We chat to Christmas songwriter Elizabeth Chan about her incredible journey in the industry, and following her dream to turn Christmas music into a successful career. 

Follow Elizabeth: 
Lizchanchristmas.com | @Lizchanmusic

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Rumblefish's Director of Business Development Ben Kihnel takes us through the fundamentals of monetising your music on YouTube, including:

- Running & monetising your own channel

- Multi-channel networks

- Working with an administrator like Rumblefish

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We chat to award-winning singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk about her life in music and experience with sync licensing and songwriting. 

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On behalf of the folks at Music Biz, we hosted "A guide to indie sync" webinar with the fantastic Lindsay-Bea Davis, music supervisor at VICE. 

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We talk sync, musical discovery and working on documentaries with VICE music supervisor Lindsay-Bea Davis.

Hailing from Nova Scotia, Canada, Lindsay-Bae has worked on a number of films and television shows in Los Angeles, as well as partnered with the Canadian Performing Rights Organization, SOCAN, as their Licensing Consultant in Toronto. She has shared her music business expertise with the Guild of Music Supervisors in Los Angeles as an Executive Consultant and is currently based in Toronto as the Music Supervisor for VICE Canada.

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Artist manager and NYU faculty Marat Berenstein talks us through the key factors involved in music licensing and clearance.

Learn more about Marat and the artists he manages here:
http://maratberenstein.com

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We talk to Grammy nominated music supervisor Thomas Golubic about working on some of TV's most exciting shows including Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Halt and Catch Fire, The Walking Dead, Six Feet Under and Turn. 

Thomas won the Guid of Music Supervisors award for Best Music Supervision in a Television Drama two years in a row for his work on Breaking Bad. 

Learn more about Thomas and his team at supermusicvision.com.

We speak to music supervisor Vanessa Jorge Perry who helps us to demystify the process of placing music in trailers.

Over the past 14 years, Vanessa has been a music supervisor for both television and movie trailers, working at Entertainment Tonight, The Ant Farm, and Aspect Ratio. She's worked on placements for projects such as Sideways, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Star Trek, Transformers, Eat Pray Love, Iron Man 1 & 2, Leap Year, It's Complicated, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

Please note: Due to some technical difficulties you'll notice an echo for the first 10-15 minutes. We apologise for any inconveniences caused. 

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Gary Calamar is a music supervisor and KCRW DJ who has worked on some of the most popular shows of the last 10 years including Six Feet Under, Dexter, and True Blood. We talk to Gary about his career highlights so far, his music supervision process, and creating his own music. 

Check out Gary's company GO Music, his personal homepage and his KCRW page below:

Mike sits down with music supervisor Tracy McKnight at CMW to talk music in movies and TV. During her time as a music supervisor and throughout her previous role as Head of Film Music for Lionsgate, Tracy has worked on numerous high profile projects from The Hunger Games, Warrior, and The Expendables, to Selma and Triple 9. 

She is also currently on the board of Women in Film and is the Vice President of the Guild of Music Supervisors. Check out her IMDb page here.

Mike sits down with Grey NY music producer Ben Dorenfeld at CMW to discuss all things music in advertising. Ben recently supervised music for an international Pringles campaign, produced music for Grey NY's first campaign with Volvo, and produced music for Pantene's "Not Sorry" spot, which has gained international attention and was awarded Ad of the Day on Adweek. 

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At Canadian Music Week last month Mike sat down with freelance music supervisor and ex head of music for Elias Arts Jason Kramer. Kramer has worked with brands such as Kia, Pepsi, Target, Lexus, and Toyota, and in 2014 he won the Guild of Music Supervisors Award for Best Music Supervision in Advertising.

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In this episode we talk to music supervisor Joel C. High about his background in music supervision, placing music in film and TV, and advice for aspiring music supervisors.

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How does PlayStation look for and find music for its games? Lindsey explains how her and her team source music for both games and game trailers, and the process of placing tracks in a game. She also gives advice for songwriters and catalog representitives hoping to get their music in a game, as well as tips for aspiring music supervisors! 

 

We speak to Dominic Griffin, VP Licensing of Disney Music Group about marketing, monetising and protecting musical assets. 

Dominic talks about some of Disney's recent sync licensing successes, how he protects such a universally loved brand, his tips for finding licensing opportunities, the giant that is Frozen, and much more! 

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