The Association of Music Producers (AMP) has announced new officers to serve on its national board. Lyle Greenfield of Bang Music, New York, is set for a two-year term as president of AMP. First VP is Ray Foote of Big Foote Music, New York. Second VP is Liz Myers of Trivers/Myers Music, El Segundo, Calif., and Jan Horowitz of David Horowitz Music Associates (DHMA), New York, is AMP secretary.
Also elected to the AMP national board were: Craig Hazen of Zen Music, Brooklyn Heights, N.Y.; Larry Pecorella of Comma Music and Sound Design, Chicago and Santa Monica (Pecorella is also president of AMP’s Midwest chapter); Jon Slott of Juniper Music, Dallas; Andy Snavley of Bendy Music, Inglewood, Calif.; and Roger Wojahn of Wojahn Bros. Music, Santa Monica.
Greenfield succeeds Tiffany Senft of tonefarmer, New York, who is immediate past president of the AMP board. “Since the national board was formed last year, it has taken on many tasks, including exploring performing rights issues and compensation models,” said Greenfield, who served on the 2007 national board and is a past president of the New York chapter. “As AMP celebrates its tenth anniversary, our intention is to turn up the volume–from celebrating the work of our member companies to increasing our presence and respect at the heart of the production process.”
Initiatives currently before the ’08 AMP national board include the introduction of new business tools to streamline workflow, and forward-looking discussions with the musicians’ union involving contract models for new media. Additionally, AMP will host a multi-city event this spring to celebrate its 10-year anniversary.
AMP was founded in 1998 for the purpose of educating its members, as well as the production, advertising and media communities, on all facets of music production, from creation to final use. The national board was formed in ’07 to work with the regional chapters in setting the agenda for the organization, and to support those chapters in their own programs and initiatives.
Gene Hackman Died Of Heart Disease; Hantavirus Claimed His Wife’s Life About One Week Prior
Actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease a full week after his wife died from hantavirus in their New Mexico hillside home, likely unaware that she was dead because he was in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease, authorities revealed Friday. Both deaths were ruled to be from natural causes, chief medical examiner Dr. Heather Jarrell said alongside state fire and health officials at a news conference. "Mr. Hackman showed evidence of advanced Alzheimer's disease," Jarrell said. "He was in a very poor state of health. He had significant heart disease, and I think ultimately that's what resulted in his death." Authorities didn't suspect foul play after the bodies of Hackman, 95, and Betsy Arakawa, 65, were discovered Feb 26. Immediate tests for carbon monoxide poisoning were negative. Investigators found that the last known communication and activity from Arakawa was Feb. 11 when she visited a pharmacy, pet store and grocery before returning to their gated neighborhood that afternoon, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said Friday. Hackman's pacemaker last showed signs of activity a week later and that he had an abnormal heart rhythm Feb. 18, the day he likely died, Jarrell said. Although there was no reliable way to determine the date and time when both died, all signs point to their deaths coming a week apart, Jarrell said. "It's quite possible he was not aware she was deceased," Jarrell said. Dr. Michael Baden, a former New York City medical examiner, said he believes Hackman was severely impaired due to Alzheimer's disease and unable to deal with his wife's death in the last week of his life. "You are talking about very severe Alzheimer's disease that normal people would be in a nursing home or have a nurse, but she was taking care... Read More