Tammy Susan Hurt

Tammy Susan Hurt is an American producer, musician and music industry executive. She is best known as a Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees at the Recording Academy.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Tammy Susan Hurt
Born(born 1965)
Occupation(s)Georgia Music Partners co-founder, producer, entrepreneur, music industry executive
Years active1987–present
Websitewww.grammy.com/recording-academy

Early life and music career

Tammy attended Joseph Wheeler High School in Marietta, Georgia and played drums in every type of band – marching band, concert band, symphonic band, jazz band and many garage bands. In 1987, Hurt graduated from the Presbyterian College with a B.A. in Business Administration.[7] Tammy Hurt began playing drums professionally at age 14. Among her credits, she has recorded and performed live with the GRAMMY-winning group Indigo Girls, GRAMMY-winning producer Brendan O'Brien and GRAMMY-winning producer Nick DiDia. Her past musical projects include Paper Dolls, She Said, Minority Rules, Superchick and Duvasounds. Tammy has also recorded with Indigo Girls, Wendy Bucklew and Angela Motter.

Business career

Hurt is the managing partner of Placement Music[8], a boutique entertainment firm specializing in custom music, scoring and licensing for all media platforms. Placement Music highlights include being commissioned by FOX Sports for a second consecutive Super Bowl broadcast to create original full orchestral score. Additional credits include Paramount Pictures, CBS, MTV, HBO, BET, Sony, Lifetime, Hallmark, NFL, NASCAR, “True Blood,” “Dexter,” “Drop Dead Diva,” “Mean Girls 2”, and multiple custom placements in the indie film “HITS” which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. Hurt is a recipient of Catalyst Magazine’s Top 25 Entrepreneurs and Ones to Watch Award, and a 5-year co-chair of the Recording Academy’s national membership committee which, in partnership with national staff, developed the criteria and goals for the new membership process.[9]

Recording Academy

Tammy Susan Hurt has served on the Board of the Recording Academy’s Atlanta Chapter for 14 years. On June 6, 2019, The Recording Academy elected Tammy Hurt as the Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees. She is the first openly LGBTQ+ Officer of the Academy.[10]

Georgia Music Investment Act

A co-founder of the nonprofit organization, Georgia Music Partners (GMP)[11], Hurt spearheaded the campaign to create and pass Georgia’s first standalone music tax incentive, the Georgia Music Investment Act. [12]. It was a seven-year effort [13]. She is currently leading an initiative with stakeholders from the City of Atlanta, Fulton County, the State of Georgia and the GRAMMY Museum Foundation, to meaningfully bring the GRAMMY brand to Atlanta. These efforts have resulted in a $500K local capital raise to kick off the first phase of due diligence for the project.[14][15][16]

Selected discography [17]
  • Paper Dolls, Paper Dolls (1987) - drums, percussion
  • Wendy Bucklew, Painting Sidewalks (1993) - drums
  • Indigo Girls, "Forever Dusty" (2000) - drums, percussion
  • Angela Motter, Outta Control (2005) - drums
  • Steve Dancz, Declaration Anthem (2011) - producer
  • Heart of Independence (2014) - producer

References
  1. “The Georgia Film Industry Resource:"Tammy Hurt, National Vice Chair of the Recording Academy”
  2. “Variety:"Recording Academy Reveals New Board of Trustees Officers”
  3. “Billboard:"Recording Academy Announces Newly Elected Chair, National Officers”
  4. “Yahoo Finance:"Recording Academy™ Announces Harvey Mason Jr., Tammy Hurt, Terry Hemmings, and Christine Albert as Newly Elected National Officers”
  5. “Music Row:"The Recording Academy Names National Officers Of The Board Of Trustees”
  6. “MetroAtlanta:"Recording Academy Announces Georgia Music Partners Co-Founder Tammy Hurt as National Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees”
  7. “Presbyterian College Alumni: Tammy Hurt”
  8. “Placement Music”
  9. “Benzinga:"Recording Academy™ Announces Georgia Music Partners Co-Founder Tammy Hurt as National Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees”
  10. [https://www.grammy.com/press-releases/recording-academy™-announces-harvey-mason-jr-tammy-hurt-terry-hemmings-and-christine “RECORDING ACADEMY™ ANNOUNCES HARVEY MASON JR., TAMMY HURT, TERRY HEMMINGS, AND CHRISTINE ALBERT AS NEWLY ELECTED NATIONAL OFFICERS”]
  11. “Georgia Music Partners:"Tammy Susan Hurt”
  12. “Business Wire:"Georgia Music Investment Act Will Grow Georgia’s Music Industry”
  13. “The Atlanta 100:"Tammy Susan Hurt”
  14. Wicker, Jewel (June 7, 2018). "10 women who are ruling Atlanta's music scene". Atlanta Magazine. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  15. “Georgia Enertainment News:"Recording Academy Announces Georgia Music Co-founder Tammy Hurt as National Vice Chair of Board of Trustees”
  16. Mitchell, Gail (March 31, 2017). "Georgia Music Investment Act Passes State Legislature, Aims to Create 10,000 New Jobs and Boost Economy". Billboard. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  17. “Allmusic:"Tammy Hurt”
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