Sam Phillips the first investors in Holiday Inn, a motel chain that was about to expand to a nationwide franchise; he became involved with the chain shortly after selling Elvis Presley's contract to RCA, for $35,000, which he multiplied many times over the years with Holiday Inn. He also created two subsidiary recording labels, Phillips International Records and Holiday Inn Records. He owned the Sun Studio Café in Memphis. One location was in the Mall of Memphis. Phillips and his family founded Big River Broadcasting Corporation, which owns and operates several radio stations in the Florence, Alabama, area, including WQLT-FM, WSBM, and
Sound Farm Studio & Recording Environment is currently an instructor at Dark Horse Institute in Franklin, TN and engineer, producer and manager at Sonic Factory Recording Studio in Des Moines, IA. Sound Farm Studio & Recording Environment Sound Farm Studio & Recording Environment is a full-service recording studio and production facility with an attached residence located in Jamaica, Iowa built in 2003. Matthew Sepanic, owner, producer and engineer; worked on projects by Slipknot (All Hope is Gone, Iowa (engineered), Murderdolls, and Stone Sour (House of Gold and Bones) amongst others. He also co-produced and engineered The Envy Corps's debut album "Dwell" which was released in 2008