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Brown, now a Grammy award-winning artist and CEO of her own label, took a roundabout path to banjo stardom. After pre-med flirtation at Harvard, there was an MBA and a stint as an investment banker at Smith Barney. Ultimately, she traded in stocks and bonds for three-finger picking and shows at the Grand Ole Opry...
...chose the UCLA business program, and at 24 headed to San Francisco to work for Smith Barney as an investment banker. Long days crunching numbers couldn’t keep Brown away from bluegrass, though—she snuck copies of Bluegrass Unlimited behind The Bond Trader magazine. Friends remember her driving straight from the office to bluegrass clubs, business suit...
That was only the beginning. In 1990, two years after she quit Smith Barney, Brown landed a record contract with Vanguard. A year later, soon after the release of her first solo album, Brown became the first and only woman ever named the International Bluegrass Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year...
With over a hundred albums under their belt, Compass is setting the standard for grassroots labels worldwide. By all accounts an efficient, well-run business, the only thing cluttering Compass’ offices are Hannah’s Teletubbies. At Smith Barney, Brown worked in a 20th-story office overlooking San Francisco’s East Bay. Compass operates out of a pink cottage with a wraparound porch in Nashville, slightly off Music Row. Compass employee Brad Martin calls the office a “casual atmosphere,” full of coaches, TV sets and Hannah?...
...insist that Harvard doesn’t skim anything off the top of its burgeoning sourcebook business. “No profit is made from the coursepacks, and both the copying and finishing costs are minimal,” says Harvard Printing and Publishing Services (HPPS) CoursePack Coordinator Geraldine Barney...