Rustic Records, Inc. - Company Info

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	Jack Schneider President and Founder

	Nell Schneider Executive Vice President and Operations Manager

	Brien Fisher Producer

Jack Schneider (President)
Born in Anniston, AL, Jack attended Auburn University and has been in the country music business for over 35 years. While growing up in Anniston, Jack was a member of the “Cripple Creek Boys” who were heard live on WHMA, every Saturday afternoon. They also played the local Saturday night square dances at Cheaha State Park.

Jack worked as an independent sales representative for the Russell Corporation for over 30 years (1954-1986), prior to starting Rustic Records. During Jack’s tenure at Russell, his Nashville territory, consisting of nine states, repeatedly outsold the New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle and Dallas offices. Total sales from all offices during Jack’s tenure (32 years) increased from $400,000 to over $1 billion.

While at Russell (1967-1983), Jack was a songwriter exclusively for Cedarwood Publishing (now part of Universal Music Publishing Group), in Nashville, TN. He had songs recorded by Grand Ole Opry stars such as Stonewall Jackson, Jim Ed Brown, Kitty Wells, and Gary Stewart, to name a few. Several of these songs charted in the Billboard Top 20 and “This World Holds Nothing” hit the Top 10.

In 1979, Jack opened Rustic Records, Inc. after purchasing Little Gem Music, a record label and publishing catalog which had been associated with Little Jimmy Dickens. Success followed with several artists charting and after a brief hiatus, RRI was reactivated in 1999. Jack, as owner, is the current president, overseeing the artist roster, song selection, sales, and overall management of the company.

Nell Schneider (Executive Vice-President)
Nell has over 20 years of combined business experience in sales, real estate, and business ownership. After moving to Nashville in 1995, she married Jack Schneider (and Rustic Records) in 2000 and dove into the country music industry with enthusiasm.

Nell maintains schedules, coordinates studio time, and conducts all correspondence for Jack as his personal assistant. She also supervises the overall production of the office including customer service, employee relations, benefits, inventory, shipping, and mail/email distribution, accounts payable, and accounts receivable. She manages all artist recording and management contracts, orders and reorders single song releases and albums. Nell is the point person at Rustic Records, Inc.

Brien Fisher (Producer)
Brien has worked in the music industry for the better part of 30 years. He headed up Ovation Records for several years, during the time Ovation (1978-1979) was named the #1 record label of the year, and Brien was named CMA Record Producer of the year. He earned a Grammy for his production of The Kendalls hit "Heaven's Just a Sin Away." He was responsible for all direction and production of the Country division at Ovation Records and was involved in the sale of over five million records.

Brien produced more than twenty records that entered the Top 10 with such artists as The Kendalls, Vern Gosdin, Joe Sun, as well as other well known acts. Some of these went all the way to #1. He has also worked as European TV Music Director for such artists as Johnny and June Carter Cash, Hank Williams Jr., Ray Stevens, Emmy Lou Harris, B.J. Thomas, Jeannie C. Riley, Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers to name a few. Prior to producing DeAnna Cox’s Hank Williams project, Brien produced DeAnna for Warner Bros. He also works with Jack to produce all of Rustic Records, Inc.’s artists.