graduated. While at Columbia he started his first company, Oblivion Records, with partners Tom Pomposello and Dick Pennington, releasing LPs by Mississippi Fred McDowell (Live in New York) and Joe Lee Wilson. Simultaneously, he produced several dozen jazz and blues albums for independent companies such as Muse Records, JCOA Records, and Birth Records (owned by instrumentalist/composer Gunter Hampel). Seibert was an early employee of New Music Distribution Service, a non-profit distributor of musician-owned record company started by composers Carla Bley and Michael Mantler, before going on the road with Bley's big band as sound engineer and road manager. Seibert announced the revival of Oblivion Records in 2021 for a digital release of a historic concert recording of jazz innovator Cecil Taylor. Filmography Fred Seibert cartoon shorts filmography References External links "Fred Seibert foresees 'next golden age of animation' on Internet" Los Angeles Times, December 18, 2013 interview (2013) "The Story of Kids TV Mastermind Fred Seibert: Cultivating a whole new generation of weird in animation" Adweek interview (2013) Animation World News interview (2003) 2000 AIGA MEDAL by Steven Heller at AIGA.org (American Institute of Graphic Arts) Fred Seibert's Frederator Tumblr Fred Seibert dot Com The Fred/Alan Archive AIGA medalists Living people Frederator Studios American television producers Hanna-Barbera people Nickelodeon Animation Studio people Cartoon Network Studios people Creative directors Showrunners Columbia College (New York) alumni Primetime Emmy Award winners Year of birth missing (living people)