Draft:Thomas Haynes Steenland
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| Submission declined on 21 October 2024 by Bobby Cohn (talk). This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia. The content of this submission includes material that does not meet Wikipedia's minimum standard for inline citations. Please cite your sources using footnotes. For instructions on how to do this, please see Referencing for beginners. Thank you. Declined by Bobby Cohn 31 days ago. | |
Comment: Right now, the article sources don't clearly show notability. Wikipedia has relatively stringent standards for notability - Subjects of articles must meet the general notability guideline, which requires that subjects have received significant coverage in multiple reliable, independent sources. Looking over the article sources now, I see that four are links to his own company (so not independent). One is a blog, which are generally not reliable - While it appears that this one is authored by an expert, as an interview with Steenland it is also not independent. The Avant Music source is a single sentence with unclear relevance, and the Newmusic source is authored by Steeland himself (again, not independent). ThadeusOfNazereth(he/him)Talk to Me! 19:31, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: See WP:REFB to understand how to place inline citations. Bobby Cohn (talk) 19:40, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
 | This article is an autobiography or has been extensively edited by the subject or by someone connected to the subject. (October 2024) |
Thomas Haynes Steenland (born 1950 in Englewood, New Jersey) is an American record label executive.[1][2] [3][4]. He is best known for being the founder and Executive Director of the Starkland label[5]
Starkland’s composers[6] include Charles Amirkhanian, Phillip Bimstein, Martin Bresnick, Tim Brady, Mary Ellen Childs, Tod Dockstader, Paul Dolden, Paul Dresher, William Duckworth, Fred Frith, Aaron Jay Kernis, Phil Kline, Guy Klucevsek, Lukas Ligeti, Keeril Makan, Ingram Marshall, Merzbow, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros, Vincent Persichetti, Carl Stone, Lois V Vierk, Pamela Z, and John Zorn.
Musicians heard on Starkland’s releases include[7] the Kronos Quartet, International Contemporary Ensemble, JACK Quartet, Todd Reynolds, Either/Or, Lisa Moore, Ashley Bathgate, Jenny Lin, and the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra.
Steenland’s award-winning recordings have been praised in The New York Times, Gramophone Magazine, The New Yorker, Stereophile, Los Angeles Times, Billboard, Washington Post, and Boston Globe, and have been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered and Weekend Edition. Steenland has been called “a new music force for 40 years” (Sequenza21).
Prior to founding Starkland, Steenland served as Executive Director of Owl Recording, where he released works by Samuel Barber, William Thomas McKinley, Vincent Persichetti, George Rochberg, Morton Subotnick, Elizabeth Vercoe, Iannis Xenakis, and others, along with producing one of the first recordings of music by the Pulitzer-prize winning composer John Luther Adams.
Steenland studied physics at Johns Hopkins, music theory at Goucher College, composition at the Univ. of Colorado at Boulder, and recording engineering at the Univ. of Colorado at Denver. He lives in Boulder, CO.
References
[edit]- ^ "Performers".
- ^ "Thomas Steenland dreams of a world without mp3". 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Thomas Steenland of Starkland Profiled". 21 November 2016.
- ^ "Forty Years in New Music - New Music USA". 8 February 2017.
- ^ "About Thomas Steenland".
- ^ "Composers".
- ^ "Performers".
External links
[edit]- Thomas Steenland at Starkland
- Steenland recordings listed at Discogs
- Steenland profile at Sharps and Flatirons
- Steenland interview at WKCR
- Steenland interview at WWFM
- Steenland profile at Avant Music News
- Musical America story about Starkland's Dockstader CDs
- New Music USA Steenland profile
- New Music USA Steenland Remembrance of Tod Dockstader