ole, one of the world's largest independent music publishers, with operations in Nashville, Los Angeles and Toronto, is pleased to announce that Arthur Buenahora has joined the company as Senior Creative Director, Nashville.

"Arthur has had a huge impact on Nashville, signing Dierks Bentley and Taylor Swift among others, to their first publishing deals," notes ole Chief Creative Officer, Gilles Godard. "Having worked both in publishing and on the record side offers him a unique perspective on the ever-changing music business and I look forward to adding him to our team at ole."  

Comments ole President Michael McCarty: "Arthur's song plugging and talent development track record clearly make him one of country music's premier creative executives, and hiring him is a pivotal moment in the growth of our Nashville operation. We look forward to him helping ole attain our goal of becoming the publisher of choice for the best songwriters in the business."

Buenahora graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1997 and immediately made his way to Nashville's Music Row where he got his start in the music business in the tape room at Sony/ATV/Tree. He soon joined the creative team full-time and rose quickly through the ranks as an effective song plugger and music publisher, placing over one hundred songs over five years, resulting in ten number one singles, and developing some of country music's most promising newcomers including Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert and a 14-year-old singer/songwriter by the name of Taylor Swift. In 2005, he joined Capitol Records Nashville as Senior Director of A&R where he continued his creative relationship with Dierks Bentley and Eric Church. In 2008, he moved over to Universal Records South as VP of A&R.

"I'm really pumped about joining ole," enthuses Buenahora. "They're a growth company and I'm looking forward to helping maximize the potential of the catalog there and making sure that the songs get the best opportunity to shine."