Robert McVeety

Robert McVeety has been in music publishing since 1989. Cutting his teeth with Cherry Lane Music, he started as a royalty clerk and in a few years worked his way up to Assistant to the Vice President and General Manager. He worked with songwriters such as John Denver, Irving Burgie ("Day-O"), Tom Paxton, Christine Lavin, Jose Feliciano, Maury Yeston (Nine) and Frank Wildhorn ("Where Do Broken Hearts Go," Jekyll & Hyde).

McVeety went on to EMI Music Publishing, the largest music publisher in the world. By the time he left, he was the Director of Foreign and Domestic Tracking. He was involved with the publishing affairs of Sean "P.Diddy" Combs, Aerosmith, Rodney Jerkins, Chip Taylor, Enrique Iglesias, Dallas Austin, Lit, Matchbox 20, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, Jimmy Webb and many others. McVeety was responsible for business strategy development and overseeing worldwide royalty collections and analyses.

Resigning from EMI in June 2000, McVeety launched Bobby Mack Entertainment Group, bringing his skills and experience to the independent music community. He is involved in music publishing and copyright administration, having worked with Chris Barron (Spin Doctors), Julie Gold ("From A Distance") and Nicky Stanard (BLACKStreet, Sisqo), among others. He also performs music industry consulting with clients including The Harry Fox Agency, EMI Music Publishing and Purchase Records, while moonlighting in artist management for three NYC acts.

McVeety has lectured on music publishing at Purchase College, NYU and Richard Dieguez's series in NYC, THE CIRCLE. He is a member of National Academy of Popular Music/Songwriters' Hall of Fame, Association of Independent Music Publishers, and Association for Independent Music, and he runs a monthly songwritersÇ seminar taking place in NYC.