Nashville’s AMG Merges Into Fusion Entertainment Co. To Form New Agency

Courtesy Absolute Publicity – Fusion Entertainmet Company
Ted Ellis, Mike Meade, Amy Aylward, Chuck Rhodes, Tom Cross, and Wayne Halper.

Acceleration Music Group, formed after the closing of Buddy Lee Attractions in 2018, is merging its operations with a new agency called Fusion Entertainment Co. in Nashville.

Music Row vets Chuck Rhodes and Wayne Halper are teaming with former AMG agents Mike Meade and Amy Aylward to launch Fusion. They’re joined by Bob Frank of BFE/Audium Nashville, Ted Ellis and Tom Cross of Creator Ventors, and Chuck McDowell III of Wesley Financial Group to operate as a booking agency offering management and label services to select clients.

Meade and Aylward had been operating their own company, Acceleration Music Group (AMG), since their departure from Buddy Lee Attractions in 2018.

Rhodes will serve as Executive Vice President/General Manager and oversee day-to-day operations along with Vice Presidents/Agents Meade and Aylward. Halper, who brings his extensive record label and legal experience to the organization, will handle legal affairs and business development.

Additional company staffers include seasoned industry agents Tayler Bock and Joan Saltel.

“I have known and worked with Mike Meade and Amy Aylward for many years,” says Rhodes. “When the opportunity arose to merge their booking agency Acceleration Music Group into our Fusion launch, I jumped at the chance.”

Frank, Founder and CEO of BFE and Chairman/Co-Founder of Fusion, notes, “Chuck Rhodes and I have been discussing this opportunity for a long time now. We work with so many artists who we feel are underserved in this space. Fusion will now super-serve these same artists, and we are thrilled to be able to put together such an experienced team.”

“We had an incredible year with AMG in 2019 and are looking forward to the future with this new venture, Fusion Entertainment Company,” says Meade. “Our long history with this team in other facets of the industry and the relationships we all share with our clients and friends will prove to be the perfect merger.”

“Mike and I would like to thank Darryl Worley, Ty Herndon and Michelle Wright who initially showed faith and encouraged us to start AMG,” adds Aylward. “We are looking forward to continuing to grow with them and the talented additions to our roster.”

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