Laura Karpman

Four-time Emmy winning composer and BMI Champion Award recipient speaks on transforming classical music with motorcycles and car parts for Mozart In The Jungle, breathing new life into the work of great American poet, Langston Hughes through Ask Your Mama, her Grammy winning multi-media opera, and what the Alliance for Women Film Composers is taking on next.

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Michelle Johnson

Consummate music supervisor and valued team member at SuperMusicVision dishes on the significance of Breaking Bad being her first project, her creative exchange with Judd Apatow to curate the musical experience for Love, and her impassioned dedication to LGBT activism, which led to the establishment of Dyke Day LA.

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Maggie Phillips

Illuminated and experimental music supervisor speaks on her trial by fire entry to the field after the success of The Duplass Brothers’ The Puffy Chair, her complex collaboration with Noah Hawley and Jeff Russo to manifest the psychedelic atmosphere of Legion, and how a sync from Fargo led to the expansion of a farm in Zambia.

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Neil Goldberg, Dave Fraser, & Ari Winters of Heavyocity

The three brilliant pioneers behind virtual instrument empire, Heavyocity speak on the ideology that propels their groundbreaking product line, the obstacles they faced in launching their first product, Evolve, and how their enduring family bond has been instrumental to their success for over a decade.

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Industry InnovatorsPaul Goldowitz, Ruby GartenbergPaul Goldowitz, Ruby Gartenberg, Heavyocity, Neil Goldberg, Dave Fraser, Ari Winters, Film Music, Composer, Film Scoring, Composing, Producer, Musician, Original Score, Soundtrack, OST, Film Score, Television Music, Television Score, James Newton Howard, Brian Tyler, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Cliff Martinez, Ramin Djawadi, Video Games, Advertising, Evolve, Heavyocity Evolve, Field Recording, Sample, Hybrid Score, Heavy Melody Music and Sound Design, New York, REO Speedwagon, Discovery, NFL, GE, Pepsi, Berklee College of Music, Annihilator, Carnegie Mellon, Heavy Melody, Game Audio Network, Game Audio Network Guild, Randy Pausch, Don Marinelli, The Last Lecture, Activision, Activision Corporate, Kontakt, Native Instruments, Digital Performer, MOTU, Pro Tools, Stylus RMX, MOTU Mach Five, Kontakt Player 2, Intakt, Giga Studio, Tascam, NAMM, GRAVITY, Heavyocity GRAVITY, Pink Floyd, Hypnosis, Skeuomorphic, Neve 1073, Perception, Perception Heavyocity, Iron Man, Marvel, Black Panther, Black Panther Perception, Heavyocity Punish, Punish, Heavyocity Damage, Damage, Heavyocity NOVO, NOVO, NOVO Modern Strings, Warner Bros Studios, Warner Bros, Orchestra, Eastwood Scoring Stage, Heavyocity AEON, AEON, Universal Audio, Waves, Waves L3, iZotope, Izotope Trash, Izotope Ozone, Izotope RX, Dave Pensado, Pensado's Place, Pensado's Place Into The Lair, Dave Pensado Into The Lair, Heavyocity Scoring Guitars 2, Scoring Guitars 2, Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol, Rosa Mexicano, Keens Steakhouse, Teddy Roosevelt, The Breslin, April Bloomfield, Le Singe Vert, The Green Monkey, Heavyocity Sale
Fil Eisler

Charismatic BMI Film & TV Award winning composer dishes on the eclectic sonic palette he employed for the upcoming radical series, AMC’s Dietland, the philosophy behind melding two stark musical worlds on Empire, and the reason why he misses scoring for Revenge.

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Roque Baños

Multi award-winning Spanish musical force speaks on the nightmares that led his treatment for the re-make of Evil Dead, the iconic film that encouraged him to branch out from classical music, and the heaven he experienced during the creation of his score for The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.

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Tamar-kali

Maverick HMMA nominated composer of Mudbound fame and cutting-edge independent artist speaks on her striking musical treatment for Joshua Marston’s religious drama, Come Sunday, the history underpinning her Gullah/Geechee ancestry, and how ignorance is never bliss when it comes to discussions of gender and race.

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Dustin O'Halloran

Expressive modern classical artist and Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated composer speaks on his process to musically mirror the character metamorphosis in Marc Turtletaub’s Puzzle, the challenges of conveying layers of emotion through minimalism in his scores, and what he considers to be the Ferrari of pianos.

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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.

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Music SupervisorsRuby Gartenberg, Paul GoldowitzPaul 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
Jennifer Harmon

Distinguished Senior Director of Film/TV at ASCAP speaks on her journey from psychology and neuroscience to the music business, her role in nurturing the next wave of talent in the composing world, and what to expect from this year’s ASCAP “I Create Music” EXPO in May.

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Michael Paquette

Fierce lead composer for Trailer Park and Guild of Music Supervisors Award recipient shares his top gear picks to make his music sound larger than life, the complex story behind Stranger Things' homage to Michael Jackson in the season 2 trailer, and how his life would be radically different if he never checked his junk folder.

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ESKMO

Internationally celebrated electronic musician turned television composer, founder of Ancestor, and esteemed member of The Echo Society speaks on setting the stage for the menacing power politics of Billions, developing unique musical characters for each of Hannah Baker's tapes in 13 Reasons Why, and how spirituality has been a guiding light to ward off negative energy and stimulate creativity.

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Film/TV ComposersRuby Gartenberg, Paul GoldowitzPaul Goldowitz, Ruby Gartenberg, ESKMO, Brendan Angelides, Film Music, Composer, Film Scoring, Composing, Producer, Musician, Composer Interview, Original Score, Soundtrack, OST, Film Score, Television Music, Television Score, Electronic Music, EDM, The Echo Society, Joseph Trapanese, Rob Simonsen, Jeremy Zuckerman, Benjamin Wynn, Nathan Johnson, Judson Crane, Machines on Task, Illuminate, Ascension, Vines and Streams, Cyberset, Ninja Tune, Florescence, Ancestor, Welder, SOL, Apollo, Billions, Milan Records, 13 Reasons Why, Interscope, Selena Gomez, Amon Tobin, Bamboo Snow, Chalice Well, Purple & Orange, Cloudlight, Come Back, We Got More, Moving Glowstream, Language, Terra, Cliffside, Jetski, Speaking in Tongues, Hypercolor, Agnus Dei, Let Them Sing, Land and Bones, Bar9, Bibio, Spor, Hundred Waters, Les Claypool, Primus, San Francisco, Connecticut, FeelHarmonic, Artist, Recording Artist, Planet Mu, Warp Records, Michael Jackson, The Prodigy, Roland JX-305, The Residents, Eskimo, Downbeat, Vertical Sound, Cyber Funk, Aphex Twin, Yuri's Night, NASA, Los Angeles, Ableton, Logic, Showtime, Netflix, Charlie Chaplin, Vibiana Downtown, Ace Theatre, Reggie Watts, Mica Levi, Jonsi, Sigur Rós, Chris Taylor, Grizzly Bear, Chelsea Wolfe, Clark, R&S, Tiny Desk Concert, NPR, Kontakt, Razor, Serum, Imposcar, UAD, Soundtoys, Trash, iZotope, FabFilter, Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Stranger Things, Bobby Axelrod, Production, Music Producer, LA2A, Manley, Brainworks, Subpac, Albert The Wonder Squirrel, Buddhist, Buddhism, Thich Nhat Hanh, Deer Park Monastery, Plum Village, 2, 3
Jason Kramer

Brazen KCRW radio personality, award-winning music supervisor at Elias Arts, music publishing ace, artist manager, and professional photographer discusses his high-octane metamorphosis in the entertainment industry, the joy of being a DJ, and his sharp words of wisdom for the next generation of music supervisors.

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Amanda Krieg Thomas

Guild of Music Supervisors Award winning dynamo, integral Neophonic Music & Media team member, and founder of Tadpole Audio dishes on tapping into the psyche of a murderer for American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace, her creative synergy with PJ Bloom, and her top tips for getting a response from a music supervisor. 

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Music SupervisorsRuby Gartenberg, Paul GoldowitzPaul Goldowitz, Ruby Gartenberg, Amanda Krieg Thomas, Amanda Krieg-Thomas, Music Supervisor, Music Supervision, Sync, Synch, Music Licensing, Sync Licensing, Music Supervisors, American Crime Story, Claws, American Horror Story, Feud, Feud: Bette and Joan, 9-1-1, Reverie, Tracy McKnight, Julia Michels, Neophonic, Neophonic Music & Media, The Americans, Northwestern University, Northwestern, Lionsgate, Lenny Wohl, UCLA, UCLA Extension, Russell Ziecker, Endemol Shine North America, Daryl Berg, Alec Sharpe, The Biggest Loser, MasterChef, Format, Format Entertainment, Pitch Perfect, Pitch Perfect 2, The Other Woman, Beyond The Lights, PJ Bloom, Warner Bros, Film Music, Television Music, Evyen Klean, Jennifer Reeve, Janet Lopez, Now & Then, 10 Things I Hate About You, Empire Records, The Last Five Years, Parade, Aida, Pose, Ryan Murphy, NBC, FX, Gianni Versace, Versace, Lisa Stansfield, La Bouche, Alexis Martin Woodall, Andrew Cunanan, Phil Collins, Philip Bailey, Easy Lover, Aimee Mann, Drive, The Cars, David Madson, A Little Bit of Ecstasy, Jocelyn Enriquez, Be My Lover, Nathan Barr, Joe Fields, Joe Weisberg, Janine Sherman Barrois, Eliot Laurence, Rashida Jones, Will McCormack, Patti Labelle, Lady Marmalade, American Girl, Toby Lightman, IMDB, Tunefind, Twitter, Rob Lowry, Robert Lowry, Tadpole Audio, Henry Danger, Botanica Restaurant, Botanica Restaurant & Market, Kismet, Kettle Black, Guild of Music Supervisors, The Guild of Music Supervisors
Peter Nashel

The fastidious musical chameleon and co-founder of DuoTone Audio Group speaks on the rationale behind his treatment for the key incident in I, Tonya, teases out the modernized East meets West soundscapes of Netflix's Marco Polo, and explains what a vacation from your computer can do for your artistry. 

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Film/TV ComposersRuby Gartenberg, Paul GoldowitzPaul Goldowitz, Ruby Gartenberg, Peter Nashel, Film Music, Composer, Film Scoring, Composing, Producer, Musician, Composer Interview, Original Score, Soundtrack, OST, Film Score, Television Music, Television Score, I Tonya, Marco Polo, Netflix, Eastman School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, Bill Holderman, Book Club, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Diane Keaton, Younger, TV Land, DuoTone, DuoTone Audio, The Nigerian Prince, Paul Cohen, Broadway, Tanglewood, John Coltrane, The Heath Brothers, Bill Barron, Kenny Barron, Wesleyan, New York, New York City, Brooklyn, Jack Livesey, Moby, Play, The Beastie Boys, The Cranberries, tomandandy, Swing House, Atwater Village, Robert Urband, Film Music Management, Manager, Alexandre Desplat, Elmer Bernstein, Michael Kamen, Susan Jacobs, Craig Gillespie, Allison Janney, Tatiana S. Riegel, Bernard Hermann, Brian Deming, Lawrence Manchester, Tonya Harding, Jeff Gillooly, Nancy Kerrigan, Shane Stant, Shawn Eckhardt, China, Mongolia, John Fusco, Jim Black, Music Supervisor, Music Supervision, Dave Weiss, The Lion King, Flutist, Flautist, Multi-Instrumentalists, Game of Thrones, Outlander, Kublai Khan, Eric Hachikian, One Hundred Eyes, The Starship Enterprise, John Williams, Logic, Omnisphere, EastWest, Kontakt, Little Phatty, Moog Voyager, Fender Rhodes, Wurtlitzer, My Dinner with Andre, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Wallace Shawn, Southold, Long Island, Connecticut, 2, 3, I, Sue Jacobs, DuoTone Audio Peter Nashel
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. 

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Diane Warren

Grammy, Emmy, and Golden Globe winning songwriting luminary and founder of Realsongs speaks on the powerful and timely message behind her 1960's inspired Oscar nominated song from Marshall, the tremendous response to her sexual assault survivor anthem with Lady Gaga, and the tenacity that has propelled her long-term success.

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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.

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