Nort Johnson is an entertainment production and management professional who has been working in the entertainment industry for 30+ years. Mr. Johnson has supplied Artist Management, Tour Management, Production Management and Artist Development for some the more prominent entertainers of the last three decades. Mr. Johnson is the Senior Consulting Editor for Live Sound International Magazine writing hundreds of features for Live Sound International from March 1992 until present. Live Sound International Magazine was the number one live entertainment concert production magazine in the world distributed in over 100 countries worldwide. He has also written features for countless other music and non-music related publications worldwide. He has written several books on the music industry. He was the only journalist on the 1995 Pearl Jam “Sponsored by No One†World Tour, with Rat Sound, which was off limits to all forms of media. Mr. Johnson was given all access to the tour. In 2002, Mr. Johnson was invited to be the only journalist in the world to be given complete and all access to the Rolling Stones 2002/2003 Forty Licks Tour and Rehearsals in Toronto, Canada. Mr. Johnson archived the tour, which was the largest concert touring production in history. In 2008 he was the only journalist alowed to cover the AC/DC Black Ice Tour. He has seen many miles on the road to success as a Live Concert Tour Manager, Artist’s Manager, Production Manager, Sound Technician, Lighting Technician, Designer and Professional Journalist. He was also the Publisher and Editor of Showcase Music Magazine for eight years a music publication distributed in the United States. Mr. Johnson has also been a Talent Buyer for various music venues in Chicago and other markets around the country. He has taught workshops, classes and seminars at Chicago’s Columbia College and DePaul University. He has been a guest speaker at countless music industry conventions throughout the United States. Is a member of AES (International Audio Engineering Society) He has been a keynote speaker at different NARAS (The Grammy’s) meetings throughout the years. He has worked with live television broadcasts for VH-1, Farm aid, WGN, PBS and HBO. In 1994, Mr. Johnson was awarded the first ever Endeavor Award given to him by The Gottlieb Report (a financial and statistical analysis of the music industry). The award reads: “In the course of everyday business, we sometimes run into an individual who seems to always go the “extra†mile. A person who is dedicated to a higher goal and works toward it with purpose. Someone with a high degree of professional integrity who will lend help when their advice or counsel is requested. So we have created The Endeavor Award for Nort Johnson. This award is in honor of the person who took the highest risk, dug deep into his own pocket to support the over all development of the music industry. This award is for his unfaltering belief in the music industry and his efforts on behalf of the music community.†Mr. Johnson’s involvement in charities includes and is not limited to: Farm Aid, Funds for The Youngins’ (Children’s Memorial Hospital) The Children’s Memorial Hospital Cancer Research Fund. Feed The Children Fund (Food For The Children Of Jamaica) Victims Of Mississippi River Flood Relief, War Child U.S.A., Live Aid, Habitat For Humanity, Ride To The River, The American Humane Society and The Les Turner ALS Foundation. Nort Johnson has been married to his wife Annette for 29 years. They have one son D.J. who is an Audio Engineer and at age 21 in 2002 was one of the youngest people to ever tour with The Rolling Stones as a sound technician. Mr. and MS. Johnson have one Grandson Six years old that was born on a rare day off in Chicago during the Rolling Stones 40 Licks Tour. Mr. Johnson's hobbies include fishing, building careers, motorcycles and machines. Manager and Consultant Kinetic Productions. Staff Feature Writer FOH Magazine, PLSN (Production, Lighting, and Staging News) This Bio has been loosely updated and edited from the original written in 2003. He currently lives in the middle of nowhere in the hills of rural Northwest Illinois in the Northern Rock River Valley somewhere South of Oregon, IL.. By Megan McDunnit--Class of 2003 DePaul University. Available for Lectures, Speaking Engagements and Music Management consulting. www.myspace.com/nortjohnson
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