Founded in 2010 by Tony Hinds, Weerai Music is a rights management company that offers services in all aspects of the music industry.
For almost a decade Tony Hinds has worked in music publishing and rights management. Over the past ten years Tony has worked with over four hundred songwriters, artists and musicians. He has negotiated and worked with all the major labels, publishers and media companies consistently. However, Tony would always say,
“The proof is in delivery”
In 2002 Tony was part of a small team that got the rights of a famous Elvis single back to the original publisher’s estate. This resulted in the estate earning hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties and film deals.
By 2003 Tony had designed and implemented his first copyright and royalty database application that would service a longstanding client and would save them close to seventy thousand dollars a year for the next ten years.
In 2005 and after hard work and persistence, Tony settled a copyright infringement claim with Warner Chappell single handedly for a famous gospel song that would net the Pastor, artist and composer an income close to a hundred thousand dollars. The Pastor’s litigation attorney commented that it was the best option for his client.
By 2007 Tony had researched and set up over fourteen foreign sub-publishing deals in all continents of the world and in all major music markets resulting in a forty percent (40%) increase in that company’s gross income.
Throughout this time, Tony has signed over a hundred and fifty songwriters to publishing and administration deals that have brought hundreds of thousands of dollars income. He has been interviewed by the BBC and featured in a motion picture documentary about the music industry.
In 2010 Tony decided that his talent would find the best reward in providing direct services to the music community.
By 2011 Tony's roster of clients have won multiple awards, contributed to chart topping singles, musical underscores in Box Office films, business ventures allowing them to become their own content owners and many more great things.
With two years in business and ten years of “in-the-trenches” experience – Weerai Music is looking forward to a bright future.