(Former Head of Rock, Spotify & Host/Executive Producer, Spotify Original Series)
Booking Agent, Sound Talent Group
Charley Londoño
Counsel Plus, Co.
Chris Foitle
Head of A&R, Epitaph Records
Founder & CEO, Velvet Hammer Music & Management Group (Alice In Chains, Deftones, Korn, System Of A Down & More)
Director, Buma ROCKS! (The Netherlands)
Garrett Capone
VP of Promotion & GM Rock Music, Crush Music
Executive Sr. VP / Talent & Curation, Danny Wimmer Presents
Sr. Business Affairs Manager, FCB NY
Sr. Vice President A&R, Warner Chappell Music
Chairman of APRKA (Czech Republic)
CEO, Eventim Live Asia
Founder, Blue Lemon Management (Sweden)
Managing Director, RBK Fusion (Germany)
Executive Manager, YMU
Program Director, 95/5 KLOS Meruelo Media, Los Angeles
Rock Editor, AllAccess.com
Sr. VP/Head of A&R, Red Bull Records
Head of Artist Relations, IndieFlow
Lisa Worden
Vice President Rock & Alternative, Program Director ALT 98.7 - LA's New Alternative, iHeartMedia National Programming Group
Music & Media Journalist (U.K.)
Founder, Endless Music (The Netherlands)
Matt Pinfield
Host "New & Approved" KLOS, Los Angeles / Westwood One & Benztown Radio Networks Syndicated Host
Co-Founder, Artist For Artist
Michael Faley
President, Metal Blade Records
Owner & Founder, Ranka Kustannus
Publisher, The Music Registry
President & Founder, Mad Mac Entertainment
Founder, Infinite Dreams / Bangalore Open Air Festival (India)
Sat Bisla
President & Founder, A&R Worldwide / Global Rock Summit
Sean Heydorn
Vice President, Rise Records
Artist & Producer Manager, Creative Consultant, SOS Management
Founder & Managing Director of Third Culture Ent't (India)
Thomas Scherer
President, Repertoire & Marketing, Los Angeles & New York, BMG
Award Winning Producer (Alice In Chains, KISS, Korn, Ozzy Osbourne, Primus & More)
Sr. Programming Director/Music Strategies, Trafalgar Releasing
Frank Helmink
Director, Buma ROCKS! (Holland)
Is it possible to combine two heavy jobs -MD of The Buma Culture Foundation and Head of Communication at BUMA/STEMRA- with a busy private life? According to Frank Helmink it is. Being a well-known, well respected, and beloved key person of the Dutch music industry Frank has paid his dues and earned his pay since he graduated as a Bachelor Journalism & Communication in 1995. Frank instantly got hired by the newly launched Dutch TV station The Music Factory where he proved himself to be an excellent chief editor and program manager. But those were just a few of his many talents such as organising, managing, producing, directing, negotiating, radio dj-ing and writing about music. From 2002-2009 Frank co managed the fullservice publicity and advertising agency Alpha 69 Communications B.V. (a.o. sales, legal, concepting, financial, new business, dealmaking, MarCom & PR) before going on a mission in 2009 as the new MD of Buma Cultuur (Buma Culture Foundation: a non-profit organization that supports and promotes Dutch music) and as the Head of Communication at BUMA/STEMRA (the Dutch collecting society for composers and music publishers). One of his many tasks is organising the internationally celebrated events Amsterdam Dance Event, Eurosonic-Noorderslag, Buma NL, Buma Rotterdam Beats, Buma Toonzetters, Jazzdag, Buma Awards and Buma ROCKS!. In his rare leisure time this sympathethic bon vivant is hanging out with his kids at sports events or can be found at a metal show in a theater near you. Oh, and did we mention that Frank is a very down to earth guy blessed with a great sense of humour?