Alan Freed

About me:

Well, let's see here...I live and breathe this stuff. Dance/club music. All types.

I consult and advise clients who require expertise in dance/club music, applying my background in local radio, national radio, social networking and music discovery to clients in broadcast/webcast, video, mobile, advertising creative, marketing, branding and social networking...almost any project or enterprise that needs assistance with dance music and its fans.

You may have heard me at WorldSpace Satellite Radio (The System, foreign service or North America on XM82), XM Radio (BPM81/The Move80/Chrome83), grooveradio.com, and my Beat Radio Network of stations in 10 cities (Denver, Phoenix, OC/LA, Dallas-Ft. Worth, New York, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Philadelphia, Detroit, Kansas City and Chicago).

BPM, during my three years there, was twice recognized for its sound and leadership in dance music radio, at both the 20th and 21st International Dance Music Awards in Miami (IDMAs), winning XM's only IDMAs with the “Best Satellite Radio Channel” awards for 2004 and 2005.

I'm a Minneapolis native; my travels have stationed me in Philadelphia, DC and Santa Monica/Los Angeles. In addition to radio and Internet I've worked on-camera as a VJ on an over-the-air TV music video channel and I've done the club DJ thing. In the era before downloads, I worked retail connecting music fans with CDs and records at a music store (remember those places?). Ran a house music night in Minneapolis at First Avenue for five years, too.

I've been loving and promoting all types of dance music since I was in high school. If you have questions about dance music, just ask! And yes, Alan Freed is my real name (no relation to the earlier one).

Contact me for dance music consultation or with any type of question about dance/club music. Client services include programming, music consultation, and guidance on reaching and understanding the diverse and underserved American dance and electronic music fan base.