Amy Lombardi
Amy Lombardi leads TuneCore’s office in Austin working with artists and industry professionals on distribution strategies while increasing the brand's presence throughout Texas. Amy began her career in NYC at A&M Records, before settling into publicist roles at Warner Bros. Records and Nasty Little Man PR working with R.E.M., Van Halen, RHCP, Foo Fighters, Radiohead, Neko Case, At the Drive-In and more. She founded Call Girl PR, creating PR campaigns for the New Pornographers’ debut and Alejandro Escovedo’s resurgence, and for seminal acts like Wire. She also founded management firm Beekeeper Corp., where she built the career of 3-time Grammy-nominee Neko Case, and worked with singer-songwriter Cass McCombs, singer Kelly Hogan and duo My Gold Mask and Escondido. Amy teaches Record Industry at Austin Community College, is the Marketing chair for the Austin Music Foundation and an Advisory Board member of the House of Songs and Black Fret.
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