Reggae Roadblocks: A Music Business Development Perspective (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780986725371)

LLOYD STANBURY is a Jamaican music industry professional with a wide range of international experience. His expertise includes the practice of entertainment law, artist management, music production, event promotion, research, creative industries policy development, and lecturing. He started his journey in the business of music in 1983 as a concert promoter in Jamaica, and was instrumental in the establishment of the world's first all Reggae radio station IRIE FM in 1990. He has organized many music events, and was chairman for 4 years of the Caribbean Music Expo convention and trade fair. As a consultant he has conducted research, been a guest speaker, and rendered music business training services in collaboration with entities, such as the Government of Jamaica, the Secretariat of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), UNCTAD, UNESCO, the Organization of American States, and the World Intellectual Property Organization. He has worked closely with departments of culture, artists and music associations in several countries in Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America, and has been a regular participant at music business conventions such as MIDEM, WOMEX, A&R Worldwide, the New Music Seminar, and South By Southwest. Between 2011 and 2015 he served as a member of the UNESCO Pool of Experts for Culture.