Music Biz 2017

Jim Griffin is the Managing Director of Hazen, LLC and OneHouse, both dedicated to the digital delivery of art and its monetization. Griffin ran The Pho List for almost two decades and was CTO for Geffen, President of Network Licensing for Warner, ran Cherry Lane Digital for Cher... Read More →

Linda Bloss-Baum is the Sr. Director of Industry Relations at SoundExchange. In that role, she drives awareness and visibility for SoundExchange across multiple channels related to performance and music entertainment. Prior to joining SoundExchange, Bloss-Baum served as an indepe... Read More →

David Boyer has over 21 years of experience in diverse areas of the music industry, including over 15 years in business management. He is currently the Business Manager for Flood, Bumstead, McCready & McCarthy (FBMM). In addition, Boyer is the Treasurer for the International Ente... Read More →

Bart Herbison is Executive Director of the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI), the world's largest not-for-profit songwriters trade organization dedicated to the songwriting profession. Established in 1967, the organization’s membership of nearly 5,000 spans the United States and many other countries. With 140 chapters, NSAI is dedicated to protecting... Read More →

Peter Jenner is legendary in the music business. One time manager to Pink Floyd, The Clash, Ian Dury, Marc Bolan & Billy Bragg amongst many others, he is now at the forefront of the debates surrounding the digital use of music. With his late wife Sumi and partner Andrew King, Jenner set up Blackhill Enterprises. They staged the first ever concerts in... Read More →

Will Page is the Director of Economics at Spotify.  He was previously the Chief Economist at PRS for Music, where he published pioneering works including Adding Up The Industry, the Long Tail and Radiohead's In Rainbows. Since joining Spotify, he has presented new insights on the 'Anatomy of a Hit' for artists like Lorde, Mr Probz and Meghan Trainor and recently published papers on the global value of music copyright... Read More →

Gandhar Savur is a transactional attorney based in New York City, and a founding partner of Savur Threadgold, LLP, a boutique entertainment and IP firm with offices in New York, Nashville and Los Angeles. The firm represents individuals and businesses on matters related to entertainment, corporate, transactional, employment, intellectual property, and contract law. Savur focuses his practice in the music industry, particularly in the areas of licensing, recording agreements and publishing. His roster of music clients includes artists, labels, publishers, producers, managers, songwriters, and publicists... Read More →

Alison Smith is BMI’s Sr. VP of Operations, Distribution & Administration, based in BMI’s New York office. She is responsible for the oversight and timing of BMI’s domestic and international royalty distributions to its affiliated songwriters, composers, and music publishers, and the direction of all activities related to the administration of musical works contained in... Read More →