Alec Hanley Bemis

Artist Description

In 2001, Alec Hanley Bemis co-founded Brassland, a record label that documents the work of a growing community of musicians, including The National and Nico Muhly. In recent years he has added consulting work for the UK-based festival company All Tomorrow’s Parties and general manager duties at Cantaloupe Music. In 2009, he began co-managing Dirty Projectors, and took a seat on the board of directors for Manhattan New Music Project, a music & education non-profit. In an earlier career, Bemis was a journalist who wrote for outlets including LA Weekly, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Slate and the Los Angeles Times. He has taught in New York University’s graduate journalism program, produced projects for new media design firm Funny Garbage, and worked as an editor/writer at trend spotter Faith Popcorn’s BrainReserve. He lives in Brooklyn, NY. BLOG: http://ahb.brassland.org