My positions at Sound Of Los Angeles Records Inc (SOLAR) were Assistant General Counsel, Vice President of Business Affairs and Senior Vice President. I managed all of their international music licensing and managed their MIDEM operation for a decade ...
BBM Profile: Ron Gillyard
I accomplished many of the things that I wanted to accomplish during my career in the record business, but admittedly not everything. I held executive positions at Live Nation, J Records, Bad Boy and Motown, working with Stevie Wonder, Luther, Bebe & ...
BBM Profile: Dina R. Andrews
As a music industry executive, I advised, managed, and negotiated deals for some of the industry’s most successful contemporary recording artists, songwriters & producers, ranging from hit songwriter/producers Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis to Briti ...
BBM Profile: Life Allah Griffith
I started my music career as a rapper and interned at Rush Artist Management. I relocated to the West Coast and worked A&M Records/Tuff Break and started Real Life Promotions. I developed and worked with many artists like Intelligent Hoodlum, D ...
BBM Profile: Joseph Davis
Beginning in Illinois and ending a lifetime later in Philadelphia, my radio career was a nomadic journey. In between, I was on the air in Orlando, Grand Prairie TX, New Orleans, Atlanta, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and St Louis doing m ...
BBM Profile: Thembisa Mshaka
Had someone told me at 17 that I would be in entertainment for 25 years, give artists like Common, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, and D’Angelo, their first trade covers as GAVIN’s first Black, first woman and longest-running Rap Editor, write the definitive c ...
BBM Profile: Regina R. Robertson
Once upon a time, I had dreams of being a fashion buyer. The Universe had other plans. After college, I landed at Epic Records, where I processed A&R paperwork and was later promoted to product manager. During my tenure, I worked with Shabba Rank ...
BBM Profile: Marilyn A. Batchelor
Over the past 20 years, I’ve worked in the following roles: national/sr. director, marketing, MCA Records. In 1999, I created the 1st strategic marketing division at a record label (MCA), serving as V.P. of strategic marketing, followed by SVP, stra ...
BBM Profile: Brian Wallace
In a career spanning over 20 years in radio broadcasting as a programmer and air personality, I’ve been blessed to have the opportunity to have worked with and for people who I can say have enriched both my life and career. Career stops include the D ...
BBM Profile: Gwen Franklin
WHUR in DC is home. However, I worked extensively with record labels – RCA, Mercury, Capitol, A&M and Casablanca. The Mid-Atlantic & Northeast were promotional territories; then on to national marketing, sales and artist development. The c ...










