Tammy Susan Hurt

She attended Joseph Wheeler High School in Marietta, Georgia and played drums in every type of band – marching band, concert band, symphonic band, jazz band and many garage bands. In 1987, Hurt graduated from the Presbyterian College with a B.A. in Business Administration.[7] Hurt began playing drums professionally at age 14. Among her credits, she has recorded and performed live with the GRAMMY-winning group Indigo Girls, GRAMMY-winning producer Brendan O'Brien and GRAMMY-winning producer Nick DiDia. Her past musical projects include Paper Dolls, She Said, Minority Rules, Superchick and Duvasounds. Hurt has also recorded with Indigo Girls, Wendy Bucklew and Angela Motter.

Hurt is the managing partner of Placement Music,[8] a boutique entertainment firm specializing in custom music, scoring and licensing for all media platforms. Placement Music highlights include being commissioned by FOX Sports for a second consecutive Super Bowl broadcast to create original full orchestral score. Additional credits include Paramount Pictures, CBS, MTV, HBO, BET, Sony, Lifetime, Hallmark, NFL, NASCAR, “True Blood,” “Dexter,” “Drop Dead Diva,” “Mean Girls 2”, and multiple custom placements in the indie film “HITS” which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. Hurt is a recipient of Catalyst Magazine’s Top 25 Entrepreneurs and Ones to Watch Award, and a 5-year co-chair of the Recording Academy’s national membership committee which, in partnership with national staff, developed the criteria and goals for the new membership process.[9]

In July 2020, Hurt launched Sonic Rebel Music,[10] by debuting the release of “Run,” the first track from the five-song debut EP, “We Made This With Our Hands.” "Run" debuted exclusively on Twitch during a special Fortnite in-game activation. She worked with Dan Gleason and Ben Homola of Grouplove, recording engineer TJ Elias and multi-instrumentalist Kevin Spencer. Hurt and Elias launched Sonic Rebel when he was programming for electronic music duo Thievery Corporation.

A co-founder of the nonprofit organization, Georgia Music Partners (GMP),[12] Hurt spearheaded the campaign to create and pass Georgia’s first standalone music tax incentive, the Georgia Music Investment Act.[13] It was a seven-year effort.[14] She is currently leading an initiative with stakeholders from the City of Atlanta, Fulton County, the State of Georgia and the Grammy Museum Foundation, to meaningfully bring the Grammy brand to Atlanta. These efforts have resulted in a $500K local capital raise to kick off the first phase of due diligence for the project.[15][16][17]

• Paper Dolls, Paper Dolls (1987) - drums, percussion
• Wendy Bucklew, Painting Sidewalks (1993) - drums
• Indigo Girls, "Forever Dusty" (2000) - drums, percussion
• Angela Motter, Outta Control (2005) - drums
• Steve Dancz, Declaration Anthem (2011) - producer
• Heart of Independence (2014) - producer[18]