Variety honored the songwriters, producers and executives behind the year’s biggest hits for its annual “Hitmakers” list. PULSE clients FNZ (co-writer of The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber’s “Stay”), Liana Banks (co-writer of Saweetie’s “Best Friend ft. Doja Cat), IAmTash (co-writer of Pop Smoke’s “What You Know Bout Love”) and G. Ry (co-writer of Lil Tjay’s “Calling My Phone”) were all included on the list for 2021. These songs were each multi-format radio #1 hits, and each has been certified Platinum (or higher) by the... Read More

(via Variety) It was ten years ago that producer Josh Abraham approached songwriters and longtime friends Scott Cutler and Anne Preven with a business proposition. The two members of mid-‘90s L.A. alternative group Ednaswap were known for writing “Torn” — which Natalie Imbruglia turned into a worldwide hit — while Abraham also had worked in the studio with acts ranging from Pink, Kelly Clarkson and Adam Lambert to Linkin Park, Slayer and Thirty Seconds to Mars. With the three investing a total of $100,000, Pulse Recordings opened... Read More