Samuel F.

Forbert
Nashville, Tennessee Mobile: (615) 480-3397 Email: Samuel.Forbert@gmail .com

Music Business / Live Production Bachelors Degree in the Fields of Music Business and Record Production
Objective: Summary: Skills: Mid-Level Position in the Nashville Music Business More than Six years of experience in Music Business and Recording Engineering Fluent in programs and software including: - FileMaker - ProTools - Moviemaker - Microsoft Excel - Microsoft Access - Microsoft PowerPoint - Adobe Photoshop - Html formatting and web design

Education
Bachelor of Science in Production and Technology / Music Business Middle Tennessee State University, Recording Industry Fall Class of 2010
Relevant Key Courses taken include: - Copyright Law - Contracts and Legal Issues in the Recording Industry - Survey of Recording Industry - Music Publishing - Audio for Media - Principals of Management - Fundamentals of Communication - Recording Studio Techniques, Advanced

Work Experience

PRODUCTION MANAGER Sonia Leigh, Artist on Zac Browns Southern Ground Records Term: September 2010 to Present
Sonia Leigh and her band tour both as a headlining act and as a supporting act, playing as support for all of the Zac Brown Bands dates as well as on other various tours and runs with artists such as Eric Church, David Nail, Uncle Kracker, and Willie Nelson, thusfar in my employment with the group.

Responsibilities Include:
- Stage Manager - Meeting with house production to discuss set times, other acts, stage limitations, lighting, etc. / Overseeing load-in/out / Instructing local help / Systematically arranging musicians and equipment across the stage / Distributing power / Meeting with opening/following acts to discuss sharing the stage (striking, change-overs, set-times, etc.) / Placing set lists, notes, water, towels, etc. - Equipment Manager - Setting up equipment / Performing routine maintenance on equipment / Buying and Ordering new equipment (drum heads, strings, picks, sticks, pedals, cables, batteries, etc. / Making sure all equipment enters and leaves the venue each night - Monitor Engineer - Setting up the monitor console and wireless systems / Scanning and assigning wireless frequencies / Engineering the band's in-ear mixes during performances - Guitar Technician - Swapping guitars and replacing strings during performances / Routinely inspecting instruments / Cleaning - Merchandise Manager - Overseeing Count-Ins/Outs / Briefing merchsellers / Overseeing venue payouts / Recording, Logging and Mailing sales at the end of each night / Keeping inventory and ordering new stock / Submitting SoundScan reports each week .

ARTIST MANAGER SFAM Sam Forbert Arstist Management Term: 2006 to 2012 Responsibilities Include:
- Booking local and regional dates, totaling an estimated two-hundred dates throughout 48 of the 50 U.S. states - Travelling as Tour Manager, fulfilling contracts - Creating Web pages, Show Fliers, Posters, Merchandise, and all promotional items - Creating and Administrating websites and social media networks (Facebook, Myspace, Purevolume, Last.fm, etc.) - Creating and editing live music and promotional videos - Booking studio dates, Producing albums, Distributing albums digitally (iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, etc.) - Setting up and running online merchstores, fulfilling merch orders - Arranging Interviews, Album reviews and Features with Magazines, Webzines and Promotion Companies - Contacting Record Labels and negotiating contracts

* Basically, anything and everything from renting rehearsal spaces to negotiating record contracts

INTERN ROAR, Artist Management Term: January 2010 to September 2011

Working in the Nashville office which manages such acts as the Zac Brown Band, Gaelic Storm, Joey + Rory, Sonia Leigh, Nic Cowan, and Levi Lowery.

Responsibilities Include:
Sending, Receiving and Logging Booking Contracts Reaching out to businesses and organizations in terms of achieving local promotion for tour dates Creating and sending promotional items to venues and surrounding businesses Creating day-to-day tour itineraries Updating and administrating social media sites Sending Merchandise to artists while on the road Overseeing newsblasts and email updates Assisting co-workers with their daily tasks

Other Work History:

Position: Event Coordinator Balloon Media, Inc. Event Planning, Entertainment and Advertising Nashville, Tennessee Term: January 2010 to December 2010 Position: Public Events Vanderbilt Medical Center Marketing Dept. Nashville, TN Term: May 2008 to January 2010 *Irrelevant work history consecutively dates back to 2003, ask for details

References
Caitlin Stone Artist Manager at ROAR Nashville Phone: (615) 858-1282 Scott Huber Tour Manager (Dixie Chicks, Sister Hazel, Sonia Leigh...) Phone: (404) 226-8781

Chris Rushin Front of House Engineer (Allman Brothers, Government Mule, Sonia Leigh...) Phone: (615) 415-1676 Sandee Tishler Director of Outreach & Promotions for Vanderbilt University Medical Center Phone: (615) 936-0301

Samuel Forbert

113 Academy Square, Nashville, Tennessee 37210 Email: Samuel.Forbert@gmail .com

Phone: (615) 480-3397