Barbara Hall & Clear Cut Music
M17 Intellectual Property, Rights, Licensing and Director/Producer
Barb is the newest member of Spencer’s Meteor 17 team - her tenure at two years. Clear Cut Music Clearance company, joined forces with Meteor 17 in 2021 to work with the M17 production team on the highly acclaimed Paramount+ release “The Day The Music Died”. https://deadline.com/2022/06/the-day-the-music-died-documentary-gets-param She has just completed working closely with Spencer and his producing lieutenant, Dave Harding, on the clearance side of the M17/Paramount+, cinematic documentary, REINVENTING ELVIS - streaming on P+ from Aug 15, 2023++ in major territories around the the world. https://www.meteor17.com/elvis-comeback-special https://app.shift.io/review/64949364e0ca95107b96ffa1
The relationship between Barb and Spencer became so solid that Clear Cut is now the go to music clearance company that Meteor 17 will be utilizing on its’ myriad of world class, cinematic music documentary films.
Additionally, Spencer has enlisted Barb to produce two forthcoming projects for the company, with Spencer having the ultimate production oversight and decisions.
Founder and President, Barbara Hall has built Clear Cut into a successful international rights and clearance services provider. Barbara has been involved in all aspects of development, consultation, production, distribution and rights management of original, production for both traditional television, live stage performances and digital realm for more 25 years.
Located in Nashville, TN – the Songwriting Capitol. Since 1993, Clear Cut Inc. has been providing worldwide clearance services for Television Broadcast, Home Entertainment, Streaming, Theatrical, Social Media, Audio productions and more providing Music Supervision services, IP rights and clearances, Licensing administration, Guild & Union agreements, Research services, Archive Producer functions and more.
Clients of Clear Cut vary from independent filmmakers to entire channels including: Sony Pictures Channel/GET TV., Universal Media, Hologram USA, Country Road TV, AARP, Time Life, ASPCA, World Wildlife Fund, Belmont University, John Scheinfeld’s Crewneck Productions, Gather Music LLC., Kingdom Story, Third Coast Content, Tangled Bank Studios,
Barb oversees TH Entertainment’s music-based productions, including 22 episodes of the documentary series Song By Song, and continues to manage the company’s Canadian productions. Barb is a lover of remarkable human stories as is Spencer Proffer. She is an Emmy nominated producer/director who brings more than 25+ years of experience in all aspects of development, producing and directing of original programming in both the traditional television and digital realm. Producer and Director credits range from work with Carrie Underwood, Ann Wilson of Heart, Wynonna Judd, Reba McEntire and Loretta Lynn plus many more.
She has been honored with a Prime-Time Emmy nomination for her work on AETN’s ‘The Monkees’ production. Production Credits on more than 35 long form productions include authorized biographies and concerts, theme related documentaries and theme- related series and stage performances. These are areas that Meteor 17 also engage, thus by teaming on select projects, this will be formidable for both Barb and M17.
Barbara Hall is a graduate of York University, Toronto, Canada.