Music Row Search is the brainchild of two of Nashville’s most successful head hunting veterans and a business development professional in Athens who all happen to be very passionate about music. Our mission is simple - we want to help the entertainment and music industry remain viable and vital to the people who make music and whose livelihoods depend on it.
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Music Row Search
About Us
Welcome to a new kind of search firm.
Music Row Search is the brainchild of two of Nashville’s most successful head hunting veterans and a business development professional in Athens who all happen to be very passionate about music. Our mission is simple - we want to help the entertainment and music industry remain viable and vital to the people who make music and whose livelihoods depend on it.
Tom Truitt
Self described music fanatic, voracious consumer of all genres of music and a fascination with the business of music. Tom has been involved with head hunting for over 13 years, focusing on a variety of specialties. He was one of the first employees of a boutique search firm and played a key role in driving the company’s growth to become the largest executive search firm in Tennessee. He has managed up to 75 recruiters and launched several new businesses during his tenure. Tom’s focus today is working with the music industry by placing top level executives in all facets of the industry- labels, artist management firms, business management, booking, and publishing. In addition to the above, Tom also has over 5 years of toy industry experience which has provided him deep understanding of retail distribution of fashion and consumer oriented products. As well, he has 5 years experience in financial services. Tom earned his MBA from Vanderbilt University’s Owen School of Management and his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Paul Sanderson
Song writer, artist and the most optimistic person on earth. Paul has 12 years of executive recruiting experience and is the founder of the retained firm, Sanderson McLeod. Paul began his search career with a Nashville, TN based search firm. He was an integral part of the company as it grew to be Tennessee’s largest executive search firm. His focus was on large consulting organizations and technology companies. Later on, his focus shifted to venture funded technology companies and he was retained to put executive teams together with venture money nationwide. Paul moved to Nashville, TN from Cleveland, OH in pursuit of a music career after receiving his MS in Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music at Case Western. Paul is still active in the music community - writing, performing, and promoting his songs primarily to country music artists. Stephen Covington A huge collector of live music and an avid concert attendee. Stephen has a proven track record in sales and business development with a number of technology companies and brings a technology background and a keen interest in connecting people to MusicRowSearch.
Stephen Covington
has focused primarily on business development and sales with a number of technology firms in his 20 year career. In addition, Stephen spent 5 years in business development and managing a business unit for Allconnect, Inc - a start up that now serves hundreds of thousands of movers each year connecting their utilities. Stephen earned his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
What We Do
For Clients
We are a full service executive search firm. Full service means just that - a fully integrated, turn key solution for your staffing needs. •This starts with taking a complete job order. We want to ensure that we understand fully what is expected of a candidate that we place with your company.
•Next we hunt in every conceivable place and in every legal way to find you the most qualified and thoroughly screened candidates to match your opening.
•This may include background checks, driving record, academic check, psychological profile and reference check.
•By the time the candidates’ resumes make it to your desk, you can rest assured they are thoroughly checked out and match the job order top to bottom.
For Candidates
The relationship we have with our candidates is built on trust and mutual respect. Confidentiality is a hallmark of everything we do. Therefore your personal information is released to our clients only with your permission.
•Our job is to help you find the best opportunity to leverage your skills and experience.
•We provide you access to openings in the entertainment field that you would otherwise never know about.
•Once you are introduced to our clients, we make sure you are fully prepared to interview for the position and have every opportunity to land the job.
•We assist you with every step of the interview process beginning with properly preparing your resume as well as train you on effective interviewing strategies.
•We lead you through the entire placement process culminating with negotiating the offer and assisting with relocation if necessary.
How We Do It
As the term headhunter implies, we HUNT for the best possible candidates throughout the country and match them to your needs. Since every search is a custom order, we look everywhere imaginable to identify, qualify and profile the best candidates for all our engagements.
Why Use Us
We are simply the best entertainment and music industry recruiters. Unlike nearly all of our competitors, we don’t simply search our existing database to locate candidates because that limits the pool of potential candidates. Doing searches that way only allows the client to see the best candidates out of a very narrow universe. Our approach ensures that clients see the best candidates that are available, not just those in our database.
Testimonials "Tom is the most diligent employee search firm that we have used and he delivered exceptionally fast and fulfilled our very high expectations. His service paralleled our staffing needs."
Brad Turcotte
Exec VP - Music World Music
President - Compadre Records
I just wanted to thank you for your professionalism and motivational enthusiasm which kept me focused and inspired during my job campaign. Your skills in focusing my needs and the needs of the prospective employer were second to none. A job campaign is a job in itself....your efforts in sharpening my skills and directing me throughout the process enabled me to land in this wonderful new position that I begin in the new year.
The experience I have had with you allowed me to see how much you cared, not just about getting me any job, but getting me placed in the RIGHT JOB that will last for years to come. Thanks for everything
Ryan M.
Where we Do It
Our clients take us where they need us to go - internationally if that is what an engagement calls for. However, most of our work is in the US.
30 Music Square W, Suite 105
Nashville, TN 37203
Telephone: 615 300 3323
Fax: 209 856 4370
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