Jeffrey Steele’s 3 Ring Circus purchased a house in trendy Melrose about 12 years ago. Today the area is booming with activity and so is 3 Ring Circus. Darrell Franklin joined the company at the end of 2013 and now serves as GM…

“When I first arrived there was such a smallness and camaraderie to Nashville publishing,” says Steele. “Walking over to Patrick Joseph Music in the early ’90s I’d find an old, cool house full of songwriters plotting to change the world. And there were publishers like Pat Higdon, David Conrad and Jody Williams that really knew how to pick songs apart and give criticism that could push you up instead of knock you down. So the basic 3 Ring premise is let’s build this in the way we remembered was so much fun and created such successful companies. We aren’t chasing what’s out there, we’re telling our writers, “Man it’s your generation, your time. Find what it is you need to say.” I had my moment, now I want to help develop these younger writers in the same way the older guys taught us…” Read more here.