Thursday, March 12th is crossover day and the need to get legislation from one chamber to the other is critical for a bill to survive. We are tracking and supporting several bills as well as keeping an eye on some troublesome trends we are seeing nationally to keep them from arising here. SB 441: Amendment to Georgia Music Investment …
Meet Aneesah Bray, GMP’s Secretary
Aneesah Bray holds multiple executive roles: She is the CEO of Creative Collective Capital (C3), the Principle at Aneesah Bray Consulting, and the President of GPP (GMP’s equivalent organization on the film side). She made Georgia home back in 1994. We sat down for a quick interview about her roots and her career in music: What did music represent …
GMP’s New Year Reception
Last week on January 8th GMP hosted a special reception to celebrate Georgia’s Music Industry. The event took place at Pandora’s ATL offices and attended by a diverse representation of our music community including artists, managers, promoters, educators, various service providers, and more. We knew the evening was a success when folks kept saying they ran out of business cards mid-way …
Legislative update – January 2020
On Monday January 13th, the 155th Georgia General Assembly will convene for the the second session. GMP will continue to monitor and track any and all legislation that will affect our diverse industry. We anticipate several new bills to be introduced as well as some changes to existing music incentives. Currently, HB 347 – introduced by Representative Josh …
GMP’S YEAR OF GROWTH AND EXPANSION
Dear Friends of Georgia’s Music Industry, GMP has been quite busy this past year on multiple fronts, and we are finishing the year strong: We’re continuing our partnership with Sound Diplomacy mapping the studios and venues in Fulton County. We have conducted scores of interviews and collected hundreds of data points, which will be assembled into a final report in …
Legislative Update from GMP
** Update on House Bill 347 ** Dear friends of the arts, Georgia Music Partners would like to thank all the supporters, sponsors and members that reached out to their legislators in support of HB347. This bill was introduced as a cleanup bill in order to make the necessary changes to the original bill that would allow it to be …
President Update: GMP’s Recording Studios Directory
This year has flown by fast, and I find it hard to believe it’s already summer. We’ve been planning our marketing approach to the Georgia Music Tax Incentive, working diligently with our Task Forces to define go-to-market tactics, as well as strategizing with our Member Companies about the “Aggregation” concept. The aggregation concept is designed to allow entities who are …
GMP President Update – March 2018
Dear GMP Community, It has been a few weeks since our last update. As you will see below, we have been very active putting in motions plans in line with the mission I articulated in my last email. Today’s update covers the following: An update about the activities of our three core Committees, (i) Legislative Affairs, (ii) Workforce Readiness …
GMP is off to a great start in 2018
Happy January everyone, I’m pleased to report that GMP is off to a great start in 2018! Last week was a pretty big week: Not only did we spread the word during Grammy Week in NYC by sponsoring the Music Business Association’s global NY:LON Connect conference kick-off lunch with ChooseATL, the following day Billboard ran an amazing piece on the …
Important News From Tammy
Friends, It has been a privilege and humbling experience to serve as president of Georgia Music Partners (GMP) these last 7 years. With a huge legislative win and Governor Deal’s signing of HB 155 into Georgia’s Music Investment Act, the stage is set for Georgia to exponentially grow its music industry. While I have very much enjoyed being at the …
