Bryan R. Adams

Current

Founder at FAB Communications, Inc.

Past

Associate Director, Publicity at Jive/Zomba
Manager, Media Relations at Tommy Boy Music
Charts & Research at Billboard Magazine

Intern at MJI Broadcasting

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Education

Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus

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500+ connections

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Public Relations and Communications

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Bryan R. Adams’s Summary

Nearly 19 years experience in entertainment industry. The first six as Manager/Director of Public Relations at record labels such as Tommy Boy Music and Jive/Zomba.
The last 13 as the owner of FAB Communications, handling campaigns in the fields of music, film, theater, publishing, restaurants, finance, politics, fashion, and small business.
Also casted a Joel Schumacher-directed PSA for MTV in 2000.
On the board of networking organizations such as TNBA and Business Briefing Network.

Bryan R. Adams’s Specialties:

Music, film, authors, small business, entrepreneurs

Bryan R. Adams’s Experience

Founder

FAB Communications, Inc.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

November 1996 — Present (12 years 9 months)

Get clients.
Get clients in newspapers, magazines, television.
Get same clients to refer me new clients.
Repeat step two.
Chase checks.
Associate Director, Publicity

Jive/Zomba

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Music industry)

June 1996 — October 1996 (5 months)

Headed up the label's PR department. Directly responsible for the publicity campaigns of E-40, Keith Murray, Too Short, Joe, and KRS-One.
Manager, Media Relations

Tommy Boy Music

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Music industry)

October 1990 — June 1996 (5 years 9 months)

Second in command in the Media Relations department at innovative record label. By the time I was done there, I had worked with a variety of artists:
Queen Latifah, RuPaul, House of Pain, Coolio, De La Soul, Digital Underground, Naughty By Nature.
Placed Coolio on his first national cover - The Source 10/94.
Charts & Research

Billboard Magazine

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)

February 1990 — October 1990 (9 months)

Part-time in the Charts/Research department. This was back in the days before Soundscan and BDS. We actually had to call record stores and radio stations to get their top 100 lists. Then we enter the codes in the computer, and voila!
Your chart for the week. One of the most fun jobs ever.
Intern

MJI Broadcasting

(Public Relations and Communications industry)

1988 — 1988 (less than a year)

Bryan R. Adams’s Education

Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus

BFA , Communications , 1986 — 1989

Activities and Societies:

Radio station, tutor, business librarian, intramural basketball