Congratulations to AIMP Grammy Nominees and Winners

Congratulations to ALL AIMP nominees and winners and a special Shout Out to Bug music with 62 nominations and taking home 15 Grammys. 

Billboard Latin Conference & Awards

Billboard Latin Conference & Awards - Members pay only $549 until February 12th (regularly $700) to be held April 26-29 in San Juan Puerto Rico.

Podcasts Available

We have made Podcasts available for Download for members On The Go!  Go to podcast  section and follow the directions. Don't miss the discussion led by the NMPA's Jay Rosenthal.

AIMP Holiday Performance - Vodcast

Don't miss seeing the 2009 Holiday Panel hosted by KCRW's Gary Calamar with fabulous performances by Ben Lee, Avi Buffalo, Inara George and Van Dyke Parks. Members can view here: 

Cathy Merenda Receives Award

Cathy Merenda was awarded for her service as AIMP president from 2007- 2009:

David Forman / Forman Bros. Holdings

"Wasted" by MAMONTOVAS (from Lithuania) - Forman Bros. Recordings/Zelig Music (BMI)

About Forman Bros. Holdings, Inc.

Forman Bros. Holdings, Inc established in 1995 as an International A&R/Marketing company, brokering deals for Luciano Pavarotti, Al Jarreau, Lionsgate soundtracks, Tommy James, etc..  Their International Neighboring Rights business along with global colleagues are extremely successful in recovering performance revenues owed artist and master owners in all countries that are signatory to the Rome Convention Treaty of 1961. Clients include: Jimi Hendrix, Ray Charles, Al Jarreau.  Publishing divisions, Parc & Laurier Music and Zelig Music along with Forman Bros. Recordings, scout music from various parts of the globe and work closely with music supervisors in Film, TV, Trailers and advertising.  Additional marketing affiliations have included: media partnerships with The GRAMMY Awards® and The City Of Hope.

(Brief History) About David Forman

Native of Montreal, Canada, David attended music conservatory and majored in orchestral arrangement.  Business career began in L.A. early 1972 at MGM / Verve Records.  Transferred to San Francisco in 1973.  A few years later through the parent company’s’ (PolyGram) purchase of Mercury Records, David was recruited to handle the marketplace and where he broke Thin Lizzy.  Other Mercury acts included: 10CC, BTO, The Ohio Players, Graham Parker, & The Runaways.   In 1976 he joined RCA Records S.F. and then as the Western Regional Director working closely with The Jefferson Starship (Airplane), Hall & Oates, Dolly Parton, John Denver, David Bowie, The Kinks, Triumph, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Vladimir Horowitz, Henry Mancini, Waylon Jennings, and others. In 1984 he founded a new venture, Clásica Moderna, a Spanish language record & management company to develop Spanish rock music (pioneering Rock en Español).  He also lent Spanish language radio promotion support for The Gipsy Kings.   In 1990 back on the Anglo side of the business as head of adult promotion for Columbia Records working closely with Billy Joel, James Taylor, Kenny Loggins, Harry Connick Jr., Bruce Springsteen, Mariah Carey, Michael Bolton, and liaison to Julio Iglesias.  1995 brought him back to his first love of the International marketplace where he’s extremely well respected among the International music community.   David is a 25+ year voting member of the Recording Academy, member of the City Of Hope Entertainment Committee, and holds memberships to the California Copyright Conference and Assoc. of Independent Music Publishers.

www.formanbros.com/

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