Wednesday, July 5, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
SHS alumnus signs music publishing deal
By Ceili Cornelius
Correspondent
Sisters High School alum-
nus Madison Slicker recently
signed a music publishing
deal in Nashville, Tennessee.
Slicker was an active mem-
ber of Sisters Folk Festival’s
Americana Project music
education outreach program
throughout middle school and
high school, and then took
Americana in her senior year
at Summit High School in
Bend.
Slicker credits a lot of
her success to the Americana
Project and the teachers who
helped her get so far.
“I never wanted to do any-
thing else. I’m so thankful
for every opportunity I got
while being in the Americana
Project,” said Slicker.
Slicker signed a deal with
Sea the Desert Entertainment
in Nashville. Slicker will start
out as a staff writer for the
company and will turn in 12
songs a year as part of her
contract.
“They will be taking my
songs and pitching them to
various artists to record,” said
Slicker.
She has been working with
the publishing company since
she was 14.
Sisters hit
by thefts
“I met the CEO by chance
and just got to talking,” she
said.
And this year, she was
offered a contract.
After her senior year,
Madison moved to Nashville
to pursue her musical career
and take college classes. She
is a music business major
at Belmont University in
Nashville. Slicker played
some gigs in Nashville while
she was there, including the
famous Bluebird Café.
It’s been really helpful
taking some law classes.
—Madison Slicker
“The publishing deal is
totally separate from my col-
lege classes,” Slicker noted.
“It’s been really helpful taking
some law classes including a
contract law class, because I
knew the language in my con-
tract and could really under-
stand what it entailed.”
Slicker is back in Central
Oregon for the summer and
is in the process of writing
new material. She plans to
go to Belmont West in Los
Angeles and get involved in
PHOTO PROVIDED
Madison Slicker of Sisters inked a music publishing deal with Sea the
Desert Entertainment in Nashville.
the music scene on the West
Coast. She will be continuing
to take online classes getting
her music business degree.
“The future is unclear as of
right now on exactly where I
will end up,” she said.
Right now, her company is
in the process of finishing up
some singles in Nashville.
“At the start, you are at the
mercy of everyone’s sched-
ule,” said Slicker.
Slicker said that the best
way to keep up with her work
is through Instagram and
Facebook, she will be post-
ing updates about what she’s
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doing there.
“I’m looking forward to
putting out new music for the
community to see my new
stuff!” she said.
Deputies from the
Deschutes County Sheriff’s
Office are investigating a
string of thefts in the area on
Monday night, June 26.
The thefts occurred mostly
on or around Barclay Drive
and included electronics, car
parts and landscaping equip-
ment. Vehicle windows were
also broken.
In another incident, a local
contractor living in Sisters
reported that someone cut the
lock on his trailer and stole
tools last week.
Local residents and busi-
nesses are encouraged to lock
vehicles and secure valuables.
Anyone with informa-
tion on the thefts may con-
tact the sheriff’s office at
541-38-6655.
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