John Hamlin Email & Phone Number

Nashville, Tn, Us

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

After 8 years as a CMT senior executive running live music events, Hamlin now Executive Produces several CMT franchises through his own production and artist management company, Switched On Entertainment. In addition to The CMT Music Awards, Artist’s of the Year, Crossroads and Instant Jam for CMT, Hamlin is also Executive Producer/Showrunner for Pitbull’s New Year’s Revolution on Fox and is in his 24th year as a contributing producer for 60 Minutes. On the artist representation side of his company, Hamlin manages newly signed Big Machine recording artist, Ryan Follese.

Producer for Mike Wallace, Ed Bradley, Steve Kroft, Bob Simon, Anderson Cooper and Lara Logan. Also produced Dan Rather and Charlie Rose for 60 Minutes II. Responsible for all editorial and production content for over eighty segments. Highlights include profiles of Muhammad Ali, Bruce Springsteen, U2, Adele, Bruno Mars, Beyonce, Madonna, Paul McCartney, Clint Eastwood, Lady Gaga, The Rolling Stones, Tina Turner, Warren Beatty, Bill Gates, Aerosmith, Santana, Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor, Billy Joel, Kobe Bryant, Elton John, The Dixie Chicks, Faith Hill, Toby Keith, Gretchen Wilson, Willie Nelson, Kenny Chesney, Morgan Freeman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robert Duvall, Alicia Keys, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Hilary Swank, Jim Carrey, Rene Zellweger, Russell Crowe, Simon Cowell, Coldplay, Will Smith, Bon Jovi and Sting. In addition to those features, produced over thirty investigative and hard news stories.

Senior Vice President, Music Events and Talent. Executive in charge of all creative, production and talent booking elements for specials and music series on CMT. Shows include the annual tentpole franchises CMT Music Awards, CMT Artists of the Year and comedy week specials. Series include over 200 episodes of the CMT Hot 20 Countdown and over 200 episodes of the country music news series CMT Insider. Live music series include 20+ episodes of the CMT marquee music series, Crossroads, starring Stevie Nicks/ Lady Antebellum, Sting/Vince Gill, Jimmy Buffett/Zac Brown Band, John Mayer/Keith Urban, Steven Tyler/Carrie Underwood, Def Leppard/Taylor Swift, Train/Martina Mcbride, Bryan Adams/Jason Aldean, Pretenders/Faith Hill and Robert Plant/Alison Krauss. Also created the single-artist concert series Invitation Only featuring Keith Urban, Alan Jackson, Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts, Kenny Chesney, Darius Rucker, Brooks & Dunn, Toby Keith, Jason Aldean, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley and Reba.