If It Leads, It’s Leeds
• We are pleased to report that our friend, veteran music industry exec Steve Leeds has relaunched his consultancy — Neo Entertainment Consultants, Inc., which will tap into Leeds’ 50+ years of experience in the music and entertainment business with the mission to provide exposure and break new opportunities. Initial clients already include NJ Garden State Arts Foundation, Aura Entertainment, Blackheart Records, Deborah Silver Entertainment, Pure Tone Music, GreenSpec Properties, and WABC‘s legendary “Cousin Bruce” Morrow.
Leeds, a founding member of the pre-merger Sirius team, most recently served as VP of Talent and Industry Affairs for SiriusXM. During his 17-year tenure, Leeds hired several key hosts and launched numerous artist-branded channels for The Who, The Rolling Stones, Neil Diamond, Barbara Streisand, The Beatles, AC/DC, Springsteen, Monty Python and David Bowie, to name just a few.
Leeds earlier served as SVP of Promotion at Virgin, Polygram, Universal/Republic, Island and Def Jam. He was also executive A&R for MCA and Director of On-Air Talent at MTV, where he discovered and hired Adam Sandler, Rosie O’Donnell and Adam Curry. Leeds got his first career break while in college as a programming/production assistant for famed NYC DJ Murray the K, and his professional promotion career began at Atlantic Records
In his not-so-spare time Leeds continues his adjunct teaching roles at both William Paterson University and Bergen Community College. He can be contacted at Steve@Stevenleeds.com.
