Since debuting as a columnist for Trouser Press magazine when he was 16, Tim Sommer has been a participant in, witness to and catalyst for some of the pivotal moments in music history. He has worked extensively as a musician, journalist, major label creative executive, MTV and VH1 producer and VJ, record producer and club and radio DJ.
As a journalist, Sommer has contributed to the Village Voice, Sounds (UK), New York Daily News, Washington Post, New York Times, Mojo (UK), LA Weekly, The Observer, Rolling Stone, Spin, Rock and Roll Globe and many other publications.
From 1989 to 1992, Sommer was on staff at MTV and VH1 as an on-air news correspondent. For the bulk of the 1990s, he worked as an A&R rep for Atlantic Records. He signed and supervised record production for Hootie & the Blowfish, Duncan Sheik, Michael Crawford, Scott Weiland, Bruce McCulloch, 7 Year Bitch, Melissa Ferrick and King Missile.
In 2022, he published Only Wanna Be With You: The Inside Story of Hootie & the Blowfish.
The author lives in Stamford, CT.
