TESS TAYLOR
President, NARIP
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Tess Taylor is founder and president of the Los Angeles Music Network (LAMN), established in 1988, and the National Association of Record Industry Professionals (NARIP), established in 1998. Based in Los Angeles, NARIP has branch operations in New York, Las Vegas and London, and promotes career advancement, education and good will among record
executives.

Ms. Taylor is a frequent instructor, music business lecturer and speaker at institutions such as the Harvard Business School, New York University, the Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum, Berklee College of Music, University of California Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Music and Entertainment Industry Educator's Association International Symposium (2000 and 2002) and others. A popular guest speaker and participant in industry conferences internationally, she served as
Conference Chair for Musicom4 (1998), as keynote for Berklee College of Music Summer Conference (2003), as keynote for the University of Florida’s Music Law Conference (2005) and as keynote for the SAG / AFTRA Entertainment Industry Resource Summit (2005).

As a consultant, Ms. Taylor’s clients have included InsideSessions, a joint venture between the Universal Music Group and Penguin Putnam, Inc., as well as independent labels and Internet start-ups.  She is on
the Board of Directors of the Golden Magnolia International Song Festival and a member of the Executive Committee for the Entertainment Section of the City of Hope Charities, the Industry Relations Committee for the Digital Coast Roundtable and the Music Committee for the Entertainment Professional Publicists Society.

Knowledgeable about a wide range of music and record industry issues, Ms. Taylor is a frequently quoted analyst of industry developments in entertainment trade and consumer publications, and a sought-after source
of information and commentary. Her analyses have appeared recently in Billboard Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, Radio & Records, USA Today,
Newsweek, Source Magazine, the Chicago Sun Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Daily News, Daily Variety, Musician Magazine, Wired and
wire services such as Reuters Ltd., and in international business press.   She has been a featured expert on National Public Radio's "Hollywood Wrap," the Fox News Channel, German TV (ARD’s “Tagesthemen”), Leo Laporte’s “Tech Talk” show on Los Angeles’ #1 radio station KFI-AM 640, "For The Record" on KPFK 90.7-FM and in other news media.

 From 1988 to 1993 Ms. Taylor was employed at MCA Records, Inc., last serving as Associate Director of Marketing Coordination. A classically trained pianist, she studied music at the University of Vienna and is a
Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Redlands' Johnston College where she received her BA degree in music, German and literature. As a soloist, Ms. Taylor has performed professionally in Europe and the United States.

The author of many articles and interviews with top record executives, Ms. Taylor is at work on a book about the music business.  She is editor of the official publications of NARIP and LAMN.  Also a talent judge at US and international talent competitions, Ms. Taylor recently participated at Universal Talent Prague (Czech Republic) and the Golden Magnolia International Song Festival (Baton Rouge), and in 2005 will represent the US in Bucharest (Rumania) and Malta.  Through her work in the US and abroad she has helped connect countless people to industry jobs and opportunities, and facilitated in launching hundreds of projects and several companies.  She can be reached at (818) 769-7007 or
via email at tess@narip.com. Correspondence: P.O. Box 2446, Toluca Lake, California  91610-2446.