"I plan an interview like a trip," says longtime music curator, radio host, and Grammy nominee Chris Douridas. "I know I'm going to get from here to there, but the side trips and roadside attractions are always the most interesting." Douridas' penchant for crossing borders has led him to audiences around the world. Throughout most of the '90s, Chris held the music director position at KCRW-FM in Santa Monica, one of the most respected and progressive radio stations in the country. As host of KCRW's popular daily new music program Morning Becomes Eclectic (1990-1998), Douridas was the first to play demos from then-unsigned artists Beck, Gillian Welch, and eels among many others.

While Chris was still in his KCRW role, Geffen Records enlisted him to identify and recruit new artists as an A&R consultant, bringing to the label the bands Remy Zero and That Dog. Two years later, he became an A&R executive at DreamWorks Records where he brought in the eels and Propellerheads, among other acts. While at DreamWorks and KCRW, he hosted the debut season of Sessions at West 54th, a weekly PBS music performance and interview program, which bowed in the summer of 1997, and is still in syndication. The show featured the television debuts of Belle and Sebastian and Jane Siberry, among others.

Douridas is probably best known in film circles as a music supervisor and consultant for major motion pictures and television series, having put together music for Northern Exposure, the Austin Powers series, One Eight Seven, As Good as It Gets, Heat, Grosse Point Blank, Grace of My Heart, American Beauty (GRAMMY nominee for Best Soundtrack), and the recent films One Hour Photo and Down With Love, The Girl Next Door, and the record-setting Shrek 2.

His future projects include the new Rob Reiner film Rumor Has It, the indie drama The Chumscrubber, and the upcoming animated feature Over The Hedge.

Chris is also a former VP at AOL Music where he created, produced and hosted the popular Sessions@AOL interview and performance program (AOL Keyword: Sessions). For Sessions, Chris has interviewed Paul McCartney, U2, Britney Spears, Moby, Radiohead, Peter Gabriel, Madonna, Nelly and Avril Lavigne, among hundreds of others.

Now a creative programming consultant for Steve Jobs and Apple's iTunes Music Store, Douridas created the recently-launched live performance and interview series, iTunes Originals, featuring Alanis Morissette, sting, LL Cool J, Bjork, PJ Harvey, and others. Additionally, Douridas created and curates the iTunes Essentials, an ongoing series of downloadable music playlists for the iPod culture.
He continues his dedication to discovering and nurturing unsigned artists through a new nationally syndicated weekly radio program called newground, heard on Radio@iTunes, and KCRW-FM in Los Angeles.