Nashville Music Council

Nashville Music Council Sub-Committees

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• Branding and Jobs

  Co-Chairs: Mark Montgomery (EIR, Claritas Capital), Jason Moon Wilkins (Next Big Nashville)

  Goal:  Nashville will be the leading music business city in America.

  The Branding and Jobs sub-committee is focused on building the story of Nashville’s music business and creating strategies to recruit music- and tech-centric businesses and jobs to the area. They are compiling a comprehensive searchable database of every music and entertainment company in Nashville to be shared with the outside world. In addition, this group will continue promoting Music City at events like SXSW and leveraging their relationships to work on business retention and recruitment within the music industry.

• Live Music

  Co-Chairs: Rod Essig (Vice President, Creative Artists Agency), Shelly Todd (Outback Concerts)

  Goal:  Nashville will have the best, most diverse live music scene in America.

  The Live Music sub-committee is working to increase the support and involvement with the many festivals that take place in Nashville, as well as the numerous local live music venues. Working with club owners, this group is committed to making our local and state laws helpful, not harmful, for these venues.

  As Nashville’s music culture continues to grow, it is inevitable that there will need to be bigger and better places to hold traveling shows and concerts. Therefore, the sub-committee has been studying models that have worked in other cities and making recommendations for what fits Nashville, while also continuing to develop venues such as Riverfront Park.

• Creative Talent

  Co-Chairs: Tim DuBois (VP & Managing Executive, ASCAP). Connie Valentine (Arts & Business Council)

  Goal:  Nashville will be the friendliest, most supportive city for musicians and creative people in America.

  The Creative Talent sub-committee is working to make Nashville as encouraging and accommodating to our creative talent pool as possible. Supportive solutions may include offering affordable housing alternatives to our artistic community and designing a website that provides a “road map” for people and companies trying to plug into the industry. Furthermore, the Council is exploring new ways to create incentives for business startup and to ensure creative talent remains employed in Nashville.

• Music Education

  Chair: Nancy Shapiro (Vice President, the Recording Academy)

  Goal:  Nashville will have the best music education program of any public school system in the world.

  After conducting extensive research with a variety of organizations involved in music education, the Music Education sub-committee decided there was a need to find a national expert to work with the Council on building a blueprint for the future of music education in Nashville. With funds already raised and the consultant hired, a plan has been developed with a series of deliverables and a timeline to guide the process. The consultant will work directly with Metro Schools, with Council involvement, to develop the plan to create the best public school music education program in the world.