AROUND 40 YEARS AGO, when Kenny MacPherson was tour-managing Scottish comedian Billy Connolly, he got advice that sticks with him to this day. As he admired the view of the Houses of Parliament and the River Thames from the London offices of Connolly’s publishers, Bill Martin and Phil Coulter, Martin told him, “You know, Kenny, if you want to be in the music business, get into publishing — it’s a gentleman’s game.”
The Big Deal Music Group founder/president recalls taking in the picturesque surroundings and thinking, “This ain’t half bad, is it?”
Publishing is a “penny business,” says MacPherson, 63, that has turned into a “fraction of a penny” business, which he was drawn to by a love of music while growing up in Scotland, where he realized he…
