Chris Knab
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Consulting |
| Location | Seattle, Washington, United States |
| Introduction | Christopher Knab is the owner of FourFront Media and Music, a Seattle based consultation service dedicated to helping musicians help themselves with the business of music.He is the former owner of the Aquarius Record store in San Francisco, a former president of the Northwest Area Music Association, former Station Manager of Seattle’s alternative radio station KCMU (now KEXP 90.3FM), and co-founder and Vice President of 415/Columbia Records. He was on the faculty of the Music Business and Audio Production programs at the Art Institute of Seattle for 18 years. He is also the co-author along with entertainment law attorney Bartley F. Day of Music Is Your Business: The Musician’s FourFront Strategy for Success, now in its 3rd Edition. Along with Mr. Day he co-wrote a chapter on distribution options for Independent labels in the book: The Musician’s Business and Legal Guide, published by Prentice-Hall. His website, http://www.fourfrontmusic.com has been online since 1995 and features articles and podcasts intended to help bands and artists learn how to promote, market, and sell their music. |
| Interests | The current state of the music business and its rapidly changing way of doing business for independent artists and bands |
| Favorite movies | Pulp Fiction, Little Murders, The Man Who Would Be King, Raging Bull, Bullets Over Broadway, Pleasantville, GlenGarry GlenRoss,Bladerunner, A Serious Man, The Hurt Locker and on and on. |
| Favorite music | Peter Green of(The Original Fleetwood Mac), Jeff Beck, Procol Harum, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Hu Dost, Alfred Brendel,Roxy Music, Lou Reed etc etc. The Ting Tings (really!) |
| Favorite books | Anything by Raymond Chandler, Michael Connelly, Lee Child, Robert Bly, WS Merwin, Rumi, etc, etc.Robert Crais, Howard Zinn (R.I.P.) |