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SPARS Sound Bytes Quick Links Home News Board Join Members Best Tracks Education Freelancers Site Map Contact Us New Feature: Check out our Best Tracks Showcase... New Feature: Members submit your news... AES News: SPARS Mix @ AES Reception... Welcome to our NEW MEMBERS...   Connect with the best Join 30 Years of Service & Tradition     Kirk Imamura and Tony van Veen elected to the SPARS Board of Directors... SPARS President, Leslie Ann Jones, Director of Music and Scoring at Skywalker Sound, has announced the appointment of two new members to the Board of Directors of the Society of Professional Audio Recording Services (SPARS). Kirk Imamura is the Owner and President of Avatar Studios, New York, an award winning, highly respected four room, world class facility, which has played host to many artists over the years, including Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Donald Fagen and Norah Jones. Under Kirk's leadership, the studio has received numerous awards, including five TEC Awards for Outstanding Creative Achievement and is recognized as one of the premier recording destinations in the world. Tony van Veen is CEO and President of Audio and Video Labs, Inc., the parent company of Disc Makers and CD Baby. As president, Tony oversaw the company's growth from a small regional vinyl pressing plant with less than 40 employees, to the undisputed leader in CD and DVD manufacturing for independent artists in the US, with over 400 employees, producing over 20,000 new independent titles a year. In August of 2008, the company acquired CD Baby, the largest independent music store in the world with 250,000 independent album titles and over 2.2 million songs in its catalog, which it sells on its own cdbaby.com store and distributes to dozens of the largest download stores in the world, including iTunes, Amazon MP3, Rhapsody, and eMusic. SPARS is the 30 year old non profit association representing professionals in the Recording Industry. The organization is dedicated to providing networking, education and community to its members and the industry as a whole. For more information, click the pictures or the button below.

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