Biographie de l'auteur :
TOM LONG HAS OVER THIRTY FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE AS A MUSIC BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL. THIS GEORGIA NATIVE CO-FOUNDED THE ATLANTA SONGWRITERS ASSOCIATION IN THE LATE SEVENTIES WHILE BEING EMPLOYED BY THE LOWERY MUISC ORGANIZATION AND RECEIVED A MANAGEMENT DEGREE FROM GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY. AFTER MOVING TO NASHVILLE IN 1981, TOM SERVED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE NASHVILLE SONGWRITERS ASSOCIATION WHLIE WORKING FOR TREE PUBLISHING COMPANY WHERE HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SEVERAL NUMBER ONE RECORDS SUCH AS “COMMON MAN” FOR JOHN CONLEE AND “SOMEONE’S GONNA LOVE YOU” FOR LEE GREENWOOD, “YOU’RE GONNA RUIN MY BAD REPETITION” BY RONNIE MCDOWELL. TOM SPEND A DECADE (1984 THRU 1994) AS NASHVILLE DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP FOR ASCAP (AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS, AUTHORS, AND PUBLISHERS) AND GRADUATED FROM THE LEADSHIP MUSIC PROGRAM. ANNE MURRAY HIRED TOM IN 1994 TO HEAD UP HER PUBLISHING COMPANY, BALMUR ENTERTAINMENT, AND DURING HIS SIX YEARS THERE ENJOYED 10 NUMBER ONE SONGS IN VARIOUS CHARTS. IN 2001 SONYATV MUSIC ACQUIRED TOM TO SERVE AS CATALOG MANAGER WHERE HE WAS INSRUMENTAL IN THE PRODUCTION OF SPECIAL PROJECTS FOR THE KENTUCKY HEADHUNTERS, BRENDA LEE AND PAT BOONE AMOUNG OTHERS.. CURRENTLY TOM IS OWNER AND PRESIDENT OF HIS OWN PUBLISHING COMPANY (THAT-A-FLY MUSIC)
Présentation de l'éditeur :
Tom Long, music industry profession from Atlanta Ga, and 30 years in Nashville music publishing bought this guitar after returning from Vietinam in 1968, which has been with him on an incredible music journey and career of over 40 years from Atlanta, Ga to Music City USA! Over 200 well known artists and writers have etched their signatures in this cherished friend, a Yamaha FG-180 guitar. The stories and photos with each signing over the years will reveal many untold stories we want to share with you in this book. But let the guitar do the talking, because "This Guitar Can Talk!"
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