Look Who’s Running For The A2IM Board
17 candidates are vying for five seats on the board of top U.S. indie music trade group the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM). The list looks like a Who's Who of the indie music business:
1) Joe Parker (ABKCO Records, Vice President)
2) Bruce Iglauer (Alligator Records, Founder/CEO)
3) Martin Mills (Beggars Group, Founder/CEO)
4) Andrew Kautz (Big Machine Label Group, GM)
5) Alan Grunblatt (eOne Music, President)
6) Robb McDaniels (INgrooves, CEO)
7) Darius Van Arman (Jagjaguwar/Secretly Canadian/Dead Oceans, President)
8) Susan Ferris (Long Live Crime, Mob Boss)
9) Denny Stilwell (Mack Avenue, President)
10) Jim Selby (Naxos, CEO)
11) Mike Ruthig (New West Records, GM)
12) Victor Zaraya (Razor & Tie, SVP Finance & Operations)
13) Jamar Chess (Sunflower Entertainment, President)
14) Lou Montorio (System Recordings, President)
15) Brad Navin (The Orchard, CEO)
16) Priya Dewan (Warp, Label Manager)
17) Tor Hansen (Yep Roc, President)
Who cares!?
Ahh come on Ian, it’s way more fun than betting on the Kentucky Derby! 🙂
I *wish* that Jim Selby would get it b/c even though Naxos is a classical label, that guy has a genuine vision for the future. But it won’t happen.
My picks: Ruthig, Mills, Iglauer, Parker. More or less in that order.
Bah Humbug!
I was stuck in that moment of knowing that it won’t really matter who is on the board – they won’t do anything for the kind of musicians that I am looking to help.
Martin Mills is a decent man and does actually apprecaite art, so I hope he makes it, plus a Brit telling Americans what to do is always a good plan.
But, really, this isn’t what Hypebot is about for me.
I want articles that contain actionable ideas that aspiring musicians can use to further their dreams, not dying industry factoids that will make no appearance in the footnotes to the appendix of the history of the arse end of the music business.