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== Biografia ==
Jenny Toomey wasè astata membermebro ofdelle the bandsband ''Geek'', [[Tsunami (band)|''Tsunami]]'', ''Liquorice'', [[''Grenadine (band)|Grenadine]]'', ''So Low and Choke,'' amonge others,ha andrealizato hasanche alsodegli recordedalbum under hera ownsuo namenome.<ref name=PhilaCityPaper-Tsunami-Ladyfest-2003>{{cite news|last1=Rapa|first1=Patrick|title=The Match: Indie rock mothers of invention Tsunami are still fighting the good fight and reuniting for Ladyfest|url=http://citypaper.net:80/articles/2003-03-20/cover9.shtml|work=[[Philadelphia City Paper]]|date=20 March 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030426001930/http://citypaper.net/articles/2003-03-20/cover9.shtml|archive-date=26 April 2003|url-status=dead}}</ref>
InNel 1990, Toomey co-foundedè thestata tra i fondatori dell'etichetta discografica [[Simple Machines]] recordassieme labelad withun aamico housemateche whoha leftabbandonato theil projectprogetto soonpoco afterdopo. Jenny Toomey ranha thegestito labell'etichetta withcon [[Kristin Thomson]] fromdal 1990 toal 1998 outdalle ofloro theircase house inad [[Arlington, Virginia]]. AlongCon withle altre case discografiche [[TeenBeat Records]] ande [[Dischord Records]], la ''Simple Machines'' helpedha documentdocumentato thela D.C.scena [[punk rock|punk]] ande [[indie rock]] scenesnella zona di [[Washington]] in quegli anni. Il gruppo ''Tsunami'' washa alsoanche greatlyinfluenzato influentialfortemente inil themovimento [[do it yourself|do it yourself (D.I.Y.)]] movementtra amongle thecomunità punk, grunge ande indie communities. AmongTra thegli artistsartisti releasedlanciati ondalla ''Simple Machines'' arericordiamo ''Tsunami'', ''Grenadine'', ''[[Franklin Bruno]]'', [[''Ida (band)|Ida]]'', [[Scrawl]], [[Dave Grohl]] (recording under the name Late!) ande [[Retsin]], among others.<ref name=SimpleMachines-Story>{{cite web|title=Simple Machines Records: Story|url=http://www.simplemachines.net/story.html|website=[[Simple Machines]]}}</ref> Through Simple Machines, Toomey and Thomson released The Mechanic's Guide, a DIY music guidebook which was influential in the independent music scene of the 1990s.
In 2000, Toomey founded the [[Future of Music Coalition]], a Washington, D.C. [[think tank]] that translates the complex issues at the intersection of music, policy and law, aiming to help (primarily independent) musicians, including [[Intellectual property|intellectual property rights]], health insurance, and the effects of corporate consolidation of radio and the music industry. She was the founding executive director.<ref name=NPR-MorningEdition-FCCTestimony-2004>{{cite news|last1=Ulaby|first1=Neda|title=Jenny Toomey, Rocking the FCC|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1644659|work=[[Morning Edition]]|publisher=[[NPR]]|date=11 February 2004|language=en|format=Includes audio}}</ref>
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