SNAGG MANAGEMENT
Don
Baskin, President, also President of Baskin and Associates, Inc., began his
career in music in 1964, as the co-founder of Syndicate of Sound. During that
time, he co-wrote the hit song, "Little Girl". The Rock & Roll
Hall of Fame and Museum states that "Little Girl" was a pivotal song
in the history of rock & roll. Today, this song is played every 20 minutes
at the Hall of Fame. In 1996, Don entered into a licensing agreement with
music's premiere trade publication, Billboard, to provide chart-related products
to Top 10 charted Billboard musicians. Don's association with Billboard resulted
in the creation of the only officially recognized, computer-based chart
certification process for recognition and achievement in the music industry. In
1999, Don entered into an exclusive agreement with Fender to market a 'Top
10 Stratocaster'. Baskin & Associates own the rights to this instrument. Don began
the SNAGG enterprise in March, 2000 when he realized that musical instrument
theft could be greatly reduced by the effective deployment of RFID technology in
musical instrument manufacture, or by retrofitting instruments with the SNAGG
Microchip.
Jeff Albright is the
Executive Vice President of Public Relations for SNAGG. Jeff oversees public
relations and artist relations for SNAGG. He is also currently the
President of The Albright Entertainment Group. Considered one of the top PR
firms in the music industry, The Albright Entertainment Group has
represented artists that have sold more than a combined 600 million
albums. Jeff's clients include The Doors, Fleetwood Mac, Journey,
STYX, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Scorpions, Foreigner, Kansas, Pat Benatar, Joe Walsh,
Vince Neil, Paul Rodgers, Eric Burdon, Ric Ocasek, Rob Halford and Ritchie
Blackmore, among other rock notables. Jeff has also represented numerous
music-related companies, including the National Academy of Recording Arts and
Sciences (Grammy-related projects),
Canada
's MuchMusic, and AMC Theatres' Movie Tunes. He began his PR career in 1983 at
the age of 21 as the assistant to Warren Cowan at Rogers & Cowan Public
Relations. In 1985, he earned a BS degree in Business/Marketing from
California
State
University
at Northridge, where he was a concert promoter. Jeff went on to work for three
other major entertainment public relations firms over the next eight years prior
to founding The Albright Entertainment Group in 1993. He brings almost two
decades of experience to SNAGG and continues to be on the cutting-edge of music
marketing and public relations.
Leila Sanfilippo is
a SNAGG Director and former leading customer service manager for
Seattle-based Nordstrom department stores.
Joan Chiasera is a
SNAGG Director and former San Diego Symphony violinist who has been a violinist
and session player/performer for three decades. Joan is also an award-winning
Billboard songwriter and, more recently, one of the Top Ten artists on MP3.
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