronicas songs titled "All About Us" and placed it with t.A.T.u., the Russian girl group, and it became a massive hit in Europe. In Australia, he placed their song “What’s Goin’ On” with Casey Donovan and the song “Faded” for Kate DeAraugo. Both of these artists were winners of the Australian Idol Competition.

Signing Mark Sholtez

Other Success includes discovering and signing the publishing of Brisbane Jazz cross over artist Mark Sholtez. Bell arranged for him to meet Tommy Li Puma at Verve Records where Sholtez then gained a recording contract making him the first ever Australian artist to be signed to Verve Records in America. This has also led to Mark gaining an international reputation.

Songwriting Achievements

Written with

*Rob Thomas (Match box Twenty)
*Pam Sheyne (Christina Aguilera/Jessica Simpson)
*Savage Garden
*Anthor Briggerson (JLO, Janet Jackson, Ricky Martin,)
*Tom Nichols (Celine Dion, Kylie Minogue)
*Chrissy Amphlett (Divinyls)
*Cliff Magness - EMI USA (Hanson, Amy Grant, Celine Dion, Avril Lavigne)
*Jack Kugell - EMI USA (Martina McBride)
*Allan Rich - EMI USA ( Whitney Housten, 98 Degrees)
*Jud Friedman - (Barbra Streisand, Nsync)
*Kalju Tonuma - (Crowded House, The Mavises)
*Eric Jackson - MCA USA (Az Yet, Toni Braxton)
*Kevin Savigar - Rhondor USA (Rod Stewart, Jimmy Barnes)
*Heather Field - USA EMI (Rick Price, Tina Arena)
*Bloodshy and Avant (Britney Spears/Madonna)

Recently

*Wrote and produced Top 5 smash “I SPY” for BOA (13 million sales)
*Wrote and produced album Sanctity for Columbia Records Japan
*Wrote “Leave Before My Heart Finds Out” for Eran James on Universal Music
*Winner of 8 Sunnie awards
*Won numerous awards for Compositions, Film and TV
*Winner of R’n’B category for South Pacific International Song Contest

External links

* [http://www.bellhughesmusic.com BHMG offical site]

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