Crystal Clear:
As reported via Breaking News, April Rider, Clay Henderson, Matt Galvin, Natalie Kilgore and Josh Brown have joined Quartz Hill Records for in-house promotion, marketing, publicity and A&R duties. Rider serves as VP/Promotion & Marketing; Henderson has been named Dir./National Syndication & Strategic Marketing, Regional Promotion & Marketing; and Galvin joins as Dir./National Promotion & Marketing. Kilgore serves as VP/Publicity & Integrated Marketing, and Brown will handle Coord./A&R Creative and A&R Administration duties. It is a reunion for Rider, Henderson, Kilgore and Brown, who previously worked for Quartz Hill founder Benny Brown at BBR Music Group. “April, Clay, Natalie and Josh were instrumental in many of our key successes at BBRMG, and Matt’s great success at RCA speaks for itself,” says Brown. Reach Rider here, Henderson here, Galvin here, Kilgore here and Brown here.
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