Abe Bradshaw, Owner – 00:02:59 (SONY)
Abe Bradshaw began his music industry career in the Marketing Department of RCA Victor in New York City. Soon, he was promoted to work in the Sales Department in the National Staff of BMG Distribution. His tenure at BMG encompassed some of the most successful years in the history of the music business, and helped in the distribution of dozens of platinum and diamond certified albums. Upon leaving BMG he worked in Sales, Promotion, A&R, Marketing and Management at Sanctuary Records. Though only a small independent label when Abe arrived there, Sanctuary soon exploded to become a major force in the industry. During his time there, he was lucky to work closely with dozens of tremendously talented and influential artists, such as Robert Plant, Iron Maiden, Slipknot, KISS, Widespread Panic, Tommy Stinson, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, the Wu-Tang Clan, Tegan and Sara, and Motorhead.Abe Bradshaw eventually embarked on his own and is now the CEO and Head of A&R at 00:02:59. The first release on his new label was the critically acclaimed Streets of New York by Willie Nile. In the short period of time that the label has been in existence, its artists have been in the limelight appearing on such shows as Conan O’Brien and are heavily in rotation on Sirius, XM, and terrestrial radio. In addition to running a successful label, Abe Bradshaw is also a Music Supervisor for various film and television projects, most recently Anamorph, starring Willem Dafoe, Clea DuVall and Scott Speedman, that will be in theaters in 2008.

Eric Speck, Manager A&R – Ace Fu Records (IND) / Island Records (UNI)
ERIC SPECK is an A&R Manager at Island Def Jam Records as well as the owner of Ace Fu Records. Mr. Speck has also held several positions in various aspects of the business including A&R Consultant at Warner Brothers, Talent Buyer at Brownies in Manhattan, Label Manager at Knitting Factory Records, and Distribution Manager at Tim Kerr Records. He has worked with artists as diverse as Jet Black Stare and Playradioplay!

Brandon Friesen, President – Arbor Records (EMI)
Since 1991, Brandon Friesen has worked on and produced hundreds of albums to date. In 1998 Brandon founded recording studio "Studio 11", he later sold this company in 2005 and built a larger complex known as 441 Studios. He is currently President and co-founder of the leading record label Arbor Records (EMI Music) which is recognized as one of Canada’s most influential labels by Applaud Magazine 2005.Brandon continues to be recognized for both his Producing, Engineering, Mixing and Musicianship skills with a Grammy Nomination, multiple Juno Nominations and Two Juno awards. In 2002 and again in 2006 Brandon was awarded "Engineer of the Year" at the WCMA awards. Winning in a category that included accomplished engineers such as Randy Staub (Metallica/Nickelback). He has worked with many very talented artists from around the world, and also contributes A&R scouting for a number of labels internationally.

Daniel Davis, Director A&R – Atlantic Records (WEA)
Daniel Davis has many years of experience in the music industry. He has held posts at EMI Music Publishing, Epic Records (SONY/BMG), Columbia Records and Atlantic Records (WEA), where he is currently the Director of A&R. He has worked with various gold and multi-platinum recording artists, including The Fray, Sara Bareliiles and Meese.

David Wilkes, VP of A&R – E1 Entertainment / Koch Records (IND)
David Wilkes literally got his foot in the door of the music industry in the late 1960's as the doorman for the Bitter End Cafe in NYC, the center of the "Folk Music/Singer songwriter movement." David soon became the manager of the Bitter End & also discovered and managed such acts as Barry Manilow, Emmy Lou Harris and Jerry Jeff Walker. Upon signing Jerry Jeff Walker to ATLANTIC/ATCO David immediately enjoyed a top 20 pop hit with Jerry Jeff's song "Mister Bo Jangles." In addition, David established the Coffee House Circuit, which booked acts such as Jim Croce, Harry Chapin, Emmy Lou Harris and Jerry Jeff Walker, whom at the time had yet to be discovered by major labels. The hit “Mister Bo Jangles” led to David's joining MCA Music wherein he scored another hit single with Linda Ronstadt's recording of “Long, Long Time" which became one on MCA's top royalty earner for the entire 1970's.

Those hits and other artists that David signed and managed brought him to the attention of SIRE Records where he joined Seymour Stein. David soon left SIRE for a VP of A&R position at Vanguard Records, where he signed Dave Loggins (Please Come To Boston), and had hits with Joan Baez, (The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down- #1 both Pop and Country), Buffy St. Marie, Al Anderson, Kinky Friedman & The Texas Jewboys, Larry Coryell, and The Country Gentleman (With Rickie Skaggs and Jerry Douglas). Some time after, David established a Production/Publishing/Management Company called Delta Music, which led to many chart recordings and a joint venture label with Shanachie/Koch Records called Cachet Records. This label specialized in the Smooth Jazz/Singer Songwriter genre. David sold his interests in Shanachie/Cachet Records in 1995 and joined Danny Goldberg at Mercury Records as a VP of A&R. When Universal Records bought Mercury and PolyGram, David again followed the Past Chairman of Mercury, to help him with his new label, Artemis Records.

In 2002, David returned to a familiar label, KOCH RECORDS as VP of A&R where he remains today. David has had three artists nominated for Grammy Awards that he signed to Koch Records; Earl Klugh, Jerry Douglas (the same artist from The Country Gentleman of 1973 signing) & Dave Douglas. Koch Records is the largest Independent label in North America as well as being the largest Independent Distribution Company.

Michael Morley, A&R Manager - Imagen Music (IND)
Before his work with Imagen Music, Michael was A&R Manager at Zomba Music Publishers for nearly 9 years, signing & working with acts from Daft Punk, Groove Armada, Nitin Sawhney, and Delays to new XL signing M.I.A. Before Zomba he worked at a small indie dance label, Hott records, and also at industry establishment MCPS. Throughout all his time in music he's also been active as a journalist for magazines such as 'The Face', 'Jockey Slut', 'Echoes', & 'Touch'. Michael is also a dj and small club promoter, currently involved in an indie-disco night called "The Birthday Party" at 'Infinity' with Krissi Murison from NME, a reggae night called "Hometown Hi-Fi" with Simon Ratclffe (Basement Jaxx) playing at 'The End', 'Cargo', and 'The Living Room', and several performance art/gig nights at '291 Gallery' in Hackney. Somehow he's managed to find time to start a new indie label called "Lucky Number" looking at exciting releases for new acts that are looking to develop profile without feeling the need to conform to the often formulaic major label mentality.

Robert Berry, Producer – Magna Carta Records (IND)
Robert Berry got his big break in the music business in 1985, when he released his first solo album titled "Back to Back". The independent release garnered him a pick of the week in the top three trade magazines of the time, Cashbox, Record World and Billboard. This gained him the attention of Journey manager, Herbie Herbert who is responsible for connecting Berry with Geffen Records. While A&R guru John Kalodner groomed Berry for a solo deal with Geffen Records, his reputation spread. His first step was to join Yes guitarist, Steve Howe, in the band GTR. He then went on to form the band 3, with Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer of ELP fame. 3, topped the Billboard Hot 100 charts with Robert's song, “Talkin' Bout'”, landing at the number 9 position. In the early nineties, Robert formed the band Alliance with Gary Pihl, guitarist for the band Boston, Alan Fitzgerald, keyboardist for Nightranger and David Lauser, drummer for Sammy Hagar. Alliance is preparing to release their third album on the Escape Music label. 2007 saw the release of the double CD compilation, "Destination Known". Their third release, "Road to Heaven”, is due early in 2008. In the mid nineties, Robert toured with the Sammy Hagar band. In 2004, he joined the band Ambrosia, touring with them for 2 years. All through his career, Berry has kept his state of the art studio complex, Soundtek Studios busy with a variety of production projects. From the Celtic rock band Tempest, to music for the Playstation game Karaoke Revolution, and everything in between, Robert Berry has been a consistent, credible and professional force in the music business.

JT Hamilton – General Manager, Mascot Records (IND)
Born in upstate NY, JT Hamilton always knew he wanted to be involved in the music industry. He made it his goal and decided to attend college as close to Manhattan as he was able. He began his venture into the music industry at Five Towns College in Long Island, NY. In 2004 JT began working at Ace Fu Records, working his way up from lonely intern to General Manager. While at Ace Fu Records, JT is credited with acts like Man Man, An Albatross, Devotchka, Tunng, Annuals and Illinois. During and post Ace Fu Records JT scouted for A&R execs at Island/Def Jam, Capitol Records, Virgin Records. He also scouted for EMI and Chrysalis Publishing. JT then began work as the General Manager of Strategic Artist Management with clients including Senses Fail, Monty Are I, and This Providence. Following his work at Strategic Artist Management JT currently works as the General Manager at Mascot Records boasting an artist roster of artists like Marty Friedman, Heathen, Don Airey, Pat Travers, and Volbeat.

Jon Mendes, President – MB Records (EMD)
Born in the small village of Palonkon on the island of Fogo, the Mendes Brothers immigrated to the United States in 1978. Shortly after their arrival, the brothers formed a band to perform Cape Verdean and Angolan music. In 1982, the Mendes Brothers would record their debut LP, entitled "Um Novo Método" (A New Method). This was the first Cape Verdean album to combine the musical traditions of Cape Verde, Haiti and Angolan Semba in one album. Launching MB Records in 1992, the Mendes Brothers began work on their album, Palonkon. The album was released in summer of 1993 to great success in Cape Verde and Angola, spinning several hit songs, including "Angola Beleza Natural", "Angola Na Paz" and "Helena". Their 1995 Boston Music Awards winning album, "Bandera" launched a new Cape Verdean musical movement by the same name and is largely responsible for re-launching the Angolan musical style of "Semba" with its phenomenal mega hits such as "Angola Kuia", "Balumuka PALOPs", "Madalena" and "Si". The album became an anthem in Angola and greatly helped to promote Semba throughout the world. Since founding MB Records Ramiro and John have created a highly sought-after music catalog, featuring all the prominent stars of African-Lusophone music. Today MB Records is the leading producer and licensor of African-Lusophone music, with such clients as Heineken Beer, RDF Television, Grassroots Pictures, BMG, Iris Musique, World Connections, As Entertainment, Edel, World Music Network, Oxfam, Arc Music, Union Square Music, Putumayo World Music, Ellipsis Arts, Rounder Records, Shanachie Records, Sheer Sound, Mondicor Records, MoviePlay and Vidisco. 

Ted Mason, President - Mi5 Recordings (EMD)
Ted played a long-time role as guitarist/songwriter/co-singer/producer, and manager for the British band Modern English, a pop group that sold 4 million records in the U.S. Additionally Mr. Mason has produced, worked with and played as a session musician for a diverse group of artists, among whom include Peter Gabriel, Toots and the Maytals, Trevor Horn, Betty Carter, Kid Creole, Santana, the Verve, Jesus Jones, the Wallflowers, Ringo Starr, Julian Lennon, Khaled, 10,000 Maniacs, Afrika Bambatta and Queen Latifah.

Marcus Spence, President – Mosley Music Group (UNI)
Innovative super-producer Timbaland has set-up his own label called the Mosley Music Group (MMG), with Interscope/Geffen/A&M. Timbaland, who has produced mega-hits for multi-platinum artists like Aaliyah (One In A Million), Missy Elliott (Get Ur Freak On) and Jay-Z (Big Pimpin‘), will now be producing hits for his own imprint, while continuing to produce for other artists. “Mosley Music Group is a label where the doors are open to all kinds of music,” explains Timbaland and CEO Marcus Spence. Among the acts signed to MMG is R&B artist Keri Hilson, who has penned songs for Mary J Blige and the Pussycat Dolls.

Mike G’Guerrero, A&R Executive – Music with a Twist (SONY)
Mike G’Guerrrero began his career at Billboard Magazine where he worked in their sales department. With a desire to work on the label side of the industry, Mike went on to work for Atlantic Records and Warner Bros. Mike’s first song ever released, “How Can I be Falling,” by Jennifer Green hit #1 on the Billboard Dance Club Play Chart for the week of April 2, 2005. This year, Mike's "Kiss The Sky" performed by Danielle Bollinger was a top 5 hit on the Billboard Club Play Chart and a top 10 hit on Billboard's Dance Radio Chart. In addition to his position at Music with a Twist, in 2007, he started an artist management company, GemMusic with Industry Veteran Michael Ellis.

Tobin Watkinson, Director of A&R – My Space (UNI)
Tobin Watkinson has worked both the independent and corporate sides of the fence, during his 8+ years in the music business. He started his career touring, selling t-shirts, and teching for various artists, to forming his own band. He later moved on to the business side, which started with a stint at independent record label, Fiddler Records. He later moved on to found the management company, The Industry Group, prior to working with Velvet Hammer’s, Columbia Records and Sony ATV Publishing, Joint Venture. Upon his departure from Columbia, he founded his own label through Warner Music Group with his partners; the founders of website Purevolume.com. He is currently employed as the Director of A&R at MySpace.com’s record label, through Interscope. Known artists Tobin has worked with: One Republic, Madina Lake, and Scary Kids Scaring Kids.

Mark Copeland, VP Marketing and A&R – Oglio Entertainment (EMD)
Mark Copeland is a 20+ year veteran in the Music Business. Beginning in record stores and later as a music buyer for Wal-Mart, he honed his consumer sensibilities for what moves music lovers to purchase music. As a marketing, sales and A&R executive at Major and Independent labels, Mark would go on to produce and market hundreds of campaigns including 2 platinum and 5 gold releases with top 10 Rock and Rap chart appearances and even a #1 New Age album! Mark is an avid fan of the music process and resides in Los Angeles.

Steve Amend, President – Photon Records (IND)
Steve Amend has charted the Top 40 as a producer, guitarist, bassist and songwriter, most notably as a producer with seven consecutive Top 40 singles. In addition, he has multiple endorsements from a variety of guitar related companies and is considered to be one of the foremost guitarists in the world. Mr. Amend was trained by Russ DeSalvo (hit writer for Celine Dion, Paul Mcartney, etc.) and Al Wanser (big band jazz great). Steve passed along his wisdom to such industry professionals as Derek Pacuk (Amy Winehouse), Russ Irwin (Aerosmith), Kenny Korade (Courtney Love, White Lion’s Mike Tramp) and Jeff Lombardi (Napalm).

Donald Elfman, Manager – Ride Symbol (IND)
Donald Elfman has over twenty years experience working in the music business. In 1984, he became the publicity and production director for PolyGram Jazz in New York. He worked there with Charlie Haden, Shirley Horn, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Milton Nascimento, the Harper Brothers and more. During this period, he worked on new recordings and reissues of classic material owned by PolyGram – on Verve, Mercury, MGM, Polydor and associated labels. Donald moved to Cleveland in 1989 to work as publicity director for Telarc International. He stayed there through 1993 and worked with both classical and jazz artists – Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton and more in the jazz world and André Previn, The Empire Brass Quintet and Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops in the classical arena. As the company publicity director for Koch Entertainment from 1993 through 2002, Donald was involved in every facet of the business – artist relations, manufacturing, work with press and radio, marketing, etc. He handled publicity and promotion for the labels that Koch distributed – jazz labels Enja, Candid, Justin Time and Minor Music and classical labels Supraphone, Ondine, MD&G, and Koch's own classical labels. He also started an in-house jazz label for which he produced over 100 new and re-issued recordings. Since leaving Koch in 2002, Donald has done promotion and publicity for a wide variety of artists and labels. For the Nonesuch label he has worked on projects by Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and Gideon Kremer and independently has worked with jazz singer Rebecca Parris and saxophonist Ernie Krivda. He is also the official program note writer for the Huntington Choral Society in Huntington, New York. Through all of Donald's experience he has gained broad, valuable experience and knowledge of the many aspects of the business of music.

Monte Conner, Sr. Vice President of A&R – Roadrunner Records (BMG)
Monte Connor is an executive who values originality over everything else. Having signed Sepultura back in 1988 when a death metal band from Brazil was unheard of, Connor quickly established himself as an innovative executive looking to break new ground. Subsequent signings of artists like Obituary, and Type O’ Negative cemented his reputation. In fact, Type O Negatives ‘Bloody Kisses’ was Roadrunner’s first platinum album in the U.S. His signing of Slipknot proved to be his biggest selling signing to date, and he continues to forge ahead with more recent signings like Fear Factory, Machine Head and Trivium.

Stephanie Karten, Manager A&R – Robbins Entertainment (BMG)
Ever since Stephanie was a little girl, music has been a huge part of her life. As a result of her love for so many different types of music, her musical knowledge began to encompass a variety of genres, helping her to build a unique understanding of sounds and styles that would aid in the launch of her career in future years. Upon receiving two 1200's and a mixer at 17, she embarked on a creative journey as a DJ, that started out as a hobby, but soon became much more. While attending Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY, she began to hone her DJ skills spinning at many of the popular local club venues, as well as raves, and lent her talents to the local radio station, by producing and acting as on-air talent, for the only dance music radio show on WICB FM. Since then, Stephanie a.k.a. DJ Deja, has held down an A&R position at one of the US's most successful independent dance music labels, Robbins Entertainment, and has continued her DJ career. Recently, she's also signed up on the roster at Stylusfunk.com, which is a conglomerate of various up and coming talented DJ's from across the country.

Jonathan Rivera, Director of A&R – Ruff Ryder Records (UNI)
Jonathan Rivera entered the scene with fine company working in the studio at 14 years old with Az, Canibus, Killah Priest, Masta Killa, Daddy Rose, John Fortey, and the Wu-Tang Clan, just to name a few, the list is too long to name them all. He signed his first record deal as a member of Hed-Sick with Sammy Z at Big Daddy/Koch Records. Soon after, he met his A&R mentor Mike Sikkas, former A&R for Clive Davis at Arista and VP A&R at Mercury Records. Mike Sikkas changed the direction of his career by stating that he was the best A&R he had ever met. Since then Jonathan Rivera has passionately pursued A&R work. Currently Jonathan Rivera is the Co-CEO and the Vice President of A&R at Ruff Ryder/Ruff Rock Records, a label that boasts over 20 million records sold worldwide. Ruff Ryder Records continues to stay relevant with the release of the new Eve record on Ruff Ryder/Interscope and the launch of the new label Ruff Rock! Ruff Ryder/Ruff Rock deals with Major Labels such as Def-Jam, Sony and Interscope Records.

Marc Ratner, President – Sarathan Records (IND)
Marc Ratner began his career in the music industry in the ‘70’s as a singer/songwriter and released a single in 1979 on RSO Records. Throughout the ‘70’s and ‘80’s he worked in promotion on a national level with RSO Records, Elektra Records and Warner Bros. Records and had the opportunity to work with such formidable artists, including, but not limited to, The Eagles, Madonna, Prince, Van Halen, Chicago, Eric Clapton, and Rod Stewart. In the late 80’s and 90’s, Mr. Ratner was employed at Reprise Records as Vice-President of Promotion and Dream Works Records where he influenced and developed such artist as Nelly Furtado. In 2004, Marc Ratner became a partner in Big Helium Entertainment, whose label included such artists as, Glenn Phillips and Toad The Wet Sprocket. Currently he is a principle at Mishara Music Management, where he works with such artists as Peter Bradley Adams and in addition, consults for Sarahan Records and Indie Marketer just to name a few. Marc Ratner is the only individual ever to win an award both by Radio and Records, and the Gavin Report in Top 40 Promotion and Hot AC Promotion in the same year.

Montrell Reeder, A&R Executive - Screw-U Records (UNI)
Montrell Reeder, aka Mr. Diamond Promotions, is an A&R rep for Screw-U-Records, a dynamic, young, record label that is headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama with offices in Hollywood and Atlanta. The company has an outstanding track record of discovering and successfully marketing independent artist throughout the country. He founded Diamond Promotions, in 1994, as a way to promote southern artists. He has also worked with The Aspen Agency, a full service entertainment company, and Big Cat Records.

Shea Jennings, Sr. VP of A&R - Screw-U Records (UNI)
Shea Jennings is Sr. VP of A&R for Screw-U-Records, a dynamic, young, record label that is headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama with offices in Hollywood and Atlanta. The company has an outstanding track record of discovering and successfully marketing independent artist throughout the country. Shea has also worked with Big Cat Records and has worked with up and coming rap artists such as Gucci Mane and Rocko.

Yusuf Gandhi, President – Silva Screen (IND)
Yusuf Gandhi is President of Silva Screen Records, one of the world’s leading film and television specialist soundtrack companies. The company’s repertoire of original soundtracks spans a wide range of titles, ranging from the Gerry Anderson catalogue (Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet), the cult TV series The Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe, to re-issues of classics such as John Barry’s score for The Ipcress File and the music for the cult film. The Wicker Man. It also includes major film and TV successes such as Sideways, The Departed, Blade Trinity, The Black Dahlia and Charmed. Since 1974, Yusuf Gandhi has been the Release Supervisor, Coordinator or Executive Producer of dozens of releases including the Gone With the Wind Original Soundtrack, Big Country Original Soundtrack, Twilight Zone: 40th Anniversary Collection, Bad Moon Original Soundtrack and the Tom Browne Collection.

Duane Hobson, A&R Executive
Nashville native, Duane Hobson, has worked in the music industry for over 10 years. He began his career at Sony BMG, as an A&R Sound Technology Engineer and has since worked his way through the corporate ranks. With a degree in Music Technology Engineering, Hobson currently reigns as the Manager of Sony BMG/Nashville A&R Department. He has worked with artists such as Chris Young (season four winner of Nashville Star), Kenny Chesney (2006 CMA Entertainer of the Year), and Carrie Underwood (debuted #1 atop Billboard's Top Country Album). Duane says, "Music, it moves, touches, and inspires me. That's how I have built my career in developing artists!"

Jeff Silberman, Co-Founder – Stanley Recordings (IND)
Jeff Silbeman started Stanley Recordings, LLC., with partner John Would (former Warren Zevon guitarist) in 1996 as an extension of their band "Yortoise", which also features Amy Wood on drums. As a result of much of the unsigned talent that walked through our Venice, CA studio doors, our label grew and our reputation for making great records brought us the likes of Lucinda Williams, Graham Parker, Fiona Apple, Arthur Lee and Love, Chuck E. Weiss and Tommy Stinson to name a few. In addition to our label roster which currently features Courtney Fairchild, Yortoise, Danny Allen, Ira, Sally Semrad, A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd and soon to be added, Heather McCullough.

Barry Roberts, GM/A&R – Sumthing Else Works (IND)
Barry L. Roberts is a music industry veteran with 28 years in the business. After serving eight years at Elektra Records, as Northeast Regional Marketing and Promotion Manager, Barry worked for a short stint at Red Distribution, as Director of Marketing and Promotion of Urban Music. He then worked for MIRA magazine as Advertising Director. While at MIRA, Barry started his own label - Buck N' Run Entertainment, Inc. In 1999, Nile Rodgers of the funk group Chic recruited Barry to consult for his label, Sumthing Else Music Works. After a mere five weeks, Nile was so impressed with Barry's know-how and work ethic that he promoted him to General Manager of the label and then Vice President. Later, Nile named him as Director of Urban Sales and Marketing as well as A&R Director for his distribution company, Sumthing Distribution. A talented hip-hop scout, Barry has expanded his record label into separate divisions for Jazz, Hip Hop and R&B as well as running a publishing company through ASCAP.

Lewis Martinee, President – TDK America (IND)
Mr. Martinee started out as a DJ and rock musician. He began his production career recording his band in small recording studios, graduating later to doing remixes and studio work for artists such as Celi Bee and Aumant. As the early 80’s approached, he started to form and produce his own groups. In 1984, he put together the groups, Sequel and the legendary trio, Expose.

Aaron Hartley, Owner - Theory 8 Records (IND)
Aaron Hartley founded Theory 8 Records in Nashville, TN after graduating from Belmont University. Since August of 2000, the label has released over 15 albums, the majority featuring the diverse and talented underground rock scene of Nashville. Beginning in 2006, the label branched off to include a new management company run by Hartley, including artists such as De Novo Dahl (Roadrunner Records), Forget Cassettes (One Little Indian/Tangled Up!/Imperial Records) and The Nobility. Other know artists that he has worked with include Apollo Up, Caitlin Rose, The Carter Administration, The Sincerity Guild, The Whole Fantastic World, Copeland Pacifico, Embrace, and In Clover.

Pebo Rodriguez, VP A&R/GM – Thump (UNI)
Pebo Rodriguez, industry veteran and Executive Vice President of Thump Records, was directly responsible for pioneering the sound of Thump, with the Old School Series and has produced well over 200 compilations during his tenure at the Universal Music distributed label. In the short time of two years, the label has assembled fifteen releases, including a DVD, an Inspirational Hip Hop series, and a merchandise line. With pending distribution, the label foresees a solid future of launching talented Praise & Worship, Gospel, Pop and Hip Hop artists while establishing and branding Joshua Records as a premier Christian Music and Media Company. Known artists that Pebo has worked with include Danny Chavez, Heavenbound, Rudy Benavidez, Santos, Kings and Priests.

Rosie Lopez, A&R Executive – Tommy Boy Records (IND)
Rosie Lopez is a music-industry professional who's never met a challenge big enough to dim her unstoppable optimism. For three years she's was head of marketing at Tommy Boy, the pioneering hip-hop and dance-music label, and in charge of producing the yearly soundtrack albums for "The L Word," one of the hottest shows on cable TV. Rosie then teamed up with the label’s founder and General Manager Victor Lee to form Silver Label, a Tommy Boy imprint that focuses exclusively on developing and marketing gay and lesbian projects. With Lopez at the helm and, with the success of Showtime’s Queer as Folk and The L Word soundtracks under her belt (250,000 albums and counting; a feat for almost any label, let alone an indy), her Silver Label was instrumental in developing and releasing gay and lesbian artists for the masses. Rosie prides herself on focusing on developing artists, music and media in three areas -- live and recorded entertainment, lifestyle (home, holistic, educational and dance) and brand-driven products.

Imran Majid, A&R Executive – Universal Records (UNI)
In addition to obtaining a position in the A&R department for Universal/Republic, Imran Majid has expanded his activities to other areas of the music industry. A consultant for Spazz Out Management, Majid is also a review board member for The Indie Review. His credits include A&R for the 2006 release "Across The Water" by Bad Boy Da Prince, and for the 2007 release "Eat of Get Ate" by Tum Tum, both on Universal/Republic.

Steve Whiteley, A&R Consultant – Universal (UNI) / ATC Management
Steve Whitely is an A&R consultant for Universal Music Record Label and also works at ATC management. He's been djing on and off for the past 8 years and loves to mix as many different genres of music. Currently presenting the Saturday breakfast show (9am-12pm) and Sunday Showcase Sessions on 103.6 life FM every week at 4pm, dedicated to playing the best new UK music across a number of genres. Each week a new act is invited on the show to perform an acoustic set. Artists that have been on the show include: Jay Jay Pistolet, Marcus Mumford, Eliza Doolittle, Skyline, Luke Leighfield, Neon Hitch, Sam K, Dan Smith, Naked & the Boys, Captain Black, Charlene Soraia, Golden Silver, You & Me & The Clik Clik, Master Shortie, Peter Conway, Josh Weller along with many others. He is currently seeking new talent.

Dahlia Ambach Caplin, Director A&R – Verve Music Group (UNI)
When Verve Records executive Dahlia Ambach-Caplin approached Herbie Hancock with the idea of tackling Joni Mitchell tunes, the path was set for the greatest upset victory in Grammy history. Dahlia is a super A&R Director, with a modern view about the business. The Grammy winning Herbie Hancock album "River" aside, her work on the Verve Remixed Series, have rejuvenated the label and brought the Verve catalogue into the new millennium. Tough, smart, always challenging, creative and open to all kinds of interesting ideas, Dahlia is the whole package.

Andres Wolff, Label Manager – Warner Music Latina
Andres Wollf got his start in the industry as an Associate Director and Studio Technician for WFOR/CBS Television in Miami. After 2 years he worked his way up to the position of Promotions Producer and Coordinator, in which capacity he served for another 2 years. After a brief interneship with Universal Music Latino he attained the position of Label Manager where he has worked with artists such as Bacilos, Aleandar Sanz, Luis Miguel, Miguel Bose, Lara Bocin, and Jorge Drexler.

Lisa Nauful, President – White Tie Records (IND)
Lisa Nauful enjoyed a prestigious career as a classical musician, prior to moving behind the scenes as an industry executive. For several years Lisa was a member of the Dallas Ballet and Opera Orchestras. She also performed and recorded with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Lisa has played with the American Symphony and done extensive commercial studio work. She also toured with Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia. Currently, Lisa is a member of the Santa Monica Symphony Board of Directors and was the US Label Manager for Warner Classics. She presently holds the position of President at White Tie Records. White Tie Records specializes in Classical and Classically infused music.

Jamie Kiner, A&R Executive - Word Records (WEA)
After earning a Bachelor's Degree from Belmont University, Jamie found her way into a career in the music industry. She currently works as A&R Executive for Word Records. She has worked with artists such as Mark Roach and Pocketful of Rocks.

Jessica Harley, VP A&R – Yclef / Booga Basement (BMG)
Jessica Harley is VP A&R at Booga Basement and at Yclef Records, two labels respectively owned by Jerry Duplessis (aka Jerry Wonder) and Wyclef Jean. Both Jerry and Wyclef are very well-known artists, producers and songwriters. Acts on the labels include: City High and The Product G&B, amongst others. In addition to her A&R work on City High's 2001 self-titled album, Jessica was Executive Producer of two Wyclef Jean albums; 2002's "Masquerade” and 2003's "Preacher's Son". In addition to her A&R activities, Jessica was the former Senior Director of Rock Promotion for Electra Records. She has also worked in the promotions field for Megaforce/Atlantic, and is a contributor to music-reviewer.com. In her long list of career achievements, she has also managed Epitaph recording artists The Bouncing Souls and has worked with well known artist Pantera.

Stephen Smith, Music Supervisor – Abbey Entertainment
Smith began his career in 1982 as the Associate Producer of the critically acclaimed CBS sitcom, Square Pegs, starring Sarah Jessica Parker. His music supervision changed the sound of television music by bringing "new wave" artists like Devo, Berlin, The Waitresses, and Billy Idol into the studio, to record music for the show. He became the Music Supervisor for a number of music-driven motion pictures. After teaming with director Penelope Spheeris on The Boys Next Door in 1985, they continued to work together on seven feature films. These films included, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Decline of Western Civilization, Parts II & III, and Senseless (Miramax) starring Marlon Wayans. The Senseless soundtrack mashed Electronica and Hip-Hop music for the first time, and featured Fat Boy Slim, Crystal Method, Moby and the Jungle Bros. In 2001 he teamed Penelope Spheeris with Ozzy Osbourne for the HD rock-documentary feature, We Sold Our Souls For Rock 'n' Roll. In 1989 he launched the career of four-time Grammy winner Lenny Kravitz, signing him to a worldwide deal with Virgin Records and managing him for his platinum selling albums Let Love Rule and Mama Said. He orchestrated Lenny's collaboration with Madonna, to write and produce her hit number one song 'Justify My Love'. Presently he is developing several feature motion pictures with producer Gary Kurtz (American Graffiti, Star Wars), including Dig Infinity, based upon the life of the "Beat Generation" jazz poet, Lord Buckley, and Fun House, a biopic about legendary rock icons Iggy Pop & the Stooges.

Dawn Madell, Music Supervisor – Agoraphone
Agoraphone is a licensing agency in Manhattan run by Beth Urdang and Dawn Madell, who both boast advertising and music backgrounds. Agoraphone has been placing music in commercials since 1999, working for major marketers like Nike, Mitsubishi, and Vodaphone. Today, when advertisers need music to fit their branding campaigns, they are able to license pre-recorded or original scores directly from Agoraphone. Looking to the future, the partners hope their company will expand its horizons by venturing into television. Says Urdang. "It's not a question of moving from one into another, but the goal of (our) company is to do as many different formats and types of media as
possible."

Emmit Martin, President – All About Music TV & Film
Emmit Martin is the owner and organizer of the yearly All About Music TV & Film retreat. This private retreat provides rare networking opportunities for artists both signed and unsigned, along with the nation's top L.A. and NYC-based TV & film music supervisors. These top music supervisors are responsible for implementing music into the scenes of most well-known television shows and movies and commercials. Companies who attend this private event each year include, NBC-ABC-CBS-FOX-Lifetime and top production companies in Hollywood. Martin has additional industry experience working as a recording engineer at a top studio in Nashville, artist management and most recently top publishing company EMI Music. Known artists that he has worked with include Mindy Smith and Jars of Clay, multiple Dove Award winners Nichole Nordeman and Natalie Grant, and spoken word poet J. Ivy (whose credits include appearing on Kanye West’s hit CD “Late Registration” with Jay-Z).

Chris Robinson, Music Supervisor – Arpix Media
Chris is 8 years into the world of music supervision with Toronto's Arpix Media. In that time he's licensed hundreds of songs, major and indie, for a wide range of Television and Film productions. He's helped find homes for songs for TV movies and series for ABC, CBS, NBC, Lifetime, MTV and TNT among others in the US, and CBC, CTV and Global in Canada. On the feature film front, he's recently sourced several songs for the new William H Macy movie The Deal.

Renee Travis – Owner - Artists In Motion/HeyDay Media Group
Renee Travis has been the owner of Artists In Motion since August 1994. Artists In Motion Productions works with artists (musical and visual) helping them to meet their goals professionally. Renee has worked as a music supervisor on the following projects: A Year on Earth (2006), Dahmer (2002), Devil's Playground (2002), and Deep in the Heart (1996) a.k.a. Deep in the Heart (Of Texas). She has also worked as a music consultant on Eight Days A Week (1997) and a music coordinator for Dead Beat (1994) a.k.a. The Phony Perfector. She has also received special thanks for 100 Girls (2000). Currently she is working as the music supervisor on the film Coyote County Loser (2009) that is in post-production.

Jason Camiolo, Staff Composer / Music Supervisor – audioEngine
Jason Camiolo is an accomplished musician whose credits include drummer of the Platinum Award winning rock band Fuzzbubble, as well as composer of Addy, Telly and Emmy award winning commercial spots, independent films and documentaries. Not only is Jason an experienced studio musician, he has also appeared live on MTV / VH1; performing with Fuzzbubble, Sean "Diddy" Combs, The Lox, Lil' Kim, Jimmy Page, Slash, and the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra. Jason is the staff composer and music supervisor for audioEngine. 

Hank London, Music Supervisor – Bass/Treble Staff
Hank London spent time at KSAN, as staff member producing the morning show, after having been on the air at WLIR in NY, being a small part of the Mighty KSAN was an honor. Before joining the Jive 95, and for a long time after, he ran my own music programming consulting service, supplying real content (not Muzak!) for in-house playback systems around the country. The programming eventually evolved into some music supervision, licensing and production development. He also spent a few years along side Dave McQueen & Nancy Stevens at their NewScript news service, and produced a number of programs for radio reading services that supplied specialized content to the blind. By the early 80's he was also making good side money as a performance photographer. His extensive archive (mostly stand-up comedy from the Bay Area) is regularly sought out by producers and editors, and his work has appeared in numerous TV specials, newspapers, and magazines, over the years. Radio and music remain his passions. His professional life has culminated in a role as trainer and facilitator for the last ten years. In which capacity, he helped a KSAN intern named Pierre Robert. He instigated an introduction with WMMR's music director that resulted in an internship. Pierre is now celebrating 20 years on the air at that same station.

Don Gallacher, Music Supervisor – Cue the Music
From his beginnings as a music publisher and record label owner, Gallacher expanded into distribution, promotion and marketing, not to mention a little artist management (Don was the power behind the emergence of rock legend PJ Harvey.) Don took over management of rock artist PJ Harvey wherein he set up world tours, established PJ Harvey's publishing company and negotiated the "Biggest publishing deal for a new artist in a decade" with EMI Music. He then went on to Manage PJ through two successful albums. Don Gallacher also became well known as a legal and copyright consultant within the music business before becoming a full time music supervisor for the movies. His credits as a Music Supervisor are too numerous to list but include The Killing Of John Lennon, Garden of Eden, and Dead Man's Cards.

David Franco, President – David Franco International Music Productions
David Franco has served as music producer for well over 150 feature films and TV movies, series, and miniseries. He has worked with well-known directors Oliver Stone and Steven Spielberg, and on popular series Dallas and Knots Landing. His recent film credits include the Ted Turner feature film Gods and Generals, and Chen Kaige's Together.

Johnny Kim, President – Dereko Entertainment
Johnny Kim got his start in the entertainment industry in 1990 working for Bill Graham Presents in San Francisco Bay Area working on major concerts such as Madonna, Paul Mc Cartney, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Janet Jackson plus many other major artists. In 1994, with few years after moving to Los Angeles, he started to work for major film studios such as Warner Brothers, Paramount, Sony, Universal and Disney. His screen credits include blockbuster hit films such as Independence Day, Outbreak and many others. In 2002, he formed his own film production company called Dereko Entertainment in Beverly Hills, producing his first feature film called Raspberry & Lavender: The Lavender Girl. Since then, as of June 2006, he launched an unique record label called Glamourocke Records specializing in feature film, television music. He is currently in preproduction stage with feature length film called Raspberry & Lavender: Diaries of Lavender Girl already in final negotiation stages with Universal for distribution for film and music.

Dondi Bastone, Music Supervisor – Dondi Bastone
Having first cut his teeth as Music Coordinator on Barry Sonnenfeld’s Get Shorty over a decade ago, Dondi has since supervised music for more than thirty film and television projects, including Sideways and Election for director Alexander Payne, Ed Harris’ decade-long labor of love and directorial debut, Pollock, writer-director-star Matt Dillon’s City of Ghosts and The Human Stain for legendary Oscar winning writer/director Robert Benton. Other credits include the films, Home Fries, The Big Empty, The Crew, No Vacancy, The Sex Monster, and Beautiful Ohio. In the last few years, Dondi has also had the opportunity to be a part of some fine documentary projects including, most recently, Kirby Dicks’ This Film Is Not Yet Rated, Fuck, for director Steve Anderson, HBO’s Addiction as well as the Emmy winning documentary series American High and its follow-up Freshman Diaries, for RJ Cutler. Currently Dondi is finishing up work on the Morgan Spurlock produced documentary What Would Jesus Buy?

Micky James, Owner – Freedom Of Speech Recordings
Micky James is a composer and producer who is perhaps best known for his work on Criss Angel's weekly TV show Mindfreak on the A&E Network. He co-wrote The "Mindfreak theme song" with Criss Angel (which was produced by Jonathan Davis of KORN), and the series featured music written & produced by Micky and Criss Angel throughout. He continued to work with Criss Angel on the "Supernatual" TV Special which aired on Halloween, 2003 on the Sci-Fi Channel as well as Angel's "Made in Japan" TV Special which aired in Japan in November 2003. Both specials are now available on DVD. His work with Criss Angel led to his next credit, Carmen Electra's (NWWL) Naked Women's Wrestling League, which aired on Show time "In Demand" and world wide Pay- per-view on April 9th 2007.

Daniel Glass, CEO – Glassnote Entertainment Group, LLC
Daniel began his music career in 1977 as an R&B/dance disc jockey at the college's radio station WBCR. In early 1983, Daniel Glass moved to Chrysalis Records as Director of New Music Marketing, advancing later to Senior Vice President. During his six years with Chrysalis, he helped guide the careers of such stars as Pat Benatar, Huey Lewis and The News, Billy Idol, Spandau Ballet, Jethro Tull, Icehouse, The Divinyls, and Sinéad O'Connor, among others. In 1989, Glass became one of the first executives to join the newly formed SBK Records as Senior Vice President of Promotion, bringing his trademark aggressive, streetwise approach to the start-up label. This quickly produced success in breaking new artists, including the multi-platinum debuts of Jesus Jones, Technotronic, Wilson Phillips, Vanilla Ice, as well at SBK/Liberty country artist Billy Dean.

In 1990, Glass was promoted to Executive Vice President/General Manager of SBK Records with the consolidation of SBK, Chrysalis, and EMI USA several years later into "EMI Record Group North America," he rose to President/CEO. In that position he was instrumental in bringing Jon Secada, Selena, Barrio Boyzz, Blur, D'Angelo, Roxette, Wilson Phillips, Vanilla Ice, Technotronic, and Arrested Development into platinum and Grammy Award-winning status, as well as the hit soundtrack to the critically acclaimed film, The Crying Game, which featured Boy George.

In 1999 Glass joined Danny Goldberg at the newly emerging label Artemis Records as Executive Vice President and after a few months he was named President. He achieved success in his position and then went on to found Glassnote, an entertainment company encompassing Glassnote Records, Music Publishing, and Merchandising. For the first release on the independent Glassnote Entertainment Group [Glassnotemusic.com] he chose Secondhand Serenade, the #1 unsigned artist in the history of MySpace, with 17 million plays and roughly 200,000 "friends" to date.

Michael Perlmutter, Music Supervisor – Instinct Entertainment
Michael’s career ventures include stints in advertising (U2 “Pop Tour”), Music Publishing (EMI Music Publishing Canada) and artist management before landing at SLFA as Music Supervisor for Film & TV in 1997. Some of Michael’s feature film projects include Childstar, The Statement, Touch of Pink and Last Night. TV Series projects include five seasons of Queer As Folk, Wild Card, Once A Thief, two seasons of Drop The Beat. Movies Of The Week include: Crazy Canucks (CTV), A Christmas Diva (VH-1), Walter & Henry (Showtime) and Blacktop (HBO). Michael left SLFA in 2005 to pursue additional projects, including creating and producing a collaborative music event called The Side Street Project, which is currently being shopped for an online broadcast. He has spoken and/or moderated on panels at several conferences including MIDEM, NXNE (Toronto), Winter Music Conference and Billboard Dance Music Summit.

Janice Ginsberg, Music Supervisor – Janice Ginsberg & Associates, Inc.
Ginsberg served as head of talent acquisition for DIR Broadcasting, Dick Clark’s United Stations and Narwood Productions. Since 1990, she has been working as an independent producer, music supervisor and consultant, for feature films and soundtracks. Consultancies have included her acting as U.S. representative for Italy’s CAM Original Soundtracks and the UK’s Robert Stigwood Organization, as well as a joint venture with Carlin America. Film production credits include, Standing in the Shadows of Motown-The Story of the Funk Brothers (Artisan) Strange Brew: The Story of Cream (Avision), Deep Purple: Heavy Metal Pioneers (Avision) and The Yardbirds (Avision). Radio production credits include numerous series including the legendary King Biscuit Flower Hour along with broadcast specials with Elton John, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, and many others.

Francis J. Leik, Executive Director – Long Island Film Festival
Francis J. Leik is the Executive Director of the Long Island Film Festival. He started out in special events for the Hamptons International Film Festival and worked his way up through the LIFF. The LIFF celebrates its 25th edition this year with an extended anniversary road-show tour dubbed ‘Montauk to Manhattan to Hollywood'.

Marc Birnbach, Owner, Marc Birnbach TV and Movie Supervsion
Marc Birnbach served as the Music Video Director at Avenue Z Productions, LLC, along with working as the Sr. Music Coordinator at ABC Television and has worked with such known artists as Wyclef Jean, LL Cool J, Jamie Rae, Bette Midler, Bio-Hazard, Diecast BHC, Brand New Sin, Sandfrog (starring St. Louis Cardinal's Scott Spiezio), ABBY Z, Fiorucci, and XOXO. In addition, Marc has received several awards including a Daytime EMMY award citation for Best Musical Score Daytime Drama in 1999 and in 1997 received the Long Island University Provost Award for Leadership, 1997.

Peter Davis, Music Coordinator – MTV’s The Real World
Peter Davis began working in the industry at WICB-FM and VIC Internet Radio in Ithaca, NY. In addition to his job as a modern rock DJ, Peter fulfilled a number of behind the scenes roles at both stations, including work as technical coordinator, traffic director, and program director. Peter eventually set his sights on the world of music supervision, relocating to Los Angeles and taking a music coordinator position in May 2006. He has since worked with artists and licensed music for a number of hit reality shows, including MTV's The Real World and Real World/Road Rules Challenge, Oxygen's The Bad Girls Club, USA's Dr. Steve-O, E!'s The Simple Life and Keeping Up With The Kardashians, and Lifetime's America's Psychic Challenge.Additionally, Peter continues to support the Los Angeles music scene, attending an average of four shows a week.

Delly Ramin, Music Supervisor – PB&J Television and MTV Networks
Delly Ramin had been an in-house music supervisor for Bunim/Murray Productions where she had been responsible for the music heard in popular shows such as E! Entertainment’s The Simple Life (starring Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie) and MTV’s The Real World/Road Rules Challenge as well as NBC’s Emmy-winning show Starting Over. Delly started her career in 1995 at Elektra Records where she coordinated platinum soundtracks for several films including Can’t Hardly Wait, The X-Files, and Me Myself and Irene. As her desire for the Film & TV side of the business grew she began working for 20th Century Fox’s music department, coordinating music for films such as The Beach (starring Leonardo DiCaprio), Here On Earth (starring Chris Klein), Where the Heart Is (starring Natalie Portman), and Bryan Singer’s X-Men. Delly continued to pursue several other music positions including working with Budd Carr at EMI Music Publishing where she was responsible for the creative and administration input on the films Rock Star, (starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston), The Score, (starring Robert De Niro and Edward Norton), and Enemy At The Gates (starring Jude Law). Delly currently works as a Music Supervisor for PB&J Television and MTV Networks.

Ethan Waddell, Director of Music Supervision – Production Advisors
Ethan Waddell is Director of Music Supervision for Production Advisors who critiques artists for music licensing companies as well as help license music for TV commercials and other commercial use. Production Advisors worked with The Postal Service in licensing their song “Such Great Heights” which has been used in several TV commercials as well as the Sting song “Desert Rose” in a commercial for the Jaguar S-Type. Ethan is also a performing artist who has shared the bill with Agnostic Front, Viva Voce and Japanther.  With Production Advisors he find music to license for commercial use. He has helped manage up and coming pop artists Juliet Shatkin and Jac & Jill.

Ashton Allen, Owner – Rock Salt Songwriters
Ashton Allen is an American singer/songwriter from Jacksonville, Florida. Ashton ventured out on his solo career in 2005 as his band Big Sky split up. September 27, 2005 saw the release of Dewdrops on Atlanta record company Livewire Recordings. Produced by veteran producer Colin Cobb, Dewdrops showcases Ashton's honesty and creativity in this 14 track album. In July 2005, Ashton Allen and Tour Manager Michael Grosvenor embarked on a 250 date tour in support of Dewdrops. It featured an in-store performance tour in conjunction with a promotional campaign with retail giant Barnes & Noble. That tour wrapped up in the fall of 2006 with a 6 week full band U.S. Tour. Ashton has shared a stage with Brian Vander Ark of The Verve Pipe, Duncan Sheik, RobinElla, and Peter Bradley Adams. His music has also been featured on two ABC TV shows "What About Brian" and "Six Degrees".  Ashton Allen has just released two albums—his sophomore release, Wellspring, and The Christmas Songs—exclusively through Barnes & Noble. Both of his new CDs were recorded and produced by Ashton and Devin Moore for their boutique production house, Rock Salt Songwriters. Rock Salt Songwriters is a dedicated music production team with studios in Orlando and Tampa/St. Petersburg. Services include writing, producing, and mixing custom designed songs, scoring for film and television, and music catalog services. Allen and Moore recently created music for a national spot for Pacific Sunwear and a video that's being used by the University of South Florida football team.

Tom Santorelli, Program Director – Santorelli Films
Thomas Santorelli has enjoyed a wide variety of work in the media as an award winning filmmaker, musician, composer, historian of early American cinema, author, radio producer, and recording engineer and technician. Santorelli has composed music for solo classical guitar and for guitar and orchestra. He has written music for numerous radio and television commercials and wrote the theme music for Author! Author! heard each weekend on numerous NPR affiliates. His expertise in the recording studio has earned him work as an audio archivist, preserving numerous audio interviews with Vitagraph stars and directors conducted in the early 1970’s before their passing by internationally known English film historian and author, Anthony Slide. As recording engineer and studio/musical instrument technician, Tom has worked for some of the biggest musicians and artists in the industry of rock, jazz, and classical genres including Harry Nilsson, Billy Joel, Aldo Nova, Rebbie Jackson, The Scorpions, Isley Brothers, Claudio Arrau, Johnny Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge, Johnny Farina (Santo and Johnny), Blue Oyster Cult, The Cars, Cameo, Flo and Eddie, Ornette Coleman, Lou Reed, Debbie Gibson, Taylor Dayne, Joe Cocker, Roger Waters (Pink Floyd), Phil Ramone and Sting.

Luke Crampton, Owner – Songfinder
Luke Crampton enjoyed a London-based career in the music business before co-founding the Media Research & Information Bureau (MRIB) in 1981, which became the largest chart-compiling and music research agency in Europe. In addition, he has co-written over 20 music and media-related books, and has produced numerous successful UK and US radio and television series, including the Network Chart Show and more recently, CNN International's World Beat and The Music Room, the world's only global weekly music shows. As a founder of the music licensing service, Songfinder, and Original Media, Luke continues to devise and produce unique media projects while updating and developing their Music Information Database - the world's most comprehensive source of historical data on popular music.

Seth Berg, Music Supervisor – South Bay Music Group
Seth Berg, of South Bay Music Group, is a fifteen-year industry veteran who specializes in the placement of songs in Films, TV Shows, Commercials and Video Games.  Providing music licensing services for some of the best talent in the world, Seth has placed music in over 300 projects over the last few years. With a contact list of thousands, Seth offers talent a way to get their music heard by decision makers all over the world.

Rachel Levy, Senior VP of Motion Picture Music - The Weinstein Company / Dimension Films.
Rachel Levy began her career with the Weinsteins in 1997 at Miramax Films.  In her role as executive in charge of music, Rachel oversees motion picture music production, film scoring, music supervision, home video music, publishing administration and film soundtracks for both companies. While at TWC, she has worked on numerous projects including Derailed, Scary Movie 4, Bobby, School For Scoundrels, Pulse, Great Debators, Clerks 2, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, 1408, Grace is Gone,  Rob Zombie's Halloween, The Mist, The Nanny Diaries, Soul Men, The Reader and Youth In Revolt.

Matt Manjourides, Music Supervisor – Troma Entertainment
After graduating from the Ringling School of Art and Design in 2001, Matt Manjourides began his career working on independent films in Boston, including "The Mental Dead" and "God of Vampires". After moving to New York City, Matt worked with underground NYC film makers producing over 100 Adult films while doing double duty as an Editor and Graphic designer. His next move was over to Troma Entertainment, coordinating DVD production and Film Buying & Selling for projects including "Cannibal the Musical" (13th anniversary), "Yeti: A love story", "Poultrygeist", and "Redneck Zombies" (20th anniversary).

Eric Harryman, President – V Entertainment
Eric spent ten years in Hollywood as a Music Supervisor for major motion picture companies before joining his current partners. Eric’s major motion picture credits include, Die Hard III, Judge Dredd and Addicted To Love, among others. Eric also served as co-arranger/ producer on tracks for artists such as LL Cool J and Public Enemy and worked with such artists as David Bowie, The Cure, Ice Cube, The Counting Crows, John Hyatt, and Isaac Hayes. He was a successful concert promoter working with tours such as The Club MTV Tour and The Four Tops.

Vincent Kershner, Music Supervisor – Vindication Entertainment
Vince Kershner has enjoyed a prolific career in the music industry, having worked with some of the most legendary names in the music industry. He's provided development work for Biker Build-Off on the Discovery Channel, operated as a fundraiser for the nationally syndicated World Cafe radio program, coordinated national radio and TV promotional campaigns for Rykodisc, and operated as vice president of the legendary Mystic Records. His current work as a music supervisor is a natural progression from his previous positions in the industry.

Mark Wike, Music Supervisor – Wike Music
Mark began his career with The Bogmen who signed a handsome deal with Arista Records in 1994 under the guidance of RIP magazine founder, Lon Friend and industry mogul, Clive Davis. The band’s first album, Life Begins At Forty Million, produced by former Talking Heads member, Jerry Harrison, received critical acclaim and garnered the band a cult following. Their second album, Close Captioned Radio, co-produced by dub guru, Bill Laswell, also received critical praise but Arista’s fickle interest in the alternative rock genre, eventually forced the band to go independent in 1999. Around this time, Mark began composing and music supervising independent features such as Swimming, starring Lauren Ambrose and Michael Cuesta’s critically acclaimed, L.I.E. Shortly thereafter, Mark dove head first into supervising TV series such as Steven Bochco and Chris Gerolmo’s acclaimed, Over There, NBC’s Windfall, CMT’s hit series, Trick My Truck and Golden Globe award winning, Commander In Chief. Recently, Mark finished supervising the acclaimed documentary feature, Rock The Bells, which chronicled the daylong music event that marked the last performance of the fully intact Wu Tang Clan. Currently, Mark is working on FX series, The Riches, starring Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver.

Brian Black, Founder/President – Zoophoria Music
In 1987 Brian Black made two important decisions, he chose to focus on the music business as a career and to become involved with student organizations. He joined the Concerts Committee at Union Board, Indiana University's largest student programming organization for which he served as Marketing/Research Director for two years, promoting artists such as Sting, UB40, REO Speedwagon, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and Al Dimeola. During his Union Board days, he also became an MTV College Marketing Representative coordinating on-campus events for two years. In 1992, he got his first real taste of the record business doing college radio promotions as an intern for Morgan Creek Records. He went on to work in the A&R and Marketing Departments at Geffen Records. While at Geffen, Brian became the artist manager for the Los Angeles pop group, Spanish Kitchen (later known as Mystery Pop). He worked in the film and television department at Polygram (and later at Universal Music Enterprises after the Polygram merger). In 2001, with the untapped entrepreneurial spirit that he had possessed throughout most of his life, Brian launched Zoophoria Music.

Wyatt Easterling, Creative Director – Affiliated Publishing
Long-time music industry professional Wyatt Easterling has most recently enjoyed the accomplishment of being a co-founder and the president of Spindletop Records. At the beginning of 2006, Easterling stepped down from Spindletop Records to focus on record production and songwriting as well as to continue as Creative Vice President and partner/owner of Affiliated Publishers Inc. (API) and API Management. API has a twenty-year history of publishing hit songs and managing hit acts. The songs range from the recent number one hit, "Beautiful Mess" by Diamond Rio, to million airplay songs such as, "I Like It, I Love It" and "Down On The Farm," by Tim McGraw, and "Bigger Than The Beatles" and "So Help Me Girl," by Joe Diffie.

Prior to API, Easterling was partners with Miles Copeland (Sting, The Police, IRS Records) in the Nashville Division of Bugle Publishing Group and Firstars Management. Easterling brought Keith Urban to Firstars and produced sides that landed Keith at Warner Bros. Records. He also produced sides on another Firstars client, Paul Jefferson, which secured him a deal at Almo Sounds. Of the sides cut on Paul Jefferson, one went on to become the number one smash for Aaron Tippin, "That’s As Close As I’ll Get To Lovin’ You". Before his stint with Bugle Publishing Group and Firstars Management, Easterling joined Rick Blackburn and Nelson Larkin in opening Atlantic Records as their Chief of A&R. He was responsible for signing artists John Michael Montgomery, Tracy Lawrence, Michael Johnson, and Neal McCoy to their roster. While at Atlantic, Easterling produced the multi-platinum debut album, Life’s A Dance for John Michael Montgomery.

Marc Hutner , Associate Director – ASCAP
Marc Emert-Hutner began his music career in 1988 in Los Angeles. He sang and played guitar in Sugartooth from 1990 to 1997 releasing 2 records on Geffen. The Dust Brothers took Marc under their wings and taught him engineering and producing and began hiring him as a studio musician and writer. Having taken interest in recording and producing, Marc began working with bands in LA. Shortly after, he received a call from Bob Forest (of legendary LA punk band Thelonious Monster) who hired him to produce The Bicycle Thief’s “You Come and Go Like A Pop Song” (Artemis Records). Marc then joined them as a guitar player to tour with The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stone Temple Pilots and The Foo Fighters. In 1999, Marc began working at ASCAP in Los Angeles as a Film & TV Music Representative. Four years later he left ASCAP to record and tour with Pleasure Club (fronted by illustrious cult singer James Hall). Pleasure Club released 3 CD’s (2 studio and one live) and toured solidly for 2 years in both the States and Europe. Along the way, Marc also managed 2 bands and a producer. In 2005, he moved to New York to pursue his musical interests in a new city and began working at ASCAP again as a Membership Representative in Pop/Rock and Film & TV Music.

Ana Rosa Santiago, Associate Director – ASCAP
Based in the Society’s Puerto Rico office, Santiago has over ten years of music industry experience. She previously served as ASCAP's Associate Director Latin Membership. Prior to joining ASCAP, Santiago was Assistant Manager at Peer Music.

Gandhar Savur, Partner – Bank Robber Music
Gandhar Savur is a music attorney based in New York City. Gandhar got his start in the Matador Records TV/film department, where he developed a keen interest in music licensing for TV & film. Currently, Gandhar handles business affairs for the licensing company Bank Robber Music as well as its offshoot music publishing entity House of Hassle, where one of his primary responsibilities is the signing of artists to the company roster. Bank Robber Music represents over a dozen labels exclusively, including Merge Records, Barsuk, Thrill Jockey and Drag City, and in this capacity Gandhar handles the negotiation of TV and film licenses for such artists as Spoon, Nada Surf and Rogue Wave. In addition to his pursuits in licensing and publishing, Gandhar co-manages the independent record label Ernest Jenning, home to an eclectic roster of rising artists including O’Death, Takka Takka and the Black Hollies. Gandhar also maintains a small legal practice, with a stable of clients, which include artists, labels and managers.

Hartley Goldstein, General Manager – Bank Robber Music
Hartley Goldstein is the General Manager for Bank Robber Music. Having established himself in the industry as a music critic, writing a number of reviews for PopMatters as well as Pitchfork Media, Hartley established Bank Robber music as a publishing company for his own music as well as for writers of a similar musical sensibility (alarmingly catchy pop songs). Some of the artists Hartley works with at Bank Robber include Dinosaur Jr., Tralala, John Vanderslice, and Death Cab for Cutie.

Barry Dennen, President – Barry Dennen Music
Barry Dennen is best known for his portrayal of Pontius Pilate in both the original Broadway production, and the Universal movie of Jesus Christ Superstar. He can also claim the unique distinction of being responsible for devising and directing the historic nightclub debut act of Barbra Streisand, who was his girlfriend at the time in New York City. Their relationship and his influence on her early career are lovingly documented in his book, "My Life With Barbra". Barry has written two musicals of his own - the children's musical "Wanna Play", and the rock musical "Diminishing Perspective". In 2004, he returned to the stage with his old friend (sadly, the late) Carl Anderson in the USA touring production of Jesus Christ Superstar. Barry is also noted for his portrayal of the narrator in the West End Production of "Cabaret" opposite Dame Judi Densch, and his performance in the film version of "Fiddler On The Roof".

Alan Brewer, President – BME/Brewman Music and Entertainment
Alan Brewer is the President and owner of Brewman Music & Entertainment (BME). In addition to his ongoing work as a record producer and music publisher, Brewer has served as a film producer, score composer, soundtrack producer, and music supervisor on feature films and TV productions for companies such as Universal, Miramax, Fox, Warner Bros., CMT, and VH-1. His feature film credits include Come Early Morning (starring Ashley Judd, Jeffrey Donovan), American Pastime, David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars, Paul McCartney’s Rockshow, Tokyo Pop, Crossover Dreams (starring Ruben Blades), The Burning, Secret Policeman’s Other Ball, and the new feature Trailer Park Of Terror, based on the popular Imperium Comics series. Brewer has worked in the music studio with Pete Townshend of The Who, legendary Yes keyboard wizard Rick Wakeman, Sister Sledge, Rick Derringer, Clarence Clemons of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, and country band Cowboy Crush. He has also been Producer on mixes of live recordings of Sting, Phil Collins, Jeff Beck, Donovan, Bob Geldof, and Eric Clapton.

Porfirio Pina, Senior Director Latin - BMI
Porfirio Pina has seventeen years of experience in the music industry at the managerial level. He has effectively served as a liaison between artists and record labels and has coordinated production and budgets of album recordings and videos for a variety of established Latin artists. Several of the groups he formed and managed have achieved Latin gold and platinum sales in the United States, Mexico, Central America, South America and Spain. Some of the known artists Pina has worked with include Fernando Villalona, Ramon Orlando, Felix D’Oleo and Swing Divino.

Ray Griff, Owner – Blue Echo / Cal Nash
For over twenty plus years, Ray Griff has been one of the hottest songwriters and music publishers in Country music. His successes have brought him forty-eight singles in Billboard’s Top 100, as well as being the recipient of eighty-seven ASCAP and BMI citations as a songwriter, artist, producer and publisher. Ray has written over two thousand songs with more than seven hundred of his songs recorded by such renowned artists as, Eddy Arnold, Lavern Baker, Johnny Duncan, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Crystal Gayle, George Hamilton IV, Johnny Horton, Ferlin Husky, Stonewall Jackson, George Jones, Jerry Lee Lewis, Hank Locklin, Bob Luman, Loretta Lynn, Wayne Newton, Dolly Parton, Ray Price, Charlie Pride, Jim Reeves, Marty Robbins, Carl Smith, Hank Snow, Mel Tillis, Conway Twitty, Porter Wagoner, Gene Watson, Roger Whittaker, Slim Whitman, Faron Young. In 1989 Ray was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame and in 1998 was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall Of Honor.

Jeff Gordon, Creative Director – Bro & Sis Music (A division of Carlin America)
Jeff Gordon is currently the General Manager of Bro ‘N Sis Music the Nashville division of independent giant, Carlin America. Carlin is one of the largest music publishing conglomerates in the world, with over 180,000 titles in every music genre across the globe. Jeff is responsible for the exploitation of copyrights, catalog and writer acquisitions, writer development, and the day-to-day operations in Nashville. His career began, in 1986 as an A&R executive for MCA Records/Nashville, working with artists George Strait, Vince Gill, Reba McEntire, Wyonna Judd, Waylon Jennings, Trisha Yearwood, Conway Twitty and many others. He signed hitmaker, Tracy Bryd in 1992 and was associate producer on his platinum debut album.

William Daniels, Creative Manager for Film, TV and Advertising – Bug Music
William Daniels has operated his own recording studio for over a decade. William is currently managing the Digital Distribution Division of publishing giant Bug Music in New York City. Bug Digital is a new division of the internationally lauded, Bug Music, the music publishing administration leader for over thirty years. Representing both independent labels and recording artists who control their masters, Bug Digital can be your conduit to making your recordings and videos available to 
purchase online or over the air in a safe and legal environment. Bug Music has worked with such well-known artists as, John Mayer, Foo Fighters, Michael Buble, Fergie, Daughtry, Evanescence, Monica, Queen Latifah, and Nelly Furtado.

Jan Seedman, Co-Owner – Cadium Music
Seedman broke into the music business working for Ethan James's (Blue Cheer) label, Ear Movie Records, as its radio promotions person. After a few years of working in promotion and management, he went on to work for EMI Music Publishing where he brought in Stone Temple Pilots (when the group was still known as Mighty Joe Young) and Filter. Concurrently, Seedman also worked as a consultant for Roadrunner Records, where he found Nickelback and got the group its record deal, as well a working for BMG Music, where he placed music in projects such as American Beauty, Malcolm in the Middle and Roswell, among many others. Today he runs Cadium Music Publishing, which includes Juno Award-winner, Kevin Churko, who co-wrote and produced Ozzy Osbourne's latest album, "Black Rain," and composed the theme song for the Ozzy TV show, "Osbournes: Reloaded." Seedman also represents American and Latin writer, Cisco DeLuna, who co-scored the Fina Torres picture, "Un Té en La Habana" ("Tea in Havana").

Mark Meckel, Owner – Clashing Plaids
One of Nashville’s most respected song men, producer/publisher, Mark Meckel’s ear for a hit has resulted in songs recorded by Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Tanya Tucker, Faith Hill, Waylon Jennings, Reba McEntire, Peter Paul and Mary and many others. Among his credits are George Jones’ gold-selling “Day After Forever,” Clay Walker’s #1 “Live, Laugh, Love” and Emmylou Harris’ 2006 Grammy-winning “The Connection.” Meckel was instrumental in establishing the career of one of the Nashville’s top writers, Mark Selby, who penned the Dixie Chicks’ breakthrough hit, “There’s Your Trouble,” and blues/rocker Kenny Wayne Shepard’s “Blue on Black,” which spent 17 weeks at #1.

Meckel’s work has brought him in partnership with a broad spectrum of notables. He was a consultant to Evander Holyfield’s Real Deal Records, a studio partner with Bee Gee Dennis Bryon, co-managed The Heat with Star Search originator Sam Riddle, worked with Peter Sullivan, an owner of London’s Air Productions, of Beatles’ fame, and in conjunction with Pam Lewis, who co-managed Garth Brooks’ phenomenal rise to fame. One of Meckel’s partners in SpinBoxClub, an Internet record label, is Pam Reswick, who wrote Natalie Cole’s “I Live For Your Love” and JoDee Messina’s “Burn.”

Carlos Hudgins, Manager Creative – EMI Music Publishing
Carlos is a manager in the creative urban department at EMI Music Publishing, where he scouts up-and-coming songwriters and producers. His first stint was with Warner Music Group in its strategic marketing department. Soon after he obtained a position at Atlantic Records, while still at Warner Music. In the summer before his senior year, he started his last stint with EMI Music Publishing, working in their creative urban department. While there, he started learning more about music publishing. After eight months at EMI, he was promoted to associate manager with EMI's creative urban department. He scouts for up and coming songwriters and publishers on the West Coast and puts producers and songwriters together to create songs, then pitches them to record labels.

Rose Drake, President – First Generation Records/Drake Music
The Drakes envisioned a label dedicated to the recording and promotion of the true legends of the music business. Like so many of those who have achieved success in Music City, Pete Drake's career in Nashville began on the Grand Ole Opry. As Drake's career grew to encompass production, publishing, and a highly successful studio, his heart still remained with the Grand Ole Opry members who gave him the opportunity to make music. When Ernest Tubb decided to leave MCA Records after a thirty-five year affiliation, Drake jumped at the opportunity to fulfill a life long dream and make Tubb the first artist signed to First Generation Records. The success First Generation enjoyed with Ernest Tubb led The Drakes to expand the label's roster. He decided to record the legendary stars of the Grand Ole Opry in a special First Generation series entitled The Stars of the Grand Ole Opry. This series features albums by current members of the Grand Ole Opry, recording a combination of past hits as well as new material. Signed to First Generation are such Opry stars as Justin Tubb, Billy Walker, Jan Howard, Stonewall Jackson, Ray Pillow, Vic Wills Trio, Jean Shepard, The Wilburn Brothers, Charlie Louvin, Lonzo & Oscar and Ferlin Husky.

LaRonda Sutton, Senior Vice President, Music Development & Production - Foxxking Entertainment
As Vice President, Music Development and Production for FOXXKING ENTERTAINMENT, La Ronda Sutton manages all music related issues for Academy Award winning actor and singer Jamie Foxx. She handles touring, music publishing, licensing, artist development, film/television/radio music supervision for the company, which is a partnership between Foxx and managers Marcus King and Jaime King. Ms. Sutton's primary focus is the signing and developing of new artists. Ms. Sutton oversaw the music supervision for the highly acclaimed HBO movie, “Life Support,” which starred Queen Latifah. She recently forged a music publishing joint venture between FoxxKing Entertainment and publishing house Bug Music. A music industry veteran, Ms. Sutton previously served as Senior Vice President, Urban Creative, for Universal Music Publishing, where she managed more than 65 writers including such hit makers as Prince, Mary J. Blige, Ashanti, DMX, Ja Rule, America and Keith Crouch. Previously, she was General Manager at Atlanta-based Hitco Music Publishing, where she worked with company CEO Antonio “L.A.” Reid, to develop the company's corporate identity. Among the catalogs acquired during her tenure were songs by Beyonce, Shek'spere, Organized Noize, Tony Rich, Beanie Siegel and Anthony Dent. She was a founding partner of Artist Exposure Marketing, a New York based company that advanced urban marketing initiatives for clients like Remy Martin, Kmart, Daimler Chrysler and Unilever/Axe. She began her career in the music industry at King Jay Records. She is a member of NARAS, NABFEM, and Women in Film.

Tony Scafide, Principle – Generation Media
Tony Scafide has worked with and for concert artists, recording companies, and businesses, related to the recording and performing arts, in classical music and jazz. In 1995, Tony accepted a position at New World Records, a not-for-profit recording label, dedicated to recording American composers of the 20th Century and American composers of the colonial period. There, he worked to develop library subscription services, retail sales as well as promotion opportunities that would increase New World's annual billing. In January of 1997 he was recruited to KOCH International, as Manager of Public Relations and Promotion. At KOCH, he was responsible for the marketing and promotion of six classical music labels, building and maintenance of KOCH's website, and corporate public relations. In September of 1999, Mr. Scafide created Generation Media, a media company dedicated to promoting music, musicians, and music based companies. In September 2005, Generation Media announced the creation of The Generation Media Group. The Generation Media Group will now offer licensing of well-known and recognizable celebrities, as well as animated characters, plush toy creations, and paintings of modern artists. In addition to a licensing division, they will offer artist management and booking services for radio personality talent, and jazz and classical musicians.

John 'Scott' G., Parnter – Golosio Publishing
John 'Scott' G is a partner in Golosio Publishing, which creates and licenses music for songs, commercials, films, and TV.  Scott also owns G-Man Marketing, an advertising and communications firm in Los Angeles. He wrote and produced radio commercials and corporate broadcasts for Goodrich, General Dynamics, Verizon Wireless, Yale Hospital, American Cancer Society, DIRECTV, Micron, Legoland, the Auto Club and many more.  He’s a voting member of NARAS (the Grammy organization), on the Board of NARIP (National Assn. of Record Industry Professionals) and regularly writes for the Music Industry Newswire.  Scott deals with such diverse artists as country music's Merle Haggard to electronica artist DJ Insane.

Janet Fisher, Owner – Goodnight Kiss Music
Janet learned film music by working at the Concorde/New Horizons studio in Venice, California, learning the legal as well as technical skills of music supervision. As a songwriter, her works include more than eighty songs for HBO, Showtime, MCA, and others, as well as television segments and ads. Her association with TASCO Sound, Intl. gave her inside experience with the workings of tours for bands like Ozzy Osbourne, Donna Summer, Elton John, and Black Sabbath. Janet owns Goodnight Kiss/Scene Stealer Music Publishing and Goodnight Kiss Records, and is the editor and publisher for the pop book, Music Horror Stories, and has a new book releasing in Spring of 2008, 101 Most FAQ About The Music Business.

Bronson Hermuth, Creative Director – Iowa HomeGrown Music
Performing professionally since age 7, he has toured 42 states and 18 countries, as an artist and as a sideman to other touring artists. From 1981-1985 he was signed with RCA Records, Mexico, as leader of the Iowa band, The Ozone Ramblers. Starting out in the music business as a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and bandleader, he now specializes in artist/songwriter development working as a publisher and producer. Bronson Herrmuth served as the Creative Manager for Al Jolson Black & White Music and Jolie House Music. Currently, Bronson is the President of Iowa HomeGrown Music, Stepping Stone Productions and SongRepair.com. As a producer, Bronson has worked with many songwriters and artists in the studio and on stage. He's traveled the USA speaking at Music Conferences as a panelist, a mentor and workshop instructor. He is an associate writer for MusicDish.com, author of the book, 100 Miles To a Record Deal, a contributing author to the Indie Bible, a columnist for the Nashville Music Guide and a staff writer for Tub Magazine. Known artists he has worked with include Rosco, Suzy Bogguss, Patrick Hazell, Michael Mason, Colin James McCaffrey, Monty Holmes, Lisa Kolarich, Joe Nolan, Nina, Rob Barry, Netha, Southern Pride, Francesca Angiuoli, Kenny Fuller, Kristin Lee Bell, Wizard, Marianne Osiel, Chelle, Chris Bynum, Bob Pierce, The Ozone Ramblers, Why Not Band, Cindy Lu, and Johnny Napp.

Chris Keaton, President – Keaton Music Ventures
Chris Keaton is a 25-year veteran of the music Industry who began his career as a performer, traveling throughout Europe, Canada and The United States. He moved to Nashville, TN in 1993, where he soon became the VP of Publishing for Barbara Orbison Productions/Still Working Music Group, and during his tenure placed songs, from the Still Working and Roy Orbison catalogues, with recording artists Brooks and Dunn, George Strait and Reba McEntire, which all charted at #1. He also had success with cuts by George Jones and enjoyed a top-ten hit with Pam Tillis. At this time he also became the publisher for artist/writer Mike Younger, garnering him a contract with Beyond/BMG where Younger went on to record the critically acclaimed album Somethin’ In The Air, released in 1999. As president of Keaton Music Ventures since 2000, Chris continues his success as a publisher, representing the catalogues of Criterion Music (Rodney Crowell, Lyle Lovett and Roseanne Cash, among others) and others and has had recent cuts by Lonestar, and Brooks and Dunn. Despite his busy schedule Chris, volunteers as a teacher and mentor at the famed W.O. Smith School of Music, which provides free music lessons to underprivileged children in the greater Nashville Area. He also serves on the Advisory Council for the school. He is also a certified judge with the Miss America Scholarship Program and has been a featured panelist at various music business conferences around the country.

Randy Poe, President – Leiber / Stoller Music
Grammy nominee, Randy Poe was born in Fayette, Alabama and raised in Muscle Shoals. He moved to New York City in 1980, where he became executive director of the Songwriters' Hall of Fame. In 1985 he was named president of Leiber & Stoller Music Publishing. Poe has written 3 books, dozens of articles for various music magazines, and the liner notes to over 100 albums. A recipient of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for excellence in music journalism, Poe lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Mina, and son, Riley.

Wade Conklin, President – Life’s A Pitch
Wade started as a working musician and has done record promotion for various companies, such as Southern distributors, Bob Holiday, Buddah/Kama Sutra, Casablanca and Polygram. He has worked with various country, rock and funk artists, ranging from Charlie Daniels to Gladys Knight & The Pips and Parliament-Funkadelic.

Lynne Robin Green, President – LWBH Music
Lynne Robin Green is a 30 year Independent Music Publishing Veteran, Administrator, Licensing Consultant, Artist-Writer Rights Advocate and Educator. Lynne is the President of Lansdowne Music ASCAP/Winston Music Publishers ASCAP/Hoffman House Music/BMI and Bloor Music /BMI which were originally founded in 1958 in Hollywood, CA. We are collectively known as LWBH Music Publishers. She also administrates 34 Publishing firms of Recording Artists/Writers such as John Mc Euen (of NDGB), John Handy (Jazz Sax), Bill Henderson (Vocal Jazz Legend), Butch Norton (The Eeels) and TV/Film Composers ‘Gustavo Farias’ (Cristina Show, Jeep, Coca Cola) ‘Scott Szabo’ (Judge Alex, Texas Justice) and many more including major Latin Music catalogs.

The Companies catalog’s publish over 1250 famous songs from the 50’s thru present day including six multi-platinum songs by The Doobie Brothers and many classics recorded by Dick Dale, The Dillards, Etta James, Sam Cooke, El Puma, Phish, Pete Rock, Biz Markie, Horace Silver, Roy Clark, Harvey Scales, J Geils, Phil Spector and many more. The company’s songs are featured in over 790 shows and films to date. Lynne specializes in administration and collection, TV and Film placement, Record Leaseback Deals, specialized clearance work, foreign licensing, copyright research, renewal rights, as well as the lost art of Artist and Writer royalty recovery. She is a Music Supervisor for Film and TV since 2006 and has placed songs in over 200 films and TV shows on all major Networks. She’s the Executive Producer of 'A Night In The Ozarks -The Dillards -DVD' (produced by John Mc Euen) (Varese/Universal) and the Executive Producer/Project Coordinator of the much acclaimed New vocal jazz album ' Beautiful Memory-Bill Henderson- Live At The Vic'.

Paul Compton, Owner – Music Highway Writer Services
Compton got his start in the industry working with Hall of Fame songwriter, Roger Murrah’s publishing company, Murrah Music Corporation. As Sr. Vice President of Murrah Music Corporation, Compton had successfully placed more than one hundred cuts by various artist such as Kenny Chesney, Martina McBride, and Travis Tritt, with many becoming #1 hits. He also successfully exploited the 2001 ACM’s song of the year “I’m Moving On” recorded by Lyric Street Record’s Rascal Flatts. While still working with many successful singers and songwriters at Murrah Music, Compton founded Katank music publishing company in 2002 which has recently enjoyed success with artists such as George Strait, Reba McEntire, Neal McCoy, and Luke Bryan to name a few. As of March 9, 2009 Paul Comton also launched Music Highway Writer Services, a new and innovative songwriter and music catalog representation company. The new venture also offers writer management. Music Highway Writer Services will actively pursue the ever changing, contemporary music scene in Nashville and other music capitols, exploring new opportunities an d outlets for it's writers and catalog clients.

John Van Meter, Chief Creative Office – New Sheriff
For over sixteen years on Music Row, John Van Meter has observed the cycles of the music business from a variety of perspectives. He has experienced the glory of being named "Publisher of the Year" (seven times), he has helped raise the profile of an emerging mid-size publisher, and he has been the struggling independent. He has worked with several of Nashville's most successful artists, including Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn, Pam Tillis, and Kathy Mattea. As a publisher, he has placed songs with artists ranging from Willie Nelson, Conway Twitty, and Alabama, to Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, and Trisha Yearwood. As a producer, he has recorded with many of the world's finest musicians and artists, including Johnny Staats, Sam Bush, Norman Blake, Jerry Douglas, Bela Fleck, Tim O'Brien, John Cowan, and Ronnie McCoury.

Adam Epstein, Manager Creative – Peermusic Publishing
Adam Epstein has been working in the music industry for over 20 years. His career started as an A&R Executive for 143 Records, the record label of producer David Foster, whose notable artists include Michael Buble, The Corrs, Josh Groban, Lace and Renee Olstead. From there, Adam was offered a position with Deston Songs. This publishing company was founded in 2000 by Desmond Child, where he honed the ability to provide a positive, encouraging and creative environment for songwriters. Having established himself in the music publishing field, Adam then secured himself a position with BMG Music, where he currently serves as creative manager for their publishing division.

Adam Wolf, Creative Director – Pig Factory Publishing
Adam Wolf began his career working on independent films and soon became a producer with director Christopher Coppola. Adam went on to form and became VP of Music Report/TuneData, a company designed to help electronically facilitate music requests from music supervisors and filmmakers to composer agents, music publishers, and record companies. Adam later joined music publishing company North Star Media as Director of Film, Television, and Advertising Music where he licensed music to films including: Walk the Line, Robots, The Hills Have Eyes, as well as commercials including Burger King, Verizon, and Motorola. Adam has worked as a music supervisor on a variety of projects including The Unseen with Steve Harris (“The Shield”), and Gale Harold (“Queer As Folk”), and most recently the horror comedy Kill House. He is currently the Creative Director for Pig Factory US where he leads the film, television, and advertising team, licensing publishing and master catalogues that include legendary artists Billie Holiday, Bob Marley, The Turtles, Tom Waits, and many others.

Dan Lieberstein, Music Supervisor – Primary Wave Music Publishing
Mr. Lieberstein is an Emmy nominated music supervisor and a Golden Reel award winning music editor. He recently produced the re-recordings of classic film music titles with the Prague Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. Among his many credits, Mr. Lieberstein was the music supervisor for the entire 6 year run of the hit HBO show Sex And the City and the recent feature film Hollywoodland. In addition, he has worked as a music editor/supervising music editor on many feature films including Cinderella Man and The Producers-The Musical.

Trevor Gale, VP Writer – SESAC
SESAC is the fastest growing national performing rights organizations. Based in the company’s New York office, Gale is responsible for signing and developing songwriters and publishers. With the company since 1996, Gale has been responsible for SESAC’s rapid expansion in the fields of R&B and hip-hop, affiliating some of the genres’ key figures and overseeing the largest-ever increase in SESAC’s urban repertory. Prior to joining SESAC, Gale served as chief executive officer of Gale Warnings Production Company in New York City, a full-service music production facility, for five years. He also has spent many years as an independent record producer, songwriter and drummer. Gale has toured and/or recorded with artists such as Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Vanessa Williams and Run DMC.

Liz Morin, Creative Vice President - Skyline Music Publishing Group
Liz Morin was raised on Lookout Mountain Tennessee. Upon graduation from University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Liz moved to Los Angeles where she worked as a page on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and Jay Leno. After a stint in Los Angeles, Liz moved to Nashville and started at Double J Music in 1994. Double J Music published the #1 songs "Check Yes Or No" and "You Can't Make A Heart Love Somebody" by George Strait and "Love A Little Stronger" by Diamond Rio. When Double J Music was sold to Platinum Entertainment, Liz stayed on and was the creative director for the catalog and also did the Midwest radio promotions for Platinum's Record Label. Liz also worked with the writer Thom Mchugh where she pitched the # 1 song for Kenny Chesney called "Don't Happen Twice". When Platinum closed, Liz went to work at Encore Entertainment with her former boss Jim Scott from Double J Music where she was VP of Creative Services. Encore is celebrating their 10th year as a publishing company. They have had ASCAP song of the year "The Way You Love Me" by Faith Hill, as well as the #1 song "I Love You" by Martina Mcbride. Between Double J Music and Encore Entertainment, both companies have had cuts on over 60 million selling records. She has had cuts on artists such as Gretchen Wilson, Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, Montgomery Gentry, Tim Mcgraw, Emerson Drive, Jason Aldean, Kenny Rogers Martina Mcbride, Trisha Yearwood, to name a few. After working at Encore, Liz has now moved onto Skyline Music Publishing Group where she currently holds the title of Creative Vice President.

Brad Kennard, Manager – Song Garden Publishing
Utilizing over 10 years in the music industry, Brad Kennard entered his third year as the General Manager / Creative Director of Song Garden Publishing. Song Garden is owned by noted producer, Byron Gallimore (Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Sugarland, Lee Ann Womack and more). The company is home to a vast catalog of hits by artists such as: Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, LeAnn Rimes, Reba McEntire, Lonestar, Wynonna, Jessica Andrews, Emerson Drive, JoDee Messina, Chris Cagle, John Michael Montgomery, and more. Prior to his current stint at Song Garden, Kennard spent three years as the Creative Director at Carnival Music Publishing, and nearly seven years at Curb Music Publishing before that. Kennard believes that his experience at companies with such diverse musical philosophies has helped to give him a well-rounded perspective on music. Among his credits, he has helped find such hits as Rodney Atkins' #1, "If You're Goin' Through Hell", Reba McEntire's #1, "Somebody", and George Strait's top ten, "Desperately". Kennard is a graduate of the Jack C Massey MBA program at Belmont, with an emphasis in Music Business. He is also a past president of the Society of Leaders In Development (S.O.L.I.D.).

Greg Johnson, A&R Executive – Songs Music Publishing
Greg got his start in the music business as a DJ and business manager at WRUC-FM (Union College) as well as interning in the Mercury Records radio promotion department in New York City. Greg Johnson joined Atlantic Records as an A&R Executive in 2005. Prior to that he worked as a manager in the Lava Records A&R research department. His signings include the British rock act, Embrace, and most recently, Seattle's, Danger Radio. He currently holds the position of A&R Executive at Songs Music Publishing.

Kim Wiggins, Songplugger - Sony/Tree Music Publishing
Kim began her career working for the record label, Arista Records. She specialized in radio promotion where she had the pleasure of working with artists such as Alan Jackson, Diamond Rio, Brooks & Dunn, Brad Paisley, Phil Vassar, and many others. In February of ’99, Kim was hired as Creative Manager for Acuff Rose Music Group where she worked with such writer/artists as Kenny Chesney, Dean Dillon, Skip Ewing, Whitey Shaffer, Casey Beathard, Michael Heeney, and many others. During her run with Acuff Rose, Kim was responsible for the placing songs such as the #1 hit, “Brokenheartsville”, recorded by Joe Nichols, Top #5 hit song, “Red Ragtop,” recorded by Tim McGraw and the #1 hit song, “I Believe”, recorded by Diamond Rio to name a few. Kim is the current Creative Director for, Blacktop Music Group, owned by writer/artist, Clint Black, business manager, Charles Sussman and Publisher Mike Sebastian.

Freeman Wizer, Creative Manager – Universal Music Publishing Group
Freeman Wizer has proved himself as one of Nashville's best up-and-coming Creative Managers. Before reaching the age of twenty-one, Freeman's career had already included stints with BMI, MCA Records, and Almo-Irving Publishing. Freeman soon landed at the Universal Music Publishing Group, presently the industry leader and largest music publishing company in the world. Freeman served 3 years learning Universal's extensive catalog as catalog manager where he landed his first major label cut on Josh Turner's 2005 release Your Man. He was quickly promoted to catalog manager where his initial roster included heavy hitters Radney Foster, Monty Powell, and Kostas. Since then he has served as catalog manager for a multitude of top writers and artists including Rivers Rutherford, Tony Mullins, and Holly Williams to name a few. Freeman's credits also include numerous cuts by artists including Gary Allan, Josh Turner, Jack Ingram, and Rodney Atkins.

Joy Wellington Tillis, Owner – WJOY Music Search and Licensing
Tillis started her business in the song search realm, after a lifetime of music study, a career in brokerage that ended when her firm closed and an opportunity arose in the post-production industry. There, she met advertising creatives needing song titles that her vast collection and penchant for putting music in the right places brought into focus. Her subsequent music supervisory position quickly escalated to speaking and panel engagements and helping new talent hone their selections to fit the advertising market. Today, 17 years later, in addition to placing songs in films, commercials and corporate productions, she is called upon by cabaret talents, choral groups, and singers in need of her expertise in matching songs and styling with voices.

Barry Bergman, President – Wood Monkey
Barry’s first full-time job in the music business was for the well-established publishing company, The Edward B. Marks Music Corporation. He signed several big artists and played a key role in the launching of the careers of Meat Loaf, AC/DC, John Paul Young and Flash and the Pan. In the eighties, Barry left corporate life to become a music business entrepreneur, forming Barry Bergman Management, representing recording and performing artists, and Ellymax Music Company and Wood Monkey Music, representing songwriters. Barry has published more than 150 songs recorded by various artists including Michael Bolton, Cher, Kiss, Joan Jett and others. Three of Barry's biggest hit singles were “Don't Shed A Tear”‚ recorded by Paul Carrack on Chrysalis, “Don't Close Your Eyes”‚ by Kix on Atlantic and Kathy Mattea's‚ “Love Travels on Mercury”.

In the nineties Barry founded and became and president of the International Managers Forum in the United States. The IMF was formed to further the interests of managers and their artists in all fields of the music industry, to provide a forum to discuss the issues and problems facing the music industry manager and to educate and disseminate information regarding areas of interest to managers. In 1998 Barry became a business consultant to the entertainment industry. His artist clients included Dan Zanes of the Del Fuegos, Donnie Purnell of Kix and the Christian rock band MXPX. Barry then went on to corporate consulting with Sony Music of Canada and entered into the new economy with EMusic.com, where he advises the content department and also licenses and purchases catalogs for them.

JR Arostegui, Song Plugger/Creative Director - Wrensong Publishing
Arostegui got his start interning for Dreamworks Records and Publishing in the summer of 2000. After completing the semester he was hired and quickly promoted to Song Plugger within 2 years, managing and pitching the expansive catalog of writers and artists. Arostegui stayed with DreamWorks until it closed in 2003. In January 2004, he started his current position as Song Plugger/Creative Director for Wrensong Publishing, where he works closely with writer/artists: Ashley Monroe, Jon Randall, Sally Barris & John Wiggins. In his short time at Wrensong, Arostegui has played a vital role in the company's current success with cuts on artists like Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Gary Allan and Reba McEntire.

Jenny Gill, Songplugger – Zavitson Music Group
Jenny, who is daughter of country music legend Vince Gill, is also an artist who has followed in her father's footsteps. While still attending MTSU she served as host of the newly syndicated "Teen Country" radio show. Recorded weekly at Nashville's Audio Productions studio, "Teen Country" made its Feb. 28 broadcast debut in some 25 U.S. and Canadian radio markets, with Gill doing lead duties at the mic, as well as logging time behind the scenes as co-producer. Although Jenny initially vowed she'd never interview her parents—including mom Janis Oliver Cummins, who makes up half of the newly reunited country-meets-bluegrass duo Sweethearts of the Rodeo, or step-mom Amy Grant—because it'd be "too awkward," she finally relented and recorded with her father Vince Gill on his album "Next Big Thing". She also appears in the video. Singing alongside her dad, while sweet to the ears of listeners, is nothing new for Jenny, who made her recording debut more than a decade ago with her dad on the Christmas tune titled "Let There Be Peace on Earth." The cut is a seasonal staple for country radio.

Nancy Meyer, Principle – Bates Meyer, Inc. As an artist manager, Nancy Meyer has coordinated all aspects of her clients’ careers including; recording, publishing, publicity, international touring, creative licensing, educational, symphony and performing arts engagements. Out of these activities, her current responsibilities have grown to encompass the complex world of royalty management. She is also active in the area of Rights Clearance. With an extensive history representing classic American artists and their related intellectual property, Meyer has developed a passion and knowledge for world-class music. Throughout her lengthy career, her focus on music has been in the genres of Blues, Americana, Jazz and folk music. Management clients have included; Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Billy Cobham, Charlie Haden, Michelle Shocked and Jake LaBotz. With partner Rick Bates, she formed music management company Bates Meyer, Inc., in 2001 with a focus on Artist Management, Music Supervision and Music Clearance (www.batesmeyer.com). Currently, Bates Meyer, Inc. represents Grammy Award winning saxophonist Ernie Watts, trumpet legend Lew Soloff and Chicago blues guitarist Lurrie Bell. The company also works with the music of T-Bone Walker, Memphis Slim, Lonnie Johnson, Jimmy Witherspoon, and Ted Hawkins. Meyer also handles royalty administration for Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Matt “Guitar” Murphy, Mighty Mo Rogers and Jimmy Thackery.

Desmarie Guyton, Talent Operations - DF Enterprizes Ms. Guyton began her career in the industry in 1992 as Project Coordinator for Suzan Crane Public Relations, where she affected the public relations platform for a variety of artists including Tom Petty. A move to MCA Records, allowed Ms. Guyton to further enhance her understanding of the entertainment industry, as an A & R Coordinator working with the powerhouse talent, Jodeci, Mary J. Blige, Rakim, Patti Labelle, K-Ci & JoJo, and the feature film soundtracks, Tales From the Hood, Bullet Proof and Dangerous Minds. In 1997 Ms. Guyton was offered a great opportunity at Flyte Tyme Records as A&R Director and had been with the company for 10 years. There, she enhanced her creative skills by working with the multi-talented producer duo, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis and their powerhouse staff producers, Big Jim Wright and the Avila Brothers. Currently, Desmarie is a Talent / Road Manager, Booking Agent, Talent Liason, Celebrity Outreach Director and Product Placement Manager.

Liz Rueger, Founder – Independent Artist Representatives Liz Rueger is the founder and President of Independent Artist Representatives, a full service artist management, representation, and consulting firm. Liz is also a successful event coordinator with clients ranging from Disney, ESPN, Globe Theater, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and international corporations.  Liz’s professional career in the music industry began with an internship at DiCesare/Engler Productions, where she learned the mechanics of concert production and promotion. She then founded her music consulting company and added high-end catering to expand her offerings. Soon after, Liz was regularly asked to oversee hospitality for other promoter’s shows. A side company, “Liz ‘n’ Company”, was formed and has since  provided hospitality to a who’s who world renowned acts including Eddie Izzard, Blind Boys of Alabama, The Globe Theatre, 2005 Bass Master Classic, Laurie Anderson, Michael Bublé, and Ten Tenors, to name a few.  Liz ’n’ Company is now a division of Independent Artist Representatives.

Glenn Cornick, Bassist – Jethro Tull
Glenn Cornick joined the John Evan's Smash Band in 1966, just before the point when the group was to attempt the brave move, to seek full-time work in the south of England as a seven-piece Blues and Soul Band. After the other band members called it a day, Glenn and Ian Anderson decided to continue with Mick Abrahams and Clive Bunker, two semi-heroes of the local music scene, in the band, which was to become, after various name changes, Jethro Tull in February, 1968. "This Was", "Stand Up" and "Benefit" were to feature the personable and idiosyncratic style of Glenn Cornick during the next three years in which he played his important role in the early years of Tull. Upon leaving Tull, Cornick was given due support and encouragement to form his own Chrysalis Records signed band "Wild Turkey" which enjoyed some success with records and tours supporting, amongst others, Jethro Tull. He then moved, first to Berlin, and later to the US where he formed "Paris" with Bob Welch, an ex-Fleetwood Mac member. This partnership continued until 1977. Glenn continues to play music today in a variety of projects, including a reformed Wild Turkey who has released three more albums, including "Live in Edinburgh" (2001).

RJ Guha, Owner – Matrix Entertainment RJ Guha is an industry veteran and one of the key players in the Canadian music scene. Having started in the concert industry at The Agency in 1987, RJ founded The Matrix Entertainment Group Ltd. in 1992. In only a few short years it evolved into Canada's leading alternative and original rock music booking agency and upon its merge with Courage Artists and Touring, the combined operation generates annual revenues in the millions. RJ then transformed Matrix Entertainment into a full service, artist management, event production and consulting company, and has managed clients such as King Cobb Steelie, The New Meanies, King Apparatus, The Look People and The Full Nine. In 2003, RJ co-founded Kindling Music.

Mark Slater, Composer – Mark Slater Mark Slater began his professional music and recording career at age 8 as a chorister at the prestigious cathedral choir of Christ Church Oxford. 15 years later Mark graduated from the London College of Music and for the last 10 years has been working as an orchestral, session performer and soloist with cello and piano and as a composer, arranger and conductor, working in film, TV, commercials and the concert hall. His commissions include recordings at Abbey Road with the London Symphony Orchestra, a Webby Award for his work on the Philips Aurea campaign working alongside Wong Kar Wai, numerous independent shorts and features up until his most recent orchestral score for a PBS documentary on the history of the telescope. Mark’s arranging work spans classical, jazz, Latin, gypsy, pop and rock and his concert work ranges from easy listening showpieces for orchestra to the aleatoric, atonal and avant-garde. Mark believes the most important thing for any artist is to find his or her own unique voice and imitation is only the start of that process.

Ritch Esra, Publisher – Music Business Registry
With over 20 years in the music industry, Ritch Esra began his career in music at A&M, working in the promotion department. In 1981 he went on to work for Arista, eventually heading up in the A&R department. He's worked with artists such as Barry Manilow, Air Supply, Aretha Franklin, The Thompson Twins and Whitney Houston. He has also taught courses on the music business at UCLA and USC. In 1992, he formed the Music Business Registry, a company that specializes in accurate, up-to-the-minute industry information. Currently, the company publishes The A&R Registry, The Publisher Registry, The Music Attorney Registry, and The Film/TV Music Guide. His humble demeanor belies the fact that he is one of the most connected & respected people in the music industry. He's been to the top of the mountain, & he knows what it takes to get there. Ritch can explain this business better than just about anyone, and knows good music too!