When Harvey Mason, jr. took the job as chair of the Recording Academy’s Board of Trustees last June, it’s safe to say he had no idea what was coming. A veteran songwriter-producer who has worked wi…
, a veteran of Google, Def Jam and the Obama Administration — but although all other initiatives pale in comparison to MusiCares’ work on providing pandemic relief, business goes on.caught up with Mason for half an hour on Wednesday afternoon to discuss diversity, Butterfield Jones’ new role and what she will bring to it, MusiCares’ ongoing relief efforts and much more.
Not to downplay the importance of the role, but it seems a little unusual for the Academy to announce its diversity officer in the middle of a pandemic. Is it because theWell, we’ve been working on this since December, so I think we wanted to announce it as soon as we made the hire — I’ve been working pretty intently to make sure we got the right person, and we’re excited.
I’m really proud and excited about where we’re heading on all those fronts. We’ve fulfilled 17 of the 18 [, ranked-choice voting is still under discussion], which we are adding to our governance and bylaws.
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