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Music can diffuse into virtually any area—from playing music in a band to writing music for a television series, or owning your own music business venture.

26 LEADERS WITHIN MUSIC

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  Aleks Zavaleta

  Executive Director
  Loco Bloco
  Other interests: Art, Non-Profit Organizations
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  Ann Powers

  Rock Journalist/Senior Curator
  Experience Music Project
  Other interests: Journalism, Writing
• 
  Ben Zander

  Music Conductor
  Boston Philharmonic
  Other interests: Writing
• 
  Chris Wink

  Creator
  Blue Man Group
  Other interests: Acting & Theatre
• 
  Cliff Antone

  Owner
  Antone's Blues Club
  Other interests: Entrepreneurship
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  Damon Dash

  Hip-Hop Mogul
  Roc-A-Fella Records
  Other interests: Entrepreneurship
• 
  David Fricke

  Senior Editor
  Rolling Stone Magazine
  Other interests: Journalism, Writing
• 
  David Margulies

  Director
  High Sierra Music Festival
  
• 
  Gregory Carroll

  CEO
  American Jazz Museum
  
• 
  Henry Juszkiewicz

  CEO
  Gibson Guitar Corp.
  Other interests: Business
• 
  Jehmu Greene

  Executive Director
  Rock The Vote
  Other interests: Politics
• 
  Jim Derogatis

  Music Critic
  Chicago Sun-Times
  Other interests: Journalism, Writing
• 
  John Richards

  Radio DJ
  KEXP, Seattle, WA
  Other interests: Radio
• 
  Jonathan Poneman

  Co-Founder
  Sub Pop Records
  Other interests: Entrepreneurship
• 
  Karen Pearson

  Co-owner/Manager
  Amoeba Music
  Other interests: Entrepreneurship
• 
  Keith Stegall

  Singer/Songwriter/Producer
  
• 
  Lance Bangs

  Filmmaker/Music Video Director
  Other interests: Film
• 
  Larry Weintraub

  Founder
  Fanscape
  Other interests: Entrepreneurship
• 
  Marylou Badeaux

  Former VP of Special Projects
  Warner Bros. Records
  
• 
  Mike Thorne

  Coordinator
  Maximumrocknroll Magazine
  Other interests: Journalism, Writing
• 
  Ralph Murphy

  Vice President
  ASCAP
  
• 
  Rickey Minor

  Music Director
  American Idol
  Other interests: Television
• 
  Rita Simo

  Founder
  People's Music School
  Other interests: Education, Non-Profit Organizations
• 
  Steve Schankman

  Founder
  Contemporary Productions
  Other interests: Entrepreneurship
• 
  Terry Stewart

  CEO
  Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
  Other interests: Business
• 
  Tracy McKnight

  President & Music Supervisor
  Commotion Records
  Other interests: Film