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Breaking Into The Business with Tom Derr

Tom Derr
Tom Derr is a founder of New York-based independent label Rock Ridge Music and a long-time music industry veteran who has held posts at RCA, A&M and Universal Records.
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Tom Derr, co-founder of Rock Ridge Music, talks with students at Loyola University about his background in the music industry. He describes how he started out working in a record store and went on to open his own record store. From there, Tom worked at many smaller labels and eventually ended up with positions at both RCA and Universal Records and had a close working relationship with the Dave Matthews Band.



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Apr-06
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