Knabe Joins Big Loud As SVP/A&R
• Big Loud has expanded its A&R team with the hire of 20-year industry pro Sara Knabe as SVP of A&R. Effective immediately, Knabe will work in tandem with both the Big Loud Records and Big Loud Publishing A&R teams.
Knabe joins the Big Loud staff after spending just under a year founding and cultivating her own Cake Maker Music, a music publishing, artist development and A&R consulting company. Previous stops include VP of A&R at BBR Music Group, VP of Creative at BMG Music Publishing, and prior stops at Bug Music, Windswept Holdings, LLC, and Harlan Howard Songs.
“This is one of the most exciting announcements we’ve gotten to make in a while,” said Seth England, Big Loud CEO/Partner. “Sara was the first person I meaningfully met in Nashville; I got my first internship with her, and she helped me meet [Big Loud Partner] Craig [Wiseman]. We’ve been working with Sara in a freelance capacity for a while now, and have been continuously impressed by her professionalism, her collaborative approach, and her ear for finding outstanding talent. I’m not sure there is any one A&R person in Nashville who has brought me and Joey [Moi] more songs over the years. It’s fitting and overdue that she joins our team.”
“When Seth reached out to me about this role the answer was a Big Loud ‘YES,'” Knabe said. “The remarkable history of Big Loud speaks for itself. Joining their cutting-edge creative team and working alongside a roster of this magnitude, in both the Records and Publishing divisions, is a dream scenario.” Knabe can be congratulated at saraknabe@bigloud.com. [Image by Brayln Kelly]
