Patrick Arn, President, Gotham Records & Gotham Music Placement
Patrick Arn founded Gotham Records in 1994 in New York City. After successfully placing artists' material into numerous films, TV shows, video games, and retail campaigns, such as American Pie and Puma, Patrick started Gotham Music Placement in Santa Monica in 2008. GMP now represents over 200 artists from all over the world, and is currently supervising several motion pictures.
Nathan Barr, Composer
Nathan Barr has scored all four seasons of HBO's Emmy-Winning and Fan Favorite series TRUE BLOOD. Having composed music for more than 25 feature films in addition to his television experience, he has worked with some of the most highly respected directors, including Alan Ball and Eli Roth. Credits include: Dimension Films' GRINDHOUSE; Screen Gems and Lionsgate's HOSTEL, HOSTEL 2 and CABIN FEVER; IFC Films' THE LEDGE and Lionsgate's THE LAST EXORCISM. Barr is currently working on Lionsgate's upcoming comedy THE WEDDING. http://www.nathanbarr.com
Tyler Bates, Composer
Tyler Bates' first critical breakthrough came with 1997's "The Last Time I Committed Suicide," but the zombie-infested shopping mall for Zack Snyder’s hit 2004 remake of "Dawn of the Dead" gave Bates more Hollywood recognition with his second number one opening of 2004, which led to smash "300," a score for which Bates invigorated the orchestral epic with rock chords, ancient instruments and elegiac vocals for its fallen Trojan heroes. Bates then followed up with "Watchmen," Rob Zombie's "Devil's Rejects," and "Halloween" films. Bates composed scores for six films released in 2011, as well as Showtime's hit series "Californication," and multiple video game projects.
Joel Beckerman, Composer
Joel Beckerman - Six-time ASCAP "Most Performed Themes" award-winning composer and producer, Joel Beckerman is a 20 year veteran of music for television, brands and media. Joel is also the founder and lead composer of Man Made Music, www.manmademusic.com, a full service music and sonic branding company dedicated to harnessing the emotional power of sound and music to tell great stories.
Evan Kidd Bogart, Songwriter- TV Producer, Boardwalk Entertainment Group, The Writing Camp, LLC
Evan Bogart is a multi-platinum songwriter of Grammy Award Winning Songs, a record executive, TV producer, and star of his own TV talent search for kids, Majors and Minors. Bogart has worked with superstars Eminem, Beyonce, Britney Spears, Rihanna, J-Lo, Maroon 5, Jason DeRulo and Leona Lewis as well hit newcomers Hot Chelle Rae and Wallpaper.
Gary Calamar, President, GO Music
Gary Calamar is a four time Grammy-nominated producer and music supervisor who is currently overseeing the music on some of the most acclaimed and popular shows on television: "True Blood", "House" and "Dexter". Gary is the longtime host of a hit radio show on KCRW in Santa Monica and his book "Record Store Days" (co written with Billboard's Phil Gallo) was released in 2010.
Teri Nelson Carpenter, President, Reel Muzik Werks, LLC
Teri Nelson Carpenter is President of Reel Muzik Werks, LLC. A full service music publishing company providing Global Writer and Publisher Administration, Licensing and Clearance and Music Supervision for all Media. RWM specializes in the international market with an emphasis on royalty collection and recovery for the Film/TV industry.
Jaymee Carpenter, Composer, "Crime After Crime", "The Fighter"
Jaymee Carpenter is a multi-instrumentalist film and television composer, music supervisor, and record producer based in Los Angeles. Jaymee wrote original music for 2010 Oscar winning film "The Fighter" and his first full length score for Crime After Crime, an Official Selection of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in the US Doc category.
Marc Caruso, Head of Licensing and Administration; Angry Mob Music Co-Founder
Marc Caruso has been involved in nearly every aspect of the music industry. In Caruso’s current role at Angry Mob Music he is focused on creating new opportunities for artists. Prior to Angry Mob Music, Caruso co-founded Soundproof Media, Reel Fusion and Red Arc Music Group. Caruso began his career as a staff writer for various music catalogs and later joined Santa Monica-based Media Ventures as a music editor. In 1999, he received an Emmy nomination for his work on "Tom Clancy's Net Force." His additional credits include "As Good As It Gets," "Conspiracy Theory, "Antz" and "The Dead Zone." Also an accomplished composer, Caruso's original work has been featured in projects for NBC, CBS, UPN, Fox Sports Network, MTV, TLC, Discovery Networks, Travel Channel, HDNet and Speedvision.
Wendie Colter, Director of Production, MegaTrax
Wendie Colter has brought innovative ideas into production for Megatrax since 2006. She revamped the department's operations, and as Director of Production, now oversees the production and post-production program, as well as producing a full set of annual releases. Wendie has introduced new composers, unique and progressive genres, spearheaded the creation of new libraries and further developed traditional library applications. Wendie is also an accomplished contributing composer for the company.
Joe Cuello, SVP of Creative Music Integration, MTV
Joe oversees the integration of music within MTV's long form programming, working closely with both established and independent artists expanding the connections and opportunities between music and television.
Nora Felder, Music Supervisor, Picture Music
Nora Felder’s start in music began booking artist showcases at a New York City club. Later working with veteran music producer, Phil Ramone, Nora oversaw recording projects for artists ranging from Paul Simon to Iggy Pop. Entering the world of music supervision, Nora has worked on various films, as well as served as music consultant for studios such as Disney Touchstone and Overture Films. In the TV world, she has completed 4 seasons of Californication and most recently completely the shows 5th season as well as the premiere season of the hit new USA series "Necessary Roughness".
DJ Kelly G, Music Supervisor, BET
Once ranked #2 on The Source magazine's Power 30 list, Kelly G currently serves as BET's Senior Director, Music Programming. Since 1999 Kelly G has taken BET's music and programming to levels that have set trends which ultimately jump started and influenced the careers of many multi-platinum artist like Kanye West, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, Drake, Trey Songs and countless others. His responsibilities include choosing all the music videos on BET; developing the BET Music Library, dealing with artist and celebrities, and programming to the minds of nearly 80 millions households weekly.
Peter Himmelman, Composer
Peter Himmelman is a critically lauded rock troubadour, Grammy nominated creator of children's music, Emmy nominated film and television composer, and pioneering webcast star. In addition to 12 albums under his belt, Peter has scored a variety of shows including In The Zone, Making The Band, Going To California, Judging Amy, Men in Trees, and Bones.
Danny Jacob, Composer, Producer, Guitar Player
Danny Jacob is a three-time Emmy-nominated composer and producer of more than 300 original songs for the Disney Channel's mega-hit animated series, "Phineas and Ferb". Influenced by his life-long experience as a world-class guitar player, Jacob bridges the worlds of score and song. As a featured guitarist, he has performed on DreamWorks' Oscar winning "Shrek"; the Emmy-winning "Bette Middler HBO Concert Diva Las Vegas"; and Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin's Grammy-winning "Heaven Help Us". Other credits include: Disney's "Lilo and Stitch", Disney Channel's "The Emperor's New School", and Kids' WB's "Jackie Chan's Adventures". www.DannyJacobMusic.com
Peymon Maskan, Music Supervisor
Music Supervisor Peymon Maskan's recent film work includes the drama Norman (Richard Jenkins, Adam Goldberg, Dan Byrd) in theaters Oct. 21st with a soundtrack by Andrew Bird, the comedy A Good Old Fashioned Orgy (Jason Sudeikis, Will Forte), and romantic comedy 6 Month Rule, which will hit festivals late 2011. Peymon is a LA native, graduating in 1999 from USC's film program.
Jonathan McHugh, President, Song Stew Entertainment and Muddy Girl Productions
Jonathan McHugh has spent more than 25 years in the music, film and TV business producing and music supervising films. As SVP of Film and TV at Island Def Jam Music Group, he co-produced and music supervised films, including the Morgan Spurlock Sony Pictures’ documentary, "Greatest Movie Ever Sold" and the Paramount Pictures film "Justin Bieber's Never Say Never" which has grossed over 100 million dollars.
Amos Newman, Composer, WME Entertainment
Amos Newman heads up the newly formed Music for Visual Media department at the William Morris Endeavor agency. The department boasts a superb roster of composers including Hans Zimmer, Trent Reznor, Henry Jackman, David Newman and the legendary Ennio Morricone. The new unit also works to integrate WME music clients like Kanye West, Lady Gaga, LCD Soundsystem, Deadmau5, Jack white and Alicia Keys, into film, television, gaming, online, and mobile platforms. Prior to joining WME, Newman was at the Gorfaine Schwartz Agency where he worked closely with Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman, traveling with Rahman on tour and expanding his business beyond composing. Newman's division also works with the WME theatrical department to create opportunities for WME music clients on Broadway, including Lewis Flinn, who recently composed the music for the Broadway-bound Lysistrata Jones.
J. Ralph, Songwriter, Composer, Singer, Producer
J. Ralph is a self taught composer, singer, songwriter and producer from NYC whose career began at 22 with the signing to Atlantic Records. He is well known for his documentary scores including the back to back Academy Award winning films THE COVE and MAN ON WIRE as well as the documentary WRETCHES & JABBERERS. J. Ralph's latest film project is the Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning documentary HELL AND BACK AGAIN, for which he wrote and produced the score, sound design and end title song "HELL AND BACK" performed by Willie Nelson.
Anne Rich, Singer, Songwriter, Composer
Anne Rich of Big Hits Media is a musician and a certified SEO and Inbound Marketing practitioner, and has built online business presences since 1998. Anne helps musicians and music businesses understand and use individualized business class marketing to increase product sales and website effectiveness.
Andrew Robbins, Director of Film/TV Music, MusicBox
Andrew Robbins is responsible for utilizing his relationships with producers, editors, post and music supervisors to present MusicBox_s 21 music and song catalogs, which now boast over 25,500 tracks of one-stop, master/sync, licensable songs; trailer music; program underscore; and other post-audio elements. For 10 years prior to joining MusicBox, Robbins served as Director of Film/TV Music at Megatrax, where his prolific sales, work ethic and insight into the needs of their clientele greatly aided in that company's immense growth.
Gregory Sill, President/Owner, Music Makes Pictures
After serving as VP Music at Warner Bros. Television, for seven years. Greg went out on his own as a music supervisor with over 40 cable TV network movies and shows, including the current Peabody Award winning FX show Justified, as well as a record producer (Friends, Grammys 1998, American Dreams).
Gingger Shankar, Composer
Gingger Shankar is an extraordinarily gifted singer, virtuoso violinist, composer, model and songwriter, and was born into one of the world’s most acclaimed and influential musical families. Her accomplishments already include working with top producers and film composers such as Mel Gibson, Trent Reznor, Mike Nichols, Mike Myers, and James Newton Howard. In addition to her film projects, she has also has lent her voice and violin to several diverse projects ranging from soundtracks to pop and electronic hip-hop.
Curt Smith, Co-founder, Tears For Fears
Curt Smith is the co-founder of seminal British music group Tears For Fears, with which he continues to tour worldwide, as well as an acclaimed solo musician. His upcoming single "Trees" (feat. Janice Whaley) will anchor the late 2011 re-release of his long out-of-print album Mayfield. Smith also writes music for film, television and the web, most recently scoring the independent feature Meth Head,. He is a regular speaker at creative, media and technology events including TEDxHollywood, TEDxSan Francisco, and the USC Annenberg Online Communities program.
Joe Solo - Record Producer, Songwriter, Composer
Joe Solo is the record producer who developed Macy Gray and is Founder of the Music Success Workshop. Joe's helped many artists, composers and music industry pros to become successful through live workshops, seminars, and hands-on career coaching. His credits include: One Tree Hill, The OC, Dancing with the Stars, will .i. am, Apple iPhone and Motorola Commercials, The Idol series, Fergie, MTV, HBO, Paramount, NBC, Universal, Sony, CBS, Killer Tracks, and Fox Sports Music. See more at http://www.joesolo.com.
Leah Streetman, Vice President of Strategic Alliances- Film and TV, Universal Motown Republic Group
Leah Streetman is responsible for creative Film and TV music placement of Universal Motown Republic Group's releases, including artists such as: Florence + the Machine, Colbie Caillat, Eddie Vedder, Mika, Lil Wayne, Kid Cudi, Nicki Minaj, and Amy Winehouse.
Abe Sylvia, Director, "Dirty Girl", "Feltch Sanders"
Abe Sylvia's first feature, DIRTY GIRL premiered at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival where it was picked up for distribution by THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY. Starring Juno Temple, Milla Jovovich, Tim McGraw, William H. Macy, Mary Steenburgen and Dwight Yoakam, DIRTY GIRL hits theatres October 7th. He is currently writing a pilot for HBO produced by Josh Brolin and Andrew Lazar.
Trygge Toven, Music Supervisor, Vidsyn
Trygge Toven is a multi-talented music supervisor who has worked with television and film, and has produced up-and-coming musicians. He has gained a reputation for keeping his finger on the pulse of new artists, undiscovered talent, and the international scene. Trygge has supervised on a number of independent films as well as movies for ABC Family, Lifetime, and Spike TV. He also has extensive experience with television marketing for all of the major networks and numerous cable outlets, for shows including CSI: NY, Lie To Me and Pan Am.
Jeff Toyne, Composer
Among his many distinguished credits, Canadian-born composer Jeff Toyne scored the feature film Dirty Girl — which the Weinstein Company is releasing on October 7 — and the recent Lifetime television movie Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story. Jeff divides his time between Vancouver and Los Angeles.
Emily Weber, Director Creative Film/TV, Position Music
Emily has over eight years experience pitching music for Film/TV/Trailers, and AandR'ing albums produced for movie trailers. She is a trusted source for music supervisors, editors and producers and is also a musician/composer herself. Having worked at the Walt Disney Company, RipTide Music, and Immediate Music, she is currently at Position Music, an indie publisher, record label and a premium trailer music supplier.
Mike Wiese, Director of Branded Entertainment, JWT
Mike Wiese is an established leader in branded entertainment, focused on the creation of multi-platform entertainment and integrated marketing solutions with leading brands, advertising agencies, media companies and production partners. Mike develops content across all formats, including digital, scripted and unscripted television, publishing, and live events. Clients include Microsoft, JandJ, Macy’s, Nestle, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Rolex, Cadbury, Smirnoff, and HSBC. Projects range from creating Bing’s experience with the Sundance Film Festival, to developing web content for Cadbury, to packaging a children’s book with Harper-Collins for Macy’s acclaimed TV special Yes, Virginia.
Bill Werde, Editorial Director, Billboard
As Billboard's Editorial Director, Bill Werde leads the editorial strategy and vision for the brand, which includes the weekly print publication, leading music fan site Billboard.com, business site Billboard.biz and other digital content offerings, as well as industry-leading conferences and events. Mr. Werde joined Billboard in July 2005 as Senior News Editor and has steadily climbed the ranks of the organization. Mr. Werde helped to lead the 2009 relaunch of Billboard.com, which more than doubled the site's traffic and revenue and won the 2010 National Magazine Award for Digital Media, New Design. Mr. Werde frequently appears as a guest expert on the music industry for CNN, NPR, Today show, The Early Show, NBC Nightly News, Nightline, MSNBC, Fox Business, the O'Reilly Factor and others. Please follow Bill on Twitter @Bwerde
Allison Wright Clark, Head of Development; Angry Mob Music Co-Founder
Allison Wright Clark develops new business relationships and mentors songwriters and artists while overseeing AandR. Before co-founding Angry Mob Music, the classically trained pianist was a music supervisor for various film and television projects ranging from indie favorites to studio blockbusters. For television, she has lent her music supervision talents to programming on CBS, AandE, Disney and ABC Family. As score supervisor she has collaborated with composers and artists including Harry Gregson-Williams, Nathan Barr, and Tree Adams, and worked on films including "Ultraviolet," "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of The Black Pearl," and the TV mini series "The Andromeda Strain".
Trevor Morris, Composer
Trevor Morris - Trevor Morris has had an incredible year, earning both his second Emmy and Gemini Awards. Morris' cinematic and thrilling score will soon be heard in the highly anticipated, action-packed Relativity film, IMMORTALS, coming out 11/11/11. Morris has earned multiple Emmy and Gemini nominations and awards for his work on Showtime's THE TUDORS and THE BORGIAS, and Starz Entertainment's THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH. Other credits include: Anchor Bay Entertainment's BEAUTIFUL BOY, IFC Films' STOLEN, Fox Atomic's THE HILLS HAVE EYES II, NBC's THE CHASE, CBS' MOONLIGHT, and CBS' MIAMI MEDICAL. http://www.TrevorMorris.com