CMJ Music Marathon

Lava Records; A&R

I started as an intern at Universal Republic eventually moved on the Republic joint venture Lava Records. Lava consists of myself, Harinder Rana, and the music industry legend Jason Flom. In my time at Lava I have worked on two of 2011's breakout stars, Jessie J and the Black Veil Brides. Currently we are working on the CJ Holland project, who is generating amazing buzz in the creative community.

Rhapsody; Senior Director of Music Licensing

Adam Parness is the Senior Director of Music Licensing at Rhapsody International Inc. where he oversees the company's music publishing and other licensing operations. Since joining Rhapsody in 2006, Adam has negotiated and managed the companies' relationships with thousands of music publishers, licensing agencies and record labels for the award-winning Rhapsody music subscription service as well as dozens of high-profile Rhapsody television campaigns. He additionally manages a broad range of business-related matters including database technology and… Read more

Ingenious Records; VP of Music & Licensing

As a multi-instrumentalist composer, engineer and for the last two years as VP of Publishing & Licensing for Ingenious Records, Adrian Morales-Demori has worked with national and multi-national brands such as: ESPN, TNA, Wal-mart, Warner Brothers, Nickelodeon, Truly Nolen, Gourmè Mist, McDonalds (Venezuela), Coca-Cola (Venezuela) and a variety of Indie and short Films.

MySpace / Specific Media; SVP, Global Marketing

ARMM; Owner

About me...
• Started as an intern at Geffen Records and Universal Music Group...I was so excited!
• Raised on the Records side of the business for 12 years with a final stop at EMI/Higher Octave Records...Loved to leave Records side but thankful for my time (and friends made) there.
• Transitioned to music for advertising in 2004 at music production house Elias Arts...Got the look behind the curtain and knew this was where I'd make my home.
• Sideswiped the publishing world in 2006 at Primary Wave Music Publishing...If I could do it all again, I would start in publishing.
• Founde… Read more

Brassland; Manager

Alec Hanley Bemis is a writer and creative manager with a focus on music-related projects. He began his career as a journalist for outlets like The New York Times, The New Yorker, and LA Weekly. In 2001, he co-founded Brassland, a label documenting a community built around label co-founders The National. Today he also advises other entities, serving as manager for !!! (aka Chk Chk Chk), Alexi Murdoch, and Ian Axel. Past clients include Dirty Projectors, All Tomorrow's Parties, and Bang on a Can's Cantaloupe Music label. He is on the board of directors for Manhattan New Music … Read more

Iconix Brand Group; Sr. Director of Interactive

Aleesha Smalls-Worthington was born and raised in Queens, New York. She started her career in Visual Merchandising with Target and in 2001 was hired to oversee Buying and Merchandising for Rocawear.com. In 2005, she was promoted to Interactive Marketing Manager for Rocawear, overseeing all online marketing promotions. Currently, she is the Sr. Director of Interactive for Iconix Brand Group, Men's Brands, overseeing all Interactive initiatives.

Expansion Team; Founder/Creative Director

As the founder and guiding force behind audio branding agency Expansion Team, Alex has contributed his expertise to respected brands such as jetBlue, Amazon, Target and American Express and has crafted the sound of many TV networks including PBS, CNN International, Discovery, A&E's Bio, and Comedy Central. He is also a recording artist, world-traveling DJ and regular contributor to music blog Synchroness.com. This November, Expansion Team will host the 2011 Audio Branding Congress in NYC.

Next Big Sound, Inc.; CEO

Alex White has been around music his whole life. His dad is a professional cellist and he grew up playing cello, guitar, piano, and bass fronting a band in high school and working at a local recording studio. He then got much more into the business side of things working at Universal Records and booking acts at Northwestern. He raised two small seed rounds before closing a $1 million dollar financing in the fall of 2009. This year Next Big Sound was named most innovative B2B company at Midem, Billboard named Next Big Sound one of 10 Startups To Watch and Alex White to… Read more

Invisible Children, Inc.; Artist Liaison/Tour Coordinator

Alexander Collins is Invisible Children's Artist Liaison/Tour Coordinator. From Yale (the city, not the college- don't get your hopes up), he prefers to go by the alias Dominic Managhan due to his striking resemblance to the character "Charlie" on LOST. He has a been affectionate for international affairs his whole life and spent part of his undergrad experience studying in China. One day he hopes to continue growing his brain by getting a Masters in Peace Studies in England. Till then, Invisible Children is his home, where he plans tour… Read more

VEVO; SVP, Business Development & Business Affairs

As Senior Vice President, Business Development & Business Affairs for VEVO, the innovative premium music video and entertainment platform, Alex is responsible for developing and executing VEVO's global growth strategy, including content acquisition and distribution. Prior to VEVO, Alex was Vice President of Music Strategy at MTV Networks, working on a cross-brand, cross-platform basis. He also held posts with Business & Legal Affairs at Sony BMG and BMG Music. Prior to that, Alex represented numerous independent recording artists and record la… Read more

Glassnote Records; Head of Publicity

Alex Dunne is the head of Publicity at Glassnote Records. A graduate of Hofstra University with a degree in Music and a minor in Marketing, she started her career as an intern for the Sony Music College Department. Following her graduation she was hired by Epic Records where she successfully climbed her way up to becoming a Manager of Publicity. After several years working on publicity and marketing campaigns for artists such as Sara Bareilles, The Fray, Incubus and The Script - she joined Glassnote in February of 2010. Since joining Glassnote, Alex has pla… Read more

YouTube, Inc.; West Coast Head Label Artist Relations

Ali manages West Coast Label Relations at YouTube. She is a long time Googler that has been at YouTube since the acquisition. Ali helped launch many of the first music videos on YouTube and has been involved in the evolution of video monetization, Content ID, live streaming and more. Most recently Ali has focused on building out the live streaming platform, with programs like AMEX Unstaged, Coachella, Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits.

ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.; Senior Vice President

Alisa Coleman, Senior Vice President of ABKCO Music & Records, oversees business development and global licensing of ABKCO's intellectual assets including the The Rolling Stones (pre-1971), Sam Cooke, Bobby Womack, The Kinks, The Who and many more. As executive in charge of soundtracks, Alisa develops business relationships with companies to manufacture and distribute releases worldwide including Alexandre Desplat's Oscar nominated score for Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox, Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and the Yankee All-Star ch… Read more

Fuse; TV Host

Allison Hagendorf is a TV personality and music journalist who currently hosts the Fuse Top 20 Countdown, and covers the biggest music festivals across the country including Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Warped Tour, and Voodoo Festival. Allison has interviewed artists of every genre including Eminem, Lady Gaga, Kings Of Leon, Justin Bieber, Drake, Katy Perry, Green Day, Akon, Ice Cube, Bruno Mars, and Cee Lo Green. In addition to Fuse, hosts and produces the branded-content series for Steve Madden Music, which featured artists such as Lady Gaga and Katy Perry, prior to their glob… Read more

Jakprints; Director of B2B marketing

Shaw started her music career as a DJ for mainstream rock format station 94 Rock in Albuquerque. Allison also was a writer for VH1/MTV online from 1998-2002. In 2004 Shaw started nationally distributed Hyperactive Music Magazine and the Hyperfestival and Conference in New Mexico. Shaw has interviewed over 1000 performers from Elton John to Tina Turner to Lenny Kravitz and Green Day. In 2007 Allison was the Executive Director for the Santa Fe Muzik Fest which had bands like Public Enemy, Wu Tang Clan, The Fray, and many more,. Allison helped create awareness… Read more

Wax Poetics Inc.; Publisher & Editor-In-Chief

Andre Torres is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of Wax Poetics. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and three children.

PepsiCo; Director, Digital Engagement

I work on the Digital Engagement team within Consumer Engagement at PepsiCo, helping lead trademark Pepsi digital brand marketing including Paid, Owned and Social Media. My specific emphasis is creating 360-degree experiences for consumers emphasizing the intersection of digital behavior and media consumption. Previously, as Vice President & National Social Media lead for Razorfish, I worked as part of the cross-discipline engagement team responsible for crafting digital brand strategy, providing clients and internal teams with competitive intelligence on h… Read more

Gowalla; Director, Business Development

Born with the gift of gab, raised with an overdeveloped self esteem, Andy Ellwood works hard to connect Good People with Great Opportunities. He has been privileged to work with high caliber individuals throughout his career and brings his broad skill set, global network, and unbridled determination to Gowalla as the Director of Business Development. Andy lives in New York and thrives on the city that doesn't sleep. He is frequent speaker at conferences around the world and a contributor to a variety of publications and blogs including his own, www.andye… Read more

RAK - Group of Companies; General Manager

Andy's musical career began as a studio assistant at SBK Publishing in London (87') he was then promoted to A & R Manager when EMI merged with SBK 3 years later. He went on to work at Mother Records (Polygram) and BMG before joining RAK in 2005. Andy is General Manager of RAK GOC which include Studios, Publishing, Mastering and Producer Management. Signings across his career have included PJ Harvey, Beth Orton, Longpigs and Richard Hawley.

Concrete Loop; Founder/Editor

Angel Laws is the founder and editor-in-chief of popular entertainment blog, CONCRETELOOP.COM. Since 2005, Concrete Loop has been a recognized voice in urban lifestyle and culture, covering news, music, fashion, entertainment and politics. Concrete Loop has since been named one of TIME magazine's top websites of 2008 and Angel was an invited guest to the White House in 2010 for her many blogging achievements. The 26 year-old is also an accomplished photographer, stylist, graphic artist and now author. Her book, 'Angel's Laws of Blogging' is in stores now. For more … Read more

YouTube; Strategic Partner Development Manager

Anjali Malhotra is a Strategic Partner Development Manager in Music at YouTube. She currently handles some of YouTube's top music partners, including both major labels and publishers. Prior to YouTube, Anjali was at EMI Music Publishing (Director, Product & Content) in Santa Monica and NYC. She began her music career in the A&R department at Interscope Records in 2004. B.A., Stanford University; MBA, Columbia Business School.

Groove Garden; Music Supervisor

Annie Pearlman is the music supervisor and co-founder of Groove Garden, an independent supervision and licensing company based in NY and Chicago. Her credits include major campaigns for Vizio, XM Satellite Radio, Mitsubishi, and a multitude of spots for Target. On the big screen, she has worked with director Lena Dunham on her SXSW Film Festival winner "Tiny Furniture," and most recently with director Whit Stillman for his new film "Damsels In Distress."

Strange Customs; Creative Director / Producer / A&R



Armand Zentil is a 21 year old film producer responsible for the hit video 'Gucci Gucci' by Kreayshawn. Armand along with his brother Joseph and partner John Filmore own a production company called Strange Customs. Strange Customs is an international full-service production collaborative. They produce commercials, music videos, and original narrative content. They are a creatively driven company with an affinity towards the unique and unusual.

viinyl; Founder & CEO

As the founder & CEO of viinyl, digital media entrepreneur Armine Saidi draws from his 15 years of experience in e-commerce, mobile, and the entertainment sector to provide innovative web solutions for today's music and entertainment industries. The viinyl platform, a content management system and marketing platform, turns a song into an interactive and visually appealing song-site within minutes made to seduce fans and travel the web. viinyl is a vision of how songs should be branded, consumed, experienced, and distributed, given today's technology and its digital savvy … Read more

Shazam; Vice President Marketing Communications

Beatrice Farina joined Shazam in March 2008 as Director of Marketing Communications to spearhead an in-depth marketing strategy and brand review. Today, Shazam has more than 150 million users with more than 1 million new users joining the service every week and it is available in over 200 countries. Beatrice was promoted to Vice President, Marketing Communications in January 2010. She is responsible for brand strategy and development, PR, digital media, events and communications as well as in-channel marketing. Beatrice also devises the global mar… Read more

RightsFlow; Chief Strategy Officer / CFO

Ben is co-founder of RightsFlow, and the company's CFO / Chief Strategy Officer, overseeing corporate planning, finance, and business development operations. He has an extensive background in international rights issues and negotiations, accounting, IT, network operations and music history. His lifelong passion for music and songwriting has fueled his commitment to simplify licensing in order to ensure that creators are paid for their work. Prior to joining RightsFlow, Ben worked at both The Orchard and eMusic, where he implemented innovative global lic… Read more

Ba Da Bing; Owner

Ben started Ba Da Bing in 1995 with a dream of making the greatest chocolate anyone has ever tasted. In 1996, he learned he was allergic to chocolate, and from that point on put his energies into releasing records and managing bands. He's worked with Beirut, Sharon Van Etten, The Breeders, Shearwater, Arcade Fire, Galaxie 500, Comets on Fire and The Dead C. But not to drop names.

Pledge; Founder & CEO

Benji Rogers is an independent musician from London, England who has been making his own records since 1999. He's lived in New York, Los Angeles and Boston and though always a musician, he has also worked in television and film as a camera operator and audio engineer. On one stop in his varied career, he even ran a bar in New York. As a musician, Rogers has been on tour with his band and as a solo artist in both the US and Europe with relatively few breaks since 2001. Through PledgeMusic, Rogers funded and released his 5th independent record under the name Marwood. A produ… Read more

IODA; VP, Account Management

As VP, Account Management, Bill directs IODA's global business development as well as relationships with IODA's consumer facing partners. Bill joined IODA in 2010 after spending almost four years at SONY Music. Bill began his career in music in Detroit rock city 20 years ago managing independent record stores, which culminated in the opening of his own East Alley Records. In 2004 he joined MSI, a music importer, as a national sales rep. Over the years Bill has managed bands and national tours and ran his own independent label.

turntable; Founder / CEO

Billy Chasen is the founder and CEO of turntable.fm. Prior to turntable, he co-founded betaworks, where he created chartbeat, a real-time analytics service and firef.ly, a chat service.

Brown Paper Tickets; Music

Has worked in the music world since 1984 as everything from performer to promoter to engineer to agent to label manager. First got involved with Brown Paper Tickets in 2007 and has been completely behind the way the company operates ever since. Now working as the BPT music "doer." This role is part of BPT's "not just for profit" model and entails consulting with independent artists and labels at no cost or obligation to them. You can read more at my profile: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/profile/26531

Gas Can Music; CEO / Head of marketing and licensing

Bob Bradley is a music industry executive from Los Angeles, CA. He currently runs a small publishing company called Gas Can Music, is the head of Marketing/Licensing for Authentik Artists and selectively consults for music clients. He has formerly worked for Fearless Records, Purevolume and his old band toured for many years while signed to Victory Records.

Nimbit; Chairman & CEO

Nimbit CEO, Bob Cramer's first love was music. The son of an accomplished classical pianist, Bob was an active guitarist in the Boston and Bay Area music scenes of the 70s and 80s. Bob's music career then took a detour into the corporate world of high-growth, venture-backed technology business. As a private investor, advisor, and executive, Bob has a track record of success including CEO of LiveVault, one of the first software-as-a-service businesses, which was acquired in 2005; and CEO of FirstSense, which was acquired in 1999. Bob has also held senior sales and marketi… Read more

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The Windish Agency; Agent

After graduating high school Bojan jumped straight into the management world learning everything by trail and error. After managing and tour managing bands for about a year Bojan met a lot of talented artists in need of booking help. In 2005, he started Noise Problem which over the next 4 years grew expanded to not only bands, but DJs as well. In 2009, he joined the Windish Agency and the rest is history.

Guitar World Magazine; Editor In Chief

Brad Tolinski has been the Editor-in-chief of Guitar World magazine, the world's best-selling publication for musicians, for over two decades. He is also currently the Editorial Director of several other music-related titles such as Guitar Aficionado, the up-scale lifestyle magazine for guitar collectors, and Revolver, the bible for heavy metal music fans. Earlier this year, Guitar World's groundbreaking subscription-based Lick of the Day app, conceived by Tolinski and Agile Partners, surpassed 500,000 downloads. Other on-going projects include the annual… Read more

INDMUSIC INC; Co-Founder & CEO

Brandon Martinez is the Co-Founder & CEO of INDMUSIC, a music startup focusing on monetizing video content for unsigned and independent musicians. INDMUSIC was founded in 2011 with Martinez's longtime friend, Jon Baltz, who he started his career in entertainment with in college by booking bands and comedians. Allen Debevoise (CEO, Machinima) & Guy Oseary (former Maverick Records CEO) also serve as investors and advisers of the company. Previously, Martinez was the Head of Digital Media at Abrams Artists Agency, a top 10 bi-coastal talent & literary agency. He was… Read more

Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA); Vice President, Digital Sales & Marketing

Brandon Squar has 15+ years working in the music industry with an emphasis on digital strategy, marketing/sales, and strategic marketing. Past experience includes working for the Universal Music Group, Island Def Jam Records, Live Nation, and the Warner Music Group. Currently oversees digital & strategic sales/marketing for the Alternative Distribution Alliance.

Social Turbine; Founder / Cheif Mediarologist

Brendan Brown got his start in the music industry as the singer and bass player for the Boston-based progressive rock band, The Receiving End of Sirens. During his time with TREOS, the band released (2) full-length records and enjoyed 5+ years of international touring. On occasion, Brendan can still be overheard recounting the time he shared a dressing room with MC Hammer or his infamous flight to Australia with cast members of ABC's television show, Lost. Now the proud co-creator of two humans and a Social Media Agency called Social Turbine, Brend… Read more

Sonar CEO and Co-Founder.  

Brett Martin is co-founder and CEO of Sonar, a new location-based mobile application that leverages social network data to reveal hidden connections and interests shared by you and the people nearby. Prior to Sonar, Brett helped found K2 Media Labs, a New York-based seed stage mobile incubator, and AppFund, K2's investment arm. Before K2 Media and AppFund, he studied strategic resource allocation in early stage startups as a Fulbright Scholar in Milan. He also helped launched Vice Magazine's web presence, VBS.tv, and worked on Wall Street as an equity research asso…

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Massive CIA; US East Coast Regional Representative

Brian is the current US East Coast A&R Regional Representative for Massive CIA, an innovative online music trend spotting platform based out of CA. He is also a recent Binghamton University MBA graduate and musician behind the electronic rock project Animus Theory.

Cookie Jar Recording; Owner/Producer/Mixer

Brian Malouf has mixed, produced, or engineered for a variety of artists over the past 3 decades. A partial list includes Michael Jackson, Pink, Pearl Jam, Matt Nathanson, Natasha Beddingfield, Slaughter, Smokey Robinson, The Jonas Brothers, David Gray, Trevor Hall, Madonna, and The Muppets! He has also done his time as an A&R executive with Columbia Records, Walt Disney Records, and most notably RCA records during their heyday from '94 to '05 where he signed Eve 6 and The Verve Pipe among other notable acts.

Foundations Artist Management; Partner / Manager

Brian Winton is a partner in Foundations Artist Management, a New York based artist management company. Together with his partners Rich Cohen and Steve Bursky, Brian runs Foundations and manages his own roster of artists including Dr. Dog, White Rabbits, Joan As Police Woman and We Barbarians. Foundations Artist Management was launched in 2000 by Steve Bursky, and has since grown into a full-service artist representation company focusing on building artists' careers from the ground-up. The New York based company prides itself on its work with it… Read more

Razor & Tie; VP, Music Licensing and Placement

Brooke Primont is the Vice President of Music Placement and Licensing at Razor & Tie. She oversees the licensing department, working on music placements of Razor & Tie recording and music publishing artists in television, film, ads, video games as well as all other media outlets. Primont joined Razor & Tie after seven years as Vice President of Creative & Marketing at Cherry Lane Music Publishing and prior to that she was Director of Writer Publisher Relations at BMI for seven years. Primont has proven results in music pitching and artist developme… Read more

WXPN; Assistant Station Manager, Programming

Bruce Warren is the Assistant Station Manager at WXPN in Philadelphia and the Executive Producer of World Cafe. He blogs about music at Some Velvet Blog and tumbl's about music at Some Velvet Blog 2. Bruce has his Master's in Organizational Dynamics from the University of Pennsylvania and teaches Social Media and the Organization at Univ. of Penn. Bruce is on the Board of Directors for PRX (Public Radio Exchange) in Boston. He discovers most of his music by sifting through 500 blogs a day in his google reader.

Nimbit; Vice President of Marketing

Carl Jacobson, Nimbit'sVice President of Marketing, describes his purpose in life as to help people be creative and also make a living with their creativity. At the young age of 16, this is what he set out to do with his life and through his work at Nimbit, the industry's leading provider of fan-commerce and marketing solutions for musicians, it's exactly what he's doing today. Carl is a recognized force in music technology marketing with over 16 years of experience in bringing empowering solutions to music makers and music listeners. He was recently the Vice… Read more

Electrofone Music; Owner

Carmen Rizzo, Los Angeles based Producer, Artist, Electronic Musician, Composer, Remixer, & two-time GRAMMY Nominee has had a very eclectic career. From writing, engineering & programming on Seal's classic Seal 2 album to producing, & writing for Paul Oakenfold's Bunka album, remixing BT, Tiesto, collaborating with Tuvan Throat singers Huun Huur Tu, to co founding the ground breaking World Music act Niyaz. Carmen is also a frequent fixture on album credits working with artist such as Coldplay, Alanis Morissette, Dido, AR Rahman, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Khaled to Pete Townshe… Read more

Carol Treat, MS, RD, CDE nutrition expert in chronic diseases and Certified Diabetes Educator, is a Project Officer for Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Ryan White Parts C & D grants. Nutrition provider for 12 years, has presented, authored and contributed to many nutrition topics for a variety venues. She has provided expert review on many publications for numerous national agencies.

Daptone Records; General Manager

CATHY BAUER, General Manager at Daptone Records, worked her way up the ranks at Lookout Records, served clients and content at a digital aggregator, booked all-ages DIY punk shows, consulted with bands and labels alike and there is likely no aspect of the independent label business she has not touched.

MERLIN BV; CEO

Charles Caldas is the CEO of Merlin, the virtual fifth major, representing the world's most important set of independent music rights. Merlin seeks to ensure its members have effective access to new and emerging revenue streams and that their rights are appropriately valued and protected. Merlin offers the most efficient means for digital music services to license repertoire from the largest and most compelling basket of independent rights in the world where such a deal is appropriate. Since commencing operations in May 2008, Merlin has struck deals with digital services includi… Read more

Shazam; US Music Manager

20+ years Artist Development & Music Marketing. Avid record collector, thrift shopper, & teller of bad jokes. Will do anything to share a great song. Helping people meet their potential makes me happy.

Soulblendr; Founder, Chief Music Officer

Charley has been at the forefront of the online industry since 1993, originally as a media executive helping magazine publishers bridge the divide between established media and new media models. Since then he has focused his efforts as both intrapreneur and entrepreneur, playing pivotal roles in the strategic development of new media business models for large corporations, and as a dedicated founder/consultant to over 12 start-ups in the newtech/social media space. Soulblendr believes that the future of merch and eventually all "authentic consumer goods"… Read more

RoyaltyShare, Inc.; VP of Royalty Services

Cheryl began her career in the late 90's working as a licensing and royalty accounting manager at a small independent record label in Miami, Pandisc Records/Streetbeat Music. In 2000, her interest in technology and music led her all the way to San Francisco and eMusic.com, one of the earliest players in the digital music space and the first company to offer a la carte downloads of digital tracks. There Cheryl became highly adept at customizing existing 3rd party royalty systems to allow for digital royalty reporting to over 1000 independent record labe… Read more

Ticketfly; Director East Coast Sales

A native of Northern N.J., Chip went to the University of Michigan where he studied Music Performance and Political Science. Upon graduation, he got an internship (and later a full time job) at Wind-up Records A&R under Diana Meltzer. He spent nights and weekends nas a drummer, recording and performing with several artists. An avid music lover, he was able to work both professionally as a drummer as well as the business side of music. From Wind-up he went on to Allido Records (former subsidiary of J Records), with Mark Ronson and Rich Kleiman. Chip continued… Read more

The Harry Fox Agency (HFA); Manager, Business Development

Chris Curley is Manager, Business Development at HFA, the nation's leading provider of rights management, licensing and royalty services for the music industry, representing over 46,000 music publishers. He is responsible for identifying, evaluating, and developing new business opportunities, particularly in the area of digital music technology. Among his accomplishments at HFA, Curley was instrumental in contracting some of the industry's most high profile game-changers in the areas of download, streaming, lyrics, and guitar tablature … Read more

RightsFlow; Director of Marketing

Chris Potter brings a diverse and experienced skill set to the RightsFlow team, having honed his capabilities in numerous capacities within the publishing, distribution, technology and artist management sectors of the music industry. In his role as Director of Marketing, Chris is responsible for aiding in the development and execution of comprehensive marketing programs for RightsFlow's broad suite of services and products, including LimeLight, the company's online cover song clearance utility, and MySpark, RightsFlow's online copyright registration service. Ch… Read more

RootMusic; Director of Business Development

Chris is pretty much a music guy. He got his first record when he was four, saw his first show when he was 5 (both KISS) and started his first band when he was eleven. Chris met his best friends, his wife and built a career all through music. Currently, he's pleased to serve as Director of Business Development at RootMusic. Prior to that Chris was Executive Director to the GRAMMYs San Francisco Chapter. Before that he started a couple of great music organizations (AMP and Youth Movement Records, respectively). Motto: Music is the best.

TuneSat; EVP/COO

Chris Woods is accomplished composer, musician, producer and engineer with more than 15 years of experience in the music business and sound processing technologies. A graduate of the Berklee School of Music, he's created music branding packages for numerous television networks, including Fox Sports, Versus and Big Ten. Since co-founding TuneSat in 2007, Woods has been instrumental in building the company's technological portfolio, including the surveying, acquisition and development of audio fingerprinting algorhythms. His personal knowledge of practical music royalty collecti… Read more

Microsoft; Director, Relationships and Strategy, Media and Entertainment Group, Microsoft

Christina Calio is director of strategic relationships and business strategy for the Media and Entertainment Group at Microsoft, where she has been responsible for business development and industry relations in music and entertainment for Xbox, Windows Phone, MSN, and the Windows Media Division since 2000. Christina spent the 90's at Geffen Records' international department, where she worked with a broad range of artists including Beck, Nirvana, Guns N Roses, and Aerosmith.

11ONENINE Artist Management; Attorney

Attorney Contardo has close to a decade experience in the music industry. She brings a legal perspective to all facets of music business in working closely with artists, managers, executives, and other industry professionals, to consult and educate in the areas of Copyright, Trademark, Business Entities, Royalties, Publishing, as well as third party online resources. Attorney Contardo has also established the first flat fee based management resource, MIXTDOWN, a selective development and educational resource providing affordable monthly guidance to all ind… Read more

Hunch; VP of Product

Christina is the VP of Product at NYC startup Hunch.com, a social recommendation site that aims to build a 'taste graph' of the entire web. Hunch combines algorithmic machine learning with user-curated content to provide taste-driven recommendations for everyone. Before Hunch she worked as the Creative Director of Product at The Orchard, a music distribution and marketing company. With a background in Human Computer Interaction, Christina has a strong passion for user-centered design and its power to enrich and strengthen online experiences.

Nettwerk Music Group; Artist Manager

Dalton Sim began his music career in 1995 managing Guster out of their apartment in Somerville, MA. Over the last 16 years, Dalton has watched Guster develop into a nationally touring, major-label act that has released 6 full-length studio albums to critical acclaim. In 2003 Dalton started a joint venture with Nettwerk Music Group, and has since worked alongside many bands and solo artists including Ben Kweller, Dispatch, State Radio, Chadwick Stokes, fun., Matt Wertz, Hem, and Alexi Murdoch. Dalton has been working out of his office in Porter Square in Cam… Read more

OK Go / Paracadute; Lead singer

Damian Kulash is the singer for the band OK Go, who have been called "the first post-internet band" and¬¨‚Ćare at the forefront of an¬¨‚Ćemerging class of independent creative entrepreneurs making art in both digital and physical spaces. ¬¨‚ĆOK Go's¬¨‚Ćself-directed videos have been viewed over 200 million times on YouTube. ¬¨‚ĆTheir most recent projects include an interactive video made with the Pilobolus dance company, a live album chronicling the 180 concerts they played in 2010, performances at Glastonbury and Lollapal… Read more

Banjo; CEO

Damien Patton is a four time serial entrepreneur who recently launched Banjo, a mobile app that sits atop the major social networks to create a location based 'social-verse' of fans and global activity. Damien's past includes Crime Scene Investigator, NASCAR Chief Mechanic and Desert Storm Veteran. He cruises the Bay Area on his Harley, loves Boston and hanging with the Dropkick Murphys.

Ultra Music; Head of Digital Strategy, Development & Operations

Dan Ghosh-Roy has been working in the digital music industry for 12 years. His career started at Liquid Audio in 1999, where he saw the boom of the dot com era, as well as its great demise. He went on to work at Pressplay and helped to launch the legal version of Napster. After spending many years on the Digital Service Provider side of the business, he decided to take on a new challenge, joining one of the majors, EMI Music, where he spent 7 years running Digital Operations for North America. In his latest role he is leading the D… Read more

exfm; Founder/CEO

Dan Kantor is the Founder & CEO of exfm. Prior to that he founded Streampad, a social music service that was acquired by AOL in 2008. Before that he spent time at Delicious, Yahoo and Microsoft. Dan holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Michigan and a Master's degree from ITP. He lives in NYC with his wife, son and two cats. He listens to music all day.

Indaba Music; Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer

Dan is a founder of Indaba Music, the leading online marketplace for new music creation. Over 600,000 musicians worldwide use the platform to produce music for use in Film, TV, brands, major recording artists, labels, radio, publishers, and more. Dan is responsible for the company's vision and strategy with a focus on product development. Dan graduated from Harvard University where he co-founded the student record label, Veritas Records. He is an active musician, instrument collector, member of The Recording Academy, and Chair of the Steering Com… Read more

FBi Radio; Music Director

Dan Zilber is Music Director at FBi 94.5fm in Sydney*, Australia's largest community radio license holder. He started at FBi in 2003 painting walls and fixing doors to hinges. 3 weeks later FBi was live and on-air full time, where Dan has been Music Director for 8 years since. His role includes listening to all music sent to the station, distributing it to announcers, programming FBi's daytime playlist, maintaining the music library, booking music interviews, organising FBi's live events and managing FBi's many music volunteers.

Pres/CEO
Glassnote Entertainment Group
Daniel Glass is Founder/President of Glassnote Entertainment Group, a full service independent music company which began in 2007. Glassnote is the proud home to Grammy Award winning Phoenix, Grammy nominated and double platinum selling Mumford & Sons, The Temper Trap, Two Door Cinema Club, GIVERS, Childish Gambino, Oberhofer, Daughter, Little Green Cars, Robert DeLong, Half Moon Run, CHVRCHES and Foy Vance. In 2011, Rolling Stone Magazine named Glassnote “Best Indie Label”. Daniel began his musical career as a DJ at the famed Regine's Discotheque in New… Read more

FirstLive; Founder

Danny Garcia is the founder and publisher of FirstLive. The core mission of FirstLive is to produce live music venue guidebooks and mobile applications for all major music markets in the U.S. The first in the series is FirstLive, Guide to Live Music Venues New York City, which was published in April of this year. FirstLive is currently working on FirstLive Austin. Danny Garcia graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a degree in Management. Shortly after graduation, he opened The Attic, an original music venue in El Paso that quickly established itself as a na… Read more

Marcato Digital ; CEO

Darren Gallop started out in the industry as a touring musician, relentlessly travelling throughout North America. In 2000, he moved his focus into the studio, where he studied and practiced engineering and production. In 2005, Darren co-founded Company House Records. After a few years of releasing recordings and managing artists, Gallop's frustration with mundane repetitive tasks and complete disorganization sparked the birth of Marcato Digital Solutions. Over the last 3 years, Marcato has built a complete artist management and festival management platform that recently … Read more

Warner/Chappell Music Publishing; SVP, strategic marketing, head of advertising & video games

Dave Pettigrew has been working in the music publishing industry for the past 15 years. He has been responsible for working on such hit video game titles as Guitar Hero, Rock Band, Bioshock 1&2, Gran Turismo, Just Dance and hundreds of other titles. He specializes in finding the right music for the right game. Warner/Chappell Music Publishing handles songwriters of all genres. 2011 marks it's 200th anniversary in the music publishing business. From Led Zeppelin to Cole Porter, Eric Clapton to Katy Perr… Read more

Backlash Solutions / SR1; Co-Founder / Dir. Of Business Development

Dave has 18+ years of experience in the music industry managing A&R, business affairs, operations, and technology at record labels, publishers, music distributors, and PR firms. In 2005 he co-founded Backlash Solutions, which was created to distribute the burgeoning software platform SR1, the first all-in-one online business management system designed specifically for independent music companies. Since 2005 Dave has personally managed the implementation of SR1 at over 75 independent music companies. Backlash clients include suc… Read more

Melodic Arts; Founder

David Andreone is a music executive whose experience ranges from music publishing and major labels to large digital music platforms. Most recently, he was the General Manager of Myspace Records, a division of Myspace Music, and a joint venture with Interscope Records/UMG. David is on the Board of Advisors for Bandcamp, an online music store, as well as a platform for artist promotion, catering mainly to independent artists. Previously, David was the Vice President of A&R at Columbia Records, and prior to that, a Senior Director of A&R at Warner/Chappell Music. His artist … Read more

HOUSE OF LOUD; PRESIDENT

Biography London England-born David Bendeth has been around music and musicians most of his life as a Guitarist, songwriter, producer and A&R executive. Self-taught on guitar before studying at the famed Berklee School of Music in Boston, Bendeth traveled back and forth between London and Toronto in his formative years before going on the road with the likes of Drummers Billy Cobham and Lenny White. After working as a teenager at a record store and playing in the house band at London's famed Speakeasy, Bendeth hit the top of the U.K. Charts as a blue-eyed soul crooner … Read more

GigaOM; Research Directord

David Card has been following the intersection of technology, media, and consumer behavior 20+ years at GigaOM Pro, Jupiter Research, IDC and Forrester. Aside from Forrester and Jupiter Forums, Card has spoken at major industry events such as E3, the Newspaper Association of America's new media conference, the PBS/NPR new media forum, Texas University's Online Journalism Symposium, Digital Music Forum East, Digital Hollywood, the Inverge conference, and Software Marketing Perspectives. He is frequently quoted in the traditional and online press and has appeared on ABC… Read more

Bandzoogle; CEO

David is CEO at Bandzoogle, the most powerful platform for musicians to build their website, engage their fans, and sell their music and merch directly. David is a reformed venture capitalist, an obsessive music fan and an occasional DJ. He's a daddy and a soccer hall-of-famer. David is also the founder of Backfed, a conspiracy to rewire the music economy (launching early next year).

Mobile Backstage; Chief Marketing Officer

David Hazan recently joined Helsinki-based Mobile Backstage as Chief Marketing Officer. Prior to that, he conceived and executed breakthrough strategic partnerships and marketing campaigns for his entertainment, digital, and brand clients such as GigsWiz, AEG, TVT, Muze, Shout! Factory and Fearless Entertainment. David's extensive music marketing experience also includes senior positions held at The Orchard, Wind-up Records,, Warner Music, MTV Networks, Universal Music, Putumayo World Music, and EMCI's London, UK office. He began his post-musician caree… Read more

Baeblemusic; CEO

Moffly is the CEO and Co-Founder of Baeblemusic, a leading music site focused on original video and editorial on today's best new artists. Previously he was founder of Creatas / Dynamic Graphics a Global Stock image and publishing company which he sold to Jupiterimages in 2005 for $70 m.

Relix Magazine, Ticket Masters: The Rise of the Concert Industry and How The Public Got Scalped; Executive Editor/ Author

Dean Budnick is the co-author of Ticket Masters: The Rise of the Concert Industry and How The Public Got Scalped, published in June, which has received praise from the Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, Hollywood Reporter and many other outlets. Budnick, the executive editor of Relix magazine, is the founder of Jambands.com, the co-creator of the Jammy Awards and the director of the documentary film, Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Rock Club. He holds a Ph.D. … Read more

SCAN NATION; VP SALES

Dean brings over 30 years of diverse expertise in marketing, sales and distribution operations in the entertainment industry covering music and movies to the team at ScanNation. His strength is the ability to identify opportunities and translate them into meaningful strategies through the creation and implementation of detailed marketing plans.He is the co-founder of TEAM, llc (ENTTEAM.com), an entertainment management services company that specializes in on-line and off-line marketing, promotion, licensing, financial and business affairs. Prior, he was GVP for Alliance E… Read more

MusicStrat; Founder Founded by Deborah Newman in 2008, MusicStrat advises entertainment and technology companies on music content acquisition & licensing, digital distribution, strategic marketing and partner relations. Newman started her career in the music business at CBS Records (later Sony Music), and is recognized for spearheading the company's activities in television and music video. As VP Programming & Sales for Sony Music Video Enterprises, she was responsible for producing and distributing longform programming for television and home video with artists such as Billy Joel, James … Read more

tinyOGRE Entertainment; Partner/VP, Marketing & Sales

Dorothy is currently Partner / VP, Marketing & Sales of Sony/RED-distributed music start-up, tinyOGRE Entertainment. She has over twelve years of experience in multiple facets of marketing and sales, with a focus on integrating online and offline initiatives and grassroots community building. Dorothy most recently served as VP of Partnership Marketing & Sales, overseeing interactive marketing and digital and mobile sales at Wind-Up Entertainment. Previously, as Director of Digital Content Development, she was responsible for Wind-Up's direc… Read more

VEVO; Senior Vice President of Music Programming, Talent & Content Operations

As Senior Vice President, Music Programming, Talent & Content Operations, Doug McVehil oversees VEVO's global music programming, talent, operations and industry relations, working closely with artists, labels, managers and content owners. McVehil is based in VEVO's New York City headquarters. Prior to joining VEVO, McVehil was Senior Vice President, Digital at Sony Music's Epic Records, where he oversaw all aspects of the label's digital marketing campaigns, artist website development and music video promotion strate… Read more

Nonesuch Records; A&R / Marketing

Drew Thurlow has been at Nonesuch Records in an A&R and marketing role for the last six years. In his former life, he was a musician.

Shoutz, Inc.; Senior Vice President of Music & Entertainment

Eddie Wenrick CEO, Eddie Wenrick Entertainment Media Senior Vice President of Music & Entertainment, Shoutz, Inc. An impresario in the broadest sense of the word, Eddie Wenrick's career in music and entertainment has encompassed the roles of record label executive, artist manager, concert promoter, music magazine publisher, executive producer, and radio broadcasting executive. He has spent the last 40 plus years traversing virtually every medium, including the recording and live performance of music, print and digital media, film, tel… Read more

Gigantic Pictures; Producer

Ed Bates has 20 years producing film and television. His first films were Sundance participants THE LAST TIME I COMMITTTED SUICIDE starring Thomas Jane, Keanu Reeves, and Adrian Brody and Mickey Roarke's FALL TIME. In addition, he produced Fox Searchlight's Gospel infused KINGDOM COME starring LL Cool J and Whoopi Goldberg, among many others. Also, Bates executive produced KINGDOM COME's award winning soundtrack, which was produced by Kirk Franklin. On the tv front, Bates produced the ABC Family mini-series FALLEN, staring Bryan Cranston and Paul Wesley. FALLEN earne… Read more

Head of MTV Israel

Elad Sonego, managing director of MTV Israel. In 2009 he was chosen by MTV Networks to lead the launch of a new MTV channel in Israel. The channel was launched first on-line, 2 years before the launch of linear channel, for the first & only time in the Networks' history In the past year he partnered with the "PERES CENTER FOR PEACE" in order to create a new online Israeli-Palestinian Youth movement called: "YALA - Young Leaders". Elad Sonego also teaches a Music & Fashion courses, in Israel's top Design & Arts academy Shenkar. The editor & DJ of "High Noon" an indie music sh…

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Songza Media; Co-Founder & CEO Elias Roman is the chief executive officer and co-founder of Songza. Songza has playlists for everything and makes it outrageously easy to find the right one, at the right time. Prior to Songza, Elias co-founded AmieStreet.com, the MP3 download service that introduced social discovery and demand-based pricing to digital music retail. Elias launched AmieStreet.com at Brown University with 2 co-founders prior to graduation, and was named as among Business Week’s ‘Top 25 Entrepreneurs in America Under 25.’ Amazon.com led AmieStreet.com’s Series A in 20… Read more

Evolver.fm, from The Echo Nest; Editor

Eliot Van Buskirk is a longtime technology writer and editor for Evolver.fm, CNET, Wired and other publications, two-time book author, and frequent guest on NPR and other media outlet who has focused on digital music for well over a decade and now believes that apps are the future of music. He plays the bass, rides a bicycle, and tries to entertain his new daughter with a ukelele that looks like a banjo.

Section 101; CEO

Elizabeth Leahy is founder and CEO of Section 101, a New York based interactive company that develops new ways for musicians to market, promote and monetize their brand. Section 101 has successfully launched websites for artists including Diane Birch, BUSH, Duran Duran and Junip. Liz is passionate about the power of the web, and the control and opportunities it provides artists for long-term success. An expert in the field of interactive marketing, Liz is frequently asked to moderate and speak on panels. Her familiarity and success within the music space has solidified Liz as … Read more

Shore Fire Media; Senior Publicist

Elizabeth Lutz is a Senior Publicist who has been at Shore Fire since 2008 and previously worked for Weber Shandwick Worldwide in Boston. Tenacious and resourceful, she is a fearless client proponent, delivering sound advice and smart, enduring campaigns. Lutz leads the media relations for artists such as Zac Brown Band and Elvis Costello, the Independent trade organization A2IM, the app iSheetMusic, start-up Artists Growth and other music, charity and technology accounts.

Whitesmith Entertainment; Co-Founder/Manager

Emily White is co-founder of Whitesmith Entertainment, Inc. a U.S. talent management firm based in New York and Los Angeles specializing in Music and Comedy. Along with co-founder Keri Smith Esguia, Whitesmith has built their reputation on launching artists using models rooted in internet marketing, fan engagement, and tour development spawning various revenue streams and setting the foundation for long-term careers. The company's roster includes Brendan Benson (of The Raconteurs), GOLD MOTEL, Urge Overkill, Sydney Wayser, Kevin Avery, Margaret Cho, … Read more

ONErpm; CEO

Emmanuel Zunz is the Founder and CEO of ONErpm.com, a digital distribution company that powers the social commerce of musicians and record labels on Facebook, and delivers music to the world's top services and stores. ONErpm is headquartered in New York City and Sao Paulo, Brazil. Prior to ONErpm Mr. Zunz ran Verge Records, a socially conscious record label that reinvested sales into impoverished neighborhoods. Mr. Zunz has a background in management consulting and holds a Masters Degree in International Economics from Johns Hopkins University.

MusicDish*China; Founder

Eric de Fontenay has spent his career steeped in what has been called the "digital revolution." In '97, he founded MusicDish at the dawn of the "new" digital music industry, launching what would become the largest music newswire Mi2N. Since launching MusicDish*China in 2010, he has worked with major festivals in China such as JZ and Midi and promoters as well as developing Western acts for China's market.

Music180.com; Founder & CEO

Eric Galen is the founder and CEO of Music180.com, the premiere Artist Development Community that connects emerging talent with top music professionals to find and develop tomorrow's great artists. The growing Music180 roster includes Rob Fusari (Lady Gaga, Britney Spears), Marti Frederiksen (Aerosmith, Carrie Underwood), Melvin Brown (Akon, Justin Timberlake), Bug Music Publishing (Bruno Mars, Kara Dioguardi), The Collective (Linkin Park), Arthouse Entertainment and hundreds more. As an entrepreneur, music attorney, artist development coach and trained musician, Er… Read more

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP; Partner

Eric J. German, a partner in the Intellectual Property & Technology Practice at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, has particular expertise in entertainment, copyright and trademark counseling, transactions, negotiations and litigation, primarily in the areas of music, television, film, video games and software. He has extensive experience representing artists, record labels and music publishing companies, and is a frequent speaker on topics involving music and digital rights. Mr. German is Co-Chair of A2IM, S. California Chapter, and is an Adjunct Profes… Read more

The Lodge; Partner/Executive Creative Director

Eric Kaye is a composer/producer/musician, and is currently the Executive Creative Director/Partner of the Lodge, an original music production company with offices in New York and Los Angeles, as well as the Diner, a music library with over 5,000 fully customizable tracks available for licensing.