Mayor Convenes Music Business Council

Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, in partnership with the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, has created a Music Business Council made up of artists and industry executives who will spearhead various economic development efforts that capitalize on Nashville’s identity as Music City. The priorities Dean has established for the Council include increasing live music venues in the city, increasing music business relocations, improving Nashville’s public school music education program, expanding the CMA Music Festival and developing a new multi-genre music festival. The Music Business Council will serve as an ongoing industry support organization to accomplish these and other goals.

“Nashville is not any city, we’re Music City,” Dean said. “We have an opportunity to grow that identity and benefit both our city and the music industry in the process. My goal is to make Nashville the destination for music performances, festivals, business and education.”

Music Business Council Members:

Mary Ann McCready, Flood Bumstead McCready & McCarthy – chair

Tim Dubois, Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management  – facilitator

Jim Hester – Mayor’s Office liaison

Tawn Albright, echo

Connie Bradley, ASCAP

Kix Brooks, Artist

Tony Brown, Tony Brown Enterprises

Steve Buchanan, Gaylord Entertainment

Pat Collins, SESAC

Karl Dean, Mayor

Kylee Ervin, Diamond Coach

Rod Essig, CAA

Kira Florita, Leadership Music

Jay Frank, CMT

Eric Geadelmann, 821 Entertainment

Tammy Genovese, CMA

Mike Golden, Bandit Lights

Randy Goodman, Lyric Street Records

Emmylou Harris, Artist

Dan Hays, IBMA

Bart Herbison, NSAI

Pat Higdon, Universal Music Publishing

Jed Hilly, Americana Music Association

Barrie Kessler, SoundExchange

Ken Levitan, Vector Management

Rich Maradik, Gaylord Entertainment

Janet Miller, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce

Mark Montgomery

Steve Moore, AEG Live

Dave Pomeroy, Nashville Association of Musicians

David Ross, Music Row Publications

Rivers Rutherford, Songwriter

Ralph Schulz, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce

Jim Selby, Naxos

Nancy Shapiro, NARAS

Butch Spyridon, Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau

Demetrus Stewart, Pure Springs Gospel

John Styll, GMA

Bo Thomas, Belmont University

Crom Tidwell, CT Merchandising

Cal Turner, III, Cal IV Entertainment

Alan Valentine, Nashville Symphony

Garry West, Compass Records

Jack White, Artist

Jason Moon Wilkins, Next Big Nashville

Jody Williams, BMI

Kyle Young, Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum