Alan Person

Background

About Alan Person

COMPANY BACKGROUND: Founder of Hopeless Records, Sub City, and Download Music and More, Los Angeles native Louis Posen has made a name for himself by combining the divergent worlds of music and charity and creating a business model where a company’s strengths, resources, and efforts are combined with its conscience. In 1993, Mr. Posen founded his first record company, Hopeless Records (specializing in Punk Rock music). Hopeless has gone on to help to develop key releases for such bands as Avenged Sevenfold, Yellowcard, The Used, We Are the In Crowd and All Time Low, just to name a few, has released over 130 albums, and has sold over 3 million records, many of which have charted in the Billboard Top 200. In the drive to combine the company’s business successes with philanthropy lead to the launch of the Sub City imprint label, which donates funds and raises awareness for various non-profit organizations. Under that wing of the business, Hopeless/Sub City has released over 30 albums, created and operated the annual Take Action Tour (celebrating its 7th year running) and now has broken over 2 million dollars in contributions donated to various non-profit organizations.(Louis Posen holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Radio, Television, and Film from CSU, Northridge) ALAN PERSON: Currently the General Manager of Hopeless / Sub City Records, Alan Person is responsible for all company operations including the supervision of company staff (10+ employees), budgeting, accounting, the processing of all incoming and outgoing company royalty statements, and many business and legal affairs functions. Mr. Person holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music Industry Studies from CSU, Northridge, and over the years has occasionally taught various Music Industry Studies courses as needed at CSUN and USC. Mr. Person also is an active performing drummer and percussionist in the LA Area.