Larry Ryckman Email & Phone Number

Beverly Hills, Ca, Us

Larry founded AfterMaster Audio Labs with legendary audio engineer Shelly Yakus. Larry previously partnered with Jimmy Iovine and Shelly Yakus in QSound. Larry's Aftermaster team boasts the biggest discography of hit music of any audio company in the world. www.aftermaster.com/discography.Ryckman has partnered with Simon Cowell's "The X Factor," The GRAMMY Foundation, Mark Burnett Productions, Hard Rock International, The Queen Latifah Show and Warner Music Nashville and industry first music licenses with EMI, Universal, Sony/ATV, Warner and BMG. Ryckman serves as Chairman of AfterMaster's Advisory Board which includes producer, Rodney Jerkins, songwriter, Diane Warren, producer, Richard Perry, media investor, Ted Field, music executive, Jason Flom, casting director, Sheila Jaffe, former Lucasfilm CEO, Charles Weber, music executive, Ron Gillyard and mastering engineer, Pete Doell.Larry's companies have partnered with (partial):Justin TimberlakeSimon Cowell's "The X Factor"The Queen Latifah ShowMark Burnett ProductionsThe GRAMMY FoundationHard Rock InternationalWarner Music NashvilleLionsgateSimon Fuller's 19 Ent.Guitar CenterReverb NationON SemiconductorAdobeTunecoreLarry's personal DISCOGRAPHY - Mastering (partial):Lady Gaga - Telephone (Multi-platinum, Billboard #1)Akon - One in the Chamber (2014 GRAMMY nom)Nick Cannon - White People MusicRicky Martin - Vida - 2014 World Cup Soccer Theme SongAerosmith - We All Fall Down Busta Rhymes, Mobb Deep - HennyMack Wilds - Own It (2014 GRAMMY nom)Janet Jackson - Make Me (Billboard #1)Jill Scott - From The VaultDonna Summer - To Paris With Love (Billboard #1)Emmy Awards - Jimmy Fallon, Born To RunKerli - Army Of Love - (Billboard #1)P. Diddy - I Hate That You Love Me Ray J - 1 Thing Leads To AnotherAlice Cooper - Madhouse Rock TourCorporate Discography (partial):Empire 2016 (TV show)Madonna - The Immaculate CollectionMichael Jackson - DangerousSting - The Soul Cages

In 1991, Ryckman purchased and privatized the Calgary Stampeders Football Club of the Canadian Football League (CFL). At the time the team was struggling financially and Ryckman was widely credited for saving the team. Many changes took place under his ownership, including the signing of Heisman Trophy winning quarterback, Doug Flutie, quarterback Jeff Garcia from San Jose State and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and in team management and player personnel. Offices and locker rooms were renovated, new stadium signage was created and a new marketing campaign was built around "The New Calgary Stampeders". During his tenure the Stampeders broke dozens of league and team records, participated in four Grey Cup Championship games, and won the Grey Cup in Toronto in 1992, for the first time in 21 years.During his five years in the CFL, Ryckman co-chaired the CFL expansion committee with late actor John Candy and served on the Executive Committee of the CFL Board of Governors. In 1993, he hosted the Grey Cup festival and drew a capacity crowd of over 50,000 spectators. Ryckman constructed and donated new private luxury boxes at the Stampeders home field, McMahon Stadium in Calgary. Ryckman was subsequently awarded the CFL's Outstanding Contribution Award for his contributions to both the league and as a Governor.

In 1986, Ryckman co-found Archer Communications, Inc./QSound, Ltd., an audio technology company which developed proprietary audio technologies for the music, film, TV industries, computer and video game industries. At the time he became the youngest CEO of a publicly-traded company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. QSound developed the first patented three dimensional audio process for playback through traditional stereo. Ryckman assembled a team of entertainment industry professionals to assist in building the company, including CAA and super agent Michael Ovitz, music industry veterans Jimmy Iovine (VP of Music), Shelly Yakus (VP of Audio Engineering), Bob Ezrin, film producer, George Folsey (Chairman) and Warner Bros. director Salah Hassanein. Larry finalized partnerships and licensing agreements with JVC, Nintendo, Coca-Cola, Polygram and Todd AO/Glen Glenn studios.Ryckman, Jimmy Iovine and music attorney Allen Grubman negotiated a first of its kind deal in the music industry with Polygram NV, then the world's largest record company, for the payment of a mechanical royalty on all albums sold that were mixed with QSound. Ryckman oversaw the engineering of several albums using QSound including Madonna's "The Immaculate Collection", Michael Jackson's "Dangerous', Paula Abdul's"Spellbound", Sting's "The Soul Cages" and Julian Lennon's "Help Yourself". In addition, three music recordings engineered with QSound during Ryckman's tenure won GRAMMY awards including the motion picture soundtrack, Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves.The Company achieved a market capitalization approaching $500 million and was broadly covered in major publications including Barron's, LA Times, Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Hollywood Reporter.

Feature film, television and video production and distribution.