This entry was posted on 3/20/2007 2:25 AM and is filed under uncategorized.
John
L. Simson, Executive Director of SoundExchange®, has been involved
in the music industry since his 1971 signing with Perception Records
as a singer/songwriter. His career has included a ten-year partnership
in Studio One Artists, managing country superstar Mary Chapin Carpenter
(1988-1995), Steve Forbert (Geffen), Jonell Mosser (MCA), Mike Henderson
(RCA) and others. Simson has practiced entertainment law since 1980,
and most recently was of counsel to the firm of Berliner, Corcoran &
Rowe from 1990 through 1999. Simson joined SoundExchange in March of
2000 and was named its Executive Director in June of 2001.
Barrie
Kessler is a 15-year veteran of database design and integration,
having served as principal consultant for numerous national and international
corporations, including many within the U.S. sound recording industry.
Ms. Kessler is a seasoned professional in virtually all aspects of database
applications from conceptual design to final production.
VP of Operations
Kris Patton
Information Systems
and Technology Director
Marc D. Hines
Director of Artist-Label
Relations
Neeta Ragoowansi
Controller
Anjula Singh
Communications Director
Willem Dicke
SoundExchange Board
Alasdair McMullan
- EMI
Andrea Finkelstein - Sony BMG
Cary Sherman - RIAA
Daryl P. Friedman
- Recording Academy*
Dick Huey - Matador Records*
Richard Bengloff
- American Association of Independent Music
Jay L. Cooper, Esq.
- Recording Artists' Coalition (RAC)*
Jay Rosenthal, Esq. - RAC*
Kim Roberts Hedgpeth - AFTRA
Michael Hausman
Michael Ostroff
- UMG
Patricia Polach - AFM
Patrick Rains
Paul Robinson
- WMG
Perry Resnick - Music Manager's Forum-U.S.*
Steven M. Marks - RIAA*
Tom Silverman
- Tommy Boy Entertainment LLC*
Walter F. McDonough, Esq. - Future of Music Coalition
(FMC)*
*For identification purposes
only
In other words, as best as I can tell, (former and current) music label execs, managers, and computer geeks, with not one person who understands broadcasting or webcasting. Let them walk a mile in our shoes....
