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Jeff Bova
Grammy Winner Producer / Musician / Composer / Arranger
Los Angeles, CA
With over a hundred platinum- and gold-selling records to his name, Jeff Bova is a Grammy Award-winning producer and musician. In addition to keyboards, he is an esteemed synthesist, programmer, arranger, composer, sound designer, editor, and mixer. During a career spanning 30 years, Jeff toured as a member of Herbie Hancock’s Rockit Band and has contributed to hundreds of recordings by significant mainstream artists like Katy Perry, Michael Jackson, Celine Dion, Luther Vandross, Iron Maiden, Eric Clapton, Robert Palmer, Billy Joel, The Bee Gees, Cher, Cyndi Lauper, Joe Bonamassa and so many more. Jeff won his Grammy “Album of the Year” as a producer for Celine Dion’s Falling Into You. His film work includes music for The Mask of Zorro, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Disney’s Tinkerbell, and Dennis Hopper’s Colors.
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Marc Urselli
3 Grammy Winner / Producer / Engineer
New York, NY
5-time nominated 3-time Grammy Award–winning audio engineer, live sound engineer, music producer, mixing engineer, remixer, sound designer, composer, musician, contributor, blogger. He is known for his work as a studio and live sound engineer with Lou Reed, Mike Patton, John Zorn, and Laurie Anderson.
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Pascal Guyon
Award Winning Musician / Producer / Arranger
Los Angeles, CA
Some of his credits include projects with Leona Lewis, Big Time Rush, Wynter Gordon, Anthony Hamilton, Steph Jones, Joe Budden, TVXQ, and Super Junior.
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Irko
Multi Platinum Award Winning Audio Engineer
New York, NY
Some of his credits include projects with Jay-Z, Jennifer Lopez, Kanye West, Pitbull, Rick Ross, Diddy, David Guetta, Fabolous, Kid Cudi, Kevin Gates, Collie Buddz, Kirko Bangz, Talib Kweli, Redman, 88-Keys, Lil Mo, Bilal, Akon, Rye Rye, Blaqstarr, M1 (Dead Prez), the Dilated Peoples, Sweet Leda, the Alchemist, Colin Munroe, J*Davey, Albe Back, Izza Kizza, Mndr, Coultrain, Snoop (from the Wire), Taylor Dayne, D-Train, Kenny Dubb, Shurland Ayers, Fabrizio Sotti, Flamm, Jennifer Denali, Steven Leitch, The New Tarot, J Oliver.
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Manuel Colmenero
Award Winning Music Producer and Sound Engineer
Madrid, SPAIN
Some of his credits include projects with Vetusta Morla, Nena Daconte, Joaquín Sabina, David Bisbal, Bustamante, India Martínez, Pastora Soler, and Eladio y los Seres Queridos.
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Ami Bondia
Personal branding expert
Madrid, SPAIN
Alejandro Sanz’ press manager during his international tours “El Tren De Los Momentos” (2007/2008), “Sirope” (2015/2016), and his most recent concert.
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Kevin Dippold
Songwriter / Producer / Engineer / Composer
Los Angeles, CA
The Smashing Pumpkins, Ziggy Marley, and Jessica Simpson. Aside from the music scene, Kevin has worked on a number of feature films as a composer, mixer, editor, and sound designer. He is currently scoring and mixing a TV show for NBC Sports called "Nock Out".
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Joey Peters
Drummer / Composer / Producer
Los Angeles, CA
Some of his credits include: Taking Pelham 123, Terminator Salvation, Armored, Bangkok Dangerous, Beowulf, The Brave One, War, Suspect Zero, Bride Wars, Planet of the Apes, Fast Food Nation, Lost, and Apocalypto. His commercial campaigns run the gamut from quirky pop songs to emotional score, play nationally and internationally and include spots for Victoria’s Secret, Coke, Gillette, Toyota, Haagen-Dazs, Honda, Panasonic, Old Navy, Sony, Sure, Nikon, Verizon and Camry. Some of his recent TV credits include: True Blood, Entourage, (HBO) and American Gangster.
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Lars Deutsch
Emmy winning composer / Producer / Songwriter
Los Angeles, CA
150 films, commercials and tv shows as composer, Emmy 2013. As producer / songwriter radio airplay in the US, Canada and Germany in 2014.
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James Sanger
Producer / Programmer
France
As a producer and programmer, James is credited with over 60 million record sales worldwide. His work has also won 3 Brit awards, 18 Grammys and 2 Ivor Novello awards since 2001. Some of his credits include projects with U2, Madonna, Dido, Phil Collins, Manic Street Preachers, Kylie Minogue, Mel C, Brian Eno, Keane, Sinead O'Connor, The Cardigans, Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry, Alex James from Blur, Pet Shop Boys, Joe Satriani, Siobhan Donaghy, Bryan Adams, KD Lang, Annie Lennox, The Cure ...and many more.
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Joe Conner
Drummer / Entrepreneur / Manager / A&R Deep Well/ Capitol
Los Angeles, CA
John Stevens, Mickey Factz, Bilal, Sammy Adams, Bobby McFerrin, Noel Gordin, Jessie J, Meshell Ndegeocello, Jordan Knight, Walter Beasley and more.
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Michael Carey
Music Production / Composition /Branding & Identity / Band/Brand Partnerships
Los Angeles, CA
Awards include Addys, Mobius and Cannes Silver Lion. Clients: Outback Steakhouse, Ford, Exxon, Charter Communications, Sonic, HEB, Mattel, Papa John's, Nokia, Pedigree, Pantene, National Kidney Foundation, Carrabbas, Cable in the Classroom, Bonefish Grill. TV & FILM CLIENTS: TBS, CBS, ABC, Disney, Miramax, Sony/Sunbow.
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Aurora Pfeiffer
Management / Songwriting / A&R / Song Plugging / Artist Development
Los Angeles, CA
Manager of multi-platinum artist Kristinia DeBarge & Thaddeus Dixon. Former A&R (EMI, Capitol). Placed songs at major labels and tv shows.
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Nils Gums
Music Industry Executive / A&R / Artist Realization
Los Angeles, CA
CEO & Founder of The Complex Group, Inc. & RAWsession, Karmin, The_Elev3n (SonyATV), Melanie Fontana (Rondor/Universal), Catey Shaw (SonyATV).
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Chris Heintz
A&R / Management / Music Production
Los Angeles, CA
He has worked with notable names in the business such as Bridgetown producer for Mary J Blige, Ne-Yo, Trey Songs, K Michelle, and more, APG producer Sermstyle (Pitbull “Timber”/Flo Rida “How I Feel”) and many more.
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Antonio Escobar
Producer
Madrid, SPAIN
Award-winning Spanish-born Music producer, sound designer, composer and engineer, for advertising, film, TV and recording artists. He has worked with Spanish and international artists such as John Legend, Dan Croll, Jorge Pardo, Quiero Club, Nena Daconte, Anni B Sweet, Nach, Carlos Rivera, OBK, Carlos Baute or Amaral, among many others.
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Hugh Mcintyre
Music journalist / Music writer / Music Industry expert
New York, NY
A pop music journalist and #1 most popular Forbes writer in the world according to internal online statistics in 2014.Some of his credits includes Forbes, The Huffington Post, Billboard, Mashable, Noisey, The Hollywood Reporter, MTV, BlackBook, LinkedIn, and various other magazines and blogs around the world. He is also the founder and editor-in-chief of the blog Pop! Bang! Boom!, and a member of The Recording Academy.
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Mati Altbach
Music photographer / Music Industry expert / Entrepreneur
Buenos Aires, ARG
In 2014 he was awarded the Best Music Photographer prize by NME in the Professional category. Since May 2015 he’s been travelling and shooting at Primavera Sound (Barcelona), BST Hyde Park and Wireless (London), Roskilde (Denmark), T in the Park (Scotland), Latitude (England), Sziget (Budapest), and Leeds (England). He also worked as part of the official staff photographers team at Lollapalooza Berlin 2015, the first edition of this festival in the city. He is a passionate entrepreneur, committed cultural manager and fierce photographer.
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Alejo Ativel
Singer / Producer / Composer
Madrid, SPA
Alejo Stivel was a founding member of Tequila, the emblematic Spanish rock group. Years later he became a record producer, more than 200 albums of artists. Among them are: Joaquín Sabina (19 days and 500 nights), La Oreja de Van Gogh, Mclan, La quinta estación, Jarabe de Palo, Claudio Gabis (Manal), and many more.
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Ignacio "Nacho" Molino
Engineer / Producer
New York, NY
2 Times Grammy and 3 Times Latin Grammy Winner. In his more than 20 years of professional engineering, Ignacio “Nacho” Molino has worked with well known Producers such as Sebastian Krys, Gavin Mackillop, Yunuen Viveros and Julio Reyes Copello. He has also worked with artists such as CJ Ramone, Ruben Blades, Carlos Vives, Los Rabanes, Joan Manuel Serrat, Omar Alfanno, Diego Torres,etc.
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Patricia Ferro
Vocal Coach
Madrid, Spain
Patricia Ferro works as a vocal coach and facilitator of creative and expressive processes in record productions, addressing the technical aspects of vocal work as well as blockages. psychoemotionals that hinder expressive and communicative processes through music-therapeutic strategies. Work in co-team with record producers, managers, and roadmanagers.
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Kim Fanlo
Producer and Musician
Barcelona, Spain
Kim Fanlo is a musician, producer, arranger and composer based in Barcelona, where he has his own recording studio, Wicked Sound. He has produced artists and bands such Nena Daconte duo (as a founder member), Pablo López or Georgina, and has collaborated with artists such Bunbury or Howie B. He has several platinum and gold selling-record for his productions, as well as various awards (Premio Ondas, Premios de la Música, Premio 40 Principales...). Nominated in the Latin Grammy for several albums and also as Producer of the Year (2016)..
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