Partnership opportunities include event and program sponsorship, media partnerships, film, TV and video industry partnerships, and more. For more information about becoming a sponsor or a partner please email us using the form below.
Founding Members
Don Zimmer
Producer, Guitarist
Zimmer, a guitarist, has played in bands for the past 20 years. A former Nasdaq stock trader, Don currently focuses his bets on local artists, and casting a fly to native Idaho trout. Don has produced albums for numerous artists and is passionate about supporting the artist community.
Don is also founder of www.FloatingRecords.com.
Lizzie Hendrix
Visionary & Social Entrepreneur
Hendrix is a creative thinker and social entrepreneur. She comes from a family of musicians and her great grandfather, Bill Doolin, inspired the Eagles album "Desperado". She moved her family to Sun Valley in 2005, and is found on the ski slopes, fly fishing local rivers, and hiking trails when not working on one of her social impact ventures, or helping her clients with their marketing and communication goals.
Advisory Board
Leif Jensen
UX Design Creative
Leif is an award-winning UX designer with two decades of experience creating products for the web and mobile devices. A Seattle native, Leif’s music tastes were formulated from the 80’s and 90’s punk and grunge phenomenon that exploded in his hometown. Leif now lives and enjoys the Sun Valley mountain lifestyle where he runs a digital creative agency called Galactic Ideas, serving clients around the world.
Graham Guest
Singer, Song Writer, Guitarist
Graham was born and raised in Houston, TX. He got a BA in philosophy from Wesleyan University (CT), an MA in philosophy form Boston College, an MFA in writing from California College of the Arts, a JD from the University of Houston Law Center, a PhD in English from the University of Glasgow, and is a member of the Texas Bar. Graham has worked as an attorney, as an adjunct professor of English and Humanities, and he has worked as a musician and a writer since 1996: Graham sings, plays guitar, banjo, and pedal steel; he founded and toured the United States with Moses Guest from 1997 - 2004; he writes, records, and performs with the County Well; and, he has published a novel called Winter Park, a book of philosophy called Definition, and is currently working on a philosophical novel called Lawnmower. Graham lives with his wife and daughter in Ketchum.
Why We Exist
It Matters
Sun Valley Records social enterprise operations rely heavily on the engagement of a variety of partners and generous sponsors as we work to create valuable services and grow our organization.
Own Your Digital Distribution
As a pioneering music distribution company, Sun Valley Records strives to create innovative solutions that empower local musicians to take control of their music to create sustainable and rewarding career solutions.
POSTER COLLECTION
Sun Valley Records will also feature a music digital poster archive. This is a growing poster collection that documents local history through artists, musicians, and venues. If you have a poster collection you’d like to share, please contact us.
Change Makers
Are you passionate about the local music community and want to help? Volunteers are key to helping our events run smoothly and spreading the word about our services. As a volunteer, your work will benefit local musicians and keep the local music scene thriving.
Do you have unique skills that you would like to use to help grow the local music scene? We’d love to hear about it.
To get started, please fill out the form below. Thank you!
Shake It Up
Thank you for your interest in supporting Sun Valley Records Musician Fund! Your contribution will help achieve our mission of strengthening and connecting the local music community by providing resources and opportunities that our local music professionals need to succeed.
If you would like to donate to the SVR Musician Fund please contact us.
The Musician Fund is a donor advised fund which will support local music arts non-profit organizations.
If you are a local non-profit working to support music in our community, please contact us.