Gary Brotman:
CLASS OF 1986
Alexander SchoolClass of 1986
Richardson, TX
University of North TexasClass of 1992
Denton, TX
Brookhaven CollegeClass of 1989
Farmers branch, TX
Gary's Story
My life since high school...
I'm currently the Sr. Marketing Director for a digital music startup called Topspin Media in Santa Monica, California. My path getting here was exciting - full of twists and turns. After graduating from high school I wound up hanging out in college for about seven years and I kept myself busy as a club and rave DJ during and after graduating from the University of North Texas. The DJ thing was fun, but grueling at times - very late hours, flying around the country, meeting some very "interesting" people.
My wife Kelly and I later moved to Los Angeles in 1996 and I joined an international PR firm (Golin/Harris) running communications programs for clients in the MP3/digital music space (Creative Labs, Amazon.com, Musicmatch). The CEO of Musicmatch offered me the role of Corporate Communications Director on a press tour in 2000 and I gladly accepted. Kelly and I spent the next 4 ye...Expand for more
ars in San Diego; bought two houses during the real estate boom, and lived in SD until Yahoo! bought Musicmatch in October of 2004.
Kelly and I moved back to Los Angeles for the Yahoo! gig and we're still here. We bought a house in Redondo Beach less than a mile from the ocean and after three years of being a Yahoo! I decided to take the plunge back into the startup world with Topspin and help artists make a living on their own.
I still spin records every now and then and you also find me cruising up and down the California coast on my Harley Davidson or surfing in Hermosa or Redondo Beach.
Kelly and I don't have kids, but we're in the process of adopting. I'm looking forward to being a father.
I don't visit Classmates that often so if you want to find me please visit Facebook, LinkedIn or MySpace. You'll need to search for me on these sites because Classmates won't let me posts links to other sites.
Gary
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