The Craft of Longevity with Stacey Willbur

Industry Music Publishing Veteran, Stacey Willbur has worked for many of the top music publishing houses in Nashville, her heart and passion for aspiring songwriters, artists, and songs have opened the door for many creatives throughout her career. 

Her experience started at EMI Christian Music Publishing in 1997, Stacey was a part of pioneering the WorshipTogether brand and growing the publishing team. The EMI family led her to their Country division where she worked with songwriters including Chris Stapleton, John Paul White, Kelly Lovelace, Brad Crisler & Jamie O’Neal. Serving as Senior Creative Director, at BrentwoodBenson/Capitol CMG for 8 years, she had the honor of working with some of the industry's top Christian writers & artists- Ben Glover, David Garcia, Chris Stevens, Kari Jobe, Mandisa, Chris Sligh & Chris Tomlin. 

Desiring to use her wealth of knowledge to create services for other companies, Stacey transitioned into the role of VP Publishing/A&R with Full Circle Music partnering with Grammy Award Winning Songwriter/Producer Seth Mosely to create industry-leading training platforms and programs to serve, train, teach and raise up aspiring music professionals in pursuit of their dream in the music industry. To further this passion, Stacey established a "Women In The Music Industry" community where she currently mentors, guides & encourages young ladies who are entering their first jobs in the music industry. 

In January of 2021 Stacey took the helm of Head of Publishing at the newly formed TIM Publishing with Christian Music Industry Legends - Chris Tomlin & Jason Ingram. The fast growing company currently has 11 songwriters with #1 Songs by TobyMac, MercyMe, Chris Tomlin and Phil Wickham They lead with passion to bring Hope, Encouragement and Healing with the songs that they are writing and sharing with the world. 

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