Chris Swanson

Dynamic founding partner of Secretly Group, co-owner of Fort William Artist Management, and burgeoning music supervisor speaks on the complex experience of soundtracking Netflix’s hit docuseries, Wild Wild Country and his progression from bootstrapping an indie label in his Indiana dorm room to managing a lavish portfolio of businesses within the music industry.

Music SupervisorsRuby Gartenberg, Paul GoldowitzApril 27, 2018Paul Goldowitz, Ruby Gartenberg, Chris Swanson, Secretly Group, Secretly Canadian, Jagjaguwar, Dead Oceans, Wild Wild Country, Fort William Artist Management, Fleet Foxes, Grizzly Bear, The War On Drugs, Kevin Morby, Easy, One Mississippi, Drinking Buddies, Bloomington, Indiana, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Van Morrison, Astral Weeks, Religious Studies, Eastern Religion, June Panic, Touch and Go, Corey Rusk, Antony and The Johnsons, I'm A Bird Now, Jason Molina, Songs: Ohia, Magnolia Electric Co., Bon Iver, Justin Vernon, Music Business, Artist Manager, Artist Management, Record Label, MTV, Pavement, Sleater Kinney, Cat Power, Angel Olsen, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Sharon Van Etten, Phosphorescent, Major Lazer, Lean On, Bill Callahan, Rick Alverson, Drunk, Spokane, The Builder, New Jerusalem, Will Oldham, The Comedy, Tim Heidecker, Joe Swaneberg, Jessica Berndt, Shazam, Amazon, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Rajneeshees, Antelope, The Battered Bastards of Baseball, Chapman Way, Maclain Way, Brocker Way, Way Brothers, The Way Brothers, Director, Producer, Film Producer, Drover, Cowboy, Doonesbury, Manifest Destiny, Government, Television, Marquee Moon, John Denver, My Morning Jacket, Leaving On A Jet Plane, ATO Records, Making A Murderer, Bill Fay, I Hear You Calling, Time of The Last Persecution, Phoebe Bridgers, Rex Orange County, Flying Lotus, Boots Riley, St. Vincent, Numero, Asterisk, Beirut, Grouplove, Ben Abraham, Cherry Glazerr, ANOHNI, Steven A. Clark, Alex Cameron, Joey Dosik, Stella Donnelly, William Eggleston, Here We Go Magic, Damien Jurado, Jens Lekman, Yoko Ono, Tig Notaro, Makeness, serpentwithfeet, She-Devils, Suuns, Richard Swift, Whitney, Yeasayer, Cant, Department of Eagles, Golden Suits, Sondre Lerche, Jesse Marchant, Menomena, Daniel Rossen

Marat Berenstein

Tenacious artist manager, founder of The Marat Berenstein Company, and adjunct professor at NYU's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music speaks on his illuminating experience working for the legendary Art Garfunkel, the importance of being a person of integrity in business, and how social sharing has radically changed the distribution of music.

Industry InnovatorsRuby Gartenberg, Paul GoldowitzMarch 9, 2018Paul Goldowitz, Ruby Gartenberg, Marat Berenstein, Matt FX Feldman, Clive Davis Institute, Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, Columbia University, Art Garfunkel, Simon and Garfunkel, Matt FX, Matt Feldman, Music Supervisor, Music Supervision, The Marat Berenstein Company, Marat Berenstein Company, Broad City, Synead Nichols, Synead, Millions March, Millions March NYC, Edward R. Murrow, Ivy League, Computer Science, Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Jay-Z, Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, MTV, Rolling Stone, Vibe, LinkedIn, Myspace, Facebook, Manager, Management, Artist Manager, Artist Management, Sync, Sync Licensing, Music Licensing, George Stephanopoulos, Madison Square Garden, Rob Reiner, Rumor Has It, Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner, The Graduate, Decon Records, Mass Appeal Records, Future Music Moguls, Pharrell, Jason King, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU, New York University, New York City, New York, Bob Power, A Tribe Called Quest, Maggie Rogers, Alaska, Summer High School, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Tidal, Tunecore, CD Baby, DistroKid, Stem, YouTube, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, Instagram Live, Frank Ocean, Hit Me Music, Colossal Clusterfest, Comedy Central, Superfly, Abbi Jacobson, Ilana Glazer, Troy Carter, Atom Factory, Lady Gaga, Prince

Liz Lawson

First lady of the Black Ink Crew franchise and founder of Vinyl Rules Music Supervision speaks on synching Macklemore ahead of his widespread success, what to expect sonically from Eat, Brains, Love, and the nuanced art of pitching your music for success.

Music SupervisorsRuby Gartenberg, Paul GoldowitzFebruary 15, 2018Paul Goldowitz, Liz Lawson, Black Ink Crew, Guild of Music Supervisors, Black Ink Crew Chicago, Gary Calamar, Carrie Hughes, Vinyl Rules, Vinyl Rules Music Supervision, Eat Brains Love, Orange Twin Records, Neutral Milk Hotel, Six Feet Under, Thomas Golubić, KCRW, Alyson Vidoli, True Blood, Dexter, House, ASCAP, BMI, MTV, Macklemore, Rhino, Ellenberg, Viacom, Get A Job, Miles Teller, Anna Kendrick, Dylan Kidd, Lionsgate, CBS Films, CBS, Jonathan Sadoff, Idle Hands, Dumbfoundead, Spotify, Hype Machine, CD Baby, Indie Shuffle, Extreme, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Audio Network, Chris Paul, ESPN, NBA, West One Music Group, VH1, Disco, Box, The Beach Boys, Landline, Jenny Slate, Amazon, The Television Academy, EMMY, EMMYs, Music Supervisor, Music Licensing, Music Supervision, Guild of Music Supervisors Awards, Music Supervisors, The Guild of Music Supervisors

Jen Malone

PR maven and music detective for Donald Glover dishes on her newfound appreciation for hip hop since working on Atlanta, the power of yoga, and best practices for working in tandem with other creatives.

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