Former President of the storied Rykodisc label and founder of Slow River Records, George Howard is an accomplished musician, producer, executive, and educator. He currently holds posts as Assistant Professor of Management at Loyola University, and editor and frequent contributor to Artists House. He is the author of Getting Signed! An Insider's Guide to the Record Industry, and Publishing 101, both aimed at educating aspiring artists in how to succeed in a music industry game that at times seems rigged against them.
Sandy Hinderlie is Professor of Music and Director of the Music Technology Center at Loyola University New Orleans. He has studied composition with Martin Mailman, Larry Austin, and Merrill Ellis, and studied jazz piano with Dan Haerle.
Larry Lorenz is the A. Louis Read Distinguished Professor of Mass Communication, and Interim Dean of the College of Social Sciences, at Loyola University New Orleans.
Mark J. Davis is a founding partner of Eveline Davis & Phillips, New Orleans' premiere music and entertainment law firm, and an Instructor of Music Business at Loyola University New Orleans. He specializes in copyright and entertainment law.
John Snyder is President and founder of Artists House Music, as well as Conrad N. Hilton Eminent Scholar in Music Industry Studies at Loyola University New Orleans. A distinguished producer, Snyder has worked on over 300 albums including over 30 Grammy nominees and five Grammy winners, and has held executive posts at several major labels.
Phil Frohnmayer is a Professor of Voice and Coordinator of Vocal Activities at Loyola University New Orleans. He has recorded for Centaur and Albany Records and regularly appears as a soloist with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and the New Orleans Opera.
