Who is Richard Stumpf?

A Pioneer and a Man with a Mission to Transform the Music World Richard Stumpf needs no introduction to the music industry. He is the man who has made a phenomenal contribution to the world of music and changed it forever. He has worked in various capacities during a long and cherished career. His leadership, forward-thinking, innovative solutions, inspiration, passion, unflinching support, and camaraderie have helped to revolutionize the music realm. Besides making it a better and rewarding place for people who really matter: Artists, indie music publishers, and other stakeholders.

Fields Served by Richard Stumpf : Music Publishing, Digital Technologies, Recorded Music, Live Concert Production, Content Licensing and Distribution, and Philanthropy Prominent Roles performed by him :   

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Chief Executive Officer at Hawkeye Music Group Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman at Global Music Publishing Company President and Board Member at Imagem Music (now Concord), a Global Music Publisher Senior Vice President, Creative & Marketing at Cherry Lane Music (now BMG), Independent Music Publisher Senior Vice President, Creative & Marketing at MYC.com, Online Music and Live Concert Digital Distributor Manager Special Markets, EMI Music – Capitol Records Group (Now Universal Music Group) Account Manager, Nextel™️, a Pioneering Cellular Company StumpFest, Founder and Producer, an Annual Live Music Event for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Richard Stumpf has also served in various volunteer positions, the most noteworthy ones being : Boards of National Music Publishers Association  Association of Independent Music Publishers  The Recording Academy  Active Lobbyist for the passing of Music Modernization Act Awards Conferred on Richard Stumpf : Indie Award AIMP in December 2019 Let us now know more about the Highlighting Achievements of Richard Stumpf :  

Instrumental in the signing of Licensing Agreement between Music Publishing and Pandora, world’s most powerful music discovery platform Worked toward clinching the direct deal between Music Publishing and Spotify, a major digital streaming service Played a major role in the signing of the deal between Music Publishing and YouTube, a popular digital streaming provider

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Facilitated clinching the deal between Music Publishing and Apple Music, a major digital streaming service Worked for striking a deal between Music Publishing and Mushroom Music Publishing that serves Australia and New Zealand Aided a deal between Music Publishing and Warren Haynes, a prolific American musician Fostered a deal between Music Publishing and Van Halen Group Collaborated with famous artists like Quincy Jones, John Legend, and Mark Ronson Also worked with profile bands like NASCAR, EA, and NASCAR Worked towards creating more opportunities and providing maximum benefits to new artists and songwriters as well as to established artists Made dedicated efforts for increasing women’s participation in mainstream music bodies like the Recording Academy Provided leadership, inspiration, guidance, encouragement, support, and training to his team members and employees. And helped them acquire new skills. This consequently gave them the confidence to take challenges head on and move ahead in their career ladder. That’s why they highly regard Richard Stumpf and laud his help and support.

Helped organizations become innovative, more efficient, and profit garnering entities. By improving their various aspects like Operations, Strategy Making, Execution, Business Development, Deal Clinching, and other related aspects.

Richard Stumpf is a man of integrity and character who always wants to help others.

And goes out of the way to solve their problems and challenges and bring a positive change in their lives.

Music is his number one passion and he has always placed music above himself. He remains committed to improving the lot of new artists and songwriters. He has helped them unearth new sources of income and create new opportunities for their career growth and advancement. He has also collaborated with popular and established artists to help their careers break new ground.

Apart from artists, Richard Stumpf has also helped music publishing companies to discover new opportunities for growth and profit. Credit for this goes to his innovative and futuristic thinking, strategic planning, and sharp sense of the market. And his leadership, guidance, mentoring, and his relationships, and personal rapport with key people across various music segments.

Efforts, moves, and initiatives undertaken by Richard Stumpf have not only benefited artists and music publishers. But they have also provided value and gains to all the stakeholders, including digital streaming services, film, and music producers. In other words, his efforts have benefitted the entire music ecosystem.

Richard has a heart of gold and has always put others above himself whether artists, fellow team members, or employees. His leadership, mentoring, support, help, and training have enabled his team members and employees to acquire new skills. And embrace new technologies to effectively deal with challenges in the way and get the better of them. They helped them become more efficient, productive and committed in

their work. That in turn enabled concerned organizations to achieve their desired results and specific goals. And they were able to provide even better services and solutions to their clients and customers.

Richard is also actively involved in Philanthropic pursuits for serving humanity selflessly. He is the producer and organizer of StumpFest, a music-centered event.

Leading artists participate in it to generate funds for St. Judge Children’s Research Hospital. These funds are utilized for providing even better medical care to children patients.

StumpFest’s successful conduction for the past 10 years shows how much committed Richard is towards helping others.

Richard is kind, loving, and generous with impeccable character and credentials. He is not like what some of his competitors are trying to portray him. Why are they doing so? Only they know the reasons better. Richard Stumpf is a friendly, down-to-earth, honest, and easily approachable guy who loves to help everybody who is in need.

After changing the music world for the better, he wants to transform the entire humanity. He needs your help and support to realize this larger goal and we are sure you will stand by him