Utente:Cdowebmaster/Sandbox
| Jenny Toomey | |
|---|---|
| Nazionalità |  Stati Uniti
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| Genere | Indie rock Folk Jazz |
| Periodo di attività musicale | 2008 – in attività |
| Strumento | Voce, chitarra, |
| Sito ufficiale | |
Jennifer Gillen Toomey, nota anche con lo pseudonimo di Jenny Toomey (25 febbraio 1988), è una cantautrice e attivista statunitense.
Biografia
Jenny Toomey è stata mebro delle band Geek, Tsunami, Liquorice, Grenadine, So Low and Choke e ha realizato anche degli album a suo nome.[1]
Nel 1990 Toomey è stata tra i fondatori dell'etichetta discografica Simple Machines assieme ad un amico che ha abbandonato il progetto poco dopo. Jenny Toomey ha gestito l'etichetta con Kristin Thomson dal 1990 al 1998 dalle loro case ad Arlington, Virginia. Con le altre case discografiche TeenBeat Records e Dischord Records, la Simple Machines ha documentato la scena punk e indie rock nella zona di Washington in quegli anni. Il gruppo Tsunami ha anche influenzato fortemente il movimento do it yourself (D.I.Y.) tra le comunità punk, grunge e indie. Tra gli artisti lanciati dalla Simple Machines ricordiamo Tsunami, Grenadine, Franklin Bruno, Ida, Scrawl, Dave Grohl (recording under the name Late!) e Retsin.[2] 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 rights, health insurance, and the effects of corporate consolidation of radio and the music industry. She was the founding executive director.[3]
As part of her advocacy work, Toomey participated in many conferences, including the Future of the Music Industry forum held at Georgetown University in January 2003, among others.[4]
In November 2007, she was appointed Program Officer for Media and Cultural Policy in the Media, Arts and Culture Unit at the Ford Foundation, where she would later serve as Director, Internet Freedom, and where she is currently the International Program Director, Technology and Society.
Discografia
Con i Choke
- Kingdom of Mattresses (1990)
Con i Geek
- Wedge (Various Artists) (1990)
- Three's Company (Various Artists) (1990)
- Screw (Various Artists) (1991)
- Hammer
Con My New Boyfriend
- Pulley (Various Artists) (1991)
- Supersaw
Con Slack
- Neapolitan Metropolitan (Various Artists) (1992)
- Bates Stamper
Con Grenadine
- Goya (1992)
- Trilogy (1992)
- Don't Forget the Halo (1993)
- Nopalitos (1994)
- Christiansen (1994)
Con Tsunami
- Deep End (1993)
- The Heart's Tremolo (1994)
- World Tour and Other Destinations (1995)
- A Brilliant Mistake (1997)
Con Liquorice
- Stalls (1995)
- Listening Cap (1995)
Solista
- Antidote (2001)
- Tempting (2002)
Note
- ^ The Match: Indie rock mothers of invention Tsunami are still fighting the good fight and reuniting for Ladyfest, in Philadelphia City Paper, 20 March 2003.
- ^ Simple Machines Records: Story, su simplemachines.net.
- ^ (EN) Jenny Toomey, Rocking the FCC (Includes audio), in Morning Edition, NPR, 11 February 2004. Formato sconosciuto: Includes audio (aiuto)
- ^ Music Industry Digital Technology (Video), in Georgetown University, Future of Music Coalition, C-SPAN, 6 January 2003. Formato sconosciuto: Video (aiuto)
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