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A Sharpe Outlook: The Music Industry


Music producer Jack McGhee takes us inside his profession to explain what it takes to break in to and be successful in the music industry

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Jack McGhee

Jack McGhee has been in the music business since he sang on radio at the age of five. This was the beginning of a long career in the music industry. He performed on local Saturday television music shows and began taking music lessons for guitar, steel guitar and tenor saxophone. Jack took piano lessons and played for local jazz gigs but his love for music took him to the bass guitar. Jack started working as a studio musician and began to arrange, read charts and studio protocol. He took a record engineering course to further his knowledge of record production. As a bass guitarist, McGhee played with performers like B.J. Thomas, Winn Stewart, Merle Haggard, Ray Price and he played with the original Platters in Las Vegas. As a musician, Jack realized there is another side of the music business that is crucial to understand. He returned to school and studied business and eventually owned a tax and accounting business, Mortgage Company and then started learning the banking system.



McGhee and his business partner Pat McManus started WindDancer Productions Int’l , a new Indie music label located in Nashville, TN. It provides a format for new and established artist to enter or return to the music business to produce quality music. WindDancer is contracted to do the sound track for an upcoming SyFy trilogy film to be released in 2015. They do other outside music projects and are affiliated with ASCAP.



Jack is in partnership with Eagle Entertainment Int’l LLC, which produces feature films, videos, documentaries and co-production. WindDancer will provide sound tracks for these productions. Jack is a father and grandfather and resides in Nashville, TN.

Friday • March 20

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