Tears For Fears and Yahoo Unite on Furious World – Tues Oct 19th!
by mjkeys1 on Oct.15, 2010, under Furious World Announcement, Furious World Guests
Curt Smith from the band ‘Tears For Fears‘
Curt Smith is best known as a musician, singer and songwriter who co-founded the seminal group Tears For Fears, with which he continues to tour worldwide. He also pursues a solo music career; his most recent release, “Perfectly…Still (featuring Universal Hall Pass)” is the second song of an album-length project on which Smith is collaborating with artists he meets or discovers through social media. Smith also hosts and produces the weekly live music webseries “Stripped Down Live With Curt Smith” and is currently at work on songs he’s been commissioned to write for film and television.
John Lenac – Head of Yahoo Music
As head of programming and artists/label relations for Yahoo! Music, John Lenac oversees programming for all of Yahoo! Music’s audio and video content, including Yahoo! Music’s 150 radio stations and 50 video stations. Lenac also manages artist relationships on behalf of Yahoo! Music’s original programs such as The New Now, Maximum Performance and Ram Country.
Lenac helped launch one of the first Alternative Rock FM stations (KTOZ Springfield, MO circa 1991) and drove it to be one of the highest-rated Alternative Rock stations in the country. Stints programming WRLG Nashville and KNRX Kansas City led to a job doing promotions at TVT Records. Later, Lenac was Rock Editor at HITS Magazine.
