Showbiz Ro Music
Showbiz-Ro Music is forging a path uniquely its own in the ever-changing Nashville music business. Founded by Liz Morin and Ronna Reeves, music industry veterans with a combined 50 + years experience, the company is not set on antiquated methods for results. They blend traditional song-plugging with writer management, and a heavy focus on artist development to round out the services they provide.
Since forming Showbiz-Ro, the company has been responsible for securing cuts by several major label artists, including: Keith Urban, Luke Bryan, Tim McGraw, Dierks Bentley, Jimmie Allen, Randy Houser, Lee Brice, Chase Rice, Trace Adkins, among many others, additionally they have found success in the film/tv world with multiple placements in the popular show Nashville, among others. In the past few years, they have been instrumental in launching the careers of new artists Brett Young (Big Machine) and Abby Anderson (Black River). They have celebrated four number one singles as a company. Dierks Bentley’s single, “Burning Man” is one great example.
Ronna Reeves
It’s no surprise that Ronna Reeves loves music and the power of a great song and has all her life — she started singing in a three-piece band in her hometown of Big Spring, Texas when she was 11. She brings a hard-won insight to the table that’s particularly beneficial for writers and artists: decades’ worth of experience as a recording artist, who then successfully made the often-difficult switch to the other side of the industry. She understands what it means to make it on the road and then prove yourself to Music Row because she’s done it herself.
Ronna signed her first management deal as an artist in her early teens, which led to opening spots for future superstars — names like George Strait, Garth Brooks, and Joe Diffie fill the list. She spent the next decade playing nightclubs throughout Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico six nights a week, and signed her first record deal with Mercury/Polygram in 1991. Along the way, she signed several publishing deals of her own, and released three major label and two independent records, subsequently touring across the country and far beyond learning the ins and outs of what it truly means to build a music career from the ground up. She was nominated for the ACM’s Top New Female Artist and a Daytime Emmy during her recording career before switching to the other side of the industry in the early 2000s.
Ronna first joined the A&R staff at Vivaton Records in 2003 and later ran hit songwriter Kerry Kurt Phillips’ publishing company, Stone Village Music, beginning in 2005. There, she was active in securing multiple major label cuts for the company, before co-founding Showbiz-Ro Music in 2010.
Ronna’s experiences as an artist/writer, song plugger, and artist/writer manager offer a uniquely unmistakable wealth of knowledge and a distinct understanding of what it takes to make it: she says dedication, patience and a thick skin are key components to success and, ultimately, so is choosing the right team to champion your work and artistry.
Liz Morin
Liz Morin was raised on Lookout Mountain Tennessee and graduated from Notre Dame High School and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a major in Communications/Electronic Media with a minor in Theater and American History. In college she worked at Lite Mix 105 in Chattanooga and that is where she first got the nickname Showbiz Liz. After graduating from college, Liz moved to Los Angeles where she worked on several television pilots as a P.A. and then went on to work for the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and Jay Leno before moving to Nashville in 1993.
Morin started her career in music publishing in the mid 90s as Creative Director at Double J Music Group. She followed her time with stints at Encore Entertainment and Skyline Music, where she worked with famed producer Paul Worley. During her tenure at these companies, she secured cuts by superstars Kenny Chesney, Faith Hill, George Strait, Trisha Yearwood, Blake Shelton, Tim McGraw and many others. She is also a founding member of the pluggers group, the Crazy Eights, who just celebrated 23 years together. She also was a member of S.O.L.I.D and a current member of SOURCE. Liz is also on the board of Soundcorps which is a non-profit organization in her hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee. She is a music industry veteran with 28 years' experience and continues to assist artists through Showbiz Ro Music.