- Built a business up from nothing into an internationally distributed label of nearly 100 releases with robust annual revenue with a paid full time staff and a small army of interns.- Searched for and signed talent, negotiated contracts and maintained relationships with artists as well as providing some management services and mentoring.- Wrote or edited every bio and solicitation sheet for nearly one hundred releases.- Coordinated publicity which led to features and reviews in… Show more - Built a business up from nothing into an internationally distributed label of nearly 100 releases with robust annual revenue with a paid full time staff and a small army of interns.- Searched for and signed talent, negotiated contracts and maintained relationships with artists as well as providing some management services and mentoring.- Wrote or edited every bio and solicitation sheet for nearly one hundred releases.- Coordinated publicity which led to features and reviews in every major music and lifestyle magazine as well as regional weekly and daily newspapers from the New York Times on down.- Created an internet presence with one of the first record label email lists on through current social networking sites. Was the first record label to offer free CD samplers to anyone in the world who sent us an address and joined our email list. Was the 7th client of IODA, the world’s first digital music distributor.- Responsible at one time or another for every aspect of the business from concept to reality, including (but not limited to) manufacturing, distribution, marketing, graphic design, customer relations, accounting, event planning and even DJing.- Voted Best Record Label in the Bay by the SF Weekly in 2006 and Best in the East Bay by the East Bay Express in 2010. My 2011 scaling back of the label was reported on by Billboard, the Village Voice and Pitchfork among many others.-Went away for 12 years to payoff debt accumulated during the industry “correction.” Came back to do it all again for our 25th anniversary, covered in Billboard, Pitchfork, Stereogum, etc. Show less

Curation, production, and hosting of an eclectic monthly 4-hour radio show for Dandelion Radio, the station conceived and launched to pay tribute to the late-BBC radio DJ, the legendary John Peel (often known in the US for his “Peel Sessions”). Peel’s influence on countless listeners like myself included an endless appetite to find and champion new music, as well as the removal of genre-barriers and the consistent creation of diverse and exciting long-form radio shows that were focused on the… Show more Curation, production, and hosting of an eclectic monthly 4-hour radio show for Dandelion Radio, the station conceived and launched to pay tribute to the late-BBC radio DJ, the legendary John Peel (often known in the US for his “Peel Sessions”). Peel’s influence on countless listeners like myself included an endless appetite to find and champion new music, as well as the removal of genre-barriers and the consistent creation of diverse and exciting long-form radio shows that were focused on the listener’s experience. I am proud to continue that tradition as I have, in my first two years, presented more than 100 hours of content comprised of nearly 1000 unique songs across multiple genres to an ever-growing listener-base. Show less