Sr. Artists & Repertoire/Music Affairs, Sony Interactive Entertainment America
Global Head of Programming & Content Strategy, Amazon Music
Alex Patsavas
Founder, Chop Shop Music Supervision
SVP, Music Creative, NBCUniversal Television
Music Supervisor, Neophonic
Creative Content Consultant
Founding Partner, Peter Law Group
Global Vice President A&R, Warner Music Group
Controller, BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra & BBC Asian Network
Co-Founder & CEO, Dot Blockchain Media
CEO, Ingrooves
Director, BBC Radio
Vice President, Trailer Park
Head of Music, BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra
Founder, JEM Music
Chairman & CEO, Atlantic Records Group
Owner, Realsongs (Grammy, Emmy & Golden Globe Award-Winning Songwriter)
Manager/Head of US Creative & Business Affairs, EKKO Music Rights US
Eesean Bolden
Sr. VP, A&R, Warner Bros. Records
Director, Creative, BMG
U.S. Editor, Music Week
President, Go! Music Services
President, Maverick
Ian Montone
Founder, Monotone, Inc.
Chief Publishing Executive, Concord Music
Vice President, Music, Creative & Business Affairs, Starz
Shareholder & Founder, LA Entertainment Practice, Greenberg Traurig LLC
Chairman & CEO, Global Media & Entertainment, Pollack Media Group
Senior Consultant, Meisel Music, Germany
Head of Digital Marketing & Strategy, Friends At Work
VP, Concerts, ICM Partners
President & Chief Operating Officer, peermusic
Creative Director,Music, FOX Broadcasting Company
President & CEO, Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
Founder & CEO, Black Box
Chief Operating Officer, Times Music (India)
Producer/Director/Actor (Mad Men, CSI, Bones, Terminator 3)
Editor, Music Week
Melinda Newman
West Coast Editor, Billboard
British Consul General in Los Angeles
Executive Vice President & Head of Universal Music Group & Brands
Global Head of Touring, United Talent Agency
DJ KCSN Los Angeles, Broadcast Journalist & Curator
Agent, Earth to Peter
President of A&R, Atlantic Records
Sr. Talent Producer, Fremantle Media North America (American Idol, America's Got Talent)
Assistant Editor, Rock Paper Scissors
Sr. Vice President, Film Music, Universal Pictures
Founder & CEO, Mobilium Global
Publisher, The Music Business Registry
Partner, Hit The Ground Running (HTGR) & Founding Partner, Pusher
Sr. VP Creative, Kobalt Music
Sanken Sandqvist
Managing Director, BMG Scandinavia
Music Supervisor (Tolkien, The King of Thieves, Guerilla)
Sat Bisla
President & Founder, A&R Worldwide
Songwriter/Producer (The Weeknd, One Direction, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry)
Global Lead, Business Development & Partner Management, Ford Motor Co.
Simon Katz
Sr. Director A&R/Staff Producer, Republic Records
Sr. Vice President Creative/A&R, Reservoir
Worldwide Executive of Music & Marketing, EA Games
GM Creative & Acquisitions, Kobalt Music Publishing
Film Producer (Enchanted, S.A.L.T., Premonition)
Founder, TM Talent Management
Co-President & Co-Owner, Mom+Pop Music
Founder & Publisher, Music Business Worldwide
Senior Executive, Paradigm Talent Agency
Owner/Producer, Tracey Trench Productions
Head of Music, FREEFORM
Sr. Director A&R, peermusic
Executive Vice President, Republic Records
Global Sector Leader, Media Entertainment/Sr. Client Partner, Korn Ferry
President, US Repertoire & Marketing, BMG
RITCH ESRA
Publisher, The Music Business Registry
For over 25 years Ritch Esra has been running the Music Business Registry, which includes The A&R Registry, The Publisher Registry, The Music Business Attorney Registry, Artist Manager Registry and The Film and Television Music Monthly. Among the subscribers are record company executives, music publishers, managers, agents, attorneys, studios and other various music business professionals in Los Angeles, New York, Nashville, Chicago, Atlanta, Toronto, London, Dublin, Copenhagen, Tokyo, Stockholm, Sydney and Munich, providing clients with the most vital, accurate and up to date information they need to contact the entire A&R, music publishing, artist management, legal and film and television music communities.
Ritch has worked in the music business since 1978, starting at trade magazine Record World and then joining A&M Records in the Radio Promotion Dept. In 1982, he joined Arista Records in the A&R Dept. where he signed The Thompson Twins to their US deal as well as Mara Getz. For the last 25 years, he has run The Music Business Registry and has also taught courses on the music business at UCLA Extension and Musician's Institute.