Jack McFadden (Courtesy of Blue Be aware Leisure)
NEW YORK (CelebrityAccess) — The Blue Be aware Leisure Group introduced a brand new talent-buying workforce at Manhattan’s iconic Sony Corridor, together with Senior Expertise Purchaser Jack McFadden, Expertise Purchaser Alli Vega, and Junior Expertise Purchaser Niko Murray.
New Senior Expertise Purchaser Jack McFadden began his profession in Chicago in A&R within the Nineties however later relocated to Brooklyn the place he transitioned to the reside facet of the enterprise and established Union Corridor and The Bell Home as key venues out there. In 2011, he relocated once more to Austin, the place as a part of the Austin Metropolis Limits workforce, he oversaw bookings for artists reminiscent of Sturgill Simpson, Jason Isbell, and Charley Crockett.
Alli Vega started her profession as a expertise purchaser at venues in Washington D.C., together with Songbyrd and DC9, earlier than her current relocation to New York for a task at Bowery Presents.
Junior Expertise Purchaser Niko Murray is a graduate of NYU’s Music Enterprise Program and his resume consists of roles at Cara Lewis Group and Sony Music Leisure.
Upcoming exhibits on the 1,000-capacity Sony Corridor embrace the upcoming thirteenth annual Blue Be aware Jazz Pageant, together with evenings with Yo La Tengo and the Solar Ra Arkestra, Antibalas and Hailu Mergia, Lisa Fischer, Victor Wooten, Mulatu Astatke and lots of extra. The pageant kicks off June 1 and runs by early July and can happen at venues at a number of New York venues, together with SummerStage in Central Park, City Corridor, Brooklyn Bowl, and the Blue Be aware Jazz Membership.
Following the institution of the brand new workforce at Sony Corridor, the venue’s former expertise purchaser Peter Abraham will oversee bookings for Blue Be aware Hawaii, the premiere 350-capacity reside music venue within the coronary heart of Waikiki.
“I’m each personally and professionally grateful to welcome Jack McFadden, Alli Vega and Niko Murray as our three new core expertise consumers for Sony Corridor,” notes Blue Be aware Leisure Group President Steven Bensusan. “That is an thrilling second for Sony Corridor and Blue Be aware Leisure Group as we strengthen and bolster our reserving program, additional introducing this iconic New York Metropolis venue to the reside music business. Jack, Alli, and Niko every have completely different and numerous backgrounds inside the business to enhance and enrich our talent-buying workforce.”