David C. Lowery is a singer-songwriter and co-founder of the bands Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven. In 1986, he started the indie label, Pitch-a-Tent Records, for CVB and its affiliated projects. He also founded Sound of Music Studios in Richmond, Virginia. He is currently a lecturer at the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business, where he launched the annual Artists' Rights Symposium in 2018.
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