Job Description

John Covert BMI producer, musician, songwriter, publisher

John Covert formed Crystal

Image Music BMI publishing company in 1968.

Covert produces custom instrumental tracks for songwriter to use to sing their song on top of a professionally mixed and mastered, broadcast quality full band instrumental track.

A grand prize winner in the

Nashville Music City Song Festival and multi-finalist in the American

Song Festival, Covert's songs have been featured on “The Sopranos”

(a&e network tv), TNN (The Nashville network), VH1 “Driven”

(featuring Grammy winner, Usher), “The fabulous life of country

stars” (VH1), MTV, ABC TV “General Hospital” and in Hollywood

movies, worldwide overhead retail store radio, games and

advertisements.  Staff writer on projects for the head of

Hollywood MCA publishing, Dude Mclean,  in the 80’s.   He

has done shows with War, Tower of Power, Sons of Champlin (Grammy

winner Bill Champlin formerly of Chicago), Simon & Garfunkel,

Chad & Jeremy, The Coasters, Dobie Gray, Gary US Bonds, Lady Bo

(Bo Diddley's lady guitarist) and performed with members of Sly and

the Family Stone, Pam Tillis', Tommy Castro's and John Lee Hooker's

bands. Featured vocally on an album produced by James E. Myers (aka

Jimmy D Knight)  composer of the iconic song, “Rock around the

clock”,  Covert songs also featured on UK CD release

“California Love In” (also featuring Steppenwolf of “Born to be

wild” fame).

Instrumentals and vocals.

Country, Gospel, Rock, Blues, Jazz. BMI songwriter, producer,

publisher, musician (multi instruments).

Broadcast Buyout