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Tony's Resume

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Tony Brooke is Senior Director of Product Systems at Warner Music Group, leading the team that develops the label copy systems for the major label. Previously he was Senior Product Manager at Pandora, responsible for the systems that ingest metadata, audio, and images from distributors and third-party sources. He led Pandora's project to add full credits in 2019.

Tony also fixes data problems throughout the digital music value chain, and helps creators improve their data. He has been on the Board of Directors at DDEX, Co-Chair of the DDEX ERN Working Group, on the Board of the San Francisco chapter of the Recording Academy, and Chair of the chapter's Producers and Engineers Wing. He presents often at industry events and completed significant research into audiovisual data and media asset management as part of his Master’s degree in Library and Information Science.

He has also been an audio engineer specializing in remote multitrack recording since 1992, with over 100 releases in his discography (including two GRAMMY-nominated albums) and over 500 clients. SilentWay.com is his audio info hub with thousands of articles, links, tips, and equipment guides. Tony has worked in many stages of music creation and broadcasting as a producer, engineer, singer, FM program director, and DJ. He has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1991.

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