Gid Tanner & the Skillet Lickers

(Gid - 1886 – 1969) Dacula, Georgia

GEORGIA MUSIC

ECONOMIC IMPACT

$3.77 billion & 19,955 jobs

CULTURAL IMPACT

Little Richard Penniman (b. 1932) Macon, GA

TOP OF THE CHARTS

Billboard Magazine March 1, 2014 Issue

March 22, 2014 issue

#1 HOT GOSPEL SONG#1 HEATSEEKER ALBUM #1 BLUEGRASS ALBUM

#2 CHRISTIAN ALBUM #1 HOT COUNTRY SONG

STRENGTHS: HOMEGROWN TALENT

Jason Aldean & Ludacris

STRENGTHS: PRODUCTION TALENT

Mike Will Made It

STRENGTHS: RECORDING STUDIOS

Thom “TK Kidd” at Silent Sound Studios

STRENGTHS: LIVE MUSIC

Radiohead at Philips Arena

STRENGTHS: MUSIC FESTIVALS & TOURISM

TomorrowWorld in Chattahoochee Hills

STRENGTHS: EDUCATION

UGA Music Business Program at Terry College

STRENGTHS: INSTRUMENT & EQUIPMENT MFG.

Benedetto Guitars in Savannah

STRENGTHS: BOOMING FILM & TV INDUSTRY

Vampire Diaries

STRENGTHS: TECH & DIGITAL MEDIA

Dr. Gil Weinberg at GA Tech Center For Music Technology

STRENGTHS

Entrepreneurs

OPPORTUNITIES

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OPPORTUNITIES

Unite as Georgia’s Creative Industries