Chief Customer Officer of Songtradr, Inc, the Californian based music rights marketplace platform. Tom is a music business veteran with 30 years experience who began his career after being a touring and studio musician. He worked for 3 labels, Enigma Records, I.R.S Records, and Virgin Records, departing as Vice-President of Adult Format Radio Promotion in the early 90’s. Upon leaving Virgin, he started an indie promotion business which quickly became the industry’s premier adult music promotion & marketing firm working with artists such as Shania Twain, Lenny Kravitz, Rod Stewart, Paul Abdul, Lionel Ritchie, Rod Stewart, Toni Braxton, Chris Issak and many others.
Tom was nominated as promoter of the year in 1995 and 1996 and eventually moved into other facets of the business wearing a few hats, including owning an indie record label, (Vellum Entertainment), a management company, with clients such as Phoebe Snow, Jeff Timmons, Justin Hopkins, Olivia Rox, Natalie Archangel, Jordan Hill, Kaile Goh and others.
Tom has played a pivotal role in so many artist careers throughout his distinguished career and has advised a number of companies in the digital space.