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'''Tom Silverman''' is the founder and CEO of [[Tommy Boy Entertainment|Tommy Boy Music Company]], a record label established in 1981. Silverman also co-founded and co-organized the annual [[New Music Seminar]], which initially ran from 1980 to 1995 and relaunched in 2009, and continues to occur every June in New York City. He co-founded ''[[Dance Music Report]]'' magazine, which ran from 1978 to 1992, and he co-founded the [[Dance Music Hall of Fame]], which existed from 2003 to 2005. Silverman was also a vice president of [[Warner Bros. Records]] from 1985 to 2002, while Tommy Boy was a subsidiary of that company. |
'''Tom Silverman''' is the founder and CEO of [[Tommy Boy Entertainment|Tommy Boy Music Company]], a record label established in 1981. Silverman also co-founded and co-organized the annual [[New Music Seminar]], which initially ran from 1980 to 1995 and relaunched in 2009, and continues to occur every June in New York City. He co-founded ''[[Dance Music Report]]'' magazine, which ran from 1978 to 1992, and he co-founded the [[Dance Music Hall of Fame]], which existed from 2003 to 2005. Silverman was also a vice president of [[Warner Bros. Records]] from 1985 to 2002, while Tommy Boy was a subsidiary of that company. |
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Tom Silverman is the founder and CEO of Tommy Boy Music Company, a record label established in 1981. Silverman also co-founded and co-organized the annual New Music Seminar, which initially ran from 1980 to 1995 and relaunched in 2009, and continues to occur every June in New York City. He co-founded Dance Music Report magazine, which ran from 1978 to 1992, and he co-founded the Dance Music Hall of Fame, which existed from 2003 to 2005. Silverman was also a vice president of Warner Bros. Records from 1985 to 2002, while Tommy Boy was a subsidiary of that company.
Silverman serves on the boards of RIAA, SoundExchange, the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM and its predecessors NAIRD/AFIM), and Merlin, a global rights agency representing the world's most important set of independent music rights. He previously served on the boards of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Dance Music Hall of Fame, plus the NARM Manufacturer’s Advisory Board.He is also co-founder of the independent film and television company Tommy Boy Films.
He received the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Heroes Award in 2000. Silverman received his degree in environmental science from Colby College, and attended Graduate School at Western Michigan University in Environmental Geology.
External links
- Tom Silverman Radio Interview (October 2009)
- Industry Profile: Tom Silverman (CelebrityAccess MediaWire; March 2012)
- Tom Silverman Video Interview (Association for Computing Machinery Computers in Entertainment; July 2012)
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