Nashville, TN • EST. 1999
Nashville Publishing & Development for Recording Artists
Producer-led publishing and development of new material for Country & Roots singer-songwriters.
About Century Music Group
Century Music Group is a Nashville-based publishing and development company working with Country & Roots singer-songwriters.
Founded in 1999 by producer Art Ward, CMG operates as a producer-led company developing and producing new material within a structured Nashville framework.
Artists retain 100% ownership of their master recordings. Select songs are represented through aligned publishing partnerships built for long-term catalog growth.
Music first. Private listen. Real conversation.
If there’s strong mutual alignment, we move forward.
Representative songs developed and produced through CMG’s structured Nashville publishing partnerships.
Hear the Work
If you’re building your catalog and ready to develop new material at a professional level, submit your music for a private review.
Major-Label Studio Experience Applied to Artist Development
Members of our Nashville production team have contributed to records by artists including Paul McCartney, George Strait, Reba McEntire, Taylor Swift, Luke Combs, and Chris Stapleton.
That experience informs every CMG partnership — applying major-label recording standards to the development and production of new material with a disciplined, song-first approach focused on long-term catalog growth.
Great songs. Better records. Built in Nashville.
frequently asked questions
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Century Music Group works with recording singer-songwriters creating Country, Folk, and Americana-leaning material. Artists must perform their own lead vocals on original songs and be serious about developing new material through a structured Nashville partnership.
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No. CMG is a producer-led publishing and development company. Our partnerships are built around developing and producing new, unreleased material through our Nashville team. Select songs are represented under a 50/50 co-publishing structure aligned with long-term catalog growth.
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No. We do not operate as a standalone production service or represent previously produced masters created outside of our framework. Our work is structured around publishing and development partnerships where new material is developed and produced within our Nashville production model.
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Development includes producer-led A&R, song evaluation, production strategy, Nashville studio recording, creative direction, and structured publishing alignment. The goal is to build commercially competitive masters and a focused recording catalog.
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Partnerships are structured as a co-investment in the recordings, with select songs under a 50/50 co-publishing agreement. Artists retain 100% of their master ownership.
This model aligns production and publishing from the start.
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We focus on Country, Folk, Americana, and Roots-leaning recording artists whose material fits within Nashville’s commercial and independent markets.
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Submissions are reviewed privately. We move forward only when there is strong creative and structural alignment with our publishing and development model. Due to volume, we are not able to respond to every submission.
Century Music Group develops and produces new, unreleased material through our Nashville team. Publishing partnerships are built around that production framework.
Submissions must feature original songs with your own lead vocals. We do not review AI-generated material.
All submissions are reviewed privately. We reach out when there is strong creative and structural alignment.