IB on Danny Glass

GLASSOMANIA: The prerequisites for effective A&R are good ears and a good nose, and on that score it would be hard to top the recent performance of label veteran Daniel Glass, who put his Glassnote label on the map last year by picking up free agents Phoenix, and following that coup with the breaking Mumford & Sons, who are signed to Island in the U.K. Glass is hitting a remarkably high percentage as he snaps up nuggets that the majors have passed on; critics see this inability to accurately assess the potential of the talent right under their noses as a fundamental flaw in the system. Some industry observers predict that it’s only a matter of time before the majors come after this super-hot indie executive, who has also scored with Bay Area-based Secondhand Serenade and Australia’s Temper Trap.(7/15a)