Upped Down: As reported via Breaking News, former BBR Music Group VP/A&R Sara Knabe was named Big Loud SVP/A&R. "I'm not sure there is any one A&R person in Nashville who has brought me and Joey (Moi) more songs over the years," says CEO/Partner Seth England, whose first internship in Nashville was with Knabe. She adds, "Joining their cutting-edge creative team and working alongside a roster of this magnitude, in both the Records and Publishing divisions, is a dream scenario." Knabe joins the team from her own Cake Maker Music. Previous stops include BMG Music Publishing, Bug Music, Windswept Holdings, LLC and Harlan Howard Songs. Reach her here.