LOS ANGELES SYNC MISSION 2012
Music in Visual Media
Sponsored by
The BPI
Music Publishers Association
UK Trade & Investment
MONDAY, 23 APRIL
7:00pm
Hunnypot Radio Show and Party
Location:
The Libertine (bar/nightclub)
8210 W. Sunset Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA 90046
Tel. 323.656.3005
Hunnypot (www.hunnypotunlimited.com) runs an internet radio show geared to music
supervisors and music lovers, hosted by John Anderson and guests. They organise a party around
the show. Generally there are a good number of music industry people there, and the
atmosphere is very informal. The event will run until approximately 10pm.
TUESDAY, 24 APRIL
Location:
Capitol Studios
Studio A
1750 North Vine Street
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Web: www.capitolstudios.com
South of the 101 Freeway, between Hollywood and Franklin.
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Photo IDs are required to enter.
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We will not provide breakfast at Capitol Studios, but there will be tea and coffee available
each day.
Capitol Studios is in the ground floor of the iconic Capitol Records building. Parking is free to all
delegates in the Coast Lot. The entrance is on the east side of Vine Street just south of the
building. Once you enter the lot from Vine Street, proceed to the gate just east of the tower and a
security officer will greet you at your car. Give the officer your name and inform them that you
are going to the Studios. They will direct you to the parking spot reserved for you. More
information can be found here: www.capitolstudios.com/index.cfm?page=parking
8:45am
Briefing: Maximizing Your Mission
Carlo Cavagna, UK Trade & Investment (Los Angeles)
Sue Hantsch, Music Publishers Association
Phil Patterson, UK Trade & Investment
Julian Wall, The BPI
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9:15am
Panel: Hit the Ground Running with Hit The Ground Running
Jason Alexander
President, Hit the Ground Running
Jonathan Christiansen
Music Supervisor, Hit the Ground Running
Rudy Chung
Sr. Music Supervisor, Hit the Ground Running
10:45am
Panel: Music for Films
Gemma Dempsey
Music Supervisor
Chris Douridas
Music Supervisor | Host, KCRW 89.9 FM
Gabe Hilfer
Music Supervisor, Clearsongs
John Houlihan
President/Music Supervisor, Houlihan Film Music
Aminé Ramer
Founder/Music Supervisor, States of Sound
12:00pm
Lunch
12:30pm
Panel: Work for Hire moderated by Jeff Rona
Brian McNelis
SVP, Music & Soundtracks, Lakeshore Entertainment
Jeff Rona
Composer
Andy Ross
Head of Music, North America, Cutting Edge Group
John Tempereau
Agent, Soundtrack Music Associates
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2:00pm
Presentation: ASCAP
Shawn LeMone
Vice President, Film & TV / Visual Media, ASCAP Membership Group
Michael Todd
Senior Director of Film & TV Music, ASCAP Membership Group
2:45pm
Panel: Music for Television
Daryl Berg
Executive Director, Music, Shine America
Thomas Golubic’ (tentative)
President, Supermusicvision
Billy Gottlieb (tentative)
Music Supervisor, Playback Music
Chris Jackson
Director, Music, Comcast Entertainment Group
Laura Webb
Independent Music Supervisor
Lindsay Wolfington (tentative)
President, Lone Wolf Music Supervision
4:15pm
Panel: Music Artists Working with/in Film & TV moderated by Nic Harcourt
Cary Brothers
Recording Artist
Kyler England
Recording Artist
Carmen Rizzo
Recording Artist
Curt Smith
Recording Artist
Nic Harcourt
Host, KCSN 88.5 FM & Guitar Center Sessions
Music Supervisor In Residence, MTV
5:30pm
Free Evening
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WEDNESDAY, 25 APRIL
Location:
Capitol Studios
Studio A
1750 North Vine Street
Los Angeles, CA 90028
9:00am
Panel: Music for Videogames
Deborah G. Fingerman
Director, Business and Legal Affairs, THQ
Mike Rajna
Director of Licensing, Konami Digital Entertainment
Victor Rodriguez
Former Director of Audio, THQ
10:30am
Panel: Music for Trailers
Natalie Baartz
Music Director, Ignition Creative
Marcy Bulkeley
Music Director, Big Picture Entertainment
Danny Exum
Lead Music Supervisor, mOcean (Burbank)
Vanessa Jorge
Director of Music, Aspect Ratio
Brent Kidwell
Music Supervisor, Cimarron Group
12:00pm
Presentation: British Music in American Television
Sharon Jennings
Vice President, Music & Marketing, APM Music
Edwina Travis-Chin
Music Director, APM Music
12:45pm
Lunch
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1:30pm
Interactive Workshop: Spotting Session
Anna Granucci
Music Supervisor, Scene Tracks
3:00pm
Depart for Site Visits
Delegates will split into 2 groups for visits to Disney/ABC and NBC Universal. Due to tight
security procedures at Hollywood studios, delegates will sign up to visits in advance, and photo
IDs (passports) will be required. Names submitted to the studios must match names on photo
IDs.
Travel will be via shared taxis and the delegates’ hired cars. Due to check-in procedures at the
studios, departure must be at 3:00 sharp.
3:30pm
Site Visit #1: Disney | ABC Television Studios
Location:
2100 Riverside Drive (tbc)
Burbank, CA 91506
Kaylin Frank
Vice President, Creative, Music & Soundtracks, Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production
Melyssa Hardwick
Creative Content Producer, Disney | ABC Studios
Dawn Solér
Senior Vice President, TV Music, Disney | ABC Studios
Kelsi Taglang
Talent Development Representative, Walt Disney Animation Studios
Steven Vincent
VP, Music & Soundtracks, Disney ABC Networks Group
Tony Von Pervieux
Creative Director, TV Music, Disney | ABC Studios
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3:30pm
Site Visit #2: NBC Universal Television
Location:
100 Universal City Plaza
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Building 1320 West, 4 floor
Universal City, CA 91608
Due to the busy television pilots season, we have been advised that not all listed participants will
be available on the day.
Kerri Drootin
Director, Music Supervision and Licensing
Oliver Hild
Manager, Music Supervision and Licensing
Janine Kerr
Director, Promo Music Services
Alicen Schneider
Vice President, Music Creative Services
Stacy Wallen-McCarthy
Director, Music Supervision & Music Licensing
7:00pm
Pub Quiz Night
Location:
Rock & Reilly’s
8911 W. Sunset Blvd
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Tel. +1.360.1400
Rock & Reilly’s is located on the north side of Sunset Blvd next to the Whisky-A-Go-Go. This
event is limited to 30 delegates, who have RSVP’ed in advance with Phil Patterson.
Master of Ceremonies:
John Anderson — Senior Director, Film, TV & Media, ole Songs Inc.
Guests:
Samuel Diaz — Associate Director of Music Supervision, CBS Television Studios
Adam Lewis — Co-Owner, The Planetary Group
Hélène Muddiman — Composer
Glen Phillips — Director of Music Licensing, The Windish Agency
Aminé Ramer — Founder, States of Sound
Additional guests to be announced.
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THURSDAY 26 APRIL
Location:
Capitol Studios
Studio A
1750 North Vine Street
Los Angeles, CA 90028
9:00am
Panel: Publishers
Rich Goldman
President, Riptide Music
Jason Klarfeld
Creative Licensing, SONGS Music Publishing
Chris Lakey
VP, Synchronization & New Media, Kobalt Music Publishing America
Gary Miller
VP, Music for Film & Television, Universal Music Publishing Group
Marty Silverstone
Sr. Creative Director, Film & TV, Primary Wave Music Publishing
10:30am
Panel: Music for Television
Jonathan Leahy
Music Supervisor, Aperture Music
Wendy Levy
Music Supervisor & Consultant
Andrea von Foerster
President/Music Supervisor, Firestarter Music
Mark Wike (tentative)
Founder/Music Supervisor, Wike Music
Russell Ziecker
VP, Television Music/A&R, Lionsgate Music + Publishing
12:00pm
Keynote Remarks: Nigel Grainge
12:45pm
Lunch
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1:30pm
Panel: Pitching Music to Different Audiences
John Anderson
Senior Director, Film, TV & Media, ole Songs Inc.
Cindy Badell-Slaughter
President, Heavy Hitters Music Group
Danny Benair
Owner, natural energy lab
Adam Lewis
Co-Owner, The Planetary Group
Glen Phillips
Director of Music Licensing, The Windish Agency
3:00pm
Panel: Music For Advertising
Jason Kramer
Music Supervisor, Elias Arts
Josh Marcy
Creative Producer & Music Supervisor, Mophonics
Aaron Monty
Director, Memory Lane/Scion Music Group- West Coast
Sarah Smith
Bank Robber Music
4:20pm
Mission Wash-Up
Debi Blackgrove, The BPI
Carlo Cavagna, UK Trade & Investment (Los Angeles)
Sue Hantsch, Music Publishers Association
Stuart Kozlowski, UK Trade & Investment (Los Angeles)
Phil Patterson, UK Trade & Investment
Julian Wall, The BPI
6:30pm
Garden Party to honour Mission Delegates
Hosted by Consul-General Dame Barbara Hay
Location:
450 South June Street
Los Angeles, California 90020
(Hancock Park neighbourhood)
Absolutely no admissions after 8:00pm. The event ends at 9:00pm.
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USEFUL CONTACTS
Mission sponsors and organisers
Debi Blackgrove, BPI
Mobile email:
[email protected]
Mobile phone: +44 7795 358725
Twitter:
@DebiCoco
Carlo Cavagna, UK Trade & Investment (Los Angeles)
Mobile email:
[email protected]
Mobile phone: +1 310 621 7064
Twitter:
@UKTI_CreativeLA; @carlocavagna
Sue Hantsch, MPA
Mobile email:
[email protected]
Mobile phone: +44 7909 628040
Stuart Kozlowski, UK Trade & Investment (Los Angeles)
Mobile email:
[email protected]
Mobile phone: +1 310 846 7885
Twitter:
@skozlowski
Phil Patterson, UK Trade & Investment (HQ)
Mobile email:
[email protected]
Mobile phone: +44 7831 237981
Julian Wall, BPI
Mobile email:
[email protected]
Mobile phone: +44 7884 185753
British Consulate – Consular Section*
Barbara Morgan
Telephone: +1.310.481.2925
*For lost passports, arrests, etc.
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APPENDIX I: SITE VISITS
Site Visit #1: Disney | ABC Television
1. Adrian Cooke – Portmanteau
2. Herman Verkade – Musiqware
3. Kully Bhamra – Kully B Productions
4. Caroline Sewell – No Half Measures (Caroline Anderson on passport)
5. Rene Renner – Metropolis Group
6. Yemi – Zoe Records
7. Pete Gardiner – Union Square
8. Jonathan Tester – Bucks
9. Tim Lee – Tummy Touch
10. Katy Samwell – Metropolis Group
11. Jane Mitchell – Hear No Evil
12. Tamar Carr-Martindale – Hear No Evil
13. Steve Marshall – State of Emergency
14. William Reid – state51
15. Andy Hopkins – Andy Hopkins
16. Oliver Way – EPM Music
17. Matthew Boyle – Workhouse Records
18. Julia Jones – Music Hub
19. Glen Rowe – Cato Music
20. Charles Cosh – Tairona Songs
21. Gerard Cantwell – Hope Management
Staff: Julian Wall; Stuart Kozlowski; Phil Patterson (tbc); Sarishta Katrak (tbc)
Site Visit #2: NBC Universal
1. Atim Obot – Zoe Records
2. Verity Griffiths – Ministry of Sound
3. Alexander Kassner – Kassner Associated Publishers
4. Barry Tomes – Gotham Records
5. John Truelove – Truelove Music
6. Kingsley Sage – ANEMO
7. Paul Tunkin – Blow Up
8. Diane Young – Starfisch
9. Ola – Just Another Label (Oluwafemi Olasehinde on passport)
10. Lawrence Gill – Rinse the Sync
11. Alex Sheridan – Tummy Touch
12. Claire Lothian – Believe Digital
13. Charley Bickers – Atlantic Screen Music
14. Hide Whone (David Hidehiko Whone on passport)
15. Andy Thomson – Lisn Music
16. Vince Lynch – One Golden Square
17. Morni Otadaferua – Core Songs
Staff: Carlo Cavagna; Debi Blackgrove; Sue Hantsch (tbc)
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APPENDIX II: BIOGRAPHIES
Hit the Ground Running with Hit the Ground Running
9:15am – Tuesday, 24 April
Jason Alexander
President
Rudy Chung
Sr. Music Supervisor
Twitter: @rudyardchungus
Jonathan Christiansen
Music Supervisor
Hit the Ground Running’s current and past music supervision credits include CSI, CSI: New York, CSI: Miami,
Everybody Hates Chris, Entourage, The Cleaner, Kath & Kim, Dancelife, Cold Case, Eleventh Hour, and Without A
Trace. Past film credits include Goal!, Flicka, The Poughkeepsie Tapes, Behind The Mask, and the Oscar winning
short-form documentary A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin.
Pusher, a concept from the music supervision company Hit the Ground Running, is a collective of artists and
composers. It places handpicked music into trailers, with a distinct sound and aesthetic. Pusher also custom
scores. Pusher is proud to present: Applescal, Beat Ventriloquists, Camo & Krooked, Chasing Shadows, Chroma
Code, Cinephile, The Crystal Method, Death Grips, DJ Shadow, echolab, HECQ, Josh One, Ki:Theory, Mount
Cyanide, MRR-ADM, Multiverse, Orbital, Paul Jebanasam, Pinch, Reinhold & Johnny, Sine Kode, Strontium Dog,
T.Shirt, THURZ, Trifonic, TTL, Warpaint, and Zack Hemsey.
Panel: Music for Films
10:45am – Tuesday, 24 April
Gemma Dempsey
Music Supervisor
Twitter: @gemmadempsey
Gemma Dempsey has worked solidly for twenty years in the radio, music, film and TV arenas, both in Los Angeles
and London. Her first music supervision work included films such as The Last Emperor, Shallow Grave, and Leaving
Las Vegas . In Los Angeles she has worked in radio production at KCRW where she produced “Morning Becomes
Eclectic” for Chris Douridas, “The Treatment” for Elvis Mitchell, and hosted her own podcast “The Global Gig
Guide” about music festivals around the world.
In September 2011 Gemma was Artist Liaison at London’s Royal Opera House’s “Ignite”' festival , is Music
Supervisor on Mike Figgis’s film Suspension of Disbelief, and Music Stylist for a new film/music/entertainment
website, Elensa.com (launching later this year).
Due to all this work making her thirsty , she is producing a pop up tea shop in Silver Lake! Come in for a cuppa
and have a chat about music and film! A Spot of Tea @ Spice Station, 3819 W. Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026.
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Chris Douridas
Music Supervisor | Host — KCRW 89.9 FM
Twitter: @chrisdouridas
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, Chris hosted the inaugural 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.
In the digital realm, Chris ran AOL Music where he oversaw Radio@AOL, and created, produced and hosted the
popular Sessions@AOL interview and performance program (AOL Keyword: Sessions). From there, Steve Jobs
personally hired Chris to be the Creative Programming Consultant for Steve Jobs and the launch of the new iTunes
Music Store. Chris created the critically-acclaimed live performance and interview series, iTunes Originals,
featuring Paul Simon, Willie Nelson, Bjork, PJ Harvey, Jack Johnson, Sting, Sarah McLachlan, and others.
Chris is probably best known in film circles as a music supervisor and consultant for award-winning film and
television projects, including Northern Exposure, the Austin Powers series (Chris brought in the game-changing
Quincy Jones’ “Soul Bossa Nova” for the project), 187, As Good as It Gets (“Best Picture” Academy AwardNominee), Heat, Grosse Point Blank, Grace of My Heart (engineered the Grammy winning pairing of Elvis Costello
and Burt Bacharach), American Beauty (Academy Award for “Best Picture”, Grammy Nominee for “Best
Soundtrack”), One Hour Photo, Down With Love, The Girl Next Door, Rumor Has It, Bobby, the record-setting
Shrek 2 (Academy Award for “Best Animated Picture,” Grammy Nominee for “Best Soundtrack”), and The
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. Other recent film/TV projects include the documentary sensation American
Teen, The Women, The Education of Charlie Banks, Shrek Forever After, the Sundance hit The Details, and the
celebrated new Showtime series House of Lies, starring Don Cheadle.
Alongside his work in the film and TV world, Douridas continues his dedication to presenting the best music on the
planet by nurturing new artists through his ongoing radio work and his wildly popular live concert events series,
School Night. On the radio front, Douridas shares his discoveries through KCRW’s new online all-music channel
Eclectic24 which he conceived and curates, his weekly radio program heard on KCRW-FM, kcrw.com, and
Radio@iTunes (among the artists making their radio debuts on the program are Michael Kiwanuka, Ray
LaMontagne, John Mayer, Brett Dennen, Nelly Furtado, Nicolas Jaar, Matt Corby and Birdy). In May of 2010,
Douridas launched School Night as a free weekly live music series at Bardot in Hollywood, presenting up and
coming new artists alongside legendary musicians, in a dance party atmosphere.
Gabe Hilfer
Music Supervisor — Clearsongs
Twitter: @waveuno
Gabe Hilfer started his career DJing and hosting a college radio show. From there he went on to work at BMG
Entertainment in New York, where he was involved in the early intersection of music and technology. In time, his
role at BMG transitioned into worldwide marketing, working on campaigns for artists as diverse as Christina
Aguilera and The RZA. Gabe then took a leap into artist management, working with a variety of performers and
producers, and becoming immersed in an entirely new facet of the entertainment industry. In 2004, Gabe joined
Clearsongs and has since worked on over 20 feature films, most recently 50/50 and Project X. He has also worked
on multiple television shows including Entourage, How To Make It In America and Luck as well as numerous
advertising campaigns.
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John Houlihan
President/Music Supervisor — Houlihan Film Music
Twitter: @tastymm
John Houlihan is a veteran music supervisor and music producer who has helped shape more than 60 feature films
and dozens of popular soundtrack albums. Highlights include all three Austin Powers films, both of the Charlie’s
Angels films, Training Day (which earned a Best Actor Academy Award for Denzel Washington), and the hit
romantic film Letters To Juliet. His work has generated worldwide hit songs and videos by Beyoncé, Madonna,
Lenny Kravitz, Pink and Nelly, as well as contributing to the groundbreaking presidential campaign of President
Barack Obama.
Recent projects include the U2 documentary From The Sky Down directed by Academy Award winner Davis
Guggenheim, the John Singleton thriller Abduction starring Taylor Lautner, and the upcoming Nicholas
Cage/January Jones drama Seeking Justice. In television John was the co-composer and music supervisor for the
2010-2011 CBS legal series The Defenders, which starred Jim Belushi and Jerry O’Connell. He is now working with
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Mike Judge on the re-launch of MTV’s Beavis And Butt-Head series, which premiered on October 27 as the
highest rated cable television show for Thursday nights. He recently completed filming of the Live With John
Legend pilot for Showtime featuring John Legend, Faith Hill and B.o.B. John is in post-production of the time-travel
film Looper, written and directed by Rian Johnson and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis and Emily Blunt.
Looper will be released through Tri-Star on September 28, 2012.
Aminé Ramer
Founder/Music Supervisor — States of Sound
Twitter: @statesofsound
Aminé Ramer is a music supervisor with a strong background in music licensing for film, television, and soundtrack
albums. Coupled with her strong negotiation skills, her ability to bring cutting edge music to her projects is her
trademark. Her passion for music and extensive relationships with artists, managers, record labels and publishers
has enabled her to have access to every type of music imaginable. As a dual citizen of the United States and New
Zealand, Aminé has a strong sense of the international music scene. She travels frequently between Europe, New
Zealand, and the United States, keeping her ear to the ground on what’s happening in this ever-changing industry
(although she has often been accused of being stuck in the 80s).
Aminé’s feature film credits include For a Good Time Call (Focus Features); The Losers (Warner Bros Pictures);
Demoted (Parallel Media/Starz Entertainment); The Entitled (Dynan Productions/Anchor Bay); 50 Pills (Coalition
Films/Comedy Central); Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down (First Look/Showtime); and the documentaries
Revenge of the Electric Car (Papercut Films/Area23a) and Food Inc. (Participant Media/Magnolia). Amine’s TV
credits include ShowTime’s Weeds (first season), ABC Family Channel’s reality series America’s Prom Queen, Style
Network’s Dress My Nest, and NBC’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search. She also worked as music coordinator to Thomas Golubic’ on the HBO series Six Feet Under.
Panel: Work for Hire
12:30pm – Tuesday, 24 April
Brian McNelis
SVP, Music & Soundtracks — Lakeshore Entertainment
Twitter: @LakeshoreRecs
Brian McNelis is the Senior Vice President Of Music And Soundtracks for Lakeshore Entertainment, the four-time
Academy Award-winning film production company. Brian is a Grammy Award-Nominated Soundtrack Album
Producer, is the Co-Producer of the Lakeshore/MGM feature film remake of Fame, and has provided Executive
Music Services to CBS Films’ first slate of releases. During 2011, Brian music supervised the critically acclaimed
films Drive and The Lincoln Lawyer, both of which received praise for their use of music in film.
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Some of the soundtrack and score albums Brian has produced include Napoleon Dynamite, Fame, The Last Kiss and
Underworld Awakening. He has executive produced the albums from Academy Award-Nominated and Winning
films such as Little Miss Sunshine, City Of God, Into The Wild, and The Hurt Locker. The score for The Hurt Locker,
by Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, was also nominated for an Academy Award.
During 2011, Lakeshore Records released five iTunes Top 10 Soundtrack albums: Drive, The Lincoln Lawyer, Blue
Valentine, Beastly, and No Strings Attached. Lakeshore Records has two Grammy Nominations, one each for
Napoleon Dynamite and Little Miss Sunshine. Drive was recognized on over 50 Top 10 Best lists for music,
including The Boston Society Of Film Critics "Best Use of Music In A Film" Award.
Jeff Rona
Composer
Twitter: @jeffrona
Jeff Rona is a contemporary film composer, recording artist, and performer. Prior to becoming an established a
composer, he was closely involved in a number of creative & technical aspects of electronic music, including the
development of musical software and new instrument design, and was a leading figure in making MIDI a
groundbreaking world-wide phenomenon.
He worked on numerous films & records before landing his first solo composing project, scoring the acclaimed
television series Homicide: Life On The Street for director Barry Levinson. Since then he has scored a number of
other films and television projects with directors such as Ridley Scott, Steven Spielberg, Wong Kar-wai, Robert
Altman, Steven Soderbergh, Mark Pellington, Stephen Hopkins, Jonathan Demme, Frank Darabont, and many
others. His projects have received numerous awards including Oscar, Peabody & Emmy Awards, and countless film
festival awards around the world. He is a two-time recipient of the ASCAP Film and Television Music Award. He
was commissioned to compose a concert for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which toured throughout China.
Among his album projects he recorded and performed as a member of Jon Hassell’s highly regarded group, during
which he co-composed and produced the acclaimed City-Works Of Fiction record for Opal Records (now on
Rykodisc). The group toured and performed with legendary producer/composer Brian Eno. He’s performed with
the Eastern fusion ensemble Axiom Of Choice, and appears on their Narada records. In addition to his album work
with Hassell, his music is also on the critically praised world-beat Transplanet series on Triloka Records, the
electronica compilation Leaves From The Tree, and Elysium For the Brave, the newest record with Persian singer
Azam Ali.
Jeff’s book, The Reel World, is a popular and well-regarded chronicle of his experiences in the film music world. He
is an artist-in-residence at the Aspen Music Festival, and often speaks on film music. Updated June 2011.
Andy Ross
Head of Music, North America — Cutting Edge Group
Twitter: @CuttingEdgeGrp
Andy has 25 years experience in the music industry. He spent 10 years at Courtyard Management (Radiohead,
Supergrass), where he managed new artists, ran the record label and publishing company. Andy was also Head of
Marketing at Freakstreat Records (Shola Ama, D-Influence). He moved from London to Hollywood 10 years ago
and has since grossed over $1m in placements for the bands he has managed, including the Grey’s Anatomy theme
tune, as well as working on music for over 100 commercials.
He has supervised and coordinated music for over 80 movies in the past 3 years. He currently manages Cutting
Edge Group's North American music department, and loves fusion music, anything with soul, originality or that
stands out from the crowd.
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John Tempereau
Founder/Partner — Soundtrack Music Associates
Twitter: @JohnTempereau
John is the founder/senior partner of Soundtrack Music Associates, one of the most successful boutique agency
representing film, television, and video game composers in the US and abroad.
John is an agency lifer. After going to school in Los Angeles and graduating from the University of Colorado with a
double major in Political Science and Economics, he returned home and began his career at The William Morris
Agency in the Television Packaging Department. John was then hired by artist managers Herb Nanas and Stan
Moress. He moved on to a short stint at the Robert Light Agency, a small independent agency representing film
and television composers.
In 1996, John became a partner at MSK. When the original agents in the company opted to retire a few years later,
John bought them out in and started Soundtrack Music Associates. His handpicked roster of talent works with all
major film studios boasts over 20 television series currently on the air and has composers on 3 of the top 5 video
games available today.
Presentation: ASCAP
2:00pm – Tuesday, 24 April
Shawn LeMone
Vice President, Film & TV / Visual Media — ASCAP Membership Group
Shawn LeMone is Vice President and General Manager of the Film & Television / Visual Media Department in
ASCAP’s Membership Group. Shawn advocates on behalf of film, television and video game composers and
resolves high level crediting and distribution issues. His department is responsible for servicing ASCAP’s composer
members and maintaining a strong market share across all audio-visual mediums.
Having joined the society's Los Angeles office in 1995, LeMone has spearheaded ASCAP’s outreach efforts to the
film and television production community and the video game industry. He has been instrumental in the
development of industry standards for television performance data and educating production companies on the
role of performance rights. In addition, he is among those at the forefront of ASCAP's efforts exploring and
employing strategic and technological innovations to better serve its composer and publisher members.
Prior to ASCAP, LeMone served as the Foreign Levies Administrator for both the Directors Guild of America (DGA)
and Writers Guild of America (WGA) from 1991 to 1995. During his tenure at the Guilds, he developed and
administered a large royalty account derived from levies on the sale and rental of video tape in Europe.
LeMone graduated from UCLA in 1991 with a degree in Social Psychology and is a dormant guitarist and
songwriter. He has organized and participated in seminars at UCLA, the Society of Composers and Lyricists,
American Film Institute, Game Developers Conference, Austin Music Foundation, California Lawyers for the Arts
and the California Copyright Conference, where he served as President of the Board of Directors.
Michael Todd
Senior Director of Film & TV Music — ASCAP Membership Group
Twitter: @mtoddmobile
Michael Todd has almost 20 years of experience in the Hollywood music industry and is a leader in the film &
television composer community. Todd fosters high-profile member relationships, builds and protects current
repertory and market share for ASCAP, and consults in career development for film/TV composers & songwriters.
He also develops and implements strategies to recruit new members and promote the benefits of ASCAP
membership. Key industry relationships include: major & independent music publishers, film & TV studio music
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executives, directors, producers, soundtrack label executives, composer agents, attorneys & managers, music
supervisors, music editors, publicists, advertising agencies, high profile composer members & songwriter artists,
and prestigious university music departments.
Since 1999, Todd has recruited some of ASCAP’s most renowned members. He has also led and produced the
acclaimed annual ASCAP Television & Film Scoring Workshop with Richard Bellis for the past 12 years. This fourweek intensive “boot camp” is designed to cultivate the next generation of aspiring film composers from around
the world and provide access to Hollywood’s top resources. Alumni have gone on to build successful careers,
garnering major nominations and prestigious awards (Emmy, BAFTA, G.A.N.G. awards, international festivals, etc).
He has also produced panels, mentor sessions and live performances for ASCAP’s annual “I Create Music” Expo.
A graduate of University of Miami with a degree in Studio Music and Jazz Performance on saxophone, Todd
continues to perform professionally throughout the US and internationally.
Panel: Music for Television
2:45pm – Tuesday, 24 April
Daryl Berg
Executive Director, Music — Shine America
Twitter: @darylberg
Daryl Berg is responsible for Shine America’s music strategy, expanding the music portfolio and building licensing
properties across platforms in scripted, unscripted and digital productions.
Berg previously was Director of Music for FUEL TV, where he spearheaded music strategy for the network including
music supervision, licensing and booking bands to overseeing the network’s music marketing campaigns. Prior to
FUEL TV, Berg co-created Crusty Old Timer, Inc., a music supervision and placement company. He also served
as Director of Business Development and New Media at EMI Recorded Music.
Berg began his professional career as the minority founder and VP of Strategic Development of The Orchard, a
digital and physical music distribution company.
Thomas Golubic’
President — Supermusicvision
Twitter: @arbiters
Billy Gottlieb
Music Supervisor — Playback Music
Baltimore native Billy Gottlieb grew up with a passion for all things music. Upon arriving in L.A by way of Aspen,
Billy caught the attention of one of the industry’s top film music supervisors at the time. He quickly honed his skills
on such classic films as Pulp Fiction, Clueless, and The Basketball Diaries. In the late 90s Billy helped establish a
soundtracks department at Capitol Records. While at Capitol he contributed to the success of such hit albums as
Romeo & Juliet, Clueless, Stealing Beauty, and the U.S. release of Trainspotting.
Seeking new adventures Billy started his company Playback Music Supervision. Over the past decade Playback has
supervised such diverse film and TV projects as Bring It On, The Cooler, Human Target, Alias, Bones, Mean Girls 2,
and ROAD TRIP: BEER PONG to name a few. Billy is currently working on the Fox thriller Fringe and the new NBC
comedy Bent starring Amanda Peete.
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Chris Jackson
Director of Music — Comcast Entertainment Group
As Director of Music for the Comcast Entertainment Group/NBCUniversal, Chris is responsible for the sound of the
E!, Style, and G4 Networks. Chris oversees all aspects of music acquisition, placement, and production for the
major cable network group in addition to advising other cable networks in the NBCU family. This includes catalog
development and exploitation, rights administration, and strategic initiatives involving music and music-related
programming. Chris also works closely with programming, talent, and promotion to leverage network assets in
providing opportunities to both emerging and established artists seeking to take advantage of the network’s
worldwide scope and reach.
Prior to CEG, Chris was a partner in Beatscape, providing music supervision for film, television, trailers and
videogames. He also co-founded MustVote, a groundbreaking voter registration campaign coupling viral and social
media marketing with the passion of music fans. Chris also co-founded Rightspring, Inc. a pioneering marketplace
for searching, licensing and digital delivery of creative assets to professional users. Chris has over 15 years
experience in all facets of the music business including major and independent labels, event production, and digital
media.
Laura Webb
Independent Music Supervisor
Twitter: @lalawebb
Laura started out in the music supervision world by working with esteemed music supervisor, Laura Wasserman.
During her time as a music coordinator, she worked on films such as Shark Tale, A Lot Like Love, XXX2: State of the
Union, 500 Days of Summer, and MTV’s The Hills. Laura has been the music supervisor on various television shows
and movies such as: The City, Taking the Stage, How’s Your News. Earlier this year she wrapped on two indie films,
Highland Park and Save the Date, which premiered at Sundance this year. She is currently music supervising MTV’s
World of Jenks, Teen Wolf and MTV’s Movie Awards.
Lindsay Wolfington
President — Lone Wolf Music Supervision
Twitter: @lonewolfindsay
Lindsay Wolfington started her music career as a DJ at WBRU-FM in Providence, Rhode Island while attending
Brown University. In 2001, she headed out west to pursue music supervision, working at Daisy Music with Jennifer
Pyken and Madonna Wade-Reed. During her four years at Daisy, she worked on such TV shows as Felicity, Alias,
Smallville, Boston Public, Las Vegas, and Summerland, and such movies as The Perfect Score and My Boss'
Daughter.
Now Lindsay runs her own company, Lone Wolf Music Supervision, where she oversees the music for The CW’s
One Tree Hill and CBS’s Ghost Whisperer. She previously worked on the Fox show Unhitched, Crumbs for ABC, and
What Goes On for "the N" on Noggin. She has also supervised the films Self-Medicated, Recyclers, and Swing State
Ohio, and produced three One Tree Hill soundtracks with Maverick Records. Lindsay teaches a music supervision
class at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Extension programme. Updated April 2009
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Panel: Working In Film & TV
4:15pm – Tuesday, 24 April
Nic Harcourt
Host — KCSN 88.5 FM | Host — Guitar Center Sessions, DirecTV
Music Supervisor In Residence — MTV
Twitter: @nicharcourt
Regarded as an important tastemaker in music, Nic Harcourt is the former host of both Morning Becomes Eclectic
and the syndicated show Sounds Eclectic. After 10 years as KCRW Music Director, Nic stepped down in 2008 to
pursue other opportunities. Still a DJ at KCRW, Nic currently serves as the host of the award winning Guitar Center
Sessions on DirecTV's 101 and n3D channels and works in television and film as a music consultant and supervisor.
Nic was appointed in March of 2011 as MTV's first Music Supervisor in Residence. He also serves as Chief Creative
Consultant for the newly announced Hype Music: a first-of-its kind hybrid music production and licensing
partnership from MTV and Extreme Music, fueled by new and emerging independent talent.
Many artists, including Dido, Coldplay and Norah Jones, have credited Nic for putting them on the map and helping
them achieve stardom. He’s also helped launch the careers of KT Tunstall, Ting Tings, Sigur Ros, Damien, Rice,
Death Cab for Cutie, Franz Ferdinand, Interpol, Adele and countless others. He has been described by music writer
Mark Weingarten as “the most influential DJ in America.”
From 1998-2008 at KCRW, Nic raised the bar by introducing events such as station-sponsored KCRW and
KCRW.com Presents concerts. KCRW was the first radio station to broadcast from remote locations like SXSW,
CMJ, and the Latin Alternative Music Conference. Nic also produced the Sounds Eclectic CD compilation series. His
first foray into literature was Music Lust, a book of “recommended listening for every mood, moment and reason.”
His TV credits include: 90210, Queer as Folk, Life as We Know It, In Justice, What about Brian, and Love Monkey
(also as co-producer), as well as advertising campaigns for Mitsubishi Motors, Apple's iPod, and KIA. His movie
credits include: Charlie St. Cloud, He’s Just Not That Into You, Pride and Glory, Igby Goes Down, Gone Baby Gone,
and Dukes of Hazzard.
Cary Brothers
Recording Artist
Twitter: @carybrothers
Cary Brothers is an indie rock singer-songwriter from Los Angeles who first gained national attention for his song
“Blue Eyes” from the Grammy-winning Garden State Soundtrack. His latest release Under Control premiered at #1
on the iTunes Singer-Songwriter Chart and Billboard Heatseekers Top Ten. Cary has had over 70 songs featured in
TV shows like Grey's Anatomy, Bones, and the hit film Easy A, in addition to appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
and The Late Late Show. He is the co-creator of The Hotel Cafe Tour and has toured worldwide with artists such as
Imogen Heap, Sara Bareilles, and The Fray. In the electronic dance music world, Brothers has found success
collaborating with DJ Tiesto on a club remix of his song “Ride” as well as original material for Tiesto's latest
collection Kaleidoscope.
Kyler England
Recording Artist
Twitter: @kylerengland
One-fourth of critically acclaimed LA band The Rescues, singer-songwriter Kyler England strikes out into bold new
territory with Electric Hum, a solo collection of 10 emotionally charged songs and a vivid sonic palette equal parts
organic and electronic. Her latest CD was produced by Bill Lefler (Ingrid Michaelson, Cary Brothers, Laura Jansen)
and paid for 100% by fan contributions through a highly successful PledgeMusic campaign.
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England took a hiatus from her solo career to focus on The Rescues upon being signed to Universal Republic in
2009. “It was a whirlwind couple of years,” she says. “When I had some quiet time in January 2011, the songs
started pouring out.”
England’s songs from her solo project, The Rescues, and other collaborations have appeared on numerous TV
shows including Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Vampire Diaries, One Tree Hill, Switched At Birth, Pretty Little
Liars, Make It Or Break It, Body Of Proof, Ghost Whisperer and Army Wives. Her songs have also been featured in
promos for promos for NBC and Lifetime, in Boost and Kodak commercials, and in the feature film The Lucky Ones.
Having toured the country many times, England has opened for Sting, Annie Lennox, Avril Lavigne, Kelly Clarkson
and more; she’s also played the Toronto Film Festival. Her collaborations with DJs have been featured on Armin
van Burren’s “A State of Trance” compilations and radio shows.
Electric Hum hit iTunes on 10.25.11 and went humming straight into the Singer-Songwriter chart Top 30. It was
named #1 Indie Album of 2011 by Examiner.com and included in Amazon's Digital-Only Faves of 2011.
Carmen Rizzo
Recording Artist
Twitter: @carmenrizzo
Los Angeles based Producer, Artist, Electronic Musician, Composer, Remixer, & two-time GRAMMY Nominee
Carmen Rizzo has had a very eclectic career. Carmen has written, engineered & programmed on Seal’s classic Seal
2 album; produced and wrote for Paul Oakenfold’s Bunka album; remixing BT, Tiesto; collaborated with Tuvan
Throat singers Huun Huur Tu; and co-founded 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, Jem, AR Rahman,
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Khaled, and Pete Townshend, and he contributed original music to the David Lynch Foundation
album alongside Moby & Peter Gabriel. Carmen’s artist albums have brought him critical acclaim, for example as a
KCRW favourite, a USA Today #1 pick on its fall music guide for his debut album, and being licensed to many film &
TV shows, including CSI Miami and True Blood, as well as many Buddha Bar Compilations.
As a composer, Carmen has scored films, including The Power of the Game for acclaimed Director Michael Apted
and the forthcoming film Perfect Sisters w/ Oscar Nominated actress Abigail Breslin & Oscar Winner Mira Sorvino.
Carmen has composed the end title for the Sony PlayStation Video game Un Charted 2. As a member of The
Grammys, Carmen has served as a Governor and a Trustee, and he co-wrote the category’s Best Electronic Album
as well as Technical Grammys for Apple & Roger Linn.
Curt Smith
Recording Artist
Twitter: @curtsmith
Curt Smith is co-founder of the multi-platinum British music group Tears For Fears, with which he continues to
tour worldwide, as well as an acclaimed solo musician. He recently re-released his long out-of-print album
Mayfield, adding a bonus version of “Trees” (featuring Janice Whaley) to the album’s original tracklist. Smith also
writes music for film, television and the web, most recently scoring and contributing original songs to the
independent feature "Meth Head." He is a regular speaker at creative, media and technology events including
TEDxHollywood, TEDxSan Francisco, the Billboard Film & TV Music Conference, the USC Annenberg Online
Communities program, and the UCLA Gravity Summit conference.
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Panel: Music for Videogames
9:00am – Wednesday, 25 April
Deborah G. Fingerman
Director, Business and Legal Affairs — THQ
Debbie Fingerman is Director of Business and Legal Affairs at THQ Inc., a leading video game developer and
publisher. In her role, Debbie is responsible for all music and talent affairs for the company, overseeing music and
talent deals for all games and marketing campaigns, from business negotiations through the contract stage, as well
as managing the music business functions of the company (such as music publishing and soundtracks), which she
helped to establish. Besides her tenure working on THQ’s ever-growing roster of video games since 2004, her
credits include over 15 years of work in the entertainment industry. A long-time celebrity broker, she has a deep
knowledge of branding, licensing, and artist relations and promotions. Debbie got her start in concert touring and
event production and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Politics and Public Affairs from University of Miami.
Michael Rajna
Director of Licensing — Konami Digital Entertainment
Michael Rajna is the Director of Licensing at Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., an extremely successful Japanese
videogame publisher for nearly 40 years. For over 6 years at Konami, Michael he has licensed hundreds of songs
for Konami’s music based games such as DanceDanceRevolution, Karaoke Revolution, Walk It Out!, Pop N’ Rhythm,
and even the arcade version of Guitar Hero. He also works with licensors from the film and television industry to
incorporate their intellectual properties into videogames such as Twilight, Saw, and American Idol.
Prior to arriving at Konami, Michael began his professional career in music licensing as he spent 10 years with
Warner Bros. Records in Burbank, Los Angeles. While at this company, he worked with a wide variety of high
profile musicians including artists such as Madonna, R.E.M., Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, and Frank Sinatra.
Michael graduated in 1991 from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Communications.
Victor Rodriguez
Independent Music Supervisor | Former Director of Audio — THQ
Victor Rodriguez is an independent music supervisor. Formerly the head of audio production at THQ video games
and a management executive at several music publishers and labels including Sony/BMG, Victor has
worked extensively with the industry's top artists to provide music for hundreds of games, films and television
programs. He is also a published author and has spent time in many different countries, but always manages to
find his way back to Los Angeles, where he currently lives.
Panel: Music for Trailers
10:30am – Wednesday, 25 April
Natalie Baartz
Music Director — Ignition Creative
Natalie Baartz has been a Music Supervisor for over nine years. She is currently the Music Director at Ignition
Creative, where she has been for over a year and a half. While managing the music department, she is in charge of
all music for all projects. As well as pitching a huge range of commercial artists, she also works closely with
composers, DJs, and remixers to do custom scores—anywhere from orchestral to dubstep remixes. While at
Ignition she has been responsible for such high profile campaigns as Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, Spielberg’s Tin Tin,
2011 Sundance winner Like Crazy, Super 8, Devil’s Double, Another Earth, 30 Minutes or Less, Fright Night,
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Transformers 3, and Battleship, to name a few, as well as multiple primetime television show campaigns, most
recently HBO’s Luck.
Prior to Ignition, Natalie worked for four years as a music supervisor at The Ant Farm trailer house, picking
commercial music and working with composers on score for numerous movie campaigns, building a foundation in
dealing with the marketing departments of all of the major studios. She worked on several prominent campaigns
including Warner Bros’ Where the Wild Things Are (which garnered the Golden Trailer Award for Best Music with
Arcade Fire); Sony’s Julie and Julia and Eat Pray Love (which set Florence and the Machine on the map with the
use of “Dog Days Are Over”); Universal’s It’s Complicated; Paramount’s Iron Man, Star Trek, Transformers 1 and 2;
and The Reader for the Weinstein Company. At The Ant Farm she also supervised numerous video game trailers.
Before getting into entertainment advertising, Natalie spent four years working with independent music supervisor
John Bissell. Starting out as an intern, she gained experience in creative and licensing, moving up to Music
Assistant, and then Music Coordinator to Music Supervisor. During her time with him, she worked on studio and
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independent features, including Ladder 49, Lord of War, You Kill Me, The Architect, 10 and Wolf, and Junebug.
Natalie completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Film and Media at the College of Cheltenham in England before
moving to Hollywood to pursue her music supervision career. Her main passion is composing and film scoring, and
she is constantly seeking new, innovative composers to work on her projects.
Marcy Bulkeley
Music Director — Big Picture Entertainment
Twitter: @marcyb52
Big Picture Entertainment is a full-service entertainment advertising agency committed to creating marketing
materials that demand attention in today’s cluttered marketplace. Since 2003, the company has been creating
advertising for networking TV and some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters. The company is based in Culver City.
Samples of the company’s work can be found at www.bigpic.com.
Danny Exum
Co-Founder — High Bias Industries
Lead Music Supervisor — mOcean (Burbank)
Twitter: @dannyancient
Danny has been an avid music lover since raiding his parents’ records as a kid. He got his start in the music
industry as a DJ and live mix engineer at the esteemed 88.9 WERS in Boston, before relocating to Los Angeles to
work for EMI’s Film/TV department. Since those early days, he’s made a name for himself during six years of Music
Supervision on some of the largest film advertising campaigns of the decade (The Hangover, The Dark Knight,
Watchmen, Get Smart, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Crazies, Saw 3D, etc.) working for film marketing houses:
BLT & Associates, Buddha Jones, Seismic Productions, and Herzog & Company. In 2010, Danny co-launched
freelance music supervision collective High Bias Industries and is currently Lead Music Supervisor at mOcean
Burbank. Updated June 2011
Vanessa Jorge
Director of Music — Aspect Ratio
Twitter: @vanessamusicsup
Over the past 14 years, Vanessa Jorge has been a music supervisor for both television and movie trailers. She
started out her career at Entertainment Tonight, bringing in new music production companies and placing big
commercial songs for shows, but later found her calling in film trailers. Since then, her career in movie trailers,
video games, commercials, and home video has blossomed with placements including Sideways, Lord of the Rings,
Harry Potter, Star Trek, Transformers, Eat Pray Love, Iron Man 1 & 2, Leap Year, It’s Complicated, and even a
cutting edge trailer for the record-breaking video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. She currently holds the
Music Director position at Aspect Ratio, one of the long-standing movie trailer houses in the film industry. Recent
placements include Rise of the Guardians, Kung Fu Panda 2, Madagascar 3, This Means War, Snow White and the
Huntsman, and We Bought A Zoo. Sample of Aspect Ratio’s work can be found at www.aspectratio.com.
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Brent Kidwell
Music Supervisor — Cimarron Group
Twitter: @kidhell
Brent was recently hired as the in-house Music Supervisor for The Cimarron Group, a prominent film-trailer
company, where he is directing the musical selection for theatrical trailers, broadcast content, home video/DVD
material and national commercials.
Brent Kidwell has been known as a leading music supervisor in reality television. With more than 50 reality series
to his credit, including The Real World, Road Rules, Making The Band, Miami Ink, and The Rachel Zoe Project, Brent
specializes in the placement and clearance of contemporary pop, rock, hip-hop and reality-styled underscore.
Beyond reality, Brent has overseen the music for live performance series Rock Star: INXS, But Can They Sing?, In
Search of The New Partridge Family, and news shows The Insider, E! True Hollywood Story, and MTV’s Driven. His
film work includes the titles Carrie 2: The Rage; The Addams Family; Slap Her, She’s French; and most recently, the
independent feature Lumpy.
Brent has a background as an artist manager for bands Something Corporate and emo-rock pioneers Sense Field,
which allowed Brent to have his own “Almost Famous” time in his life. After graduating from the University of
California, Irvine, he began his career as a journalist and music critic for national publications Ray Gun, Bikini,
Detour, and L.A. Style. He has the distinction of being the first American journalist to interview Radiohead and
from there he went on to work as the studio supervisor for film composer Hans Zimmer where he eventually found
his dream career as a music supervisor.
Presentation: British Music in American Television
12:00pm – Wednesday, 25 April
Sharon Jennings
Vice President, Music & Marketing — APM Music
Twitter: @APMMusic
Edwina Travis-Chin
Music Director — APM Music
Twitter: @APMMusic
From APM Music website:
Everyone who has ever experienced music synchronized to picture knows the undeniable impact that it plays.
APM Music has been a crucial part of that experience for over 28 years with everything from the smallest of indie
films to the largest blockbuster studio releases; television sit-coms to commercials and sports broadcasting; video
games to mobile handheld games; and, even musical greeting cards to online User Generated Content. You name
any possible traditional use for music to its application to new technologies, and we are there.
It’s no surprise then that APM Music is the world’s leading production music library and music services company,
renowned for the unique quality and range of our music, indispensable because of our service and respected
because of our integrity. We offer every imaginable music genre from current indie band sounds and bombastic
trailer cues to timeless classical music recordings.
With over 35 diverse libraries, we have the largest, deepest and broadest music collection in the industry—over
350,000 tracks on thousands of CDs produced by the industry’s most respected and admired libraries including
KPM Music, Bruton, Sonoton, West One Music Group, and Kosinus. We use only the foremost orchestras,
performers and musicians to record the compositions created for APM by legendary composers and cutting edge
trendsetters.
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APM provides a full range of music services including music replacement services; our interactive music library and
application, Quantum Tracks; custom scoring; and, Music Director assistance to help you find the best tracks for
your production. Additionally, we offer a wide variety of choices for digital access to our music, including our
state-of-the-art search, download and project management application, MyAPM as well as local server installation,
portable drives, and more. It is our commitment to creativity, quality, and customer service that has made us the
industry leader for more than 28 years.
Interactive Workshop: Spotting Session
1:30pm – Wednesday, 25 April
Anna Granucci
Founder, Music Supervisor & Film Producer — Scene Tracks Music
Twitter: @scenetrackmusic
Anna Granucci began her journey with live theatre. She is professionally trained in both acting and directing in
England and the United States, where she graduated from the MFA program at the Yale School of Drama. Anna’s
theatrical background informs her music tastes and decisions for use in film, TV and all forms of visual media.
Anna’s company Scene Tracks Music’s recent project highlights include the highly anticipated release of the film
Guns, Girls & Gambling starring Gary Oldman and Christian Slater; Nomads starring Lucy Liu; 3 consecutive films
with director Brett Donowho: Silver Falls, The Sacred, 5 Souls; and producer Eric Beck’s Vile. Presently, she is in
post-production with the film Free Ride directed by Shana Sosin, starring Anna Pacquin and Drea De Matteo;
Besties, directed by Rebecca Cutter; Altered Reality directed by the producer of X Factor, Autum deVitry; and Jeff
Probst’s Kiss Me. Anna is recognized by many directors and producers as an authentic and artistic music
tastemaker.
Site Visit #1: Disney/ABC Television
3:30pm – Wednesday, 25 April
Kaylin Frank
Vice President, Creative, Music and Soundtracks — Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production
Kaylin Frank has been a film music executive for 15 years and has worked on over 125 films. She currently holds
the position of VP, Creative Music and Soundtracks for Walt Disney Pictures where she is involved in all live action
features and soundtracks, working closely with songwriters and artists to help create great music for many of
Disney’s feature films.
Prior to her tenure at Disney, Kaylin was the VP of Creative and Production for MGM and Music Supervisor for
Danny DeVito’s Jersey Films. Kaylin began her career in the music business as a receptionist at the world-renowned
Record Plant Recording Studios. She then moved into television production as Music Coordinator for Star Search.
In order to work more closely with artists and songwriters, Kaylin took on several roles at major record labels and
music publishers including: 20th Century Fox Music, EMI Music, PolyGram Records, Sony Music, The Work Group,
and Unicity Music (a division of MCA). She also managed record producers, mixers, and engineers with the Steve
Moir Company. Updated June 2011
Melyssa Hardwick
Creative Content Producer — Disney | ABC Studios
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Dawn Solér
Senior Vice President, TV Music — Disney | ABC Studios
Dawn Solér was named senior vice president for TV music at ABC Studios in December 2010. In this position, Dawn
covers all music aspects for ABC Studios, is the founder of the ABC Music lounge, and consults for ABC network.
She reports to Barry Jossen, Executive Vice President for Creative and Production, ABC Studios.
Prior to that, Dawn was VP of Music. In that role, she started a showcase series bringing emerging and currently
releasing artists on the lot to introduce their talent to ABC executives and producers. This led to the filming of the
showcases, which are now available on the ABC Music Lounge—an online space located on ABC.com featuring
video and music from the ABC line-up.
Dawn began her career at Inaudible Productions, working with notable industry veteran Peter Afterman. After
starting her own company, Working Music, she went on to create several hit soundtracks for New Line Cinema,
including Now And Then, Dumb and Dumber, and Don Juan De Marco, which garnered both Academy Award and
Grammy Award nominations.
In 1995 she joined PolyGram Film Entertainment, where she created a music division for the growing film
conglomerate. One of her first missions was to help Tim Robbins put together a stellar group of artists (including
Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedder, and Johnny Cash) to write and record songs for Dead Man Walking. This gold
soundtrack was followed by her music supervision of Home for the Holidays and What Dreams May Come. Dawn
also guided the musical direction for The Game, Gridlock’d, Sleepers, French Kiss, Elizabeth, and Notting Hill, among
others.
After the dissolution of PolyGram, Ms. Solér went back to independent music supervision with her company,
Working Music. Projects she completed include Being John Malkovich, Princess Diaries I & II, Sweet Home
Alabama, and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. She also completed Disney’s Enchanted, which garnered three
Academy Award and one Grammy nominations, before making her leap from features to television.
Updated June 2011
Kelsi Taglang
Talent Development Representative — Walt Disney Animation Studios
Steven Vincent
VP, Music & Soundtracks — Disney ABC Networks Group
Tony Von Pervieux
Creative Director, TV Music — Disney | ABC Studios
Site Visit #2: NBC Universal Television
3:30pm – Wednesday, 25 April
Kerri Drootin
Director, Music Supervision and Licensing — NBC Universal Television
Kerri Drootin graduated from UCLA with a degree in Ethnomusicology. Her focus was on gender studies in
American popular music and percussion. She has worked in the licensing department of Warner Strategic
Marketing and is currently a Director of Music Supervision and Licensing in the NBC Universal Television Music
Department. Some of her credits include NBC’s The Office and Parks and Recreation and USA’s Psych and Fairly
Legal. Her husband, Todd, is an audiophile vinyl dealer. They live with their daughter, Juniper, and cat named
Nasty in the east San Fernando Valley.
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Oliver Hild
Manager, Music Supervision and Licensing — NBC Universal Television
Oliver graduated from USC with a degree in Music Industry. He’s previously worked for the Universal Music Group
while also actively performing and writing with and producing other artists. He’s currently a manager of Music
Supervision & Licensing in the NBC Universal Television Music department. Some of his credits include NBC’s
Friday Night Lights and The Event and USA’s Suits and Royal Pains. He also produced, engineered, and played bass
on the recent Frenchkiss Records release of Races’ debut album, Year Of The Witch.
Janine Kerr
Director, Promo Music Services — NBC Universal TV Music
For the last 5+ years, Janine has been the Director of Promo Music Services for NBC Universal Television Music in
Los Angeles. NBC brought her in to create and oversee a sub-dept within Music Services, specifically for
promotional segments and their music needs. Janine is the music supervisor for the US on-air promo teams for
NBC, Bravo, USA, Syfy, Oxygen, News Sports & Entertainment. She works on a daily basis with promo producers,
NBCU Execs and oversees promo music budgets, meeting their needs creatively and financially, and working
closely with a variety of record labels, music publishers, artists, composers and production music libraries.
Janine comes from Melbourne, Australia, arriving in LA in late 1993, where she shopped the Mushroom catalog to
film and TV, also worked for Tina Arena and Sonia Dada. After winning her green card in the green card lottery,
Janine held the position of Associate Director of Film & TV Licensing at Sony/ATV Music Publishing for five years. In
Australia, Janine worked for Mushroom Records & Mushroom Music Publishing, starting out as PA to Simon Young
in Business Affairs. After Simon realized she couldn't make coffee, she founded the Film & TV Licensing Dept for
the Mushroom Group. She also ran Picture This Music, a label for film & TV soundtracks, which won an AFI and
ARIA for the Romper Stomper soundtrack, Russell Crowe's first breakthrough film. Prior to Mushroom, Janine was
the founding Editor of Beat Magazine. And way before, she worked at EMI Records in Melbourne while managing
a band called The Pony, and spent a couple years at J. Walter Thompson Advertising. Updated June 2010
Alicen Schneider
Vice President, Music Creative Services — NBC Universal TV Music
Alicen co-leads the NBC Universal Television music department heading up the creative division. She currently
music supervises Heroes (NBC), Warehouse 13 (Syfy), Eureka (Syfy), and co-music supervises Trauma (NBC) and
Royal Pains (USA). In addition, she supervises various NBC agency promos and marketing campaigns, including the
Olympics, and assists with strategic music partnerships for multi-platform marketing for both network and cable
series. She operates as a music liaison between network and studio creative executives for stunt casting and oncamera opportunities, recommends composers for primetime series, and solicits the creation of original
compositions and recordings for both promotional campaigns and episodic series.
Before joining NBC, Alicen was an A&R assistant in the Film and Television division of Warner Special Products and
was also a college DJ for KXLU-FM, Los Angeles. Updated June 2010
Stacy Wallen-McCarthy
Director, Music Supervision & Music Licensing — NBC Universal Television
Stacy came on board at NBC Universals Music Services as Director of Music Supervision & Licensing in 2007. She is
an in-house music supervisor for shows including Covert Affairs, Suits, and the Law & Order franchise, for which
she handles the creative, clearance and budgetary needs for the shows. She also handles the music clearance &
budget for Up All Night. In addition she oversees the creative needs for ‘writer for hires’ for in-show and promos.
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Prior to NBC Universal, Stacy was Director of Film & TV Music at BMG Music Publishing where for 10 years she
worked in the creative role of pitching songs as well as clearance and licensing for film, trailers, television &
commercials. Her position on feature film Out To Sea in 1997 was her segue to the world of music in film. Prior to
that she worked for NARAS, producing one of their Grammy Nominee CDs; handled advertising and merchandising
within the marketing department at Giant Records; and worked for a concert promoter booking tours and
managing various acts. Stacy’s career in music began at an independent promotion company, MusicVision, which
later became HITS Magazine, where she helped launch the magazine, ran the retail marketing division as well as
worked on sister company’s radio show “Rockline.”
Panel: Publishers
9:00am – Thursday, 26 April
Rich Goldman
President, Riptide Music
President, Pacifica Music
Twitter: @RipTideMusic
Rich Goldman is founder and President of RipTide Music, a leading music synchronization/publishing company in
Los Angeles. He is also President of Pacifica Music, a modern genre production music library. He’s a lifelong
musician who has amassed a broad range of industry credits as a producer, composer, sound designer, and
recording studio operator.
Rich oversees RipTide and Pacifica’s representation of the works of hundreds of composers, Indie-bands and
singer-songwriters with solid success in licensing for TV, trailers, films, games and advertising. He also has the good
fortune of performing music with his wife and two children.
RipTide’s credits range from the movie trailers for The Amazing Spiderman, Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and Snow
White and the Hunstman; TV shows 90210, Friends With Benefits, The Good Wife; video games Call Of Duty: Black
Ops, Forza 4; feature films Scream 4, As Cool As I Am; and commercials for Nissan, Puma, and Apple.
Jason Klarfeld
Creative Licensing — SONGS Music Publishing
Jason Klarfeld earned his stripes in the sync world at Warner Bros. Pictures (Music Affairs) and Universal Music
Publishing (Creative Film & TV), where he focused primarily on studio film score pitching. In 2010 he brought his
experience to SONGS, where he pursues opportunities for the roster in film, television, video games, advertising,
and new media. His tasks extend beyond the traditional licensing model, as he is on the forefront of finding
unique placement opportunities within new technologies and business models.
Chris Lakey
Vice President, Synchronization & New Media — Kobalt Music Publishing America
Twitter: @mcxyz
Chris Lakey is the North American Vice President of Synchronization and New Media for one of the world’s top
independent music publishers, Kobalt Music Publishing. He oversees the creative pitching, clearance and
negotiations and licensing departments for the North American territory. Chris has been at Kobalt for over four
years after working seven years at Universal Music Publishing Group in the licensing division.
Gary Miller
VP, Music for Film & Television — Universal Music Publishing Group
Twitter: @wettunes
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Marty Silverstone
Senior Creative Director, Film & TV — Primary Wave Music Publishing
Twitter: @silverstonemj
Primary Wave Music Publishing was founded in January 2006 with the purchase of the Kurt Cobain music catalog.
Marty is part of the West Coast film & TV team, cultivating and securing creative sync opportunities for the
company’s songwriters and artists. Most recently, he headed the creative department of music publisher North
Star Music Group, where he managed and promoted song catalogues featuring works by Collective Soul, Butch
Walker and Bruce Hornsby. While at North Star, he helped found the company's Independent Artist / 1-Stop Music
Licensing division by building a roster of compelling, emerging bands for whom he secured placements in major
film/TV projects, as well as in the advertising world.
Before transitioning into music publishing and artist development, Marty launched his career in music as part of
the Queen's University Department of Psychology music research team in Kingston, Canada, leading studies on the
psychology of pop music and music technology. A graduate of the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Marty is
also an accomplished musician and producer, working with emerging artists and songwriters in his spare time. He
is an instructor at Berklee College of Music's Los Angeles Program (Current Issues in the Music Industry), a member
of NARAS, and regularly speaks on music industry panels.
Panel: Music for Television
10:30am – Thursday, 26 April
Jonathan Leahy
Music Supervisor — Aperture Music
Jonathan arrived in LA with a background in visual arts and filmmaking before shifting his focus to writing and
performing music. In 2007, he began working with Manish Raval and Tom Wolfe at Aperture Music, which was
focused exclusively on feature film music supervision. In the past five years they've expanded into television,
supervising shows such as Community, New Girl, Raising Hope, Happy Endings, and the new HBO series Girls. In
addition to music supervision, Jonathan continues to write and produce, most recently working with LA artist
White Sea and scoring director Daniel Stamm's debut feature A Necessary Death.
Wendy Levy
Music Supervisor & Consultant
Wendy Levy is a music supervisor and consultant. After graduating from the Berklee College of Music, Wendy
moved to Los Angeles to work in film and television as a composer, lyricist and music supervisor. Her credits
include The Playboy Club, Cashmere Mafia, and the new 90210. She is currently supervising ABC Family’s Switched
at Birth and Make It or Break It, Lifetime’s The Client List, and the CW’s Beauty and the Beast pilot.
Andrea von Foerster
President/Music Supervisor — Firestarter Music
Twitter: @AvonFoerster
Andrea has supervised music for film, television and online projects for over ten years. Credits include music
documentaries such as Mayor Of The Sunset Strip, The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights, and Butch
Walker: Out Of Focus; independent films such as (500) Days Of Summer, It’s Kind of A Funny Story, From Prada To
Nada, and Excision; and studio films such as Journey 2: The Mysterious Island and Chronicle. Television work
includes The O.C., Grey’s Anatomy, Dollhouse, and Stargate Universe, as well as numerous MTV shows such as
Run’s House and Life Of Ryan. She is currently working on the independent films The Secret Lives Of Dorks and I
Am Ben in addition to the TV show Don’t Trust The B---- In Apt. 23 (ABC) and Wigs, an internet network Web series.
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Andrea von Foerster was born in the West Midlands in England and grew up in various parts of the UK, Indiana,
and Southern California. She got her start in the music business while attending the University of Southern
California. Andrea started working at Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group in the music department for live action
features during her junior year on such films as Armageddon, Gone In Sixty Seconds and her favourite…High
Fidelity.
Mark Wike
Founder/Music Supervisor — Wike Music
Mark is founder of Wike Music, a music supervision and music editing company based in Los Angeles. After touring
as a member of the New York rock band, The Bogmen, Mark has since worked on notable projects such as L.I.E.,
Undertow, Hung, Damages, and NCIS Los Angeles.
Mark recently produced the Original Soundtrack of Season 1 of Hung, including songs by Oscar/Golden Globe
Award winner, Ryan Bingham, Grant-Lee Phillips, Loretta Lynn, The Black Keys, and unreleased covers of Queen
and the Psychedelic Furs by Craig Wedren (Shudder to Think). Updated June 2010
Russell Ziecker
VP, Television Music and A&R — Lionsgate Music & Publishing
Russell started his journey as a bass player with a number of touring and recording bands, moving into his music
business career as a music publisher, with over ten years combined at both Chrysalis Music Group (NY and LA) and
Virgin Music Publishing, working with Nirvana, the Stone Temple Pilots, Jellyfish, Jane’s Addiction, and The
Lemonheads amongst others. In the mid-90s, Russell’s interests moved into managing several artists including acts
Jason Falkner (Elektra), Jeremy Toback (RCA), and Lazlo Bane (Almo Sounds).
In the late 1990s, as President/COO of Milan Records/BMG, Russell was responsible for releasing 75+ different
titles ranging from soundtracks to chill-out compilations, from The General’s Daughter, to the Frasier television
show soundtrack, to the Man Ray chill-out compilation. Upon leaving Milan Records, Ziecker agreed to manage US
operation’s for Simon LeBon’s Tokyo-based music production company, SYN, which specialized in high-profile
commercial and advertising music production, after which Ziecker went independent, starting his own music
production company FUZZ Music + Sound Design, which also specializes in music for commercials and advertising,
and whose clients include: Cadillac, Toyota, Panasonic, Jeep, Verizon, T-Mobile, Shisiedo, Toyko-DISNEY, etc.
Ziecker has produced music for over 300 commercials.
Ziecker now heads up television music at Lionsgate Music & Publishing, in-house music supervision, and new
music-related initiatives and acquisitions for the company; currently overseeing music for 10 television
productions, including Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning Mad Men (AMC), Weeds (Showtime), Crash,
Emmy-winner Nurse Jackie (Showtime), Blue Mountain State (Spike), and the upcoming Starz original
series Boss directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Kelsey Grammar, and is developing business initiatives for the
company, such as Fear Net Sounds, and a BYO (build-your own) soundtrack concept as well. In addition to the
television and music slate, Ziecker has developed a branded, live touring business for Lionsgate with the launch of
the Mad Men Live Revue. Updated June 2011
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Keynote Remarks: Nigel Grainge
12:00pm – Thursday, 26 April
Sinead O'Connor, The Boomtown Rats (with Bob Geldof), Thin Lizzy, The Waterboys –former Ensign head Nigel
Grainge has worked closely with all of them and his involvement was integral to their development, either by
discovery, or at the least creatively and commercially throughout their development.
The above list of artists represents only a small number of people that Nigel has worked with, and encouraged and
shared their successes. Artists such as Steve Miller (Fly Like an Eagle LP), Graham Parker & the Rumour, and Clover
(featuring Huey Lewis before his solo success), Incognito, Eddy Grant, Flash and the Pan, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and
many more, were all signed to him at Phonogram in London, for whom he worked, or to his own label. From these
artists, Nigel has been directly responsible and credited for selling over 50 million records.
Amongst acts he discovered and signed to his Ensign label were The Waterboys, The Boomtown Rats, World Party,
and Sinead, highlighted by Sinead’s Worldwide Number One “Nothing compares 2U.” His was the first
independent-though-a-major label from which a maverick A&R guy would move out from under the direct control
of a major label while using the full corporate machinery to back up and fund his signings. After 10 years of
independence Nigel sold Ensign to the Chrysalis group and continued to run the company with ongoing success
until 2000, when after the upheaval brought about by the sale of Chrysalis to EMI, he decided to relocate to Los
Angeles.
He is passionate about all the decades of the Rock & Roll era, and for the last 5 years has been building a definitive
digital library on his laptop database (a major proportion uploaded from the original vinyl), and 2,000 video clips
from 50 years of various music sources. This curated library will joined in a major collaboration in a hugely
ambitious web project due to be launched in early 2013.
Nigel Grainge is located in Santa Monica. More info: www.nigelgrainge.com.
Panel: Pitching Music to Different Audiences
1:30pm – Thursday, 26 April
John Anderson
Senior Director, Film, TV & Media — ole Songs Inc.
Owner & CEO — Hunnypot Unlimited
Twitter: @JAHunnypot
In the role of Senior Director, Film, Television & Media for ole Songs, John oversees the success of ole’s sync
business across film, television, advertising, videogames and other media markets. He also advises ole’s Creative
Team on the sync potential of proposed acquisitions, recommends new signings and catalogue acquisition
opportunities.
John spent 20 years at Windswept Music Publishing, contributing to the sync and licensing careers of talent such as
Pete Townshend, John Mellencamp, The Allman Brothers and Willie Nelson. Growing Windswept from a fledgling
start-up to the largest independent music publisher in the world, John was responsible for such key placements as
Eric Clapton's “Before You Accuse Me,” Vanessa Williams’ “Save The Best For Last” and all songs by The Who in the
entire CSI franchise.
Following the sale of Windswept in 2007, John co-founded Hunnypot Unlimited, a diversified music publishing,
marketing and sync placement organization. Partnering with music supervisor P.J. Bloom, Hunnypot provides
exclusive promotion, marketing, brand development and placement representation. John also established
Hunnypot Radio and the Hunnypot website, providing awareness of artist activity, as well as contemporary music
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news and cultural media. Hunnypot are enjoying current chart success with Songwriters/Artists Far-East
Movement and their hit singles “Like A G6,” “Rocketeer” and “If I Was You (OMG)” featuring Snoop Dogg.
John serves on the Executive Fundraising Committee for the City of Hope, the music industry’s leading charitable
organization and is a member of the Film & Television Task Force for the Academy of Country Music (ACM).
Updated June 2011
Cindy Badell-Slaughter
President — Heavy Hitters Music Group
Twitter: @BadellSlaughter
Cindy Badell-Slaughter is the President of Heavy Hitters Music Group, and a 25 year music industry veteran. Prior
to taking the reins at Heavy Hitters Music she was the West Coast Director of Music Operations at CBS
Broadcasting. For 10 years she helped manage the day to day music clearance, licensing, and general music
operations for many award winning shows such as Touched by An Angel, CSI, CSI NY, CSI Miami, Survivor, and
countless other series, reality shows, and movies.
Today, Cindy, along with her husband, Bill Slaughter, own Heavy Hitters Music Group, an Emmy Award-Winning
catalog of over 10,000 songs and master recordings whose primary purpose is to provide hit-quality, indie artist
and source music to the film, TV and advertising communities. In addition, Heavy Hitters Music also provides the
film and TV industry with superior music clearance, licensing, and music administration services.
Danny Benair
Owner — natural energy lab
Twitter: @dannybenair
Run by former music publishing executive Danny Benair, natural energy lab is a Los Angeles-based independent
music marketing company, which specialises in song placements in feature films, television shows, video games,
movie trailers, advertising campaigns and television commercials. Danny has also teamed up with Sharal Churchill
to form a publishing company Benair Churchill Music Publishing.
In eleven years, natural energy lab has procured music placements resulting in millions of dollars in licenses for
their clients. The company represents hundreds of bands and artists, and it has been hired by agencies such
as TBWA/Chiat/Day to help them find the right fit for corporate clients, including Apple Computer and XM Satellite
Radio, among others.
In the last few months alone, NEL has landed several national television commercials and feature films, including:
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Dr. Pepper: The 88 "Do You Believe In Love"
Papa John's Pizza: Big Papa and The TCB "Go Big Papa"
Radio Shack commercial with Lance Armstrong: Radio Moscow "Broke Down"
FindaProperty commercial: The 88 "Coming Home"
The Simpsons: Emerson Lake & Palmer "Lucky Man"
Nissan Car Commercial: Embrace "Celebrate"
Grey's Anatomy: Total Babe "Shape Up"
Grey's Anatomy: Patrick Park "How The Heart Grows Wicked"
Private Practice: Titiyo "X"
Before starting natural energy lab, Danny served 8 years as the Vice President of the Film & Television Department
at Polygram Music Publishing. Danny was responsible for signing Tracy Bonham, Redd Kross, Honeydogs, The
Tindersticks, and Gigolo Aunts. Danny was also responsible for The Cardigans writing “Lovefool” for Baz Luhrman’s
Romeo and Juliet and Adam Schlesinger writing “That Thing You Do” for the Tom Hanks’ motion picture. Before his
tenure at Polygram, Benair was a member of the Los Angeles based band The Three O’Clock. Danny previously
played in the Weirdo’s and The Quick.
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Adam Lewis
Co-Owner — The Planetary Group
Twitter: @bostonmusicguy
Adam spearheads an artist development and promotion firm based out of Boston and LA that focuses on helping
new and upcoming artists be heard and discovered through radio and blog promotion. Over the past few months,
Adam has worked with such acts as The Decemberists, Bloc Party, Peter, Bjorn & John, Apples In Stereo, Kings Of
Leon, The Jezabels, and Portugal The Man. In addition Adam also currently handles all publicity, promotion and
media buying for Great Northeast Productions, who produce 50 shows a year throughout New England, including
Phish's millennium concert in Florida and the annual Snoe.down Festival at Lake Placid.
Prior to Planetary, Adam was the Northeast Sales and Promotion Manager for TVT Records, working with
Sevendust, Guided By Voices, The Black Crowes and Snoop Dogg. Adam’s latest projects are spearheading tours to
China (15 tours), India (2 tours), and Singapore for Independent artists.
Glen Phillips
Director of Music Licensing — The Windish Agency
Twitter: @WindishLicense
Glen Phillips and Tom Windish founded Windish Music Licensing (WML) in 2011 as the world’s first music licensing
department housed within a talent agency. In a little over a year, WML has secured numerous licenses in film &
TV, advertising, video games, and online placements. Placement highlights include ads with Mother Energy Drink,
Orangina, Jack-Willis, and Trivago; Sony Vita Soundshapes video game; and numerous films, TV shows, and online
uses. WML currently represents over 60 bands as well as 11 independent record labels. Visit
www.windishmusiclicensing.com for more information.
Phillips possesses over 20 years of entertainment industry experience, including 10 years as an artist manager,
working with names such as Buddy Guy and Over the Rhine.
Panel: Music For Advertising
3:00pm – Thursday, 26 April
Jason Kramer
Music Supervisor — Elias Arts
Twitter: @kcrwkramer
For the last 20 years, Jason Kramer has been in the field of music and radio. After changing his career as a medic in
the hard streets of LA for ten years, in 1992 he decided to work in radio on KLOS as a call screener for the widely
popular "Seventh Day." From that point on, Jason realized that music and radio was his calling.
During his transition, he started off working for SoCal favorites Sublime and their label Skunk Records. In 1996, he
moved on to Fox Sports TV as their full-time music supervisor for six years, which also led him as a show producer
on Fox Sports Radio. He was also part of the first internet radio station where he did a Sunday show at
Soundbreak.com in 2000. Jason started off as a KCRW volunteer in the mid 90s and has been on air since 1997
during late night shifts. Today, Jason takes the reins of his new program every Saturday night from 10pm to
midnight, offering listeners a “unique musical adventure.”
Jason Kramer is currently the music supervisor for Elias Arts, a prestigious music production company based in
Santa Monica and New York. Elias Arts specializes in original music composition, sound design, music supervision,
and audio branding for television, film, and commercials, and has won countless awards for over the years. Jason’s
extensive knowledge of music coupled with a great intuition makes him an integral part of the Elias Team. His job
is to help find the perfect music solution for every project.
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Jason, whose music collection started when he was given copies of Magical Mystery Tour and Exodus at age eight,
is also sharing his music knowledge with local high school students. He has been a mentor for the Hamilton High
Music Academy in a program through Fox Music and the Grammy Foundation. Jason has also worked in various
other aspects of music including band management, radio DJ, publishing, creative consulting, music photography,
as well as commercial and television production.
Josh Marcy
Creative Producer & Music Supervisor — Mophonics
Twitter: @joshmarcy
As a senior creative producer at bi-coastal music house Mophonics, Josh has worked with composers and artists to
create songs for clients including Mercedes, Gatorade, and Apple, among many others. Since placing New Young
Pony Club’s breakout hit “Ice Cream” in a worldwide Intel campaign, he has also done music supervision for such
brands as Pepsi, Nike, Cadillac, and Adult Swim. Most recently, he placed Queen and Al Green in a nationwide
campaign for Lay’s potato chips and recorded a cover by Hanni El Khatib of the Cramps’ “Human Fly” for Nissan.
Aaron Monty
Director — Memory Lane/Scion Music Group-West Coast
Twitter: @amontylovesyou
Aaron Monty is one of the best-known synchronization and music marketing specialists in Los Angeles. He started
his career at EMI Music Publishing and over ten years he has built an enviable reputation in the industry through
curating playlists, compilations and pitching music. In 2009 Billboard Magazine named him one of their "30 Under
30" honorees.
Aaron is currently Director of Creative Services at Memory Lane/Scion Music Group, running their West Coast
office and synchronization operations. He releases music on his own record label, Boom Boom Recording, has
recently started Song In My Soul (a music blog highlighting his personal taste), and regularly DJs in Los Angeles.
Sarah Smith
Bank Robber Music
Twitter: @BankRobberMusic
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Sarah constitutes the Los Angeles branch of Bank Robber Music, a 3 -party film/TV/advertising licensing company
that represents the catalogues of independent labels such as Merge, Barsuk, Secretly Canadian, Jagjaguwar, Dead
Oceans, Thrill Jockey, and many others. The company website, listing clients and recent placements, can be found
at www.bankrobbermusic.com.
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