Norman Chesky is a music entrepreneur and executive producer of two Grammy award winning albums.[1][2] He is the co-founder and co-owner of Manhattan Production Music and Chesky Records.[3][4] Chesky also co-founded HDtracks, a music download service.[5][6] He was a Trustee of the Recording Academy and is a co-founding member of the Production Music Association (PMA).[7][8]
Career
Chesky co-founded and co-owns Manhattan Production Music.[4][9] He served as a Trustee of the Recording Academy from 2002 to 2007.[8]
Chesky Records
In 1986, Norman Chesky and his brother, David Chesky, co-founded Chesky Records.[5][10][11] Norman Chesky serves as the president of the record label.[12] Chesky Records was the first company to use 128x Oversampling and the first independent American record label to record using Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) technology.[10] Norman Chesky was the executive producer of Portraits of Cuba and Tropicana Nights, two Grammy award winning albums under Chesky Records.[1][2][10][13][14] In 2016, Chesky co-produced the critically acclaimed Jazz debut of Macy Gray, Stripped.[15]
Production Music Association
Norman Chesky became a co-founding member of the Production Music Association in 1997.[7] The association was founded by a group of composers and publishers who opposed a proposition to cap performance royalties on music used in commercials, promos and announcements.[7]
HDtracks
Norman Chesky and David Chesky co-founded HDtracks, a high-resolution music download store in 2008.[6][16][17] According to Audioholics, HDtracks is the world's first high resolution digital music site to offer DRM-free music in multiple formats.[17] Norman Chesky serves HDtracks' president.[18]
