Scott Cohen (music business)
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Scott Cohen is the co-founder of digital distribution company The Orchard
. He started the company with music veteran Richard Gottehrer
in June 1997. The Orchard is the largest digital distributor in the world with offices in 25 countries and a catalogue of over 2 million songs. As a well-recognized public speaker and lecturer, Scott Cohen travels the world evangelizing new business models for the digital age.
He is a visiting professor at London Metropolitan University
and sits on the British Phonographic Industry
Council.
Cohen's music career started in the late 1980s in independent and major label artist management. In addition to his responsibilities at The Orchard, Cohen runs a music management company with longtime partner Richard Gottehrer. Together they manage the Danish band The Raveonettes
and the American all-girl band The Dum Dum Girls
. They also work with Gavin Bain, The Deer Tracks, Emmanuel Jal and a number of emerging acts.
Recently Gottehrer and Seymour Stein
, founders of Sire Records, reactivated the Blue Horizon label. Scott Cohen is also involved in that operation.
The Orchard (music label)
The Orchard is a New York City based digital distribution and entertainment services company that works with independent artists and labels, and content providers...
. He started the company with music veteran Richard Gottehrer
Richard Gottehrer
Richard Gottehrer is an American songwriter, record producer and record label executive.-Career:Gottehrer came to prominence as a songwriter in the 1960s with his most notable songs being "My Boyfriend's Back" and "I Want Candy". As Feldman-Goldstein-Gottehrer , he wrote various songs including...
in June 1997. The Orchard is the largest digital distributor in the world with offices in 25 countries and a catalogue of over 2 million songs. As a well-recognized public speaker and lecturer, Scott Cohen travels the world evangelizing new business models for the digital age.
He is a visiting professor at London Metropolitan University
London Metropolitan University
London Metropolitan University , located in London, England, was formed on 1 August 2002 by the amalgamation of the University of North London and the London Guildhall University . The University has campuses in the City of London and in the London Borough of Islington.The University operates its...
and sits on the British Phonographic Industry
British Phonographic Industry
The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...
Council.
Cohen's music career started in the late 1980s in independent and major label artist management. In addition to his responsibilities at The Orchard, Cohen runs a music management company with longtime partner Richard Gottehrer. Together they manage the Danish band The Raveonettes
The Raveonettes
The Raveonettes are a Danish indie rock duo, consisting of Sune Rose Wagner on guitar, instruments, and vocals, and Sharin Foo on bass, guitar and vocals...
and the American all-girl band The Dum Dum Girls
Dum Dum Girls
Dum Dum Girls are an American indie pop band from California that formed in 2008. Their name comes from both The Vaselines' album Dum Dum and the Iggy Pop song "Dum Dum Boys"...
. They also work with Gavin Bain, The Deer Tracks, Emmanuel Jal and a number of emerging acts.
Recently Gottehrer and Seymour Stein
Seymour Stein
Seymour Stein is an entrepreneur in the music industry who has been a part of the business since getting his first job as a clerk for Billboard magazine in 1958. Stein is a vice president of Warner Bros...
, founders of Sire Records, reactivated the Blue Horizon label. Scott Cohen is also involved in that operation.
External links
- http://www.theorchard.com/
- http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/
- http://www.bpi.co.uk/