Scott Siman
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Scott Foster Siman |
| Born | July 22, 1954 |
| Origin | Springfield, Missouri |
| Genres | country |
| Occupations | music publishing talent manager |
Scott Foster Siman (born July 22, 1954) is a leading American country music entertainment executive based in Nashville, Tennessee.[1] He is president of RPM Management and co-owns RPM Music Group, a Nashville music publishing company. He previously managed country music stars Tim McGraw and Julianne Hough.
[edit] Career
Siman co-owns RPM Music Group with Blake Chancey, which own the rights to such hit songs as "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" (Alan Jackson), "I'm Movin' On" (Rascal Flatts) and "Leave the Pieces" (The Wreckers), among others. Recent hits include "What Kinda Gone" (Chris Cagle), "Anything Goes" (Randy Houser), and Montgomery Gentry singles "One in Every Crowd" "Long Line of Losers" and "Oughta Be A Song About That." RPM has songs featured on the new albums from Jason Aldean, Darius Rucker and Steve Holy. RPM Music currently represents writers Aubrey Collins, Benji Harris, Nathan Stoops, and Matt Ramsey.
RPM Management currently represents Margaret Durante (R&J Records/Emrose), Alyssa Bonagura (Rondor Music), Yarn, Humming House and rising country group Scarletta and Bo Bice in association with Rusty Harmon. RPM Management, which was affiliated with Front Line Management, counts among its former clients Shana Petrone, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Jessica Andrews, Billy Gilman, Springer, the Warren Brothers and Lance Miller.
Siman was previously an entertainment attorney with Benson & Siman, whose clients included Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Charlie Daniels, Deanna Carter, James Stroud, Paul Worley and Chips Moman. He worked with such diverse artists as Judson Spence, Ben Folds, Will Owsley, Millard Powers and Jody Spence; as well as numerous executives and music publishers.
Siman later served as senior vice president of Sony Music-Nashville, where he signed the Dixie Chicks to their initial deal as well as writers Marcus Hummon ("One of These Days") and David Vincent Williams ("I'm Movin' On"). He previously managed country music star Tim McGraw where his guidance lead McGraw to be named Artist of the Decade securing more airplay than any artist in any format and guided two-time Dancing With the Stars champion and actress Julianne Hough to a number 1 country album and multiple ACM Awards.
Siman is a past president and chairman of the board of the Academy of Country Music Awards (1996–2000).
[edit] Personal
Siman is the son of country music pioneer Si Siman, who was also in the talent and music publishing business and was an executive with Crossroads TV Productions, which created the first popular country music program on network television, Ozark Jubilee.[2] His middle name is in honor of Ralph Foster, Crossroads TV's president and his father's mentor when he was born in Springfield, Missouri.
He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and the University of Missouri School of Law. Scott Siman also has a daughter named Marion Siman, who is studying Italian and is training to be a pop singer.
[edit] References
- ^ "Interview with Scott Siman". HitQuarters. 23 Jan 2006. http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_Scott_Siman.html. Retrieved 22 Mar 2011.
- ^ All Media Guide
