Greg Torrington

Greg Torrington has been involved in many aspects of music and the business of music throughout his life. Former management client, Colin Linden, called Greg a “Music biz lifer”. Greg managed a full service record store and played in Ottawa Valley country bands in the ‘70s. His first foray into broadcasting came at Carleton University radio station, CKCU. That prepared him somewhat for his full-time on-air work at Ottawa’s progressive radio powerhouse CHEZ-FM when that station signed on in 1977. Greg was promoted to the station’s Music Director in 1980 and remained in that position for a decade. He was named Music Director of the Year at the first Canadian Music Week industry awards, and is credited for being the first to break many prominent Canadian and international recording artists. Warner Music Canada brought Greg in as A&R Manager in 1990 where he coordinated recordings and videos with the domestic roster as well as scouting and bringing potential new talent signings to the label. At Warner, Greg got to work hands on with many of the country’s top artists, serve on FACTOR juries and the Juno Awards talent committee as well as participate in music evaluation sessions at numerous regional industry conferences across Canada. Since departing Warner, Greg ventured into artist consulting and personal management, and became an on-going contributor and columnist for the national music publication, Muzik Etc. In 2000, he teamed with the late Doug Kirby to work artist management, and served as A&R consultant / website and data manager at Kirby’s booking agency, LiveTourArtists. When not working with music, Greg’s spare time is devoted to listening to and watching music. He also enjoys cooking, bicycling, and expanding his knowledge of film and computers.