Heather D. Cook is a Sync Music Executive, Music Producer and Songwriter. An experienced Music Marketer, Sync A&R Creative, Music Doc Director, Sr. Music Event Producer & Published Author with two decades experience in the music industry.
My Background
Founder/CEO & Executive Producer at Freedom Music Group
Heather Cook is a Sync Music Executive, Music Producer, Singer-Songwriter, Music Doc Director, Event Producer and Published Author with over 20 years experience in the music industry. Starting her career at The Voice Studio in Boston, MA working with celebrity vocal coaches, sound engineer/producer Stuart “Dinky” Dawson (Fleetwood Mac, The Byrds), Denny Dias (Steely Dan), and Paul Main (Roy Acuff). She has an undergraduate degree in Music Business from Belmont University and a Masters Degree in Music Business from Berklee College of Music. She spent 3 years running her own music publishing and artists management company Cookin’ Up Music Publishing & Artists Management, 10 Years as a Sync Creative at peermusic where she secured dozens of sync placements and managed the licensing of hundreds upon hundreds of songs for ads, 1 year as Sr. Director, Creative Sync at Eternal Music Group where she produced over 9 albums for their custom music library and where she had placements for Google I/O, FBoy Island, San Benedetto and plays in 25 Major Sports Arena's. As the Sr. Music Event Producer at the Nashville Film Festival she has hosted dozens of music supervisors, orchestrated dozens of artist performances and helped educate hundreds of music creatives in the art of sync music. She directed and produced the 20th Anniversary O Brother, Where Art Thou Music Tribute sponsored by Variety and hosted at Nashville Film Fest featuring George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, Chris Thomas King, Emmy Lou Harris, T-Bone Burnett and Carleen Carter. She has served as the Administrative Director for AIMP Nashville, SOLID Alumni President, and is currently a Recording Academy Professional Member & Mentor. Heather is taking her years of expertise in the formation of her new company Freedom Music Group.
Heather is taking her years of expertise in the formation of her new company Freedom Music Group while at the same time releasing music for her artist project Brewster Bee. She is also a founding member of Nashville In Sync a Creatives in Sync organization. Her book Music for Marketing & Brands is available now.
Master’s Degree, Music Business
Berklee College of Music
2021 - 2023
Bachelors, B.A., Music Business
Belmont University
2008 - 2011
Certificate, The Art of Music Production
Berklee College of Music (Coursera)
2022