About Us

Mission and Team

We foster music creation and enrich music experiences.

Our Mission

Easy Song's mission is to foster music creation and enrich music experiences. We accomplish this by combining amazing people with outstanding technology. Our recipe for success is our spirit of humility, constant improvement, and entrepreneurship. We believe life sounds better when artists thrive.

Our Team

We take great pride in our amazing customer service. When you call, a real person answers the phone right away. These are the special individuals who answer the call day in and day out to make music easier for everyone.

Tom Hathaway

Rights and Permissions Expert, Customer Service Agent

Tom has as a strong conviction that the music industry is healthiest when artists are paid their fair share for their work. Originally from New York City with stints in New Jersey, Oxford, UK and Western Massachusetts, Tom and his wife Shelby live in the Twin Cities with their Shih Tzu/Cairn Terrier (Beric) and Norwegian Forest Cat (Puck). He enjoys playing bass, swimming, smart films, and silly movies. His favorite music genres are metal and punk rock.

Kinsey Greenlee

Rights and Permissions Expert, Customer Service Agent

Kinsey is a recent college grad excited to venture into her adult life. As a big lover of music, Kinsey continues to pursue a career in the music industry after being a DJ for non-commercial and commercial radio for 5 years. In her spare time, Kinsey loves to adventure and shop with friends, read a good book, journal, attend concerts, and discover new music everyday.

Joe Jacobs

Rights and Permissions Expert, Custom Licensing Agent

Joe regularly performs music, produces other artists in his studio and enjoys playing pool in his free time. He is known around the office for his voice impressions of many well known cartoon characters and celebrities. He also loves spending time with his wife (Megan) and kids (Riley 4, Aiden 1).

Tim Kosel

Director of Operations, Custom Licensing Agent

Tim studied audio engineering at IPR in Minneapolis, MN. After many years of recording and performing music, he joined Easy Song in 2015. He married his wife (Kristen) in 2017 and has four kids (Brynn, Lina, Jesse, and Kelvin). They take advantage of every opportunity to go camping. He enjoys staying active by playing with his broomball team in the winter and volleyball team in the spring through fall, but he finds most joy in sharing new music with his family and friends.

Cady Jenniges

Marketing Assistant

Cady is a self-taught musician, born and raised in Minneapolis, MN. She is certified in Music Business from New York University and is a Licensing Expert and part of the Marketing Team. A music lover from the first time she heard the Temptations and a writer since she first picked up a pen, Cady firmly believes music is better when they have total control of their works. She's a proud cat mom and auntie to four little ones.

Mark Meikle

Co-founder and CEO, Director of Technology

Mark is passionate about effectively combining technology and humanity to improve music for everyone. He enjoys spending time with his two daughters, Grace (5) and Lily (4), playing the piano, coding, swimming, and hiking.

Patrick Stewart

Director of Marketing

Patrick lives in Minneapolis with his wife, Allison, his daughter, Mia (6), and his two dogs, Luna and Laika. In his spare time, he enjoys hunting for new additions to his punk and metal vinyl collection, biking, and horror movies.

Charisse Phernetton

Director of Accounting

Charisse handles the daily royalty processing and accounting, and contributes as a Custom Licensing Agent. She lives in Minneapolis, MN. In her spare time Charisse enjoys watching movies, reading, beading, sewing, and costume making.

Liz Deyoe

Rights and Permissions Expert, Customer Service Agent

Liz is a professional guitarist, both as a solo artist and as a member of The Foxgloves. She has a degree in guitar performance and is endorsed by the Canadian luthier House Guitars. In her spare time Liz keeps busy with gigs, teaching guitar lessons, and working on her current handicraft project.

Aaron Green

Co-founder, Executive Vice President of Business Development, Director of Sales

Aaron is enthusiastic about anything that has to do with the art of sales and continuing to develop and cultivate strong relationships with any human he encounters. He lives in Maple Grove, MN with his wife, Stephanie, his daughter Ally (11) and his son Tyler (7). He enjoys fishing (summer and winter), reading, playing any card or board games, playing and coaching sports with his kids.

Eric Cafferty

Rights and Permissions Expert, Customer Service Agent

Eric has held a deep-rooted passion for all things music since he purchased his first CD at age 9. He plays the drums, enjoys going to concerts and festivals with friends, and loves finding the best music to fit the current vibe. He lives in the heart of NE Minneapolis with his cat Cleo. When he's not obsessing over the latest music releases, you can find him throwing frisbee or playing basketball in one of the city's many parks.

Adam Glover

Director of Data

Adam loves making data-driven improvements to our customer service processes. He is our resident “spreadsheet geek”. Adam has a degree in music and years of experience as a gigging musician. When he’s not at work, he enjoys playing music and relaxing at home with his wife. He likes long walks on the beach and his favorite TV shows include Gilmore Girls, Brooklyn 99, and Bob’s Burgers.

Indie music roots

In 2005, we started out as a mobile recording service for churches, schools, and community groups. We produced quality albums, affordably. We knew we wanted to do things legally, and that meant clearing permission for the cover songs we produced.

EasySongLicensing.com

We got good at licensing and decided to help others. In 2007, we started EasySongLicensing.com and began offering Cover Song Licensing services to the public. In 2016, we added Custom Licensing services, where we help you clear music for any use, including YouTube, film, print, web, tv, advertising, corporate, derivatives, theatrical rights, and more.

Rebrand to Easy Song

In 2021 we dropped "licensing" from our name because it no longer described the scope of our expanded offerings, which now included publishing administration, music business support services, copyright registration, music clearances for any use, digital reporting services for publishers, backing track services, and a web API for partners.

Affecting positive change

Today, we serve over 193,000 happy customers and deliver millions of dollars in royalties each year. We are proud of the changes we have brought to the music industry, including lower minimum quantities, the ability to license any song, and fast, friendly customer service."

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