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Marcus T Grant

Marcus T Grant (born January 7, 1978) is a 12 year veteran of the music business, who is currently a manager at The Collective Music Group in Beverly Hills, CA.


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An Other Cup

Both worked, recorded, and toured with Stevens, until he left the Western pop music business in 1978; however both made an appearance with him, performing on Stevens' first television broadcast performance, performing with him, on Later... with Jools Holland in 2006.

Armand Zildjian

After the war, he returned to his father's factory in Norwell, Massachusetts, where, with the help of such music business stars as Chick Webb and Gene Krupa, he revolutionized the cymbals business by adding them to drum sets and making them thinner.

Big Sound

It featured numerous guest stars well known in the music business such as Scott Stapp, Matthew Good, and Bif Naked among others.

Boogaloo Joe Jones

The nickname was meant to distinguish him from the other people with similar names in the music business, such as R&B singer Joe Jones, jazz drummers "Papa Jo" Jones and Philly Joe Jones, and the Joe Jones of the Fluxus movement.

Cappriccieo Scates

Capp began his music business career doing independent promotions for Sony Music, Death Row Records, Tommy Boy Records, Universal Music Group, and Atlantic Records, promoting the careers of artists such as: Alicia Keys, Boyz II Men, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and etcetera.

Chin Injeti

Mooking briefly left the music business to study cooking, and now works as an acclaimed chef in Toronto.

Combat 84

After retiring from the music business, Chris Henderson became more involved with football hooliganism, and eventually led the Chelsea Headhunters in the mid-to-late 1980s, writing the book Who Wants it? about his experiences with Colin Ward.

Cowboy's Sweetheart

The title Cowboy's Sweetheart fits Anderson's own personal profile since she used to be a professional equestrian and horse racer during her time spent away from the music business.

David Barbe

In August 2010, Barbe was named interim director of the University of Georgia’s Music Business Certificate Program, then in March 2011 he was appointed the certificate program’s director on a permanent basis by Terry College of Business Dean Robert Sumichrast.

Dumpy's Rusty Nuts

Despite the group's longevity, they became for a time a favourite target for mockery from the British music press, especially Melody Maker, where their name was often invoked as the epitome of failure in the music business in the humorous section "Talk Talk Talk" written by David Stubbs.

Đorđe Ðogani

His three younger brothers also had successful careers in the music business, leading the dance-oriented bands like Funky G, B3 and Trik FX.

Finnur Jóhannsson

He has been involved in the Icelandic music business for decades and performed the song "Allt eða ekki neitt" in the 2007 Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins.

Frederick Noad

He started a small music business in Hollywood, California called the Spanish Guitar Center where he offered music lessons and sold imported classical guitars from famous makers in Spanish cities such as Cordoba and Granada.

Fredric Dannen

He is best known for his landmark book Hit Men: Powerbrokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business (1990), which investigated the behind-the-scenes dealings of the major American record labels in the 1970s and 1980s, focussing on the careers of leading CBS Records executives Walter Yetnikoff and Dick Asher.

Heavy D

While still an artist at Uptown Records, Myers was instrumental in convincing Andre Harrell to originally hire Sean “Diddy” Combs for his first music business gig as an intern.

Jamai Loman

Shortly after releasing his third single, Jamai decided to move from the music business to acting and he starred in the musicals Doornroosje (Sleeping Beauty), Hello, Dolly! and Jesus Christ Superstar.

Jeoffrey Benward

He has been involved in the Christian music business since the 1970s, but achieved significant fame when he formed a duo with his son, Aaron, called Aaron Jeoffrey in 1995.

John Mack Faragher

Several of his siblings have been in the pop music business, including Danny Faragher, Jimmy Faragher, Tommy Faragher, Davey Faragher, Pammy Faragher, and Marty Faragher.

Joseph G. Williams

After 40 years in the country music business Joe retired to his family farm in Warsaw with his wife Dolly in 1990 where he is a hometown hero.

Larry Clinton

He remained active in the music business – often leading a studio band for pop singers like Barry Frank – until 1961.

Leo Soileau

He continued to perform with his group The Rhythm Boys until the end of the decade, when he left the music business altogether.

Lucky Thompson

He taught at Dartmouth College in 1973 and 1974, then completely left the music business.

Marco Masini

In his early years of his career he did know the record producer Giancarlo Bigazzi who introduces the young musician in the music business, as collaborator of artists like Raf and Umberto Tozzi.

Marius Kahan

Shinara split up in the late eighties, after which Kahan met and signed up with renowned L.A. based producer and impresario Lee Magid, a music business veteran responsible for steering numerous artists to success including Lou Rawls, Della Reese and violinist Papa John Creach, formerly of Jefferson Airplane.

Mick Farren

During 1970 he released the solo album Mona – The Carnivorous Circus which also featured Steve Peregrin Took, John Gustafson and Paul Buckmaster, before ending his music business to concentrate on writing.

Nicolas Peyrac

During his studies he discovered a passion for photography, which brought him into contact with the music business: through a family friend he had a chance to make record sleeves for artists like Alice Dona, Hervé Vilard and Gilbert Bécaud.

Partners, Brothers and Friends

WBOS producer, Mark Tudor told Billboard that the song talks about the music business.

Punky Meadows

Meadows has retired from the music business, and for 13 years owned and ran a tanning salon in Oakton, VA.

RCA Studio B

Now the studio is co-operated by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Belmont University's Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business program.

Richard Beck

Beck began his career in the music business in 1989 at the age of 17, working as an assistant engineer at the Basement Recording Studio in Wardour Street, London.

Rob Jungklas

Jungklas then left the music business; he married, earned a college degree and got a job teaching English and science at the Hutchison School in Memphis.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on the Road

Billy loses her to death, and his own integrity to Maxwell's Silver Hammermen, Jack, Sledge and Claw, dressed in chain mail and representing the Hells Angels of the commercial music business.

Sinitta!

In 1987 Simon Cowell became closely associated with Pete Waterman and would spend time with Waterman at his PWL studios complex, being mentored by him and learning about the effective running of a successful music business.

Stacey Ferreira

After founding MySocialCloud, Stacey proceeded to attend New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development to study Music Business.

Steven Gaines

In the early part of his career he wrote several books about the music business, including Alice Cooper's autobiography, "Me, Alice"; "The Love You Make," a biography of the Beatles; and "Heroes and Villains," a biography of the Beach Boys, before briefly switching his focus to fashion designers with biographies on Halston and Calvin Klein.

Stylus Music School

The Stylus College of Music and Sound Technology is an accredited career training institution dedicated to music production, Sound Design and music business management and is located in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.

Sugar Time!

Barbi Benton starred as Maxx Douglass, a hatcheck girl, the lead of an all-female Rock band, "Sugar" trying to break into the music business.

Tail Concerto

The game features character designs and artwork by manga artist Nobuteru Yūki, and the Japanese version included the opening theme song "For Little Tail" performed by Kokia before her debut in the music business.

Tammi Terrell

Following this relative failure, Terrell announced a semi-retirement from the music business and enrolled in the University of Pennsylvania where she majored in pre-med, staying at the school for two years.

The Luminaire

Donnelly had previously had a minor role in CHiPs, the American television programme, as well as a number of Steven Seagal films before moving back to London and becoming involved in the music business.

The Secret Sisters

Laura traveled to Nashville, Tennessee for an impromptu audition at Hotel Indigo where music business record executive Andrew Brightman and producer Dave Cobb were present, looking to create a new singing group.

The Sell-In

The Sell-in: How the Music Business Seduced Alternative Rock is a book by Australian music journalist Craig Mathieson.

Tim Leffel

He holds a degree in Music Business Management from James Madison University and a CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) from Cambridge University.

Video game producer

His vision—influenced by his relationship with Jerry Moss—was that producers would manage artists and repertoire in the same way as in the music business, and Hawkins brought in record producers from A&M Records to help train those first producers.

Walt Solek

He spent 35 years in the music business recording with Columbia Records, Harmonia, Dana, Reprise, Starr, and Rex Records.