Baywud
The artist cites Ed Sheeran and Bon Iver as his favorite artists .BAYWÜD (pronounced bay-wood) is an L.A. based indie artist, musician, and songwriter. Born in Miami, Florida .He went on to study film and television acting at the School for Film and Television in New York City, and later studied film at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) in Los Angeles. Classically trained on piano, BAYWUD is blessed with a soulful voice at times reminding the listener of seventies performers.
His music primarily draws from folk, rock, and blues. His single ' Not Ready To Let Go ' leaned a bit more blues and was featured on Spotify Editorial playlist 'Blues Roots 'and 'Nu Blue'.
He writes classic songs drawing from his life experiences, His lyrics, often leaning towards darker themes, explore topics such as his struggles with anxiety and depression, addiction, and also loss and suicide. Above all that they embrace love and tend to exist from a positive perspective and deliver a message of hope.
He met music industry veteran publisher Patrick Conseil in 2019, and soon after a publishing agreement was signed and the two went to work. Conseil introduced Baywud to LA based electro pop producer Verskotzi, who produced the debut single ‘’Golden Cord.‘’
BAYWUD went on to collaborate with producer Rune Westberg (Beth hart, Matt Simons , Jesse Y Joy ,John Bryant )and they have written twenty songs together since then.
BAYWUD singles have found support from radio stations around the country, including KTAOS in New Mexico, KCSN 88.5.Southern California , Birch Street Radio ,BEAR radio, KLTZ Mix 93 Montana, WIOW 102.3 in Detroit/ Great Lakes,GRI Scotland, Monie’s UK, Banks Radio Australia and a feature on Pat Mohanan’s Train Tracks show on Sirius XM, Additionally his releases have received rave reviews from numerous blogs internationally. He has performed for Mondo NY and appeared at Jam In The Van. He played his first show on the main stage at Hotel Cafe on November 13 ,2021 . He headlined on the main stage again on Feb 23, 2023, the night his debut album ‘‘Back To Life’’ was released
Additionally the artist recorded two duets with pop artist DVNIEL entitled ‘ Last Call’ and ‘‘ Stand By You ‘‘ and a third song is in the works for 2025
In 2024, he collaborated with Montreal based producer Etienne Dupuis Cloutier aka D R M S. The songs ‘ Dynamite’ and ‘ No Friend of Mine’ . D R M S also mixed ‘Rebel ‘, a single co-written and produced by Max Cinnamon.
2025 starts with the release of ‘ Light in the Shadow’ co-written and produced by Berlin based Leif Bent. He is currently working on an EP with writer producer Max Berga aka Max Billion . A feature with Swedish melodic house artist Razz is also expected this summer .
BAYWUD’s singles are mastered by Matt Leffler-Schulman at Mobtown studios.
Max Cinnamon
Enter Max's world – where Pop/Rock magic happens.
Born in London, and picking up the violin at age 4, early on, he found his love for music. Back in 2018, Max rocked the French music scene by hitting the finals of Destination Eurovision at just 16 with his track "Ailleurs" – performing live on national TV.
Then, at 19 in December 2020, Max co-wrote "Tick Tock," Croatia's 2021 Eurovision entry, turning it into a chart-topping hit and grabbing two awards.
Juggling studies at the Abbey Road Institute in 2020/2021, Max honed his music production and audio engineering skills, now cranking out not just his tunes but also working for other artists.
Living between LA, London, and France, Max has collaborated with a number of Artists and writers, from LA and New York to Nashville, Stockholm, and beyond. He's clocked in over 22 million Spotify streams and counting.
Drawing inspiration from personal experiences his tunes are a vibe. No frills, just honest music.
Rune Westberg
LA based writer ,producer, mixer and Multi Instrumentalist.
Rune has accumulated over half a billion streams from his cuts on Spotify alone
His back catalogue with Round Hill Music includes singles with Axelle Red, Deepend ,Part Time Friends, Tegan Marie, Sofia Reyes, Prince Royce, Colbie Caillat, VHS Collection, Alvaro Soler, Matt Simons, Jesse Y Joy, Nissy and Desi Valentine among others.
In November 2018, Westberg entered into an exclusive worldwide co-publishing deal with a new joint venture between Pure Pop Music and Angry Mob Music.
Releases under this new agreement so far include songs by HAVEN, Ruby Velle, Cary Brothers ,Too Close to touch, Hamish Anderson, BAYWUD, Caroline Kole, Beth Hart, Marina Kaye, Jessica Childress, Desi Valentine, John Bryant, Dylan Dunlap. Additionally, Westberg has released four single to date under the moniker ‘rüün’. Spotify launched a ‘Written by Rune Westberg playlist in February 2021.
Sync placements have included ‘The Rookie’’, ’’ All Rise ‘‘, ‘‘Grey’s Anatomy’’, ‘‘16 and Pregnant’’, ‘‘ All American’’, ‘‘Shameless’’and an ABC promo for ‘ Pride and Solidarity’ and Hallmark’s '‘Nashville Legacy’’and more.
Rune co-wrote and produced BAYWUD’s debut album ‘Back To Life’, released Feb.2023. He just wrapped production on the forthcoming Beth Hart album due out via Provogue records in 2024
Other recent collaborations have include Rascal Flat’s Joe Don Rooney, Jordan Klassen, Josh Ronen, Shawn Hook, Monowhales, Ewan J Phillips ,Richard Walters, Mael & Jonas, Steven McKellar and David Davis.
Rune is also releasing singles under the moniker ‘ The Prohibition’.
Richard Walters
As a solo artist Richard Walters has released five critically acclaimed albums and four EP's since 2007. His music has featured on a number of hit TV shows including Grey's Anatomy, Tin Star and CSI: Miami. Signed to Nettwerk Records , Richard releases a new album ’Murmurate’ on November 2023.
As a songwriter and collaborator Richard has worked with Grammy winner Joe Henry, British icon Alison Moyet and Oscar nominated actress and singer Florence Pugh and EDM artist 3LAU.
Collectively, his work has amassed over 100 million streams. His current releases include his SUN LO album project with Canadian producer ATTLAS and a project with current UK poet laureate Simon Armitage (as part of the band LYR) .The LYR albums ‘ The Ultraviolet Age ‘ and ‘An Unusual History” were released in 2023 and 2024 respectively.
Richard’s releases have gained notable support from Lauren Laverne and Guy Garvey at BBC 6 Music, Jo Whiley and Dermot O’Leary at BBC Radio 2, and a number of influential publications including The Guardian, The Line of Best Fit and Clash.
A new EP is due in April 2025 featuring artists Faihazel, Katherine Priddy, Luke Sital-Singh among others.
Richard (Sometimes using the name ‘Liu Bei’ or ‘‘Lake Silver’’) is a featured vocalist and songwriter on EDM releases by KX5 , Vintage Culture, Farius, Modera, Sevenn, Sultan & Shepard .He started 2025 with a cut with Driftwood Choir, a Nora En Pure single ‘Protected’ co-written with Jordan Sherman ,‘‘Dust’ with trance DJ Giuseppe Ottaviani, ‘‘‘Healing ‘‘ with Anyasa .
Richard is signed to Pure Pop Music ASCAP company Melodic Mindset in a Joint Venture with Angry Mob Music.
Todd Wright
Todd Wright is an American music composer, songwriter, and producer from the Washington D.C. area. He writes in Nashville and Los Angeles on a regular basis.
Todd’s hit song “Blind Heart” by Cazzette feat. Terry B has over 70M streams on Spotify alone. Todd's cut with Celine Dion ''L'amour Peut Prendre Froid'' (a duet with French rock icon Johnny Hallyday) was featured on both artists’ 2012 releases: Celine's ‘Sans Attendre’ (which sold 1.6M copies worldwide) and Johnny's ‘L'attente’ album (certified Diamond in France).
Songs by Todd have been recorded by Lena, Lucy Woodward, Butch Walker, Kuuro ,Sophiya ,Connell Cruise, Laura Bretan, Woodbury, Baywud, Vixx & Luna, Pacifico,Toby Lightman, and Audra Mae and Addie Hamilton. Recent writing collaborations include Brooke Daye, Megan Redmon, Emily Haber, Adam Searan, Mick Coogan, Rachel Kanner, Verskotzi, Tolan Shaw, Amy Peters and Valerie Broussard.
In addition to domestic and international chart success, Todd is credited with many song placements in TV and film, including features in Council of Dads, Bones, Proven Innocent, The Originals, Pitch, and Switched at Birth.
Todd is currently developing his daughter’s Ryan Wright’s project with producer Ethan Mentzer . The indie pop artist is signed to Handwritten Records and has released a dozen singles and a full album to date.. .
Addie Hamilton
Addie Hamilton is expanding the boundaries of traditional, American and pop music styles, and digging deeper into the bottomless well of original expression. Recognized twice by Vogue online before the age of eighteen, as well as many appearances in editorial print, Addie's passion for period costume and attention from the lens can be easily identified by its quirky and whimsical nature.
Her love for storytelling through music heralded prominent placements in television, commercials, and cinema, including Showtime’s Shameless, MTV The Hills (New Beginnings),Paramount Network’s American Woman, Syfy’s The Magicians, ABC’s The Catch, Swarovski, CW's Riverdale, Charmed ,NBC’s The Good Place, CW’s Katie Keene ,Apex Legends, CW Nancy Drew and the Disney feature film Magic Camp , a Princess Cruises commercial and most recently National Diamond Council advert.
Writing collaborations have included Rob Kleiner, Chris Seefried, Pierre Aderne, Evan Coffman, Sam Barsh, Jake Bowman, Scott Chesack, Charlie McClean, Arthur Besna, Andrew Hollander.
Addie was nominated for a Grammy in 2019 for her contribution to spoken word artist Sekou Andrews. She is also a feature songwriter and vocalist on the String Theory album released in August 2020. The debut single ‘‘ Hollywood Calling’’ was released with a stunning live video https://youtu.be/9d0B_f6DG60 . and she released two solo singles in 2021 .
Addie co wrote the song ‘ Lost in the Crowd’ on Pokey LaFarge’s 2020 album ‘ Rock Bottom Rhapsody’. She has been touring the world as a member of Pokey’s band for a good part of 2023
She also co wrote the songs ‘Hypnotized’ on Jason ‘ G Spice ‘ Goldman’s EP and ‘Trumpets’ with Mark Rudin, released in in December 2023 and her co write with Aaron Frazer and Andrew Hollander ‘ Daydream’ was released on December 30th, 2024.
.Addie is no longer managed by Pure Pop as of January 2024 but the company does publish a few select copyrights.
