President, North Music Group
Alessandro Ghinelli
Mayor of Arezzo, Italy
Adam Grossman
Sr. Director A&R, Atlantic Records
President & CEO, APM Music
Vice President, REBEL (Lil Nas X)
Head of Creative Music Affairs PlayStation Studios & Creative Arts
Head Of Music, Original Series, Netflix
Vice President Music Creative/Production, Netflix
Sr. Director A&R, APG
Andrew Grant
Sr Director A&R, Atlantic Records
Andy Gowan
Music Creative & Production / Original Series, Netflix
Director of Music, Anomaly
Sr. Director, Music Affairs, Activision
Vice President, Brand Partnerships, Universal Music Group
Bryan Mooney
VP A&R, Downtown Music Services
Director, Creative Music Strategy, Paramount
Founder & CEO, ClicknClear
Vice President A&R, Red Bull Records
Charley Londoño
Counsel Plus, Co.
Manager, Music Services, Universal Studio Group
Chris Williams
GM & Chief Product Officer, iHeartMedia & iHeartRadio
Chris Woltman
Owner, Element1 Music, Marketing & Management (worldwide manager Twenty One Pilots)
CEO, U.K. & N. America, Modern Sky
Founder & President, Legrand Network
Founder & CEO of Seeker Music
Franny Graham
VP Creative, Primary Wave
Gabi Kochlani
Sr. Director A&R, Universal Music Group
Sr. Business Affairs Manager, FCB NY
Head of A&R, JioSaavn
Jake Livingston
Head of Creative, Primary Wave Music
Vice President Creative, Reservoir
Director of Publishing/Creative, Red Bull Records
CEO, Eventim Live Asia
Managing Director, 5 Alarm Music
CEO, Streamline Talent Group
Co-Founder & CEO, Audioshake
Managing Director, RBK Fusion (Germany)
VP, A&R, Elektra Music Group
Sr. Director, Synch & Licensing / Music Supervisor, 5 Alarm Music
Jon Chen
Sr. Director A&R, Warner Chappell
Founder & CEO, Brooklyn Music
JT Griffith
Music Supervisor, Nike
Justin Bumper Reeve
Head of Sync for Film, TV & Advertising + Sync A&R, Riptide Music Group / Hidden Track Music
Founder & Chairman, Mdiio
Vice President Global A&R, Warner Recorded Music
Kat Basolo
Vice President, Creative Synch, Kobalt Music
Manager, Creative Music Strategy, Paramount
VP, Creative Music, Fox Entertainment
Ken Komisar
President & Partner, Notting Hill Music Masters
Sr. VP/Head of A&R, Red Bull Records
CEO, Offstream Entertainment
Lisa Worden
Vice President Rock & Alternative, Program Director ALT 98.7 - LA's New Alternative, iHeartMedia National Programming Group
Luke McGrellis
Vice President A&R, Universal Music Publishing Group
Vice President, Head of A&R, Position Music
Music & Media Journalist, U.K.
Vice President Brand Partnerships & Creative Synch, Position Music
President & CEO, HITLAB Inc.
Co-Founder & CEO, Eluvio
Executive Director, A&R and Music Publishing, Disney Music Group
Music Agent, UTA (Young Thug, Lil Wayne, The Kid LAROI, etc.)
Sr. Vice President A&R & Head of Creative, Disney Music Group
A&R Manager, Atlantic Records
CEO, Songtradr
President & Chairman, The Hello Group
Owner, RKOK Live
Sr. Vice President, Trailers & Promos, SILO Music
CEO, Silva Screen Group
President & Founder, Riptide Music Group
Rich Thomas
Founder, Indie Esports League
Publisher, The Music Registry
Co-Founder & CEO, Ekko Music Rights Europe
Vice President, Creative Music Strategy, Paramount
Chief International Business Officer, PRS For Music
Sas Metcalfe
Chief Creative Officer, Kobalt
Sat Bisla
President & Founder, A&R Worldwide
Scott Igoe
VP Alternative Series & Specials, ABC Television
VP Creative, Music Supervision, MNRK Music Group
Vice President Partnership, Sofar Sounds
Sr. Director, Head of Community Development, Airtime
Director of Marketing, Disney Music Group
Film Producer (Enchanted, Salt, Premonition, Last Survivors, Disenchanted, Back Home, The Divorce Party & more)
Taylor Jones
CEO, The Hello Group
Tricia Holloway
Music Executive, Walt Disney Imagineering
President, Position Music
Director, A&R Interscope Records
Virginie Berger
Sr. VP, Global Publishing & Society Relations, Songtrust
Ritch Esra
Publisher, The Music Registry
For over 28 Ritch Esra have 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 Guide.
"Our various publications and databases give everyone vital, accurate and the most up to date information they need to contact the entire A&R, music publishing, artist management, legal and the film and Television music communities," says Ritch. "Each publication contains contact information consisting of address, E-mail (including web sites), direct dial telephone.
Additionally, we provide the exact title, street address, the name of their assistant and the style of music that each executive deals with. Due to the volatile nature of A&R, the A&R Registry is completely updated and reprinted every eight weeks and often has over 20-30 changes in a single issue. There are no other publications of this kind anywhere in the world."
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.
Ritch started out as a promotion coordinator for A&M Records in Los Angeles in 1980-81.
From 1981-1987, Ritch was director of West Coast A&R for Arista Records. He signed The Thompson Twins to their US Deal as well as Mara Getz. He worked extensively with the publishing and songwriting communities for material for Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, Melissa Manchester, Tanya Tucker, Jennifer Warnes and Jermaine Jackson. He also coordinated music for the "Ghostbusters" and "Perfect" soundtracks.
From 1987-1992, Ritch worked on various independent projects. He produced the award-winning educational video for artists and musicians, "How to Get a Record Deal." "At the time, it was the only video of its kind examining the frequently misunderstood process from five different perspectives: record company executives, A&R VPs, artist managers, record producers and 16 major artists including Los Lobos, Mark Knopfler, Phil Collins, Jody Watley, Karla Bonoff, Michael Bolton, Fleetwood Mac, Chick Corea and Kenny Loggins," says Ritch. Producers Phil Ramone and Jeff Baxter are also interviewed in the video.
In 2012, he was one of the founders of MUBUTV, an educational channel for artists on Youtube. Ina addition, he has taught Music Business classes at the Musicians Institute as well as SAE (School for Audio Engineering) and has also taught at UCLA Extension.
