David Codr

F David Codr (born February 13, 1970 in Omaha Nebraska) is a music industry professional who is currently the publisher for the the Music Phone Book. He is widely credited as the creator of Guerilla Promotion (Using unique, off the wall and often free methods of promoting concerts or artists).

As an independent concert promoter, he put on over 1,000 concerts (primarily in Southern California) featuring artists who played music that included reggae, world beat or funk influences: #REDIRECT Sublime, #REDIRECT 311, #REDIRECT No Doubt, #REDIRECT Jack Johnson, #REDIRECT Notorious BIG & #REDIRECT Pato Banton.

Career

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Nebraska

Codr started producing concerts at age 15, using a fake ID to rent concert halls in the #REDIRECT Omaha #REDIRECT Nebraska market. In 1989 he was hired as the talent buyer for Catch 22, a live music venue in #REDIRECT Omaha. Codr remained the club's talent buyer for nine months before leaving to accept a position as the talent buyer for Sticks, a midrange 900 capacity live music venue in #REDIRECT Santa Barbara California.

California

Codr remained Sticks exclusive talent buyer until March of 1992 when Loaded Music Productions started producing concerts at other #REDIRECT Santa Barbara venues including the #REDIRECT The Santa Barbara Bowl, #REDIRECT The Arlington Theater and the #REDIRECT Ventura Theater, competing with #REDIRECT Goldenvoice for Southern California concerts. Loaded Music Productions was engaged by nearly every major label to promote and or produce a number of their artist's performances in dozens of California markets.

Codr's Guerilla Promotion techniques led to his invitation to speak at a number of music conferences and festivals including #REDIRECT South by Southwest, #REDIRECT BMG & Music Strategies.

In 1994 Codr first worked in the Artist Management field with the regional touring Santa Barbara based artist Mama Llama. later that year, California artists RAS Leon, Beenie Man, The Fuzz and Sentro all signed management agreements with Codr.

In 1995 Loaded Music Productions was selected to promote and produce college concerts at a number of UC schools; #REDIRECT UC Berkley, #REDIRECT UC Davis & #REDIRECT UCSB. The UC concert series featured a number of national touring acts including #REDIRECT the Black Crowes, #REDIRECT Dave Mathews Band & #REDIRECT Big Head Todd.

Back to Nebraska

In 1999 Codr returned to Omaha Nebraska to publish the Music Phone Book, a music industry contact guide that covers 30 industry related categories for every state and market in the US. The Music Phone Book is released in three regional editions. The MPB is read by nearly a quarter million music industry pros or musicians and is distributed at some of the industries largest events like the #REDIRECT Grammy Awards. The Music Phone Book is currently being revamped into an online social networking community named Music Industry Contact SpaceMICSpace

In 2007 Codr returned to #REDIRECT Artist Management signing the regional touring act #REDIRECT Congress of a Crow to a three year agreement.

Codr continues to speak at a number of music conferences including D-Fest, The #REDIRECT Atlantis Music Conference, Music Strategies & South by Southwest and occasionally works as a Talent Scout for #REDIRECT Warner Brothers, #REDIRECT Geffin, #REDIRECT American Records, #REDIRECT SubPop and several independent labels.

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