Norman Chesky

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Norman Chesky
Occupation(s)Executive music producer, president of Chesky Records and HDtracks

Norman Chesky is a music entrepreneur and executive producer of two Grammy Award winning albums. [1] [2] He is the co-founder and co-owner of Manhattan Production Music and Chesky Records. [3] [4] Chesky also co-founded HDtracks, a music download service. [5] [6] He was a Trustee of the Recording Academy and is a co-founding member of the Production Music Association (PMA). [7] [8]

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Career

Chesky co-founded and co-owns Manhattan Production Music. [4] [9] He served as a Trustee of the Recording Academy from 2002 to 2007. [8]

Chesky Records

In 1986, Norman Chesky and his brother, David Chesky, co-founded Chesky Records. [5] [10] [11] Norman Chesky serves as the president of the record label. [12] Chesky Records was the first company to use 128x Oversampling and the first independent American record label to record using Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) technology. [10] Norman Chesky was the executive producer of Portraits of Cuba and Tropicana Nights , two Grammy Award winning albums under Chesky Records. [1] [2] [10] [13] [14] In 2016, Chesky co-produced the critically acclaimed Jazz debut of Macy Gray, Stripped. [15]

Production Music Association

Norman Chesky became a co-founding member of the Production Music Association in 1997. [7] The association was founded by a group of composers and publishers who opposed a proposition to cap performance royalties on music used in commercials, promos and announcements. [7]

HDtracks

Norman Chesky and David Chesky co-founded HDtracks, a high-resolution music download store in 2008. [6] [16] [17] According to Audioholics, HDtracks is the world's first high resolution digital music site to offer DRM-free music in multiple formats. [17] Norman Chesky serves HDtracks' president. [18]

Discography

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References

  1. 1 2 "Portraits of Cuba - Paquito d'Rivera". AllMusic . Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  2. 1 2 "Tropicana Nights - Paquito d'Rivera". AllMusic . Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  3. ↑ Janice Brown (2010-09-20). "Hot Topics in Production Music Panel This Wednesday, 9/22" . Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  4. 1 2 Jim Bessman (2002-05-18). "ASCAP Proposals Incite E-Mail Opposition". Billboard.
  5. 1 2 Michael Lavorgna (2012-06-08). "Q&A With David Chesky of HDtracks" . Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  6. 1 2 Steve Guttenberg (2008-04-29). "HDtracks: Why settle for iTunes now that you can get CD quality music downloads?" . Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  7. 1 2 3 "History" . Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  8. 1 2 "PMA Meeting: What's The Value Of Music?". 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  9. ↑ Jon Newton (2002-05-17). "ASCAP's 'Old Boy' network" . Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  10. 1 2 3 "Chesky Records". Archived from the original on 2014-08-31. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  11. ↑ "Chesky Records" . Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  12. ↑ Jim Bessman (2000-04-08). "Johansen Explores Smith's Folk on Chesky". Billboard.
  13. ↑ David Basham (2000-09-14). "Santana, Luis Miguel, Maná Lead Latin Grammy Winners". MTV . Archived from the original on August 8, 2015. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  14. ↑ "Winners of the 1997 Grammy Awards". The New York Times. 1997-02-28. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  15. ↑ Kellman, Andy (2016-09-09). "Macy Gray 'Stripped'". AllMusic. RhythmOne Group. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  16. ↑ Wes Phillips (2008-03-23). "Chesky Launches High-Resolution Download Store" . Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  17. 1 2 Clint DeBoer (2008-04-11). "HDtracks Launches DRM-Free HD Music Downloads" . Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  18. ↑ "CEA Slates High-Res Audio Sessions At CES". TWICE. 2014-01-07.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  19. ↑ "Norman Chesky". AllMusic . Retrieved 2018-01-25.
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