Tom Lee

Current

A&R at Liberal Arts Music - Joint Venture with EMI Music Publishing
A&R at Mercury Records
CEO and Founder at Gritty Committee, LLC

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Past

A&R at Columbia Records
Online and Emerging Technologies at Sony Music Entertainment
Online and Emerging Technologies Intern at Columbia Records

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Education

City University of New York-Baruch College

Connections

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Industry

Entertainment

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Tom Lee’s Experience

A&R

Liberal Arts Music - Joint Venture with EMI Music Publishing

(Publishing industry)

October 2008 — Present (10 months)

Responsible for the discovery and signing of Ryan Gillmor

Identify and sign talent
A&R

Mercury Records

(Music industry)

June 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

Responsible for the discovery and signing of Neon Trees

Talent scouting
Artist Development
New Music Research
Grassroots Marketing
Management of Mercury Records social networking sites
Creation and management of Mercury Records national scout program
CEO and Founder

Gritty Committee, LLC

(Entertainment industry)

November 2006 — Present (2 years 9 months)

Artist management
Securing placements/business opportunities for artist roster
A&R

Columbia Records

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Music industry)

January 2004 — June 2006 (2 years 6 months)

Responsible for the discovery and signing of multi-platinum, grammy award winning artist John Legend; Assisted in the discovery of gold selling artist Coheed & Cambria.

Talent scouting
New music research
Artist development
Grassroots marketing
Managed the Columbia Records in-house scouting program
Online and Emerging Technologies

Sony Music Entertainment

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SNE; Entertainment industry)

1999 — December 2004 (5 years)

Helped devise and implement digital marketing strategies for all Sony Music artists
Online and Emerging Technologies Intern

Columbia Records

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Music industry)

1998 — 1999 (1 year)

Contest setup/fulfillment for Columbia Records online contests
Maintained artist bulletin boards for the Columbia Records roster
Created/distributed online information packs for the company
General administrative tasks for the online services department