
NASHVILLE,
TN. (Indie
Music Week) Indie
Music Week has announced that
Danny Kee,
Director of A&R for Warner Bros. Records, Nashville, will be
participating as an Indie
Music Week panelist. IMW, taking place in
Nashville March 11-12, will feature three industry panels of Major and
Independent A&R, promoters, label executives, producers, managers
and lawyers, and will wrap up with a
Music Industry Summit.
Danny
Kee has been with Warner Bros. Records for 17 years and has been
Director of A&R for 10 of them. He currently has A&R
responsibilities for such acts as Big & Rich, Shannon Brown, Faith
Hill, Anna Owens, Ray Scott,
Blake Shelton, Rick Trevino and Lane
Turner. Prior to working in A&R,
Danny was production assistant to
Jim Ed Norman (former president, Warner Bros., Nashville) and worked on
records Jim Ed produced including Hank Williams, Jr., Crystal Gayle,
Michael
Martin Murphey, Kenny Rogers, Brenda Lee, Forester Sisters, Mac
MacAnally, Kathie Lee Gifford, & Southern Pacific to name a few..
"Danny
is one of the most forward-thinking and capable A&R people in the
industry and we're honored he agreed to speak at Indie
Music Week.
Everyone present at Indie
Music Week will learn something from his
years of experience," says Jonell Polansky, President of Indie Music
Week.
Other confirmed panelists include representatives from
Universal South, Vivaton Records, Lyric Street Records, Sony Music,
Broken Bow Records, and BMI. In addition to the industry panels, Indie
Music Week will also feature two Artist Showcases to be held at
Nashville's famous
Douglas Corner Caf�.