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J.Gilman
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
J's first introduction to music was in the school band where he played the trumpet. When told he would have to attend football
games to stay in the band, he gave them the finger and moved on to other interests (girls & graphics), but he managed to remain a music nerd by working in used CD shops.
Upon moving to Atlanta he ventured into the world of DJing with a show at Southern Tech's WGHR.
From there, he expanded into promoting and spinning for weekly nights at clubs such as 688, Groove Park,
and the Masquerade. Eventually, he gave up DJing and promoting to work graphics full time.
He and his wife live in East Atlanta.
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Steve Jones
PRESIDENT
Steve is a music lifer. He started playing in the school orchestra in the
4th grade, and then in the 7th grade sold his sax, bought a
guitar and has been rockin' ever since. Steve played in a band called "The
Jades" (is that 60's enough for you) during high school. Two years of radio
followed seven years of college. Then, after a stint producing the weekly
syndicated radio show "Rock 'N Roll Roots", it was time to go to work for a
major label. 1978 saw the start of a 26 year run with Atlantic Records.
The first 10 years were in radio promotion, where he worked with The Rolling
Stones, AC/DC, Chic, U2, INXS, Bette Midler, Genesis, Foreigner, The
Spinners, Yes, Laura Branigan, Debbie Gibson and some others he's forgotten
about. Then in 1988, he moved over to the marketing/sales side of Atlantic
and was instrumental in the development of the careers of Hootie & The
Blowfish, Edwin McCain, Seven Mary Three, Matchbox Twenty, Collective Soul
and Tori Amos, among others. 2004 brought on another WMG "downsizing" and
Steve became the one Atlantic let get away. He saw this an an opportunity
to join the fine folks at Brash Music on their path of re-thinking the music
business.
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Mike McQuary
CEO
Prior to getting into the music business, McQ was the president of the ISP EarthLink after its merger with MindSpring in
February 2000. McQ developed the concept behind MindSpring with Charles Brewer, and was the president and COO of MindSpring.
Prior to MindSpring, McQ served for 9 years in a variety of sales, marketing, operations, and management positions with a
division of Mobil Corporation.
He was on the varsity wrestling team at the University of Virginia and managed to receive a bachelor's degree in psychology
while missing few (if any) parties. He did the nights and weekends thing to get a masters degree in business administration
from Pepperdine University.
McQ serves on the Board of Governors for the Atlanta chapter of the Recording Academy (NARAS), also known as The Grammys.
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