Chris Stone (entrepreneur)

Chris Stone
Residence	Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupation	Entrepreneur, executive, producer, writer, lecturer, professor
Known for	co-founder of the Record Plant

Chris Stone is an American music industry businessman and writer, the co-founder with Gary Kellgren of the Record Plant recording studios.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} Stone founded Filmsonix in 1987, sold the Record Plant in 1989, and is the founder and CEO of World Studio Group. He co-founded the Society of Professional Audio Recording Services (SPARS), and he co-founded the Music Producers Guild of the Americas (MPGA), serving as executive director. The MPGA developed into the Producers & Engineers Wing of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS).^[6]

Stone earned an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, and he lectures online for the Berklee College of Music as well as in person for the USC Thornton School of Music where he is an associate professor.^[6] He has contributed regularly as a recording industry journalist, his work published by Pro Sound News, Mix and Sound Pro. He published a book, Audio Recording for Profit: The Sound of Money.

References

1. ^ Johnson, Heather (2006). "16 – The Record Plant: New Roots". If These Halls Could Talk: A Historical Tour Through San Francisco Recording Studios. Thomson Course Technology. pp. 191–204. ISBN 1598631411. 
2. ^ Goggin, David (1988). "The Record Plant at 20". Mix. 
3. ^ Schwartz, David (September 1978). "Chris Stone interview". Mix. 
4. ^ Stone, Chris; Goggin, David (2000). Audio recording for profit: the sound of money. Focal Press. p. 267. ISBN 0240803868. http://books.google.com/books?id=yAWe9DbuHsQC&pg=PA267. 
5. ^ Stone, Chris (2005). "The L.A. Gold (Record) Rush: A quarter century of studio excellence from La La Land". In Anthony Savona. Console confessions: the great music producers in their own words. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 49–53. ISBN 0879308605. http://books.google.com/books?id=KIfrupI2_qsC&pg=PA52.  Stone's article first appeared in EQ magazine in November 1996.
6. ^ ^{a b} "Chris Stone: Music Business". Berklee School of Music. http://www.berkleemusic.com/school/faculty-member?person_id=7198595. Retrieved September 9, 2011. 

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