SAVE THE DATE- NOVEMBER 16
WHO KNEW Presents The Pitch - An Evening With Music Supervisors
Come see 8 bands perform one song each in front of a panel of A-list Music Supervisors and watch what happens next. It’s “Shark Tank” for sync licenses. This is our most popular event and you will not want to miss it. Stay tuned for details about the artists and supervisors.
An extension of MusicRowSearch, WHO KNEW Nashville is a bi-monthly event designed to provide unique perspectives from many of the music industry’s most accomplished executives and brightest minds. Think "Shark Tank" + TED Talks + speed dating. It’s the next generation of Meet Up. The event serves as a fertile hunting ground for talent, trends and who’s making it happen. Everyone who attends gets a birds’ eye view of who’s new and who’s next.
“WHO KNEW Nashville is an event series inspired by my mission to connect people. Nashville is one and half degrees of separation. I kept meeting and seeing the incredible wealth of knowledge, experience and talent and thought 'How do I get all of these people in one room?'
That’s how WHO KNEW started. Beginning in 2015, our sold out events feature the most innovative minds, anarchists, entrepreneurs and trend setters in the music industry. Each event highlights a topic that’s real and right now. Real conversations. Real connections.”
A look at the past WHO KNEW events:
Past WHO KNEW Speakers
Stacie Seifrit Griffin: Marketing, Media & Tourism. Lockin' Festival & Infinity Downs Farm
Andrew Rasiej: Founder, Irving Plaza Digital Club Network
Phil Thornton - SVP / General Manager at RCA Inspiration / Sony Music
Claude Kelly + Chuck Harmony - Co-founders & CEO’s of the Weirdo Workshop
Gina Miller - Vice President and General Manager Entertainment One Nashville
Steve Robertson - Senior VP of A&R - Atlantic Records
Abbey Adams - Senior Creative Director, A&R - Sony ATV Music Publishing
Tracy Gershon - A&R and artist development consultant; Red Light Management
Kevin Williamson - Interscope/Geffen/A&M Records
Chris McMurtry - Founder and CEO of Dart Data
Emmanuel Zunz - Founder and CEO of ONErpm
John Marks - Global Head of Country Music at Spotify
Erin Crawford - SVP and GM of Music at Nielsen
Kevin Griffin - Lead Vocalist, Better Than Ezra; Co-Founder of The Pilgrimage Music Festival
Sarah Trahern - CEO of the Country Music Association
Jeremy Holley - Co-Founder FlyteVu
Jeff Cuellar - VP Strategic Partnerships at AC Entertainment
James Donio - President, Music Business Association
Linda Edell Howard - L.E.M.I. at Adams and Reese LLP (Lawyer, Entrepreneur, MamaMafia and Idea-Generator)
Julie Boos - Co-owner/VP/Business Manager at Flood, Bumstead, McCready & McCarthy
Tracy Gershon - VP of A&R of Rounder Records; Manager at Red Light Management
BJ Leiderman - Composer of NPR’s theme music
Kate O’Neill - Digital expert, songwriter, published editor
Deborah Newman - Digital Music Consultant/Attorney
Judy Tint - Music Industry Attorney; Working Musician
Kristin Thomson - Future of Music Coalition – Co-Director of Artist Revenue Streams Project
Jill Block - CEO of Nashville Non-Toxi and Co-Founder of the Billy Block Corporation
Kamaal Malak - Producer, bassist formerly of Arrested Development
Alanna Royale - Recording Artist; Performing full set with her band
Gavin Ivester - FLO{Thinkery} CEO
David Macias - Co-Founder and President of Thirty Tigers
Scott Hendricks - EVP and Head of A&R at Warner Music Nashville
Tom Zutaut - Legendary A&R Executive (Discovered Guns N’ Roses)
Kevin Grosch - CEO of Made in Network
Rachel Beauregard & Bryan Dawley - Recording Artists Native Run
Bailey Spaulding - Co-Founder, CEO, Brewmaster Jackalope Brewing Company
Lars Murray - SVP Music Industry Group Pandora
Steve Schnur - Worldwide Executive of Music At Electronic Arts
Anastasia Brown - Music Supervisor, Consultant, Author and Producer
Craig Havighurst - WHO KNEW… Historian, journalist and co-host of Music City Roots
Mike Butera - Founder & CEO of Artiphon
Ken Paulson - Dean of MTSU’s College of Media & Entertainment and President of the First Amendent Center
Benji Rogers - President & Founder of PledgeMusic
Dan Buckley - Lightning 100 Program Director, EMCEE
Dawn Soler - SVP of Music at ABC (TV)
Erin Scully - EVP of Music at New Line Cinema
Cybele Pettus - Senior Music Supervisor at Electronic Arts
Peter Sharpiro: Founder, Dayglo Ventures
Larry Miller: Director of the Music Business Program at NYU Steinhardt
Shannon Sanders - GRAMMY winning producer and Program Director 102.1 The VILLE
Dick Wingate: Principal, Dev Advisors
Jackie Patillo - President & Executive Director of the Gospel Music Association
Anasa Troutman - Founder/CEO, Eloveate
H. Beecher Hicks, III - President & CEO at National Museum of African American Music
John Marks - Global Editor for Country Music - Spotify
David Macias - Co-founder and President - Thirty Tigers
Laurel Kittleson - A&R Director - Big Machine Label Group
Tom Douglas - Hall of Fame songwriter
Dave Pomeroy - Professional bass player and President of Local Musicians Union #257
Garth Fundis - Grammy nominated producer
Jody Williams - VP of Writer/Publisher Relations at BMI
Dr. E. Michael Harrington - Expert Witness To Many of the Music Industry’s Most Visible and Controversial Infringement Cases
Steve Keller - CEO of iV Audio Branding
Jed Hilly - Executive Director of the Americana Music Association
David Ross - BossRoss Media Consulting; Founder of Music Row Magazine
Sloane Scott - Entrepreneur, Branding Expert, Cancer Warrior
Michael Weintrob - Renowned Entertainment Photographer; Creator of InstrumentHead
Ali Harnell - Senior VP, AEG Live; Artist Manager, The Shadowboxers
Ree Guyer Buchanan - Owner/President at Wrensong Music Publishing
Marcie Allen - President, MAC Presents
Leslie Fram - Senior VP of Music Strategy of Viacom/CMT
Bryan Calhoun - Head of Digital Strategy; Freeform Development Co-Founder and Creator of The Music Business Toolbox
Bertis Downs - REM’s long-time lawyer
Jim Griffin - Managing Director of OneHouse
Ken Gay - Entertainment Technologist
Debbie Carroll - MusiCares
Tatum Allsep -Music Healthcare Alliance
Jeff Price - Co-Founder of Audiam
Heather McBee - VP of Accelerator Programming at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center
Terry Cologne - Richards & Southern Merchandising
Steve Savoca - Spotify Head of Content
Randy Wachtler - Warner/Chappell Production Music President & CEO
Hunter Williams - Creative Arts Agency
Charles Alexander - Founder of Outside the Box Music
Doyle Davis - Co-Owner of Grimey’s New and Preloved Music
Brittany Wegusen - Kalatech CEO
Notelle - EDM Artist
Mark Mulligan - Co-Founder of Midia Consulting, Creator of “Music Industry Blog” and author of Awakening – The Music Industry in the Digital Age
Dave Frey - CEO Silent Partner Management; Founder of the Lockn' Music Festival
Brian Waymire - Founder of RedGorilla Music Festival
Lenore Kinder - Talent Booker, Concert Promoter AEG Live
Don VanCleave - Manager of Moon Taxi
Adam Voith - Booking Agent at The Billions Corporation
Larry Kloess - Founder of Cause A Scene
Aaron Mercer - Partner at Wool & Tusk
Jessica Ruoti - Music Supervisor at Open Road Entertainment