Above left: Nick Phillips (Concord), Neil Portnow (Recording Academy), IC, Jimmy Jam at the Recording Academy Holiday Party

Above right: Anthony Rizzi, Hayley Crombie, IC, Joann Braheny and Pat Pattison at the Taxi Road Rally

Recording Academy Board Retreat at Skywalker Ranch

Left: Andre Pessis, Dr Anthony Brown, Narada Michael Walden, Roberta Donnay, Larry Batiste, Ian Crombie, Joel Jaffe.

Above Right: Narada Michael Walden, Roberta Donnay and Ian Crombie

Open Mic Playoff Winners

Above left - East Bay/Sacramento Playoffs: LaRhonda Martin (WCS Mgr), Kimberly Prince (WCS Mgr), Gerry Grosz (WCS Mgr), Pollyanna Bush (WINNER) Steve Seskin (Judge/Hit Songwriter), Ian Crombie (WCS)

Above center - North Bay/Napa Playoffs: Ian Crombie (WCS) Ken Risling (WINNER)

Above right - South Bay/San Francisco Playoffs: Mark Whittington (Judge-San Jose Mercury), Steve Seskin (Judge/Hit Songwriter), Megan Slankard (Judge/Artist), Michael McNevin (WINNER), Ian Crombie (WCS)

Recording Academy Governors Awards

From Left to right: Ian Crombie (WCS) Tom Johnston (Doobie Brothers), Narada Michael Walden and IC, IC and
Austin City Limits founder, Terry Lickona (photos by Joanie Crombie).

L-R: Ian Crombie, Andre Pessis, Larry Batiste * IC, Melanie Phippard, Eric Chun, ?, Joe Abela, Jeannie Grabowski,
Greg Biles* IC and the Famous SF Twins

Nashville June 05

Al ?, IC, Mark Brown VP of A&R Sony Nashville * IC, Dan Hodges (R) Murrah Music Nashville with his wife;
Sam Ramage, RPM Music Nashville with a casual IC.

The Mark Cawley and his wife, Kathy* Betsy Walter, IC and Peggy Bertsch * Rascal Flatts performing at Fanfest Nashville

Conference 2005

Marcus Barone, Marty Atkinson, Maria Lewytsky, IC, Steve Seskin, Steve Bloch, Michael Silversher, Jeff Heiman,
Kelly Rudisill, John Braheny, JoAnn Braheny * Howard Benson & IC * Jeff Heiman, Eliot Cahn, Derek Sivers, John Braheny

Brian Rawlings, Rodney Gordy, Dan Hodges * Scott Urquhart, Rex Benson, James Leach * Jim Dean, Steve Bloch, Jai Josefs

Miscellaneous Pix

Craig (Craig's List) and IC * Kelly Rudisill, IC, Kamille Rudisill * Dale Kawashima and IC

Left: Lars Ulrich (Metallica) and Ian Crombie: Above center: Lamont Dozier, Hayley Crombie and Ian Crombie: Above right Michelle Branch and Hayley Crombie