Bob Leone

I am currently Events Coordinator for the Borders Books & Music flagship store in the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle in Manhattan. Events that I oversee include music performances, CD signings, book signings & panel discussions. From July 1988 through September 2006, as National Projects Director for the Songwriters Hall of Fame and its parent organization, the National Academy of Popular Music, I produced and hosted 59 New Writer Showcases and executive-produced four critically-acclaimed CD compilations. I also organized 270 songwriting workshops, ranging from beginner to master levels, and scores of open mics and networking meetings. Over the past few years, I have conducted on-camera interviews with Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Alicia Keys, Rob Thomas, Phil Collins, John Fogerty, Don McLean, Bill Withers, Hal David, Brian May of Queen and many others. From 1982 to 1988, I served as the National Projects Director for the Songwriters Guild of America, an organization for which I also served as membership director. I conducted weekly song critique sessions, taught and organized workshops and moderated Ask-A-Pro sessions. From 1976 to 1982, I was the principle songwriter and keyboardist for the RCA Records rock band Flame (featuring Marge Raymond), which was produced and managed by Jimmy Iovine, currently CEO of Interscope/A&M Records (Universal Music Group). During this time, I worked with such esteemed artists as Stevie Nicks, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Patti Smith, Don Henley and Steve Van Zandt, among others. I recently co-produced two showcases for On Stage Italian Artists, a Manhattan-based Italian Amerian arts organization (www.OSIAcentennial.org), for which I serve as vice president. In addition, I recently produced a showcase for CLEF: Composers & Lyricists Education Foundation. A longtime active voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS: The Grammy folks), I am also an affiliate member of Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) and was the first male ever elected to the board of directors of Women In Music...