Jay Frank
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Jay Frank is an American author and music industry executive. His book, Futurehit. DNA was published in 2009. He is currently the Senior Vice President of Music Strategy for Country Music Television
, which he joined in 2007. He lives in Nashville, TN with his wife and daughter.
, Frank managed a music venue, programmed broadcast radio stations, and created two local music video shows. He then acted as a marketing and A&R for Ignition Records before serving as senior music director at The Box Music Network. Prior to joining CMT
in 2007, Frank was Vice President of Music Programming and Label Relations for Yahoo! Music.
Frank is an avid blogger and published his first book, Futurehit. DNA, in 2009. In the book, Frank studies what elements have contributed to past hit songs, including available technology, song structure, and instrumentation, and fifteen points he believes songwriters today must consider if they want to write hit songs. "Futurehit.DNA" has garnered mostly positive reviews.
Frank sits on the Board of Directors of the Academy of Country Music and Leadership Music, and is a member of NARAS, the CRS Marketing Committee, and Leadership Music Digital Summit.
Frank has spoken about music technology at such conferences as The New Music Seminar,
South by Southwest, Canadian Music Week, ASCAP Expo, Digital Music Forum, MusExpo, CMJ, SF Music Tech Summit, Mobile Entertainment Summit, and MIDEM. He was an instructor at the Rock and Load Music Group 2010 University Event, and is scheduled to speak at the NMS and SXSW conferences in 2011, among others.
CMT
- Medicine :* California mastitis test* Certified Massage Therapist* Cervical motion tenderness, a sign of pelvic inflammatory disease* Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease* Chemically modified tetracyclines* Circus Movement Tachycardia...
, which he joined in 2007. He lives in Nashville, TN with his wife and daughter.
Career
After earning a Bachelor of Science degree from Ithaca CollegeIthaca College
Ithaca College is a private college located on the South Hill of Ithaca, New York. The school was founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music. The college has a strong liberal arts core, but also offers several pre-professional programs and some graduate programs. The college is...
, Frank managed a music venue, programmed broadcast radio stations, and created two local music video shows. He then acted as a marketing and A&R for Ignition Records before serving as senior music director at The Box Music Network. Prior to joining CMT
CMT
- Medicine :* California mastitis test* Certified Massage Therapist* Cervical motion tenderness, a sign of pelvic inflammatory disease* Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease* Chemically modified tetracyclines* Circus Movement Tachycardia...
in 2007, Frank was Vice President of Music Programming and Label Relations for Yahoo! Music.
Frank is an avid blogger and published his first book, Futurehit. DNA, in 2009. In the book, Frank studies what elements have contributed to past hit songs, including available technology, song structure, and instrumentation, and fifteen points he believes songwriters today must consider if they want to write hit songs. "Futurehit.DNA" has garnered mostly positive reviews.
Frank sits on the Board of Directors of the Academy of Country Music and Leadership Music, and is a member of NARAS, the CRS Marketing Committee, and Leadership Music Digital Summit.
Frank has spoken about music technology at such conferences as The New Music Seminar,
South by Southwest, Canadian Music Week, ASCAP Expo, Digital Music Forum, MusExpo, CMJ, SF Music Tech Summit, Mobile Entertainment Summit, and MIDEM. He was an instructor at the Rock and Load Music Group 2010 University Event, and is scheduled to speak at the NMS and SXSW conferences in 2011, among others.