About the Author Steve Moore

"The Truth About the Music Business"
By Steve Moore, B.A., J.D., Author

About the Author

Education:

Meridian High School 1980 - Meridian, MS

Bachelor of Arts, University of MS, 1985 - Oxford, MS
Honors and Associations:
Artist Series Committee 3 years
Associated Student Body Concert Committee 2 years
Deans List/Chancellors List
Alpha Lambda Delta/Alpha Epsilon Delta/Gamma Beta Phi (Honorary Societies)

Juris Doctorate, University of MS, 1990 - Oxford, MS
President-Lamar International Society of Law
Vice-President-Lamar International Society of Law
Secretary - Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity
Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association Student Division
Secretary - MTLA Student Division
Disc Jockey/Programmer U-92 Campus Radio

Work Experience:

Author: “The Truth About the Music Business” 2005

Owner/Operator High Cotton Records 2001 to Present
An ongoing project set up to promote, market and distribute my current solo project as well as to help local artists and entertainers to record their music and to have the opportunity for advancement in the entertainment industry. Instead of signing bands to the label, I offer partnerships with the label and agree to provide assistance by obtaining financing and assisting with manufacturing, promotion, and distribution as well as offering advice and counsel for the artists in relation to their entertainment careers. Designed and developed websites, which included posting all HTML, graphic files, sound files, and meta-tags for our very limited roster and for my solo project. I do not plan to pursue this further as a career move but more for the sake of sharing my experience with local artists and to help them out in any way that I can as well as testing the waters in regards to my solo projects.

Attorney, Founder & Senior/Managing Partner
Steve Moore & Associates, Attorneys at Law
30 Music Square West, Nashville, TN 1991-2001
Managed and directed this law firm that practiced with a focus on Entertainment law, Intellectual Property and General Practice. Extensive experience in litigation, contract drafting & negotiation, collections (both intrastate and interstate), as well as many other facets of the law. Represented numerous independent record companies, publishing companies, artists, bands, songwriters, etc. Attended MIDEM the International Music Festival, in Cannes, France each year from 1991-1996 (Conversational in French and some Spanish). Attended SXSW several times since 1991, as well as many other music and business conferences throughout North America, the Caribbean, and Central America. Worked in most major markets worldwide. Moderated and/or assisted on several forums for the Nashville Entertainment Bar.
Published Articles in two separate issues of Gibson Guitar Magazine in regards to the music business.
I spoke at many different music conferences from Atlanta to St. Louis and more.

Vice-President/Director: American Resource Network, Inc. Nashville, TN 1995 –1998 Handled contract negotiations, raised investment capital, assisted with marketing, and participated in the day-to-day operations of this company that was involved in Telecommunications and Investment Banking in Moscow, C.I.S. of Russia, Kyrghystan, C.I.S. of Russia, as well as Frankfurt, Germany. Oversaw the negotiations for obtaining the licenses and frequencies to government owned satellites for mobile telecommunications, paging and static digital telecommunications with Com-Ex a Kyrgyz corporation that was the Russian Counterpart of A.R.N., Inc.

President, Director, Shareholder: Dragon Acoustics, Inc., Nashville, TN 1993-1995
Developed a near field live reference monitoring system for drummers with other related applications. This system was designed to cut down on stage volume and increase the ability of the drummer to control what is heard on stage and further limiting feedback problems created by most monitoring systems. Our monitors were entirely unique in the music industry. We signed product endorsements with Fred Satterfield of the Oak Ridge Boys and Donny Wynn of Brooks & Dunn. I assisted with the purchasing, marketing, distribution and oversaw all facets of production as well as the day-to-day operations.

President, Director, Shareholder: Online Multimedia, Inc., Nashville, TN 1991-1993
Prior to the proliferation of the World Wide Web, Online Multimedia partnered with the now defunct CompuServe (Swallowed unceremoniously by AOL/Time Warner) and brokered fan based information for the music industry, hosted the first on-line chats with major recording artists such as Warren Zevon, Lou Reed, Bob Welch, and Thomas Dolby, as well as setting up the first music downloads on the Internet. We brokered the first full release by a major recording artist on the Internet before any radio release with the band Aerosmith. Unfortunately, due to technology restraints at the time, we were limited to PK.ZIP for compression and at best 14.4-28.8 KPbs for transmission through CompuServe music forums which works out to approximately a 7-hour or more download for around 3 minutes of music.

Owner/Operator New South Productions and New South Records 1981-1989
Handled Booking, Promotions, Distribution, Marketing, and Production of a small independent record label and production company that catered to college radio and the college market. We also offered live sound and lighting, equipment rental and 24/7 on call equipment/parts delivery service. We offered guitar strings, drumheads, cables, fuses, amps, microphones, etc., (All Peavey Sound Gear!) with FREE delivery service to any venue at ANY time at a very unreasonable price. We opened the commercial recording studio in 1983 where I engineered and/or produced a number of EP’s and LP’s for a wide variety of local and regional artists in Oxford, MS. The studio was closed in 1986 when I moved to Austin, TX.

Professional Musician 1977-to present. Toured and played both solo and with Steve Moore & The New South, an alternative rock band based in Oxford, MS. Toured extensively as a sideman and opening act with Keith Sykes of Backstreet/MCA Records as well as Memphis Records and many others. Recorded my first full E.P. at Ardent Studios, Memphis, TN in 1984. Spent a year in Austin, TX (1986-7) as a sideman, songwriter, and solo artist before returning to MS to tour regionally. I continued to work full-time as a musician and in the music business with New South Productions as I attended law school. I begain to play music live again upon my return to Meridian to be closer to my family...but plan to return to practicing law soon.

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