Gary G. Email & Phone Number

Proficiencies:As Music Curator & Broadcast Programmer...20+ years of music/radio programming experience (online, broadcast) with various “programmer of the year” awards and national acclaim. Named "Father of the Hybrid Format" @ NBA. Consulted US Dept. of Defense on Bosnia radio initiative.Knowledgeable of a wide range of music formats, including Classic Rock, Jazz, Oldies, Americana, Triple-A, Blues, Classic R&B, New Age/Ambient, Classic Alternative. Format victories in 20+ major markets.Adept in using listening data – BDS, Spotify, iTunes, etc. – to pinpoint artists, songs, and trends that are objectively fan favorites and not subjective personal tastes I’m trying to force upon the audience…Situation-aware – An uncanny ability to curate playlists for situation-dictated moods from rainy days to holidays, parties to passive, genre-/era-blends, short-form or long.Content savvy – masterful at capturing, repurposing, and aggregating artist performances…A&R experience via projects featuring the Swell Season, Neko Case, Okkervil River, et alStreaming music service awareness: Amazon Music, Spotify, iTunes, iHeart, Tidal, et al going back to Microsoft Music, Real, Melodeo, and LaLa.Music licensing and aggregation experience (Harry Fox, Sound Exchange, Orchard, TuneCore) As a Designer...4,000+ pieces placed in corporate environments with custom work for Mercedes-Benz and Hilton, et al and artwork featured on the E! channel.As a Music Mixer/Producer...Producer of "A New Kind of Blue" at Sony featuring (3x Grammy winner) Randy Brecker; 1,400+ recordings for mvyradio at SXSW, MerleFest, Newport Folk Fest, et al. ranging from Elvis Costello to Doc Watson; original production of Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers;" "Before the Goldrush" feat. Neko Case and The Swell Season.As a Multimedia Producer…Vertical/annual meeting presentations for Brown-Forman (Jack Daniel's, Finlandia Vodka), Proctor-Gamble, Subway, AT&T, et al