The third annual event by the Association of Independent Music Publishers brings together the indie publishing and songwriter communities for a day of educational panels and networking
COO; NY Chapter President, ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.; AIMP
Alisa Coleman is COO of ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. where she oversees day-to-day operations, business development, and global licensing for one of the foremost independent entertainment companies in the world. Through her leadership, management and vision, Coleman has helped generate... Read More →
COO; NY Chapter President, ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.; AIMP
Alisa Coleman is COO of ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. where she oversees day-to-day operations, business development, and global licensing for one of the foremost independent entertainment companies in the world. Through her leadership, management and vision, Coleman has helped generate... Read More →
I am the President of a boutique consulting firm in NY that specializes in the valuation of copyrights for the music industry marketplace. We are long term strategists for the RIAA, SoundExchange, SESAC, Warner Chappell, Universal Music Publishing, BMG among others. We are also expert... Read More →
Tuesday June 11, 2019 9:45am - 10:15am EDT
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Program Director & Producer, NYU Steinhardt & Musonomics
Professor Larry Miller is a Clinical Associate Professor of Music Business and Director of the Music Business Program at NYU Steinhardt. He also advises music creators and rights holders on public policy and litigation. Previously, Miller was a Partner at L.E.K. Consulting, and later... Read More →
Senior Vice President / Team Leader, City National Bank
With over 30 years of banking experience, Denise oversees a large portfolio of loans and deposits totaling about $1 billion at City National Bank. Denise and her team consistently provide new financing to the various genres of the media and music industries. In 2013 and 2016 Denise... Read More →
As Partner at Massarsky Consulting, Nari Matsuura leads the valuation practice of the firm, and has conducted numerous music publishing catalog valuations, including Boosey & Hawkes, Carlin Music, Downtown Music Publishing, peermusic, Primary Wave, Reservoir Media Management, Rogers... Read More →
David is a founder and the Managing Partner of Shot Tower Capital a leading investment banking boutique providing advisory and capital raising services* to media and entertainment companies. Shot Tower has closed transactions with an aggregate value of in excess of $10.5 billion since... Read More →
Tuesday June 11, 2019 10:15am - 11:15am EDT
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John Raso is the SVP of Client Services for HFA and Rumblefish, where he oversees the teams who provide support to thousands of publishers and Rumblefish clients. Raso oversees the identification and distribution of music publishing royalties generated by Rumblefish administration... Read More →
Phil Barry is the founder of Blokur, a platform that helps musicians and music companies get paid what they should, when they should, by ensuring that their rights are accurately represented. Phil spent a decade on the creative side of the music business as a recording artist and... Read More →
JJ is an experienced music industry executive and a successful tech entrepreneur. At Splice, JJ is responsible for developing relationships with external music companies, and overseeing Splice’s partnerships with established and emerging artists. He joined Splice after its acquisition... Read More →
Nik is the Director of Music Publishing at LyricFind, the world's leader in licensed lyric solutions with licensing from over 5,000 music publishers, including all the majors. Since joining the company in 2008 as Content Manager, Nik oversaw a team of 12, monitoring and ensuring... Read More →
Tuesday June 11, 2019 10:15am - 11:15am EDT
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Music Manager / Creator Career Strategist, mthree: Martin Music Management
R. Wayne Martin, a thirty-five year veteran of the music industry, began his career as a marketing specialist representing artists signed to Warner Bros. Records, CBS Records and Sony Music. Following a distinguished marketing career inside the major labels, as a senior management... Read More →
Mark comes to Round Hill Music with an extensive Nashville based career. He has been involved in the music industry as a creative in the both the record label and music publishing areas. Mark started his career at Silverline/Goldline Music where he worked with such songwriters as... Read More →
Mike Molinar is the General Manager of Big Machine Music (BMM) where he brings twenty-twoyears of music business experience and entrepreneurial acumen to lead operations since launch in 2012.Molinar oversees all aspects of BMM which ranked Top 10 in Billboard’s 2018 and 2017 Top... Read More →
Bob Donnelly is an attorney with the Fox Rothschild law firm and has practiced music law in NYC for more than four decades. He has been associated with artists who have collectively sold more than 200 million albums. Bob was the co-founder (with Dan Coleman) of Modern Works Music... Read More →
Tuesday June 11, 2019 10:15am - 11:15am EDT
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As EVP at Downtown Music Publishing, Jedd Katrancha oversees the company's global creative department, including efforts as they relate to placement of catalog in film, television, video games, product placement, advertising, and more. Jedd has personally worked on licenses with dozens... Read More →
Evan Parness is Executive Director of Business Development & Digital Licensing at Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI). In this position, Parness is responsible for the growth and diversification of digital licensing revenues, with a particular focus on licensing solutions for emerging digital... Read More →
Bruce Headlam is the co-creator and co-host of Broken Record, the music podcast featuring Malcolm Gladwell (The Tipping Point, Outliers, David and Goliath), the producer Rick Rubin (Run DMC, Beastie Boys, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash) and a collection of guests including Questlove, Andre3000... Read More →
Sync Licensing + Business Affairs, Bank Robber Music
Julia Buchheim is manager of synchronization and business affairs at Rough Trade Publishing and Bank Robber Music. Rough Trade Publishing is home to such artists as Future Islands, The War On Drugs, Beirut, Grizzly Bear, Against Me!, Fugazi, Minor Threat, Animal Collective and The... Read More →
Sean McGraw is SVP of Administration at Songtrust, the world's largest global royalty collection service and publishing administrator, owned and operated by Downtown Music Holdings. In this role, Sean focuses on music publishing operations, including: global copyright, international... Read More →
Tuesday June 11, 2019 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT
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Guided by the leadership of President/Co-Owner, Ree Buchanan, and its own in-house administrative staff, Wrensong’s catalog contains over 3,000 copyrights with five staff writers and artists. Buchanan has focused on developing a catalog of unique, special songs like “Where’ve... Read More →
Anthony Fedorov is a singer/songwriter, activist and season 4, top 4 "American Idol" finalist. Anthony is also a proud member of BMI and is also a part of the Reel Muzik Werks family, founded by Teri Nelson Carpenter.Most recently, Anthony’s music was showcased at The Green Room... Read More →
Marc – CEO and Co-Founder – oversees all facets of Angry Mob Music, a truly independent music publishing company. Under his leadership, Angry Mob has grown since 2009 into a diversified music company with successful operations in publishing, music rights management, and trailer... Read More →
Steven Scharf currently serves as Senior V.P. Creative for Carlin America, and oversees the licensing of well established songwriters and artists such as AC/DC, Jim Steinman (Meat Loaf), The Lovin' Spoonful, The Turtles, James Brown, Bobby Darin, and Billie Holiday.Prior to the creation... Read More →
President and CEO of the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) Richard James Burgess Ph.D. produced many gold, platinum, and multiplatinum albums. He authored The Art of Record Production (pub. Music Sales/Omnibus Press, 1997). In 2013, Oxford University Press published... Read More →
Tuesday June 11, 2019 1:45pm - 2:45pm EDT
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J’na Jefferson is a journalist who is currently serving as a staff writer for VIBE Magazine/ VIBE.com. Her work has been featured on sites and publications such as Billboard, Playboy, Paper, XXL, BET, and Bleu, where she has provided commentary on music, culture and society through... Read More →
As SVP of Creative and A&R at Reservoir, Spek oversees the company’s Creative activity throughout the U.S. His extensive experience as a songwriter and executive overseas allows him to act as a bridge between the company’s New York and London Creative teams, supporting newly signed... Read More →
Doug Bernheim is a music supervisor and consultant for film, TV, brands and digital content. He has worked on over 80 feature films and documentaries, including Oscar-nominees "Half Nelson” and “Transamerica”. He has also music supervised numerous TV series for VH1, A&E, History... Read More →
Rasheed J. Daniel is a seasoned director, producer and Executive Producer at Big Fish Entertainment. His meteoric rise began with his ability to shoot, produce and edit documentaries and reality for A&E and BBC. By the age of 22 his short career was benchmarked by his work on the... Read More →
Head of Casting and Development, Big Fish Entertainment
Victoria Ritz serves as director of talent & casting at Big Fish Entertainment, overseeing casting for the company’s eclectic development and current slate. Having joined Big Fish in 2014 as casting producer, she has a proven track record of finding, developing and producing untapped... Read More →
Tuesday June 11, 2019 2:45pm - 3:30pm EDT
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Judy Tint has over 25 years of experience as an attorney, consultant and producer in the entertainment industry. A graduate of Rutgers College and Columbia Law School, she represents a variety of recording artists, songwriters, producers, engineers, managers, radio personalities... Read More →
Diane Warren is one of the most continuously prolific and successful contemporary songwriters of our time. A quick glance at her list of Top 10 Hits reveals a range of musical genres and styles so diverse it's difficult to believe all these songs could have come from the same person... Read More →
Tuesday June 11, 2019 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT
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The new June 12 International Breakfast Forum is a half-day session focused on developments within international markets, and is exclusive for AIMP Premier Members, as well as Summit sponsors and Speakers. Attendees will join representatives from Europe that include John Phelan, Director General of the ICMP; Goetz von Einem, Managing Director GSA & Senior Vice President, Digital and European Legal Affairs of Peermusic; Roberto Neri, Managing Director of Downtown Music Publishing, UK; and Caroline Champarnaud, International Development Director of SACEM, who will share their insight in a conversation with journalist Emmanuel Legrand. Ali Sachedina, Vice President and General Counsel of JioSaavn, India’s leading digital music streaming service, will be updating AIMP members on the changes that are sweeping across what was considered to be one of most befuddling and opaque music publishing ecosystems in the world: India. Further, AIMP members will receive updates from SOCAN and CISAC directly from CEO Eric Baptiste at his keynote, making the event an unmissable opportunity for those looking to inform themselves on the global music market.
Wednesday June 12, 2019 9:00am - 9:30am EDT
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COO; NY Chapter President, ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.; AIMP
Alisa Coleman is COO of ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. where she oversees day-to-day operations, business development, and global licensing for one of the foremost independent entertainment companies in the world. Through her leadership, management and vision, Coleman has helped generate... Read More →
Eric Baptiste is one of the world's most accomplished music industry leaders. Under his direction since 2010, SOCAN – the Society of Composers, Authors & Music Publishers of Canada – has grown revenues, membership base and the number of organizations licensed to use music substantially... Read More →
Wednesday June 12, 2019 9:45am - 10:15am EDT
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Ali Sachedina joined JioSaavn in April 2017 as General Counsel and Vice President of BusinessAffairs. Based in New York and Mumbai, Ali oversees all of JioSaavn’s legal and regulatoryaffairs worldwide. Ali’s responsibilities include the development and implementation of all ofJioSaavn’s... Read More →
Wednesday June 12, 2019 10:30am - 11:00am EDT
Ballroom2nd Floor
Emmanuel Legrand is a journalist and consultant specialized in the creative industries and copyright issues. A former Billboard and Music & Media editor, he is currently the Washington, DC-based U.S. editor of U.K. trade magazine, Music Week.
