RECORDS Nashville Adds Easler & Fisher
• RECORDS Nashville has appointed Josh Easler as Executive Vice President of Promotion and Commercial Strategy, and Joe Fisher as Executive Vice President.
Easler (left) joins RECORDS Nashville following a 15-year run with Sony Music Nashville, most recently as VP of Promotion for Arista Nashville. Easler previously spent seven years with Beasley Country WKLB/Boston before joining Sony Music Nashville in 2006 as a regional rep for RCA. In 2011, he was upped to Nat’l Director Of Promotion for RCA, and in 2016 transitioned over to Arista as VP of Promotion. In his new RECORDS role, Easler will oversee all radio promotion as well as all commercial strategy. He can be reached at josh.easler@sonymusic.com.
Fisher (right) joins RECORDS Nashville having spent most of his career at Universal Nashville, where he rose to VP of A&R under Luke Lewis. Fisher has been recently working with Justin Timberlake on his Villa 40 Nashville label venture. In 2017 Fisher founded Boom, a publishing company with Keith Urban and Ross Copperman. In his new RECORDS position, Fisher will oversee the signing, developing, and cultivating of new talent for the label.
Both talented gentlemen report to Barry Weiss, Co-founder & Partner, RECORDS, LLC, who commented, “We are so excited to be leveling up and raising the game with our efforts in Nashville and country music. I can’t think of two better executives to take us forward and achieve this task than Josh Easler and Joe Fisher. They’re both established superstars in their respective fields in Country music with great pedigree and substantial track records.”
Easler exclaimed, “Barry has assembled one of the most dynamic teams in the business and an incredible roster of new talent. I’m excited to work with this amazing group of executives on breaking the next vanguard of country artists.” Fisher seconds that emotion, adding, “I’ve respected Barry from afar for my entire career. He’s a true music man and one of the industry’s most visionary executives. The only thing more impressive than his track record is his passion for music. When he called, there was only one answer. I’m immensely honored to join the RECORDS team and kick off this new chapter.”
