Tom ‘Grover’ Biery has been appointed Senior Vice President of Digital Marketing, Strategy and D2C at Concord Music Group.
He reports into Concord Music Group General Manager, Jim Selby.
In this position, Biery will oversee Concord’s global digital strategy and will manage streaming, marketing, social media, and D2C business initiatives for the group’s myriad of label imprints.
Biery began his music company career as a local promotion and marketing manager for Warner Bros. Records in 1990 – and spent more than 20 years at the major.
He ascended to Senior Vice President of Promotion in 1998 and then to General Manager/ EVP of the label in 2005.
At Warner Bros., Biery oversaw the marketing and career development of artists including The Black Keys, Madonna, Linkin Park, Muse, R.E.M., Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jason Derulo and many more.
In addition to a number of marketing initiatives, Biery was also instrumental in the development of the bi-annual, very successful retail initiative, Record Store Day.
In 2011, Biery joined the music management firm The Collective and became a founding partner of Collective Sounds, the firm’s in-house record label.
In this role, he was instrumental in the career resurrection of reggae icon Jimmy Cliff, developed early social media influencers and You Tube stars Megan and Liz, and released records by Counting Crows, Alanis Morissette and other notable artists.
Biery established akaGROVER, LLC in 2014, a management, marketing, and consulting company that advised artists, executives, and various music companies. Its clients included Hip-Hop Pop duo Kalin and Myles, Artist Partners Group, Loma Vista Recordings, Kobalt Label Services and Republic Records.
Stated Biery, “I feel so fortunate to be joining Concord Music Group. Walking around the hallways reminds me why I got into the music business in the first place… great music and great people!
“As streaming becomes the # 1 source for music consumption I am excited to collaborate with Jim and the team to generate new levels of success for Concord.”
“Grover is a senior executive with extensive experience navigating the digital marketing landscape,” stated Concord Music Group General Manager, Jim Selby. “I look forward to his leadership in and creative direction for Concord.”
Concord Bicycle Music’s family of labels includes Bicycle, Concord, Fantasy, Fearless, Hear Music, HighTone, Kidz Bop, Loma Vista, Milestone, Nitro, Prestige, Razor & Tie, Riverside, Rounder, Specialty, Stax, Sugar Hill, Telarc, Vanguard, Vee-Jay and Wind-up.
Concord Bicycle Music is owned by Barings Alternative Investments, Sound Investors, and seventy institutional and individual partners, including forty members of the company’s management team.
Barings Alternative Investments is a leading investor in intellectual property assets including music, other copyrights, filmed content and patents and trademarks, with over $7.4 billion in total assets under management.Music Business Worldwide
