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INDUSTRY VETERAN KEN LANE WILL JOIN PWE AS A PARTNER WITH FOCUS ON TALENT MANAGEMENT AND MUSIC ACQUISITION

February 6th, 2017

PRIMARY WAVE ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES INDUSTRY 

VETERAN KEN LANE WILL JOIN FIRM AS A PARTNER WITH FOCUS 

ON TALENT MANAGEMENT AND MUSIC ACQUISITION

 

LANE WILL ALSO FOCUS ON EFFORTS IDENTIFYING ICONIC MUSIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRIMARY WAVE 

New York, NY (February 6, 2017) – Primary Wave Entertainment announced today that music industry veteran, Ken Lane will join the firm as a partner focusing on talent management via a joint venture with his company, Right Lane Management, LLC. Lane will bring in his own clients under the Right Lane Management, LLC umbrella and will also bring his vast experience and knowledge of the music industry to help widen Primary Wave’s impressive roster of artists.  He will be based in the company’s New York office.

 

“I’m excited to have Ken join the team here at Primary Wave Entertainment,” says Lawrence Mestel, Co-CEO of Primary Wave Entertainment. He goes on, “Ken and I have known each other a long time and his vast industry and artist relationships will be an immense asset to our company. Ken is one of the truly great people in the music business.”

 

“Throughout my career, artist management has always been a passion of mine and now under the PWE umbrella and Right Lane Management, LLC that passion will become a reality,” says Ken Lane. He continues, “This alliance will enable me to sign artists and maximize their potential.”

 

A 25-year veteran of the entertainment business, Ken Lane got his start at New York’s famed WHTZ/Z-100 radio station in the 80’s. He then segued into record promotion beginning at Chrysalis Records, then continuing his run in promotion at SBK/EMI Records Group, Jive, Arista, followed by his hiring as Senior VP, Promotion at Island Def Jam Music Group by Lyor Cohen and Jim Capparo. Ken most recently worked at Sirius/XM where he was instrumental in creating and producing exclusive on-air programming such as “Train  Tracks” with Pat Monahan from Train and “Melissa’s Basement” with Melissa Etheridge. Throughout his two-plus decades in the music industry, he has worked with artists across all genres from A Tribe Called Quest, Carlos Santana, Backstreet Boys, Bon Jovi, Jay Z, The Killers, Ja Rule, Ashanti and more.