OUR GROWING NETWORK OF MENTORS

Damon Sharpe

Grammy Award Winner

ASCAP Award Winner

Damon is a Grammy Award Winner for Chicago: Music From the Miramax Motion Picture's Best Soundtrack and ASCAP Award Winner for Jenifer Lopez's smash hit "Love Don't Cost a Thing".

He is a songwriter, artist, and most recently focused on pursuing a producer/DJ career signed to Armada Music. His credits also include Ariana Grande, Pitbull, Alesso, Kylie Monogue, Kelly Roland, Flo Rida, Monica, Charlie Wilson, NKOTM, Nelly, Ginuwine, Amerie, 98 Degrees, Kimberly Locke, Got7, 2PM, 2F9, BoA, SHINee, Kangta, Laboum, B1A4, and Faires.


Autumn Rowe

Grammy Award Winner

Autumn is a Grammy Award Winner for Jon Baptiste's Album of the Year We Are.

She is a producer, songwriter, and artist who's also worked with so many artists throughout the years including Diana Ross, Fka Twigs, Dua Lipa, Ava Max, Leona Lewis, Grace VanderWaal, Pitbull, Avicci, Alex Newell, Little Mix, Kali Uchis, Lindsey Stirling, Tkay Maizda, Becky G, Macy Gray, Boy George, Bea Miller, Sinead Harnett, Tori Kelly, Alexis Jordan and others. She was a vocal coach on The X Factor USA for Fifth Harmony in 2012 as well as America's Got Talent for 5 seasons.


Andy Ross

Guild of Music Supervisors Award Winner

Andy is a Guild of Music Supervisors Award Winner for Best Music Supervision Film Under 5 Million Dollars for Whiplash.

He is responsible for music in over 100 commercials including Audi, Volkswagen, NFL and PlayStation, 150 feature films, 75 soundtrack albums and more than 120 theatrical releases including a three-time Oscar winning film, a Golden Globe-winning TV show, and box office global hits totaling $1+ billion in revenue. He's had over 25 years of diversified experience in the music industry including stints as an artist manager, label chief, and publisher.


Gabi Kochlani

Senior A&R & Manager

Gabi Kochlani is an A&R executive, talent manager, music publisher and entrepreneur. Former Senior Director of A&R at Universal Music Group’s 10:22PM imprint, Kochlani’s eye for talent and ear for innovation is derived from her 20 years in the music business. Kochlani’s A&R work has included signing/developing multi-platinum songwriters such as Mikal Blue and Ben Burgess; pitched and secured multi-platinum song placements with artists Troye Sivan and Tori Kelly, among others; A&R for top Dance/Electronic artist Alesso, and A&R for the 2021-2022 Blade Runner: Black Lotus Original Soundtrack with Alessia Cara, lann Dior, Salem Ilese, G-Eazy, and others.

In 2022, Gabi set out on her own to seek and support talent through her own company The Gray Administration.


Spencer Nezey

Platinum Selling Producer & Artist

Spencer is a platnium selling producer among his vast discography consisting of the K-pop group Girls’ Generation self-titled album which sold more than 2.5 Million copies worldwide. His placements and collaborations include working with artists such as The Game, Lee Foss, The Lady Tigra, Mike D of the Beastie Boys, DJ Blaqstarr, Nova Rockafellar, Ryan Tedder, Pussycat Dolls, Sueco The Child, Fever 333, and Papa Roach.

Signed to Knotting Hill Music Publishing, he is also a masterful saxophonist, DJ, beatboxer, songwriter and artist. He scores motion picture projects for film producers Bert Marcus and Adrian Grenier (Entourage) including the documentaries How to Make Money Selling Drugs, Teenage Paparazzo, and Burn Motherfucker, Burn!


Adam Mcinnis

5x K-pop Award Winner

Adam is a Korean Music Awards Winner (amoung others) for Aespa's Best K-pop Song and Song of Year "Next Level".

Signed to Concord Music Publishing, he is most known for his work with world-renowned DJ Fedde Le Grande and over 100 placements in the sync licensing world as one of the only people doing so in every major music genre. Adam is an artist, songwriter, and producer. He is also in the band Sons of Legion. His voice has been heard on networks such as Vh1, MTV, HBO, ESPN, FOX, ABC, CMT, E!, NCAA, and by hundreds of thousands of music fans at world renowned EDM festivals such as EDC, Tomorrowland, and Ultra.

Adam is also a partner in the sync agency Kimura and the conscious music production company Nosara Media.


Spencer Ludwig

Latin Grammy Award Winner

Multi-Platnium Selling Trumpet Player

Spencer is a Latin Grammy Award Winner . for Fonseca's "Por Pura Curiosidad" Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. He rose to prominence as the original trumpeter in the multi-platinum band Capital Cities.

Recently, he has carved out an incredibly successful career as a solo artist and frequent collaborator performing with the likes of Harry Styles, Dua Lipa, Fitz and the Tantrums, and more. Spencer also owns the sync agency Trumpet Records which has seen placements in major brands Target, Royal Caribbean, Apple TV+, American Express, YouTube, T-Mobile, Tim Hortons, Kettle One and Instacart.


Mark Chipello

Vice President of Position Music

As Vince President of Position Music, Mark garners both record and publishing deals for their talent as well as oversees and guides the A&R staff.

He continues to sign, develop, and manage talented artists including Welshly Arms who's landed 16 sync licensing placements, Tyrone Wells, Judah & The Lion, Kid Bloom, Téo and Layto amongst many others.

Before wearing his A&R hat, Mark spent eight years on the road as a drummer and a tour manager traveling throughout the United States honing in on his craft.


David Surnow

Director of A&R at Position Music

As Director of A&R for Position Music, David signs artists, songwriter, producers, and trailer music composers while cultivating relationships across all aspects of the entertainment business.

David was also a longtime manager of artists, record producers, songwriters, and composers.

He's worked with managers Michael Lippman (Matchbox 20, Bernie Taupin) and Warren Entner (Rage Against The Machine, Deftones) before he started his own called Solid Music Company (Matt Mahaffey, The Dan Band, sElf).


Suzan Koc

Platinum Songwriting Coach

As VP of Writer Development at BMG Music Publishing, Suzan worked with songwriters Busbee, David Gamson, Jean Baptiste, and Alex Geringas who all who benefited from her detailed and articulate feedback on their songs.

Throughout the years, she has set many co-writes that led to songs such as “Stronger” and “Dark Side” both recorded by Kelly Clarkson, “Dance The Pain Away” by Benny Benassi featuring John Legend, and successfully pitched songs “Try” for Pink, “Almost Doesn’t Count” for Brandy, Mark Wills in Nashville, “I’m Not Your Girl” for Reba, as well as “Hostage” (È l’amore che conta) recorded by Italian artist Giorgia.


Shelley Pieken

Platinum Songwriter

Shelly is best known for penning anthems such as Christina Aguilera’s No. 1 smash, “What a Girl Wants” and Meredith Brooks’ GRAMMY-nominated, “Bitch.”

Shelly has written for Jessie J, Keith Urban, Britney Spears, Brandy, SmashMouth, Natasha Bedingfield, Reba, Celine Dion, Miley Cyrus, INXS, Backstreet Boys, Michelle Branch, DiVinyls, Pretenders, Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato. Her songs have appeared in numerous films and TV shows such as The Blind Side, The Hot Chick, Princess Diaries, Center Stage, What A Girl Wants, What Women Want, The Lizzie McGuire Movie, Raising Helen, A Walk To Remember, The Bourne Identity, Orange Is The New Black, Glee, Orphan Black, Smash, 30 Rock, and Grey’s Anatomy.


Mario Davis

VP of Global Partnerships & Sync at EMPIRE

Mario is the VP of Global Partnerships & Sync at EMPIRE which supported the debut albums and early singles of a number of Trinidad James, Rich Homie Quan, Migos, Rocko, and K Camp.

In Los Angeles, they have distributed and/or are still distributing artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Problem, Snoop Dogg, and Crooked I. They've also been involved in New York with releases from Fat Joe, Styles P, Cam'ron, and Busta Rhymes.

On the R&B side, they have signed artists such as Eric Bellinger, Jacquees, Jesse Boykins III, Jonn Hart, and Lyrica Anderson.


Mario Marchetti

Multi Award Winning Producer & Songwriter

Marchetti’s songwriting credits include Jojo’s hit single “Disaster” (Interscope) and Hollywood Records artist Demi Lovato’s Billboard Top 10 Platinum hit single “Neon Lights”, after which Lovato named her successful world tour.

Internationally, Marchetti’s hit song credits include co-writes and production with Sony Australia artists Jess Mauboy “Pop A Bottle”, Samantha Jade “Up!”, 5x award winning K-pop song for Aespa "Next Level", Guy Sebastian “Come Home To Me”, as well as K-Pop artist Super Junior’s hit single “Tuxedo” and Universal Canada artist Shawn Hook’s “Million Ways”.


Easy McCoy

Top Hip Hop Artist

Easy McCoy, the Seattle-born rapper, is quickly becoming one of the more prolific emcees on the west coast today.

With his massive catalog of songs and sync licensing placments, many sports fans have likely heard his confident flows on the likes of ESPN, HBO, UFC, MTV, VH1, and in the biggest arenas and stadiums in North America.

Most recently, his songs have been featured in the TV show "Billions" and well as commercials for Polaris, PS5, and PELOTON.


Garret Gunderson

Founder & Entreprenuer

Garret is called a financial genius in entrepreneurial circles who has dedicated his life to educating and serve hard-working, honest business owners.

He is the Founder and Chief Wealth Architect of Wealth Factory which helps people with first generation businesses and entrepreneurs who understand hard work — but who haven't been given the proper financial tools to build lasting wealth. He is also a lifelong entrepreneur and keynote speaker.

He is also a New York Times best-selling author of Killing Sacred Cows: Overcoming the Financial Myths That Are Destroying Your Prosperity.


Greg Ogan

Multiplatinum Producer & Mixer

Greg has multiple #1 hits with artist such as Justin Bieber, Rihanna, and Bruno Mars.

While specializing in production, writing, and mixing, he cut his teeth working with Britney Spears, Sean Kingston, Leona Lewis, The Game, Rick Ross, and Natasha Beddingfield to name a few.


Sam Heights Garay

Top Sync Mixing Engineer & Producer

Sam has over a decade of experience producing, writing and recording music for TV/Film and sync licensing placements.

He has produced for media companies such as Lionsgate, Blumhouse, NBC Universal, MTV, E! Networks and more.

He also has had writing placements with various labels such as Source/Spinnin' Records, Trap Nation and Sony Germany.


Scotty Granger

Songwriter & Musical Director

Scotty has famously been linked to having received his talents and voice, specifically, via his Great Aunt being, “Queen of Gospel Music” Mahalia Jackson.

He studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts before moving to Los Angeles and now settling in Costa Rica. Scotty began touring with Jordin Sparks as her creative director and also wrote the the theme song for the TV Show Wonder Years.


Jeff Serra

Entreprenuer & Financial Advisor

Jeffrey Serra is a financial advisor operating in Austin, Texas, with a total of 22 years of professional experience.

Serra works at Vida Capital Management which manages $235 million in total assets across its four accounts. This places it among the mid-sized firms in the United States by assets under management. The company offers portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles.


Lauren Dyson

Mint-Platinum Songwriter & Artist

Lauren is a multi-platinum artist and songwriter and has written hits for countless artists, including K-pop sensation BTS "I'm Fine", Girls Generation "Bad Girl", Jo Kwon the Avicii produced "Animal", Astrid S "Paper Thin", Wiktoria "Save Me", Anastacia "Caught in the Middle", top 10 Billboard chart topper by Skylar Stecker "Blame", Red Velvet, Taeyeon, Cascada, Liam Ferrari "Hurt" and many more.


Yung Youth

Over 1 Billion Streams - Hip Hop Artist

Yung Youth is a Red Bull Select artist signed to Concord Music Publishing.

He has performed with Juicy J, Travis Scott, Tory Lanez, and The Cool Kids among others.

He has sync licensing placements with video game companies Apex Legends and Fortnite as well as TV Networks ABC, BBC, DISNEY, HBO, MTV, UFC, NBA, VH1 and NBC Sports.


Sarah Feldman

Director of Creative at Reach Music Publishing

Sarah has dedicated the last 12 years to her career in the music business. She handles both A&R and sync duties, as well as working close with the rosters newest signings. Reach’s client roster includes artists and songwriters such as John Mayer, Common, Ben Rector, Lisa Loeb, Lindsey Stirling, Glenn Tipton (of Judas Priest), Cindy Morgan, Warren G, Zac Brown Band and many others.


Kristen Agee

CEO of 411 Music Publishing Group

Kristen's company provides sync licensing, publishing, administration, artist development and digital distribution for music rights holders. She negotiates worldwide partnerships with artists, catalogs, publishers, TV networks and brands, as well as videogame, digital and production companies. Agee has a fundamental understanding of the creative process across multiple musical genres and provides insight to the inner-workings of sync deals and interactive music models.


Bobby Rymer

Owner of Writer's Den Music Group

Bobby has worked in music publishing for 30 years primarily at Almo Irving working with writers Emmylou Harris, Mark Knopfler, Gillian Welch, Waylon Jennings, Paul Kennerley, Beth Neilsen Chapman, Mike Reid and signing over a dozen to their first publishing deal including Adam Wright, Bonnie Bishop, Brennen Leigh, Noel McKay, and Drew Kennedy. Recently he acquired the Writer’s Den catalog he started years ago with cuts by Lindsay Ell, Ingrid Andress, Kesha and more.


Ashley Neumeister

Music Supervisor & SVP at Farquhar Productions

Ashley has been involved in all aspects of music production, pre-records, administration, clearance, and music curation on numerous series and films including The Quad, Real Husbands of Hollywood, Zoe Ever After, 96 Minutes, Here We Go Again, The Perfect Match, Light Girls, Russell Simmons Presents: Brave New Voices, & Keyshia Cole: All In, The Neighborhood, The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, Kingdom Business, and The Game. She was nominated for Guild of Music Supervisor's Award (Best Music Supervision in a Television Drama) for her work on Season 1 & 2 of "American Soul"


Pamela Charbit

A&R at Atlantic Records

Pamela Charbit is an innovative A&R and music writer with 8 years of experience across the music industry. She founded the award-winning music magazine On The Move, the leading independent music media in France. Previously she worked at Beats 1 as well as an A&R at Warner Music Group where she discovered and signed KILLBOY. Currently she's A&R at Atlantic Records setting up sessions for A-list artists on the roster including David Guetta, A7S, and Jason Derulo. She sources and develops hit records for the label; creates, maintains and maximizes relationships with artists, songwriters, publishers, and executives and signs new talent.


Chris Mollere

Owner of Fusion Music Supervision

Chris is one of the leading music supervisors in Television and Film and is the music supervisor for iconic films like the Emmy-winning Get Out, Antebellum, and TV shows including Stargirl, Legacies, Roswell, The Vampire Diaries, Famous in Love, Scream the TV Series, Pretty Little Liars and many more.


Natasha Duprey

Music Supervisor at Must Be Nice Productions & VP of the Guild of Music Supervisors Canada

Natasha is a 4x award-winning music supervisor for shows such as Let the Right One In, The Kid in the Hall, Snowpiercer, and Another WolfCop. Since 2003, she has supervised thousands of hours of TV series including The L Word (Showtime), The Terror (AMC), Continuum (SyFy), The Order (Netfilx), and Tiny Pretty Things (Netfilx).


Brittany Whyte

Owner of Whyte Room Music & Music Supervisor

Brittany started her 13 year run with one of the most influential music supervisors of all time, Alexandra Patsavas, at Chop Shop Music Supervision. She's worked on a variety of films: No Cameras Allowed (MTV), Remember Me (Summit), The Perks Of Being A Wallflower (Summit), The Twilight Saga (Summit), Warm Bodies (Summit) and hit TV shows such as AJ & The Queen (Netflix), Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina (Netflix), Chuck (NBC), Gossip Girl (CW), Grey’s Anatomy (ABC), How To Get Away With Murder (ABC), Katy Keene (CW), Mad Men (AMC), Marvel: Runaways (HULU), Scandal (ABC), Sirens (USA), Telenovela (NBC) and YOU (Netflix).


Jen Hubbard

Director of Sync A&R at Concord Music Publishing

Jen is responsible for the development and management of Concord’s U.S. songwriter roster for the purpose of sync activity. She works with artists, producers, and writers including sync superstar Ruelle, Madi Diaz, Paige Blue, Jung Youth, Lucas Arens, Fleurie, Jeff Bowman, Tofer Brown, Jeremy Lutito, Aaron Chafin and more. Notably, she was instrumental in signing indie-pop artist Charli Adams and served as the lead contact in the Nashville office for writers, artists, and producers outside of the country market. Hubbard has also been a key contributor to the organization and development of Concord’s annual Sync Songwriting Camp since its inception over 11 years ago.


Ann Kline

Independent Music Supervisor & Attorney

Ann started out as a lawyer working at the William Morris Agency and then stepped into music supervision. Her film and television credits including some of the most successful and prestigious series such as E.R., The West Wing, The Good Doctor, Third Watch, Aquarius, Shameless, The Goldbergs, Animal Kingdom, and The Magicians. Ann’s experience is unique combining high level creative skills for placing music with the ability to understand the increasingly complex content rights landscape and negotiate deals addressing complex rights issues among myriad interconnected parties including artists, managers, attorneys, agents, composers, producers, writers, directors, labels, publishers, networks and studios.


Whitney Pilzer

Music Supervisor at Black and White Music

Brittany Whitney contributed to blockbuster projects such as Thirteen Reasons Why (Netflix), Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Bros.) and Ocean's Eight (Warner Bors.).

At Starz she oversaw projects including the Power universe, Blindspotting, and music supervised promos and trailers. Since joining the all-start team at Black & White, her credits include The Wilds (Amazon), Yellowjackets (Showtime) and WeCrashed (Apple+) starring Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway.

In 2022 she was nominated for an HMMA Award for her work in Yellojackets.


Rinat Arinos

Founder of Pink Shark Music

Rinat worked hard to grow Pink Shark Music and became music supervisors’ and editors’ go to catalog for shows such as Dancing with the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance, Dude Perfect, Gordon Ramsay’s The F Word, America's Funniest Home Videos, Ball in The Family, Total Bellas, Basketball Wives, and many more (over 600 in 4 years!)

Pink Shark Music is a Viacom music partner and an approved direct music provider for all major networks (ABC/Disney, CBS, iTV, FaceBook, NBC/Universal) and New Media based companies.


Krysta Youngs

Billboard #1 & Platinum Songwriter

As a songwriter, Krysta has co-written for and collaborated with other creatives and artists such as Philip Lawrence, Evan Bogart, JR Rotem, Melanie Fontana, Marty James, JQue Smith, Marshmello, Anthony Evans, LAGANJA Estranja, Danielle Cohn, Netta, Jones Jeberg, Stray Kids, Wengie, Disco Fries, Loren, Boa, Taeyeon, Oh My Girl, Rania, Navi, Luna Snow, SUHO, TXT, Twice, Busters, Girlkind, and BTS.

Krysta’s songs can be heard on hit television shows like MTV’s The Real World, Lalaloopsy, ESPN, Selling Sunset and Keeping Up with the Kardashians; where her emotional, unique vocals have captivated audiences.


Jeff Sojka

Grammy Award-winning engineer & hit songwriter

Jeff has been creating music since his early teens. Turning his young ambitions into a full-time career, Sojka signed to Capitol CMG Publishing in 2017 and has quickly built a name for himself in the Nashville community. His instinct for designing tracks with unique sounds and punching up lyrical phrasing result in songs with multi-dimensional hooks and unforgettable melodies.

He has a total of 1.3 billion streams on songs he has worked on along with eight #1 radio singles.

His recent credits include: NF, For King and Country, Monsta X, Armin Van Buuren, Mat Kearney, Colbie Caillat, Danny Gokey, For King and Country.


Paul Avgerinos

3x Grammy Award-Winning Producer / Composer

Paul's versatile work spans ambient, space, world, World Fusion, electronic, and drone genres, and he has collaborated with artists like Deana Carter and The Celtic Tenors.

Avgerinos, a Peabody Conservatory graduate, has an extensive musical background, including serving as Principal Bass in orchestras and touring with renowned artists like Charles Aznavour and Buddy Rich. His compositions blend acoustic and electronic instruments, often incorporating Romantic and Impressionistic techniques.

He has received numerous awards for his albums, including Best New Age Album at the Grammy Awards for "Grace".


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