Tom Becci has joined Concord Label Group as chief executive. In the newly created role, he will oversee Concord’s recorded music division, including frontline label and catalog operations.
Becci, who will be based in Los Angeles and report to Concord CEO Bob Valentine, comes to CLG from Red Light Management, where he spent the last seven years working with founder Coran Capshaw in several areas, including organizational structure, new business opportunities and artist contract negotiations. He also monitored Red Light’s investments and played a role in Red Light’s label development and investment in such companies as LEO33, Chess Club Records and AMF Music. Prior to Red Light, he was COO of Universal Music Group Nashville.
“Having admired the work of Concord for years, I am thrilled to join this incredible company,” said Becci in a statement. “It is abundantly clear that the label group’s passionate, dedicated team works day in and day out in service of its artists and has built something truly unique. With the help of the label presidents, the entire Concord staff, and inimitable artists like Pierce the Veil, Killer Mike, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Allison Russell, and so, so many more, I can’t wait to continue building on what has been established and usher Concord Label Group into a new era.”
CLG’s frontline labels include wholly owned Concord/Rounder, Concord Jazz, Fantasy Records, Fearless Records, and KIDZ BOP and joint ventures with Easy Eye Sound, PULSE Records and Loma Vista Recordings. Its catalog labels include such imprints as Fania, Prestige, Specialty, Stax and Telarc.
“Concord is at a pivotal point in its company story,” said Valentine, who ascended to CEO in July. “Tom has spent his career helping to operate and lead some of the most important recorded music and artist management groups in the U.S. He knows what it takes to keep a music enterprise culturally, financially, and operationally healthy and I am eager to work with him as we continue to bolster our global footprint in support of artists and creators, as well as their legacies. As we enter this next chapter for Concord Label Group, I am thrilled to have him at the helm along with our label presidents and Concord’s senior team.”
