Marlton, NJ – April 14, 2010: NARM, the music business association, announces that John Trickett, CEO of immergent, is joining the NARM Board of Directors. Most recently, Trickett has been integral in leading immergent’s newly focused efforts on developing a major online music retail store, which combines commercial music sales of content from all of the major and independent record labels within a unique and innovative social networking framework.

“John has been a longtime NARM supporter, has worked with the organization on a range of initiatives, and is committed to ensuring NARM’s ongoing role and value for the industry,” said NARM President Jim Donio. “I believe the combination of his business acumen, as well as his label, technology and music production experience will be an asset to the NARM Board.”

“I am looking forward to helping NARM grow and prosper as an increasingly relevant industry organization in this time of exciting change,” said Trickett.

John has more than 25 years of senior executive management and international business development experience with companies at all stages of development from a six-person start up to that of a $4 billion publically traded company. An accomplished songwriter and musician in his own right, Trickett has more than 60 song titles to his credit, is a voting member of the Recording Academy and holds full composer and publisher memberships in the Association of Composers, Artists and Publishers (ASCAP). He is also the executive producer of over 300 albums and worked on projects with artists such as Fleetwood Mac, Norah Jones, Queen, Britney Spears, Usher and Sting, among many others.

In the past, Trickett has served on the boards of the DVD Entertainment Group and the DVD Audio Council, and also on committees of a number of prominent entertainment industry organizations including the DualDisc Consortium, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), as well as NARM and NARM/RIAA joint committees.

About NARM: NARM (National Association of Recording Merchandisers) advances the promotion, marketing, distribution and sale of music by providing members with diverse meeting and networking opportunities, information and education resources, and advocacy for their common interests. NARM is based in Marlton, New Jersey. www.narm.com

Media Contact: Nicole Hennessey, 856.596.2221, hennessey@narm.com