Short Bios on people who attended 2009 Live Music Summit.
Jon Topper - Top Artist Productions Inc.
Favorite all time album? Harry Chapin Greatest Stories
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it? Splish Splash - I-tunes
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? Nascar driver.
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Phish Hampton 2009
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business? Chuck Chao, John Scher, Jonny Z, Chip Hooper, Chris Zahn
Geoff Harrison - Jambase
Favorite all time album?
The Beatles - White Album
Last music you bought and how did you buy it?
Ravi Shankar/Philip Glass - Passages on Amazon mp3, David Bowie "Sold Out - Live in Germany 1983" on Vinyl
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
Some position in the Public Policy field
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
Paul McCartney - scalper outside CitiField -- others: Deer Tick/Dawes/These United States @ Bowery Ballroom - Ticketmaster, Meat Puppets @ Mercury - Ticketmaster
Favorite all time album? Pink Floyd / Dark Side of the Moon
Last music you bought and how did you buy it? Live Soulive CD from Best Buy and Seebreeze by Talvn Singh from iTunes.
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? A performer on a distant tropical shore...no shit.
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Tom Petty last Fall 08 at Walnut Creek Ampphitheatre Raleigh, NC
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.? Bill Graham for his tenacity, love of the musicians and music first and foremost, and vision; Paul Simon for saying "If you're in it for the money, then forget it. ; Mickey Hart for broadening my global cultural understandings ; Avett Bros/Dolph Ramseur for their sincerity and work ethic; Paul/Flam Chen for 'doing it yourself.'
; and Donna the Buffalo/Barnaby for their 'work together' philosophy. There's 6 for ya'.
Erika Johnson - Floydfest
Favorite all time album? Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 'Damn the Torpedoes'
Last music you bought and how did you buy it? The Eagles 'When Hell Freezes Over' at Target on a road trip
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? doing something in Hospitality... restauranteur, Hotelier, leading walkaout expiditions somewhere..
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Tom Pettty and the Heartbreakers in Raleigh, NC
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.? My Partner Kris Hodges for his musical prowess and visionary comittment, Bea Townes with Merlefest for sitting down with us early on and being open and honest, Donna the Buffalo for their grassroots style and conviction, Sy Safranski of The Sun magazine for pioneering an independent magazine-art project that has been a general inspiration for my life, and recently, Craig Ferguson with Planet Bluegrass.
Mike Armintrout - Jay Goldberg Events/Summer Camp, Family Groove Company manager
Favorite all time album? : Pearl Jam's "Ten"
Last music you bought and how did you buy it? : The Mars Volta's "Octahedron" and pre-order of the Avett Brothers' "I and Love and You" - both on iTunes.
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? : Probably working for an ad/marketing agency somewhere hating life, and wondering how I let my dream die.
The last concert you saw that you paid for? : I can't really recall. I've seen the Avett Brothers 3 times this summer and Levon Helm once - but didn't pay for any of the shows. I think the last show I paid for was at the end of 2007 when I bought my folks and I tickets to see the Trans Siberian Orchestra. Christmas - Pink Floyd style.
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.? : I could name people here who may have impacted thoughts or actions I've taken during my 11 years in this business, but most would be a stretch to call them mentors. The only one who's impacted me enough to list here is Ian Goldberg. He's been my employer and friend for the last, almost, 9 years.
Aaron Rosen - Kill the 8 Merch Co.
Favorite all time album?
TIE BETWEEN >> NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE - "LIVE RUST" & RADIOHEAD "OK COMPUTER"
Last music you bought and how did you buy it?
"THE RENAISSANCE" - Q-TIP >> VIA I-TUNES
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
NOT SURE, BUT NOT HAVING AS MUCH FUN!
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
PHISH - BUFFALO
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.?
MICHAEL COHL
GARY BURDEN
DAVID GOTTLIEB
STEVE HERMAN
BRYCE EDGE
Adam Bauer-Fleming Artists
Favorite all time album? The first Boston record, that is right everyone can make fun of me.
Last music you bought and how did you buy it? I have downloaded some Gomez on I Tunes after hearing some stuff on Spotify. Rare for me to download anything that actually costs money.
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? Most likely be a political consultant or in law enforcement.
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Bruce Springsteen I want to say in 2000 when he first went back out with the E Street Band.
The one before that was The Who Quadrophenia Tour 1996
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.?
Kell Houston – He is the person who got me into the business for Good Music Agency
Rick Bonde – Retired, Tahoe Agency,
Jim Fleming – Because I value what he has built and how he has built it.
Frank Riley – Because he has built a tremendous roster and is always working. He has always been there to give me advice.
Howie Schnee- Creative Entertainment Group
Favorite all time album?
Steely Dan “Aja”
Last music you bought and how did you buy it?
Robert Palmer “Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley” on Itunes
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
Selling alternative energy.
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
Phish at Merriweather Post Pavilion
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.?
Pete Malkin, Chris Zahn, Peter Robinson, Abbe Kauffman
Brian Schwartz - Bleemusic Inc.
Favorite all time album? Billy Joel's Glass Houses
Last music you bought and how did you buy it? Sceaming Females colored Vinyl at Streetlight in Santa Cruz with a gift certificate.
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? Real Estate
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Rolling Stones in Denver
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.? Jane Holman, Sharon Osbourne, Eric Wasserman, Richard Glasgow and Chuck Morris
Jon Dindas- Green Apple Festival
Favorite all time album?
- That's a ridiculous question.
Last music you bought and how did you buy it?
- Wilco, this summer, at Starbucks
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
- In politics
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
- Jay-Z @ MSG on 9/11. Benefit for Answer The call
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.?
Got nothing for you
Vince Iwinsky - VIP Management
Favorite all time album? MASTER OF PUPPETS
Last music you bought and how did you buy it?
WILCO, ITUNES
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
A TEACHER AT A UNIVERSITY
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
AC/DC – FRONT FUCKING ROW!
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.?
JON TOPPER
JASON COLTON
ARMAND SADLIER
JONATHAN LEVINE
PETER GRANT
Joshua Knight- Monterey International
Favorite all time album? Waiting for Columbus - Little Feat
Last music you bought and how did you buy it? Pickin On The Beatles - Itunes
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? a farmer
The last concert you saw that you paid for? U2 last night
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.? Paul Goldman, Harry Duncan... don't laugh - Bob Kennedy
Dan Getz - Top Artist Productions Inc
Favorite all time album? Quadraphenia
Last music you bought and how did you buy it? When I paid my rhapsody subscription fee (I rent, I don't buy). Listened to Patty Griffin "Flaming Red" this morning. Last CD I bought was the Pinkalicious cast album for my kid.
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? I'd have done something in finance.
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Stevie Wonder at MSG.
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.?
Don Passman (for writing the book), Bill Leibowitz (for giving my first real music law training), the Lipman Brothers (for demonstrating that major labels can still provide value if you work the system correctly) and Jon Topper (for his utterly unique perspective and approach).
Richard Fusco- WDST/Mountain Jam
Favorite all time album?
Impossible to name just one…currently listening to:
Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland
Stones – 12X5
Last music you bought and how did you buy it?
Just bought remastered Beatles set at Barnes and Noble because I didn’t want to wait to have it shipped.
If I was not in the music Business I would be?
A monk
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
Can’t remember
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.?
Ron Merians – Original owner (1970-1979) of the Joyous Lake , legendary Woodstock club. He brought me in as a 25% partner to help him build and manage it. He could get anyone to play this small 200 seat venue including Muddy Waters, The Police, Patti Smith, Charles Mingus, The Band, Joe Cocker, Johnny Winter, Todd Rundgren…and many, many more. He taught me the value of fitting into an artist’s tour routing to get big names.
Al Cafaro – former CEO of A&M Records. I first met Al when I was PD of WDST and he was a regional A&M promo guy. We stayed in touch as he climbed the corporate ladder and I learned a great deal about the music business from him from the label’s perspective. He always had tremendous respect for the artist.
Bill Harvey – Not in the Music business but a major new media guru. He taught me to look at future new media and technology development as existing in the present and building a business around it now. That way you may be ahead of the curve but you’re perfectly positioned when it reaches critical mass.
Pat May - Skyline Music
Favorite all time album?
Anything Live Dead
Last music you bought and how did you buy it?
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds @ Used Record Store for sampling
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
Running my own Digital Marketing firm, Running www.portlandmusicfoundation.org, maintaining a greenhouse & playing the bass.
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
Phish @ the Gorge
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.?
Funny that many are attending...do I need to name them?
Toffer Christensen - BB Kings (NYC)
Favorite all time album? Really don’t have one. I can list favorite song: Alabama by John Coltrane.
Last music you bought and how did you buy it? Return to Cookie Mountain – TV on the Radio – 2006 – Retail purchase – This is a scary question…however my wife does buy stuff from itunes all the time.
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? Physically fit
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Leonard Cohen @ Radio City
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business? Steven Bensusan, Michael Jaworek
Andy Bernstein - HeadCount
Favorite all time album?
Quadrophenia
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it?
Joy. On CD at a store
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
Still working in sports
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
Phish at Red Rocks
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business?
Don Strasburg, Jason Colton, Patrick Jordan, Stef Scamardo, Rich Goodstone
Jason Greenberg- U-Melt
Favorite all time album? Dark Side Of The Moon
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it? Re-bought Alice In Chains "Dirt" through iTunes
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? spending my days the same way I do now (law firm)
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Phish at SPAC 8/14/09
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business?
1) Howie Schnee
2) Jon Topper
3) Vince Iwinski
4) Al Schnier
Jonathan Schwartz- General Musica, LLC.
Favorite all time album?
Led Zeppelin II
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it?
James Brown, "Number Ones" - Lala.com
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
Social Worker
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
Phish in Hartford, 8/14/09
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business?
Larry Braverman
Chris Zahn
Dennis McNally
Lenny Bloch (for radio)
Jon Topper
Bob Kennedy- RFK Events
Favorite all time album?
The Beatles - White Album
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it?
Elvis Costello - Secret, Profane and Sugarcane (eMusic)
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
The P.A. Announcer at Yankee Stadium
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
I think it was My Morning Jacket on NYE
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business?
Pete Shapiro
Alex Crothers
Jon Topper
Chris Zahn
John Scher
Andy Gadiel - Jambase
Favorite all time album?
Pavement: Terror Twilight
Last music you bought and how did you buy it?
Nathan Moore: Folk Singer via iTunes
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
Working at Google
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
The Allman Brothers at The Fox Theatre in Oakland.
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.?
Seth Godin
Howie Klein
Jason Colton
Dave Margulies
Ian Goldberg-Jay Goldberg Presents
Favorite all time album? Jaco Pastorius - The Birthday Album
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it? Jay Z Blueprint 3 on iTunes
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? Sane
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Roger Waters Darkside of the Moon in Buenos Aires Argentina
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business? Don Sullivan (Talent Buying - Jam Productions) Buddy Sockolic (Production- Jam Productions) Jay Goldberg (father)
Jake Szufnarowski - Rocks Off
Favorite all time album? - We Rock Sweet Balls and Can Do No Wrong - Tragedy: all Metal Tribute To The Bee Gees
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it? Touch It (Remix) Busta Rhymes iTunes
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? a nondenominational preacher
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Jay Z at MSG
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business? Larry Bloch, Chris Zahn (oddly enough), Marco Tempesta, and those two handsome guys I see in the mirror when I've had too much to drink
Jonas Colter - Evolve
Favorite all time album?
Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it?
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Arcade Fire - EP
Credit Card
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
Spending more time gardening organic vegetables...
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
David Byrne - Toronto
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business?
Jimmy Dorey
Joe MacEachern
Troy Greencorn
James Boyle
Cam Wong
Steve Joseph- Buffalo Place.
Album: Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon
Last Purchase: The Black Crowes, Before the Frost Until the Freeze - CD in store
I would be in the sports business
Dave Matthews Band - Darien Lake '09
Gene Hollister-10K Lakes
Favorite all time album? Tough, UFO Strangers In The Night, Thin Lizzy Live & Dangerous, Pink Floyd Animals
Last music you bought and how did you buy it? Nina Hagen Band - Cash, at a store. Vinyl
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? Hmm, um, cooking? Banking?
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Tom Petty/Pearl Jam unless you want to count shows I lost money on...
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.? Rand Levy, Roger Klevesahl (deceased), Steve McClellan
John Sanders - Iron Horse Entertainment group
Favorite all time album?
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac
Last music you bought and how did you buy it?
Wilco (The Album) & Regina Spektor - Far & Spoon - Got Nuffin all new at Turn It Up, Northampton MA
Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights & John Prine - Great Days Anthology both used at Turn It Up
Wild Light - EP & Megafaun - Gather, Form & Fly both from emusic
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
Community Organizer
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
The Grownup Noise 7/24/09 Middle East Upstairs
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.?
Jordi Herold, Sean LaRoche, Eric Suher, Frank Riley
Craig Taylor - Real Artist management
Favorite all time album?
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
Last music you bought and how did you buy it?
Black Sabbath - Heaven & Hell - iTunes
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
Film Industry
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
Franti in Central Park
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business?
Mike Maietta, Howie Schnee, Peter Lewit, Chris Zahn, Andrew Bergman
Stephen Riff- Embrace Presents
Favorite all time album?
Talking Heads : Remain in Light
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it ?
Vic Chesnutt: Salesman and Bernadette... Used at a local record shop.
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
Running a chain of corporately owned restaurants.
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
Phish @ Red Rocks 2009
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business?
1. Jon Topper
2. Nick Farkas
3. Jon Paluska
4. Steve Blair
5. Top Secret
Mark Wellins- Ameritania Hotel
Favorite all time album?
Patti Smith Group "Radio Ethiopia"
Last Music Bought= Drive By Truckers Live From Austin Texas
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
Im not in the music business, I'm in the hotel business
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
last concert I paid for Trey with the new york Symphony at carnegie hall
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business?
Obviously no mentors but people i respect: Jon Topper, Matt Busch, Patrick Jordan, Chris Tetzeli, Al Bunnetta
Marco Tempesta - Rocks Off
Favorite all time album? - Jethro Tull - Aqualung. But really, I listen to Michael Savage.
Last music you bought and how did you buy it? - CD in Manhattan from Tower Records - A Green Day album. I bought it for a chick.
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? - I'm not in the music business, Jake is. Im in the boat buisiness.
The last concert you saw that you paid for? - The Cars - 1982.
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.? - Jake Szufnarowski. The guy who owned Studio 54 (Ian Schrager). The guy with the patch on his eye that the city destroyed because he was too good with music (Peter Gatien). The guy who owns Carnival Cruise Lines. Howard Stern
Matthew Altruda - Macpodz
Favorite all time album? Stop Making Sense
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it? Yeah Yeah Yeahs, itunes
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? in sales.. Whose buying?
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Greensky Bluegrass, zero
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business?
Topper
Vince
My Father
Greenberg
Jason Berry
Tom Baggott -TBA Artists
Favorite all time album?
Tie: Talking Heads "Remain In Light" & The Clash "Sandinista". BUT-- Side 2 of "Abbey Road" is hands down the best album side of all time... it just isn't technically an album.
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it? Chick Corea & Return To Forever "Light As A Feather"; iTunes
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? A lawyer and a derelict.
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Beastie Boys 2007 (the Boston Opera House, small room-- formal attire!)
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business? Dead or living, Zappa, Bill Graham, John Paluska, Lefsetz, Peter Casperson
Mike Maietta -Creative Entertainment Group
Favorite all time album? This is a bullshit question. How can anyone in the music business have 1 favorite album? If I have to name one, Sublime's self title album made me the most money..lol
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it? New Black Crowes , Itunes
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? Talent Scout for Scores or Penthouse Club
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Black Crowes Central Park
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business? Chuck Chao, Eliot Loshak, Barry Walter( old New Music Cafe owner, taught me everything not to do to succeed in music business just watching him work), Brett Radin, BMS.
Adam Gill - Embrace Presents
Favorite all time album?
Don't have one
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it?
Miike Snow at HMV
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
Campaign manager
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
Phish - Buffalo
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business?
Len Gill
Michael Cohl
Dennis Bennie
Shane Skillen
Jesse Gil
Chris RIng - After Dark Entertainment, Inc / Tour City, Inc
Favorite all time album? - Appetite For Destruction - Guns N Roses
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it? - Guns N Roses Chinese Democracy @ Best Buy
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? - Entrepreneur of some sort
The last concert you saw that you paid for? - Green Day club show in NYC this past May
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business? John Scher/Metropolitan Talent , Artie Kwitchoff/Funtime Presents, Jim Glancy/Bowery Presents, Andrew Ellis/Paradigm
Lucas king - Congress Theater Chicago
Favorite all time album? That's too hard. It's like saying what's your favorite movie?
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it? The Gorillaz last album on Itunes. I don't remember when..
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? Owning my own marketing business or real estate
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Phish @ Alpine Valley
John Porter – SIN/Mood Indigo
Favorite all time album? Sorry, can’t possibly pick just one.
Top Twelve Favorite all time artists are (as narrow as I can make it): The Beatles, Ray Charles, Crowded House, Gil Scott Heron, Bob Marley,
Willie Nelson, Tom Petty, R.E.M. The Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, and U2.
Last music you bought and how did you buy it ? The Beatles box set – Amazon (still haven’t received it),
wasn’t in stock at any of the three stores I went looking for it in in Manhattan (thank you very much, EMI Distribution).
If I was not in the msic business I would be? A (liberal) political activist or politician.
The last concert that you paid for? WFUV Discovery Series @ The Living Room, last week.
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business. Hale Milgrim, Pat Berry, Cheryl Pawelski, Terry Rindal, Ken Levitan
Tim Walther- Walther Produtions
Favorite all time album? Led Zeppelin II
Last music you bought and how did you buy it? I bought Michael Franti and Spearhead All Rebel Rockers w cash on the barrelhead at Rams Head Live at a show that should have been presented by Walther Productions…need I say more…
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? I would likely be a manager of a restaurant ....am grateful for being in the business of selling music as opposed to food
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Basshound on Sept 19th in Telluride ….I was on the guest list, but figured I would cough up the $5 and support the local Baltimore band.
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.? Bill Graham, Jim Tobin, Robey Gibson, Seth Hurwitz – if you can’t beat’em, join’em, and of course Topper
Jon Topper - Top Artist Productions Inc.
Favorite all time album? Harry Chapin Greatest Stories
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it? Splish Splash - I-tunes
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? Nascar driver.
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Phish Hampton 2009
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business? Chuck Chao, John Scher, Jonny Z, Chip Hooper, Chris Zahn
Geoff Harrison - Jambase
Favorite all time album?
The Beatles - White Album
Last music you bought and how did you buy it?
Ravi Shankar/Philip Glass - Passages on Amazon mp3, David Bowie "Sold Out - Live in Germany 1983" on Vinyl
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
Some position in the Public Policy field
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
Paul McCartney - scalper outside CitiField -- others: Deer Tick/Dawes/These United States @ Bowery Ballroom - Ticketmaster, Meat Puppets @ Mercury - Ticketmaster
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.?
Ted Kartzman, Adam Haft, Sam Elkin, Andy Gadiel
Kris Hodges - Floydfest
Ted Kartzman, Adam Haft, Sam Elkin, Andy Gadiel
Kris Hodges - Floydfest
Favorite all time album? Pink Floyd / Dark Side of the Moon
Last music you bought and how did you buy it? Live Soulive CD from Best Buy and Seebreeze by Talvn Singh from iTunes.
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? A performer on a distant tropical shore...no shit.
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Tom Petty last Fall 08 at Walnut Creek Ampphitheatre Raleigh, NC
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.? Bill Graham for his tenacity, love of the musicians and music first and foremost, and vision; Paul Simon for saying "If you're in it for the money, then forget it. ; Mickey Hart for broadening my global cultural understandings ; Avett Bros/Dolph Ramseur for their sincerity and work ethic; Paul/Flam Chen for 'doing it yourself.'
; and Donna the Buffalo/Barnaby for their 'work together' philosophy. There's 6 for ya'.
Erika Johnson - Floydfest
Favorite all time album? Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 'Damn the Torpedoes'
Last music you bought and how did you buy it? The Eagles 'When Hell Freezes Over' at Target on a road trip
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? doing something in Hospitality... restauranteur, Hotelier, leading walkaout expiditions somewhere..
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Tom Pettty and the Heartbreakers in Raleigh, NC
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.? My Partner Kris Hodges for his musical prowess and visionary comittment, Bea Townes with Merlefest for sitting down with us early on and being open and honest, Donna the Buffalo for their grassroots style and conviction, Sy Safranski of The Sun magazine for pioneering an independent magazine-art project that has been a general inspiration for my life, and recently, Craig Ferguson with Planet Bluegrass.
Mike Armintrout - Jay Goldberg Events/Summer Camp, Family Groove Company manager
Favorite all time album? : Pearl Jam's "Ten"
Last music you bought and how did you buy it? : The Mars Volta's "Octahedron" and pre-order of the Avett Brothers' "I and Love and You" - both on iTunes.
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? : Probably working for an ad/marketing agency somewhere hating life, and wondering how I let my dream die.
The last concert you saw that you paid for? : I can't really recall. I've seen the Avett Brothers 3 times this summer and Levon Helm once - but didn't pay for any of the shows. I think the last show I paid for was at the end of 2007 when I bought my folks and I tickets to see the Trans Siberian Orchestra. Christmas - Pink Floyd style.
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.? : I could name people here who may have impacted thoughts or actions I've taken during my 11 years in this business, but most would be a stretch to call them mentors. The only one who's impacted me enough to list here is Ian Goldberg. He's been my employer and friend for the last, almost, 9 years.
Aaron Rosen - Kill the 8 Merch Co.
Favorite all time album?
TIE BETWEEN >> NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE - "LIVE RUST" & RADIOHEAD "OK COMPUTER"
Last music you bought and how did you buy it?
"THE RENAISSANCE" - Q-TIP >> VIA I-TUNES
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
NOT SURE, BUT NOT HAVING AS MUCH FUN!
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
PHISH - BUFFALO
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.?
MICHAEL COHL
GARY BURDEN
DAVID GOTTLIEB
STEVE HERMAN
BRYCE EDGE
Adam Bauer-Fleming Artists
Favorite all time album? The first Boston record, that is right everyone can make fun of me.
Last music you bought and how did you buy it? I have downloaded some Gomez on I Tunes after hearing some stuff on Spotify. Rare for me to download anything that actually costs money.
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? Most likely be a political consultant or in law enforcement.
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Bruce Springsteen I want to say in 2000 when he first went back out with the E Street Band.
The one before that was The Who Quadrophenia Tour 1996
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.?
Kell Houston – He is the person who got me into the business for Good Music Agency
Rick Bonde – Retired, Tahoe Agency,
Jim Fleming – Because I value what he has built and how he has built it.
Frank Riley – Because he has built a tremendous roster and is always working. He has always been there to give me advice.
Howie Schnee- Creative Entertainment Group
Favorite all time album?
Steely Dan “Aja”
Last music you bought and how did you buy it?
Robert Palmer “Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley” on Itunes
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
Selling alternative energy.
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
Phish at Merriweather Post Pavilion
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.?
Pete Malkin, Chris Zahn, Peter Robinson, Abbe Kauffman
Brian Schwartz - Bleemusic Inc.
Favorite all time album? Billy Joel's Glass Houses
Last music you bought and how did you buy it? Sceaming Females colored Vinyl at Streetlight in Santa Cruz with a gift certificate.
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? Real Estate
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Rolling Stones in Denver
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.? Jane Holman, Sharon Osbourne, Eric Wasserman, Richard Glasgow and Chuck Morris
Jon Dindas- Green Apple Festival
Favorite all time album?
- That's a ridiculous question.
Last music you bought and how did you buy it?
- Wilco, this summer, at Starbucks
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
- In politics
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
- Jay-Z @ MSG on 9/11. Benefit for Answer The call
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.?
Got nothing for you
Vince Iwinsky - VIP Management
Favorite all time album? MASTER OF PUPPETS
Last music you bought and how did you buy it?
WILCO, ITUNES
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
A TEACHER AT A UNIVERSITY
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
AC/DC – FRONT FUCKING ROW!
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.?
JON TOPPER
JASON COLTON
ARMAND SADLIER
JONATHAN LEVINE
PETER GRANT
Joshua Knight- Monterey International
Favorite all time album? Waiting for Columbus - Little Feat
Last music you bought and how did you buy it? Pickin On The Beatles - Itunes
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? a farmer
The last concert you saw that you paid for? U2 last night
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.? Paul Goldman, Harry Duncan... don't laugh - Bob Kennedy
Dan Getz - Top Artist Productions Inc
Favorite all time album? Quadraphenia
Last music you bought and how did you buy it? When I paid my rhapsody subscription fee (I rent, I don't buy). Listened to Patty Griffin "Flaming Red" this morning. Last CD I bought was the Pinkalicious cast album for my kid.
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? I'd have done something in finance.
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Stevie Wonder at MSG.
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.?
Don Passman (for writing the book), Bill Leibowitz (for giving my first real music law training), the Lipman Brothers (for demonstrating that major labels can still provide value if you work the system correctly) and Jon Topper (for his utterly unique perspective and approach).
Richard Fusco- WDST/Mountain Jam
Favorite all time album?
Impossible to name just one…currently listening to:
Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland
Stones – 12X5
Last music you bought and how did you buy it?
Just bought remastered Beatles set at Barnes and Noble because I didn’t want to wait to have it shipped.
If I was not in the music Business I would be?
A monk
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
Can’t remember
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.?
Ron Merians – Original owner (1970-1979) of the Joyous Lake , legendary Woodstock club. He brought me in as a 25% partner to help him build and manage it. He could get anyone to play this small 200 seat venue including Muddy Waters, The Police, Patti Smith, Charles Mingus, The Band, Joe Cocker, Johnny Winter, Todd Rundgren…and many, many more. He taught me the value of fitting into an artist’s tour routing to get big names.
Al Cafaro – former CEO of A&M Records. I first met Al when I was PD of WDST and he was a regional A&M promo guy. We stayed in touch as he climbed the corporate ladder and I learned a great deal about the music business from him from the label’s perspective. He always had tremendous respect for the artist.
Bill Harvey – Not in the Music business but a major new media guru. He taught me to look at future new media and technology development as existing in the present and building a business around it now. That way you may be ahead of the curve but you’re perfectly positioned when it reaches critical mass.
Pat May - Skyline Music
Favorite all time album?
Anything Live Dead
Last music you bought and how did you buy it?
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds @ Used Record Store for sampling
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
Running my own Digital Marketing firm, Running www.portlandmusicfoundation.org, maintaining a greenhouse & playing the bass.
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
Phish @ the Gorge
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.?
Funny that many are attending...do I need to name them?
Toffer Christensen - BB Kings (NYC)
Favorite all time album? Really don’t have one. I can list favorite song: Alabama by John Coltrane.
Last music you bought and how did you buy it? Return to Cookie Mountain – TV on the Radio – 2006 – Retail purchase – This is a scary question…however my wife does buy stuff from itunes all the time.
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? Physically fit
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Leonard Cohen @ Radio City
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business? Steven Bensusan, Michael Jaworek
Andy Bernstein - HeadCount
Favorite all time album?
Quadrophenia
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it?
Joy. On CD at a store
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
Still working in sports
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
Phish at Red Rocks
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business?
Don Strasburg, Jason Colton, Patrick Jordan, Stef Scamardo, Rich Goodstone
Jason Greenberg- U-Melt
Favorite all time album? Dark Side Of The Moon
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it? Re-bought Alice In Chains "Dirt" through iTunes
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? spending my days the same way I do now (law firm)
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Phish at SPAC 8/14/09
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business?
1) Howie Schnee
2) Jon Topper
3) Vince Iwinski
4) Al Schnier
Jonathan Schwartz- General Musica, LLC.
Favorite all time album?
Led Zeppelin II
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it?
James Brown, "Number Ones" - Lala.com
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
Social Worker
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
Phish in Hartford, 8/14/09
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business?
Larry Braverman
Chris Zahn
Dennis McNally
Lenny Bloch (for radio)
Jon Topper
Bob Kennedy- RFK Events
Favorite all time album?
The Beatles - White Album
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it?
Elvis Costello - Secret, Profane and Sugarcane (eMusic)
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
The P.A. Announcer at Yankee Stadium
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
I think it was My Morning Jacket on NYE
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business?
Pete Shapiro
Alex Crothers
Jon Topper
Chris Zahn
John Scher
Andy Gadiel - Jambase
Favorite all time album?
Pavement: Terror Twilight
Last music you bought and how did you buy it?
Nathan Moore: Folk Singer via iTunes
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
Working at Google
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
The Allman Brothers at The Fox Theatre in Oakland.
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.?
Seth Godin
Howie Klein
Jason Colton
Dave Margulies
Ian Goldberg-Jay Goldberg Presents
Favorite all time album? Jaco Pastorius - The Birthday Album
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it? Jay Z Blueprint 3 on iTunes
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? Sane
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Roger Waters Darkside of the Moon in Buenos Aires Argentina
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business? Don Sullivan (Talent Buying - Jam Productions) Buddy Sockolic (Production- Jam Productions) Jay Goldberg (father)
Jake Szufnarowski - Rocks Off
Favorite all time album? - We Rock Sweet Balls and Can Do No Wrong - Tragedy: all Metal Tribute To The Bee Gees
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it? Touch It (Remix) Busta Rhymes iTunes
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? a nondenominational preacher
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Jay Z at MSG
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business? Larry Bloch, Chris Zahn (oddly enough), Marco Tempesta, and those two handsome guys I see in the mirror when I've had too much to drink
Jonas Colter - Evolve
Favorite all time album?
Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it?
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Arcade Fire - EP
Credit Card
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
Spending more time gardening organic vegetables...
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
David Byrne - Toronto
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business?
Jimmy Dorey
Joe MacEachern
Troy Greencorn
James Boyle
Cam Wong
Steve Joseph- Buffalo Place.
Album: Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon
Last Purchase: The Black Crowes, Before the Frost Until the Freeze - CD in store
I would be in the sports business
Dave Matthews Band - Darien Lake '09
Gene Hollister-10K Lakes
Favorite all time album? Tough, UFO Strangers In The Night, Thin Lizzy Live & Dangerous, Pink Floyd Animals
Last music you bought and how did you buy it? Nina Hagen Band - Cash, at a store. Vinyl
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? Hmm, um, cooking? Banking?
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Tom Petty/Pearl Jam unless you want to count shows I lost money on...
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.? Rand Levy, Roger Klevesahl (deceased), Steve McClellan
John Sanders - Iron Horse Entertainment group
Favorite all time album?
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac
Last music you bought and how did you buy it?
Wilco (The Album) & Regina Spektor - Far & Spoon - Got Nuffin all new at Turn It Up, Northampton MA
Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights & John Prine - Great Days Anthology both used at Turn It Up
Wild Light - EP & Megafaun - Gather, Form & Fly both from emusic
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
Community Organizer
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
The Grownup Noise 7/24/09 Middle East Upstairs
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.?
Jordi Herold, Sean LaRoche, Eric Suher, Frank Riley
Craig Taylor - Real Artist management
Favorite all time album?
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
Last music you bought and how did you buy it?
Black Sabbath - Heaven & Hell - iTunes
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
Film Industry
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
Franti in Central Park
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business?
Mike Maietta, Howie Schnee, Peter Lewit, Chris Zahn, Andrew Bergman
Stephen Riff- Embrace Presents
Favorite all time album?
Talking Heads : Remain in Light
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it ?
Vic Chesnutt: Salesman and Bernadette... Used at a local record shop.
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
Running a chain of corporately owned restaurants.
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
Phish @ Red Rocks 2009
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business?
1. Jon Topper
2. Nick Farkas
3. Jon Paluska
4. Steve Blair
5. Top Secret
Mark Wellins- Ameritania Hotel
Favorite all time album?
Patti Smith Group "Radio Ethiopia"
Last Music Bought= Drive By Truckers Live From Austin Texas
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
Im not in the music business, I'm in the hotel business
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
last concert I paid for Trey with the new york Symphony at carnegie hall
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business?
Obviously no mentors but people i respect: Jon Topper, Matt Busch, Patrick Jordan, Chris Tetzeli, Al Bunnetta
Marco Tempesta - Rocks Off
Favorite all time album? - Jethro Tull - Aqualung. But really, I listen to Michael Savage.
Last music you bought and how did you buy it? - CD in Manhattan from Tower Records - A Green Day album. I bought it for a chick.
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? - I'm not in the music business, Jake is. Im in the boat buisiness.
The last concert you saw that you paid for? - The Cars - 1982.
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.? - Jake Szufnarowski. The guy who owned Studio 54 (Ian Schrager). The guy with the patch on his eye that the city destroyed because he was too good with music (Peter Gatien). The guy who owns Carnival Cruise Lines. Howard Stern
Matthew Altruda - Macpodz
Favorite all time album? Stop Making Sense
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it? Yeah Yeah Yeahs, itunes
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? in sales.. Whose buying?
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Greensky Bluegrass, zero
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business?
Topper
Vince
My Father
Greenberg
Jason Berry
Tom Baggott -TBA Artists
Favorite all time album?
Tie: Talking Heads "Remain In Light" & The Clash "Sandinista". BUT-- Side 2 of "Abbey Road" is hands down the best album side of all time... it just isn't technically an album.
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it? Chick Corea & Return To Forever "Light As A Feather"; iTunes
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? A lawyer and a derelict.
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Beastie Boys 2007 (the Boston Opera House, small room-- formal attire!)
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business? Dead or living, Zappa, Bill Graham, John Paluska, Lefsetz, Peter Casperson
Mike Maietta -Creative Entertainment Group
Favorite all time album? This is a bullshit question. How can anyone in the music business have 1 favorite album? If I have to name one, Sublime's self title album made me the most money..lol
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it? New Black Crowes , Itunes
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? Talent Scout for Scores or Penthouse Club
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Black Crowes Central Park
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business? Chuck Chao, Eliot Loshak, Barry Walter( old New Music Cafe owner, taught me everything not to do to succeed in music business just watching him work), Brett Radin, BMS.
Adam Gill - Embrace Presents
Favorite all time album?
Don't have one
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it?
Miike Snow at HMV
If I was not in the music Business I would be ?
Campaign manager
The last concert you saw that you paid for?
Phish - Buffalo
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business?
Len Gill
Michael Cohl
Dennis Bennie
Shane Skillen
Jesse Gil
Chris RIng - After Dark Entertainment, Inc / Tour City, Inc
Favorite all time album? - Appetite For Destruction - Guns N Roses
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it? - Guns N Roses Chinese Democracy @ Best Buy
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? - Entrepreneur of some sort
The last concert you saw that you paid for? - Green Day club show in NYC this past May
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business? John Scher/Metropolitan Talent , Artie Kwitchoff/Funtime Presents, Jim Glancy/Bowery Presents, Andrew Ellis/Paradigm
Lucas king - Congress Theater Chicago
Favorite all time album? That's too hard. It's like saying what's your favorite movie?
Last Music you Bought and how did you buy it? The Gorillaz last album on Itunes. I don't remember when..
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? Owning my own marketing business or real estate
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Phish @ Alpine Valley
John Porter – SIN/Mood Indigo
Favorite all time album? Sorry, can’t possibly pick just one.
Top Twelve Favorite all time artists are (as narrow as I can make it): The Beatles, Ray Charles, Crowded House, Gil Scott Heron, Bob Marley,
Willie Nelson, Tom Petty, R.E.M. The Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, and U2.
Last music you bought and how did you buy it ? The Beatles box set – Amazon (still haven’t received it),
wasn’t in stock at any of the three stores I went looking for it in in Manhattan (thank you very much, EMI Distribution).
If I was not in the msic business I would be? A (liberal) political activist or politician.
The last concert that you paid for? WFUV Discovery Series @ The Living Room, last week.
Name 5 people you consider mentors in the business. Hale Milgrim, Pat Berry, Cheryl Pawelski, Terry Rindal, Ken Levitan
Tim Walther- Walther Produtions
Favorite all time album? Led Zeppelin II
Last music you bought and how did you buy it? I bought Michael Franti and Spearhead All Rebel Rockers w cash on the barrelhead at Rams Head Live at a show that should have been presented by Walther Productions…need I say more…
If I was not in the music Business I would be ? I would likely be a manager of a restaurant ....am grateful for being in the business of selling music as opposed to food
The last concert you saw that you paid for? Basshound on Sept 19th in Telluride ….I was on the guest list, but figured I would cough up the $5 and support the local Baltimore band.
Name up to 5 people you consider mentors in the business.? Bill Graham, Jim Tobin, Robey Gibson, Seth Hurwitz – if you can’t beat’em, join’em, and of course Topper