Over 160 of the Leaders of the Music Business!

The 2014 List Players is being put together and will be announced shortly.

Below you can see who spoke in 2013 – this year will continue with even more visionaries!



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2013 Players

Michael Abbattista – Global Head of Telecom/ISP Partnerships, Spotify

Matthew Adell – CEO, Beatport

Sean Agnew – Founder, R5 Productions

Lee Anderson – Agent, AM Only

Peter Asher – Producer / Songwriter

Martin Atkins – Educator/Author/Drummer

Michelle Bayer – Music Licensing and Clearances, Shelly Bay Music

Brian Benedik – VP, North America Ad Sales, Spotify

Vanessa Bley – Artist/Songwriter, Beast Patrol

Michael Brauer – Mix Engineer, MHB Productions

Parker Todd Brooks – VP, Creative Services & Artist Relations, Topspin Media

Stephen Bryan – EVP, Digital Strategy and Business Development, Warner

Susan Butler – Executive Editor/Publisher, Music Confidential

Jim Cady – President & CEO, Slacker

Charles Caldas – CEO, Merlin

Bryan Calhoun – Digital Strategy, The Blueprint Group

Paul Campbell – CEO, Amazing Media

Rio Caraeff – President & Chief Executive Officer, VEVO

Mike Catalano – Managing Director, PMT Americas

Andy Chen – CEO, WiMP Music

Dylan Chenfeld – A&R, Razor & Tie

Cliff Chenfeld – Co-CEO, Razor & Tie

David Chesky – Co-Founder/CEO, HDtracks

Norman Chesky – President, HDtracks

Robert Christgau – Dean of American Rock Critics

Ted Cohen – Managing Partner, TAG Strategic

Richard Conlon – Senior Vice President, BMI

Frank Cooper III, CMO – Global CMO, Consumer Engagement PepsiCo, Inc.

Jared Cotter – Multi-Platinum Songwriter, Twin Gem Productions, Sony ATV, BMI

Bruno Crolot – Director Midem & Music Markets, Reed Midem

Patch Culbertson – A&R Manager, Republic Records

Keith D’Arcy – Creative Licensing & Catalog Acquisition, Songs Music Publishing

Axel Dauchez – CEO, Deezer

Corey Denis – VP Digital Music Strategies & Marketing, Toolshed

Josh Deutsch – Chairman & CEO, Downtown Records

Marty Diamond – Head of East Coast Music, Paradigm Talent Agency

Carson Donnelly – A&R, Columbia Records

Sara Donovan – VP, Director of Media, Mintz + Hoke

Sachin Doshi – Head of Development and Analysis, Spotify

Mike Dougherty – Founder, CEO, Jelli

Mike Doughty – Musician, Snack Bar

David Dufresne – CEO, Bandzoogle

Ron Fair – CCO, Virgin Records

Ardie Farhadieh – Marketing and Media Manager, The Billions Corporation

Adam Farrell – Creative Director, Loma Vista

Andrew Fechter – Urban A&R Coordinator, Atlantic Records

Lori Feldman – SVP Brand Partnerships & Music Licensing, WMG

Robert Fernandez – CEO, Famous Artist Music & Management

Jason Foster – Owner, We Are Free

Jay Frank – Owner/CEO, DigSin

David Galea – Agent, The Agency Group

Matt Galle – Founder, Photo Finish Records

Kenny Gates – Founder/CEO, [PIAS]

Amanda Ghost – Writer/Producer/CEO, Outsiders/Universal

Daniel Glass – CEO, Glassnote Records

Sean Glass – Bossman, Win Music

Sean Glover – Director, Soundexchange

Jake Gold – President/ CEO, The Management Trust

Danny Goldberg – President, Goldve Entertainment

Michael Goldstone – Founder, Mom + Pop Records

Max Gredinger – Artist Manager, Foundations Artist Management

Steve Greenberg – Founder/CEO, S-Curve Music

Owen Grover – SVP, Content Partnerships, Clear Channel

Jeremy Gruber – Director of Business Development, Concord Music Group

Steve Guttenberg – The Audiophiliac, CNET

Sanne Hagelsten – Founder, Zync

Andrew Hampp – Senior Correspondent, Billboard

Kurt Hansen – Founder/CEO, Accuradio

Matt Harmon – President, Beggars Group USA

Brian Hennigan – NextLab Operations Manager, YouTube

Stanislas Hintzy – Director Strategy & Business Development, Moozar

Sam Hollander – Songwriter

Niles Hollowell-Dhar – Artist, The Cataracs

Laurent Hubert – COO, BMG

Dick Huey – Founder, Toolshed

Angela Hunte – GRAMMY-winning Songwriter

Michael Huppe – President, SoundExchange

Rob Inadomi – A&R Director, RCA/Sony Music

Jon Irwin – CEO, President, Rhapsody International

Ian James – Managing Director, Mushroom Publishing Group

Jack Isquith – SVP, Strategic Development and Content Programming, Slacker

Tom Jackson – Owner, Tom Jackson’s Onstage Success

Mike Jbara – President & CEO, WEA

David Kahne – Owner, SeeSquare Music

Justin Kalifowitz – President, DMP Group

Craig Kallman – Chairman & CEO, Atlantic Records

Stephanie Karten – Manager of A&R / New Media, Robbins Entertainment

Kevin King – Strategic Advisor, Fuzz.com

Allen Kovac – CEO, 10th Street Entertainment/Eleven Seven Music Group

Steven Kritzman – SVP Sales, Pandora

Jeff Lanier – Founder / A&R, Label Recruit

Jason Lekberg – VP Digital Strategy and Marketing, Eleven Seven Music

Vivien Lewit – Director, Content Partnerships – Music, YouTube

Avery Lipman – President and Co-founder, Republic Records

Monte Lipman – Founder, Chairman & CEO, Republic Records

Rosie Lopez – President, TommyBoy Entertainment

Henrik Lorensen – Corporate Vice President, B&O Play

Tim Mandelbaum – Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP

Billy Mann – CEO, Green & Bloom/TOPL1NE Music Publishing

Katerina Markov – Head of Global Innovation, Atom Factory

Brandon Martinez – Co-founder/CEO, INDMUSIC

Mike McCready – Co-founder/CEO, Music Xray

Larry Mestel – Founder & CEO, Primary Wave Music

Heath Miller – Vice President, Webster Hall & Excess dB Entertainment

Patrick Moxey – President, Ultra Music

Vickie Nauman – President, 7digital

Dan Omelio – Songwriter/Producer

Matt Ostrower – Sr. Director, Artist Partnerships, Pandora

Glenn Peoples – Senior Editorial Analyst, Billboard

Mark Piibe – EVP, Global Business Development and Digital Strategy, Sony

Antony Preston – A&R | Producer | Songwriter | Creative, will.i.am music llc

Josh Rabinowitz – SVP/Director of Music, Grey

Dean Raise – Artist Manager, C3 Management

Jeff Regan – Director Music Programming, Alt Nation

Michael Reinert – Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP

Steve Rennie – President, REN Management Corporation

Elliot Resnik – Attorney At Law, Shukat Arrow Hafer Weber & Herbsman LLP

Mark Richardson – Editor-in-Chief, Pitchfork

Adam Ritholz – Esq., Ritholz Levy

Scott Robinson – Co-Founder/CEO, Dualtone

Benji Rogers – Founder & CEO, PledgeMusic

Elias Roman – CEO, Songza

John Rosso – President of Market Development, Triton Digital

Adam Schlesinger – Songwriter/Producer

Asya Shein – Founder & Publisher, Fusicology.com

Adam Shore – Owner, The Daily Swarm

Itaal Shur – itaalavision, ITAALAVISION

J Sider – Founder & CEO, BandPage

Zeke Silvera – A&R Representative/Coordinator, Island Records

Ralph Simon – Co-Founder, Zomba Group

Rick Song – EVP National Digital Sales, Clear Channel Media & Entertainment

Brad Soroca – COO/CMO, eMusic

Rob Stevenson – Executive VP of A&R, Republic Records

Danny Strick – Co-President, Sony/ATV Music Pub.

John Sykes – President, Entertainment Enterprises, Clear Channel

Josh Tanenbaum – President & CEO, LOCAL VIBES

Monika Tashman – Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP

Taylor Testa – A&R Manager, Virgin Records

Mark Tindle – Senior Vice President, Sales & Business Development, Musicmetric

Jeff Toig – Senior Vice President, Muve Music

Lee Trink – President, Dare Mighty Entertainment

Stephen Valenta – Finance & Advertising, 8tracks

Darius Van Arman – Co-owner, Jagjaguwar, Dead Oceans and Secretly Canadian

Ed Vetri – CEO, WindUPRecords

Vlad Vukicevic – Co-Founder & CTO, RocketHub

Gregg Wattenberg – Chief Creative Officer, Wind-Up Entertainment

Chloe Weise – A&R, RCA

Bill Werde – Editorial Director, Billboard

Alex White – CEO & Co-Founder, Next Big Sound

Ron Wilcox – Executive Counsel, Business Affairs, Strategic & Digital Initiatives, WMG

Anand Wilder – Artist/Songwriter, Yeasayer

Michael “Blue” Williams – CEO, Family Tree Entertainment

Damon Williams – Vice President of Programming & Content Development, MUSIC CHOICE

Thomas Windish – President, The Windish Agency

Jerry Wonda – CEO/Owner/Producer, Wonda Music