Jeff Burns

Jeff has the enviable reputation of having the best A&R track record of any Canadian music executive. In his 25 years in the industry, his artists have sold in excess of 30 million records.

During his 12-year tenure as Senior Vice President of A&R for CBS Records (now Sony Music), he signed, developed and recorded such artists as Loverboy, Gowan, Platinum Blonde, Dan Hill, Prism, Barney Bentall and Harlequin as well as overseeing the first English recordings of Celine Dion.

Today, Jeff is President of Sextant Records, an independent label distributed nationally by EMI Music Canada. Since 2000, Sextant has released artists such as Choclair, Sky, The Irish Descendants, 3 Deep, Dawn Robinson, Robin Black and the Intergalactic Rock Stars, The Northern Pikes and Nickelback's first album. He is currently working towards developing strong independent labels, adding an associated label partnership with labels such as Bob Luhtala's S&K Music; which has already released Mudmen's second album "Overrated" with Sextant Records. Other labels include Def Beat Records with artists such as G-Stroke (Hip Hop/Rap), Kamikazi (Pop/R'n'B), and GENTLEMEN X, a unique five men R&B group, and SMG (Sticky Music Group) through which Sextant Records First release will be the country artist Danni. Her sound is a combo of Shania meets Shakira all wrapped up in a sexy package.

Jeff Burns continues to be a leader in innovative and forward thinking. His knowledge of the music business combined with his ear for a good sound has helped him to lead his company into their another successful year, and you can expect to hear more from his leading edge independent record label and their artists in the near future.