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2026-02-09	In LA – NARIP Music Biz Brunch @ Harmony Records × NARIP Music Biz Brunch presented by the National Association of Record Industry Professionals (NARIP ) Get ready for our next brunch! Lasting professional connections and relationships, opportunities and collaborations too numerous to mention have resulted from decades of NARIP Brunches nationwide. Whether you live or work in Los Angeles, the entertainment capital of the world, are visiting or just passing through, all are welcome! Industry pros from around the world schedule trips to coincide with NARIP Brunches, which are known to be so fun and valuable. Short, guided introductions help you identify collaborators who fit your professional and creative offerings and needs, and get in front of people who can make a difference to your business. Is your network not working? Ours is. Come see and be seen. Eat (a bagel), meet and greet other pros. Please join us! @NARIP* #NARIPBrunch WHEN Saturday, February 7th, 2026 11:00AM – Doors open 11:30AM – Introductions begin 1:00PM – Brunch ends Registration closes at 6:00PM PST on Friday, February 6th. WHERE In Porter Ranch CA 91326 at private residence in gated community Street address provided with your registration. No walk-ups. Each guest must have government-issued identification. NARIP reserves the right to refuse admission to anyone. Limited space available. FREE street parking. COST $20 – NARIP Members $30 – Non-members * * Discount code for NARIP Member use only: Cost includes event admission and refreshments to include bagels, snacks, coffee and beverages. THANK YOU Special thanks to David Blake Chatfield, President of Harmony Records for his help organizing this brunch. @NARIP #NARIPBrunch WHAT PROFESSIONALS SAY ABOUT NARIP and NARIP BRUNCHES “One of the best opportunities to network” in the biz (Music Connection Magazine) “NARIP provides new opportunities and innovative ways for professionals to connect with each other and get discovered.” Aton Ben-Horin, Executive Vice President, A&R, Warner Music Group \| CEO – Plush Management “NARIP brunches have been a HUGE benefit for me and my company,” says Geodesic Management’s Dan Strader from New York. “In just a few hours at a Los Angeles brunch, I was able to establish a presence in that city and make solid connections that I still use to this day. Networking brunches have now begun in New York, and the connections we’ve made are career-changing.” “Over the years, NARIP has consistently introduced me to licensors and artists all over the world resulting in a lot of placements in my projects and quite a few friendships. The small format for NARIP workshops allows me to get to know everyone in the room. NARIP cares about its members and connecting them for mutually beneficial working relationships.” Andrea von Foerster, Music Supervisor, Firestarter Music * Established in 1998, NARIP promotes education, career advancement and goodwill in the record and music industries. NARIP also promotes the cultural and economic benefits of music and copyright in the U.S. and abroad, and provides a platform to convey insights and perspectives to improve our industries.
2023-09-22	NARIP Film TV Music Supervisor Pitch Session: Rush Hour, Dad Wanted, Gloria × Pictured above: projects for which music supervisor Patricia Carrera has sourced and licensed music. NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Session with Patricia Carrera Intimate Pitch Meetings with Top Music Supervisors and Synch Agents Over 3,000 Placements PLUS 35 Representation Signings Result From NARIP Pitch Sessions A NARIP Series: Intimate Pitch Meetings with Top Music Buyers including Music Supervisors, A&R Executives, Synch Agents & Music Producers Is your music getting to decision-makers? At NARIP’s intimate sessions, you get to meet music buyers including A&R executives, music supervisors, synch agents and music producers and pitch for current placement opportunities, representation, and projects, and get immediate feedback. Many music buyers – directors, producers and music supervisors – name these Synch Agents as among their go-to music providers. These Agents, who NARIP has researched and interviewed, have placed thousands of songs in blockbuster films, hit television shows, trailers, global promotion and advertising campaigns, and video games. At NARIP’s small, intimate sessions, you get to meet and pitch Synch Agents for current placement opportunities and representation, and get immediate feedback. Come meet these career-makers. BACKGROUND Since 2011, NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions have secured over 3,000 placements in blockbuster films, hit television series, global promotion and advertising campaigns, and major studio trailers for NARIP members. Since inception of NARIP’s Synch Agent Pitch Sessions in 2018, thirty-five (35) NARIP members have signed representation or music publishing deals as a direct result with more in the works now. Other outcomes include collaborations, co-writing, producing and commissioned work. At this NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Session: Meet international music supervisor Patricia Carrera who sources and places music in global films, hit TV shows and documentaries. Intimate event with international music supervisor: enrollment limited to 16 people No cattle calls, no 300-person crowds or conferences, no velvet ropes Get detailed brief in advance to prepare your best pitch Direct access + firsthand info = better results FOR YOU Direct access to potential buyer and multiple placements Get professional feedback Topics: Trends in global music licensing and deals Exclusive, non-exclusive, single-song deals Budgets and fee ranges Copyright ownership, rights retention, song re-titling ALSO Small, focused NARIP Sessions enable one-on-one time and immediate direct feedback to music presented by participants. At NARIP Pitch Sessions, limited to 16 people, you get to know the guest music supervisor, synch agent or producer, and they to get to know you. Most important, attendees meet these key players, paving the way for placement, representation, collaboration and ongoing opportunities, and giving them an edge in a competitive market. WHAT TO EXPECT AT A NARIP MUSIC SYNCH AGENT PITCH SESSION PREPARATION IS KEY NARIP Synch Agent Pitch Sessions are limited to an enrollment of just 16 people. About one week prior to NARIP’s Session, all registrants will get a brief of the guest supervisor’s then-CURRENT music needs. Each registrant will have a chance to pitch in response to the music briefs provided and get immediate feedback to music pitched. Each participant must submit 5 songs (MP3s only please) 36 hours prior to NARIP’s Music Supervisor Session. Please note that due to time constraints you will only be able to pitch your TOP 3 songs for consideration and immediate feedback (more, if time permits). This process takes the mystery out of why a piece of music does or doesn’t fit. On-the-spot feedback enables registrants to re-work tracks and re-submit, which creates a much higher probability to get them licensed (choose well!). If you do not have music that matches the current needs of the supervisor, fear not! You can still attend and present the top three songs in your catalog. Make sure the songs are unique and captivating. This is helpful because a music supervisor’s needs change constantly. To optimize impact of music you pitch at NARIP’s Music Supervisor Session, we highly recommend that you target the briefs. Good luck and see you there! BEFORE NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: • NARIP prepares a one-sheet for each participant including your photo and bio for the guest music supervisor to use and review at the event, and to take with him after the event. We will request your photo and bio one week prior to the event. In preparing these materials, we recommend you focus on brief career highlights in your bio and have a professional photo available. • Approximately 5 to 7 days prior to NARIP’s Session, you will be sent a project brief describing several cues needed for a current project(s) of our guest speaker. These often include reference songs or links so that you can hear exactly what he seeks or needs to replace. • You will submit your tracks with writer, publisher and other rights holder information that will also be supplied to the music supervisor during and after NARIP’s Session. • You will get submission and meta-tagging guidelines, and mentoring as to how best to prepare your music for submission. DURING NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: • You will get to play at least three songs (sometimes more, if time permits) for the guest music supervisor who will provide feedback to you for each one. • NARIP moderator asks very specific questions to help participants learn and understand how to modify their tracks to make these more place-able for the guest supervisor’s specific needs at hand. AFTER NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: • NARIP provides our guest speaker with participant one-sheets and all music from NARIP’s Session, including notes detailing the guest speaker’s interest in specific tracks. • If requested by guest speaker, NARIP conveys additional tracks, remixes, instrumentals etc. to him. • If approved by guest speaker, NARIP provides his contact details to registrants. DON’T GET LOST IN THE CROWD: SMALL IS THE NEW BIG NARIP Sessions are deliberately kept small and intimate, which is just one reason they work so well and why participants have enjoyed nearly 3,000 placements to date. Limited enrollment of 16 people per session guarantees that registrants meet and get face-time with our guest. ALMOST 3,000 PLACEMENTS FROM NARIP MUSIC SUPERVISOR SESSIONS Our small format works! NARIP Session participants have placed nearly 3,000 tracks as a direct result of NARIP Music Supervisor Sessions. Other benefits include new publishing deals for NARIP members, creative collaborations and co-writes, strategic introductions to other music supervisors and placement experts, new representation for composers and much more. NARIP’S BIGGEST PLACEMENT TO DATE: VODAFONE Click here to read about NARIP’s biggest placement to date in a Vodafone campaign (Oct 2014) that paid handsomely and launched a career. Other brand placements include McDonalds and AT&T ads, among others. Placements secured and professional relationships formed through NARIPs music supervisor sessions have earned praise and many placements! See TESTIMONIALS and PLACEMENTS sections below. About Guest Speaker Patricia Carrera After almost 20 years working in royalty collection for artists and authors, Patricia Carrera began licensing for films, TV and advertising 11 years ago, and became a music supervisor 9 years ago as well as consulting for films, TV, advertising. Currently she represents international music producer Phil Vinall and handles issues for artists such as Beto Cuevas, Ely Guerra, Enjambre, Pato Machete, Jonaz and many others. TESTIMONIALS Click here to read what people say about NARIP’s Music Supervisor Sessions. NARIP MUSIC SUPERVISOR SESSIONS IN THE NEWS, PLACEMENTS & SUCCESS STORIES See full list of NARIP placements to date at NARIP.com. For articles in Music Connection, Digital Music News, The Guardian (UK), MusikWeek (UK), Musik Woche (Germany), Taxi Drivers: Cinema e Cultura Metropolitano (Italy), MEOW (US) and other publications, and to read about NARIP members and session participants who have made almost 3,000 placements as a direct result of NARIP Sessions, see NARIP.com Read about NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions in Digital Music News at NARIP.com WHEN NEW DATE* Friday, September 22nd, 2023 12:45 p.m. PST – Registration and networking 1:00 p.m. PST – Program begins 2:30 p.m. PST – Break 4:00 p.m. PST – Program ends WHERE Online PITCH VIA ZOOM (or have NARIP pitch for you): Pitch via Zoom, or we can present material for you and provide the guest music supervisor’s feedback to you directly. If you have questions, please call or email us at 818-769-7007 or info@narip.com. PER-SESSION, PER PERSON COST $299 NARIP Members * $399 Non-Members * Available to Professional and Executive NARIP Members only (not to monthly members). Members please log in to receive discount. NARIP reserves the right to refuse admission to anyone. 2 WAYS TO REGISTER 1. Eventbrite 2. Call 818-769-7007 to pay by phone Pre-paid admission guarantees seating, NARIP Sessions sell out. No refunds. We appreciate your cooperation. SOURCES FOR MORE INFO Patricia Carrera on IMDB.com NARIP.com ____________________________________________________ The National Association of Record Industry Professionals promotes career advancement, education and good will among record executives. Get connected, stay connected. NARIP: Expertise & Tools To Market & Monetize Music Learn ? Network ? Access Opportunity
2023-08-17	NARIP Ad Film TV Music Supervisor Pitch Session (Grey Goose, Facebook, HBO) × Meet, pitch top music supervisor who sources and secures music to license and place in global brand campaigns, film and television NARIP Advertising, Film and TV Music Superivosr Pitch Session (Grey Goose, Facebook, HBO Comedy, Booking.com, Instagram) Join us for NARIP’s Advertising, Film and TV Music Supervisor Pitch Session, an online event. This session is a unique opportunity for music rights holders and creators to pitch their music to top music supervisor Beth Urdang who sources and places music in global advertising and brand campaigns, in film and television including Grey Goose Vodka, Facebook, HBO Comedy, Booking.com, Instagram and others. At this limited enrollment session, up to 16 attendees pitch music and receive immediate feedback from music supervisor Beth Urdang. Rights holders including labels, publishers, producers, songwriters, composers and musicians are welcome at this intimate event which is a platform to get music you represent heard and placed. More importantly, if our guest likes what she hears from you, this opens the door to future ongoing placement opportunities. Our event takes place on Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 11:00AM (GMT-0700 Pacific Daylight Time). Don’t miss this opportunity to connect directly with a very busy music supervisor. NARIP Pitch Sessions have proven effective with over 3000 placements and nearly 40 synch agent / publishing representation deals secured for participants. Pictured above: brands, clients and projects for which music supervisor Beth Urdang has sourced and licensed music.
2023-07-13	NARIP Synch Agent Pitch Session (Heineken, Ad Astra, Lexus, Hustle, Coach) × Overview Meet, pitch top synch agent who sources and secures music to license in global brand campaigns, for production companies, studios, TV & film NARIP Synch Agent Pitch Session (Heineken, Ad Astra, Lexus, Hustle, Coach) Join us for NARIP’s Synch Agent Pitch Session, an online event. This session is a unique opportunity for music rights holders and creators to pitch their music to top synch agent Kristen Agee whose firm has sourced and placed music in over 8,500 projects and brand campaigns including Heineken, Ad Astra, Lexus, Hustle, Coach and others, and contributed music to over 45 award-winning global campaigns. At this limited enrollment session, up to 16 attendees pitch music and receive direct feedback from Kristen Agee. Rights holders including labels, publishers, producers, songwriters, composers or musicians are welcome at this intimate event which is a platform to get professional representation, access multiple potential buyers and placements via ONE synch agent. The event will take place on Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 19:00 (GMT-0700 Pacific Daylight Time). Don’t miss this opportunity to connect directly with a top and very busy synch agent. NARIP Pitch Sessions have proven effective with over 3000 placements and nearly 40 synch agent / publishing representation deals secured for participants. Meet, pitch top synch agent who sources and secures music to license in global brand campaigns, for production companies, studios, TV & film NARIP Synch Agent Pitch Session (Heineken, Ad Astra, Lexus, Hustle, Coach) Join us for NARIP’s Synch Agent Pitch Session, an online event. This session is a unique opportunity for music rights holders and creators to pitch their music to top synch agent Kristen Agee whose firm has sourced and placed music in over 8,500 projects and brand campaigns including Heineken, Ad Astra, Lexus, Hustle, Coach and others, and contributed music to over 45 award-winning global campaigns. At this limited enrollment session, up to 16 attendees pitch music and receive direct feedback from Kristen Agee. Rights holders including labels, publishers, producers, songwriters, composers or musicians are welcome at this intimate event which is a platform to get professional representation, access multiple potential buyers and placements via ONE synch agent. The event will take place on Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 19:00 (GMT-0700 Pacific Daylight Time). Don’t miss this opportunity to connect directly with a top and very busy synch agent. NARIP Pitch Sessions have proven effective with over 3000 placements and nearly 40 synch agent / publishing representation deals secured for participants. Pictured above: 411 Music Group Founder Kristen Agee and some of the many projects for which she has sourced and licensed music.
2023-04-29	NARIP Music Biz Brunch at Hang On To The Dream Theater × Overview Back by decades-long popular demand, we are thrilled to start up NARIP in-person brunches once again after a pandemic pause. “ONE OF THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES TO NETWORK” IN THE BIZ (Music Connection Magazine). Also, “NARIP brunches have been a HUGE benefit for me and my company,” says Geodesic Management’s Dan Strader from New York. “In just a few hours at a Los Angeles brunch, I was able to establish a presence in that city and make solid connections that I still use to this day. Networking brunches have now begun in New York, and the connections we’ve made are career-changing.” Back by decades-long popular demand, we are thrilled to start up NARIP in-person brunches once again after a pandemic pause. “ONE OF THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES TO NETWORK” IN THE BIZ (Music Connection Magazine). Also, “NARIP brunches have been a HUGE benefit for me and my company,” says Geodesic Management’s Dan Strader from New York. “In just a few hours at a Los Angeles brunch, I was able to establish a presence in that city and make solid connections that I still use to this day. Networking brunches have now begun in New York, and the connections we’ve made are career-changing.”
2023-04-27	NARIP Ad, Film & TV Music Supervisor Pitch Session (Coca-Cola, Old Spice) × Meet & pitch top ad, film TV music supervisor who acquires music to license in brand campaigns, for production companies, studios, TV & film
2023-02-09	NARIP Film TV Music Supervisor Pitch Session (The Dropout, The Handmaid’s Tale, Bosch): Kristen Higuera × NARIP Film & TV Music Supervisor Pitch Session with Deep Cut Music’s Kristen Higuera Thu Feb 9, 2023 \|\| 5:30 pm PST Intimate Pitch Meetings with Top Music Supervisors Nearly 3,000 Placements PLUS 35 Representation Signings Result From NARIP Pitch Sessions A NARIP Series: Intimate Pitch Meetings with Top Music Buyers including Music Supervisors, A&R Executives, Synch Agents & Music Producers Is your music getting to decision-makers? At NARIP’s intimate sessions, you get to meet music buyers including A&R executives, music supervisors, synch agents and music producers and pitch for current placement opportunities, representation, and projects, and get immediate feedback. BACKGROUND Since 2011, NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions have secured close to 3,000 placements in blockbuster films, hit television series, global promotion and advertising campaigns, and major studio trailers for NARIP members. Since inception of NARIP’s Synch Agent Pitch Sessions in 2018, thirty-five (35) NARIP members have signed representation or music publishing deals as a direct result with more in the works now. Other outcomes include collaborations, co-writing, producing and commissioned work. Topics at this NARIP TV Music Supervisor Pitch Session: Meet Film TV music supervisor Kristen Higuera who acquires music to license in hit television shows and films. Pitch songs directly to Kristen for her priority and upcoming projects. She seeks new and untapped talent to elevate projects she works on. Learn how to secured a placement directly from the buyer, hear what works and what doesn’t. Get a brief of our guest’s current music needs in advance to prepare your best pitch. Direct access + firsthand info = better results FOR YOU. Small, focused NARIP Sessions enable one-on-one time and immediate direct feedback to music presented by participants. At NARIP Pitch Sessions, limited to 16 people, you get to know the guest music supervisor, synch agent or producer, and they to get to know you. Most important, attendees meet these key players, paving the way for placement, representation, collaboration and ongoing opportunities, and giving them an edge in a competitive market. WHAT TO EXPECT AT A NARIP MUSIC SUPERVISOR PITCH SESSION PREPARATION IS KEY NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions are limited to an enrollment of just 16 people. About one week prior to NARIP’s Session, all registrants will get a brief of the guest supervisor’s then-CURRENT music needs. Each registrant will have a chance to pitch in response to the music briefs provided and get immediate feedback to music pitched. Each participant must submit 5 songs (MP3s only please) 36 hours prior to NARIP’s Music Supervisor Session. Please note that due to time constraints you will only be able to pitch your TOP 3 songs for consideration and immediate feedback (more, if time permits). This process takes the mystery out of why a piece of music does or doesn’t fit. On-the-spot feedback enables registrants to re-work tracks and re-submit, which creates a much higher probability to get them licensed (choose well!). If you do not have music that matches the current needs of the supervisor, fear not! You can still attend and present the top three songs in your catalog. Make sure the songs are unique and captivating. This is helpful because a music supervisor’s needs change constantly. To optimize impact of music you pitch at NARIP’s Music Supervisor Session, we highly recommend that you target the briefs. Good luck and see you there! BEFORE NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: NARIP prepares a one-sheet for each participant including your photo and bio for the guest music supervisor to use and review at the event, and to take with him after the event. We will request your photo and bio one week prior to the event. In preparing these materials, we recommend you focus on brief career highlights in your bio and have a professional photo available. Approximately 5 to 7 days prior to NARIP’s Session, you will be sent a project brief describing several cues needed for a current project(s) of our guest speaker. These often include reference songs or links so that you can hear exactly what he seeks or needs to replace. You will submit your tracks with writer, publisher and other rights holder information that will also be supplied to the music supervisor during and after NARIP’s Session. You will get submission and meta-tagging guidelines, and mentoring as to how best to prepare your music for submission. DURING NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: You will get to play at least three songs (sometimes more, if time permits) for the guest music supervisor who will provide feedback to you for each one. NARIP moderator asks very specific questions to help participants learn and understand how to modify their tracks to make these more place-able for the guest supervisor’s specific needs at hand. AFTER NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: NARIP provides guest music supervisor with participant one-sheets and all music from NARIP’s Session, including notes detailing the guest music supervisor’s interest in specific tracks. If requested by guest music supervisor, NARIP conveys additional tracks, remixes, instrumentals etc. to him. If approved by guest music supervisor, NARIP provides his contact details to registrants. DON’T GET LOST IN THE CROWD: SMALL IS THE NEW BIG NARIP Sessions are deliberately kept small and intimate, which is just one reason they work so well and why participants have enjoyed nearly 3,000 placements to date. Limited enrollment of 16 people per session guarantees that registrants meet and get face-time with our guest. ALMOST 3,000 PLACEMENTS FROM NARIP MUSIC SUPERVISOR SESSIONS Our small format works! NARIP Session participants have placed nearly 3,000 tracks as a direct result of NARIP Music Supervisor Sessions. Other benefits include new publishing deals for NARIP members, creative collaborations and co-writes, strategic introductions to other music supervisors and placement experts, new representation for composers and much more. NARIP’S BIGGEST PLACEMENT TO DATE : VODAFONE Click here to read about NARIP’s biggest placement to date in a Vodafone campaign (Oct 2014) that paid handsomely and launched a career. Other brand placements include McDonalds and AT&T ads, among others. Placements secured and professional relationships formed through NARIPs music supervisor sessions have earned praise and many placements! See TESTIMONIALS and PLACEMENTS sections below. About Kristen Higuera, Music Supervisor, Deep Cut Music Austin-based Kristen Higuera got her start in advertising and audio-branding. She has worked at a boutique agency in London, where she helped curate the sound for global hotel chain citizenM, and in New York City, where she sourced and secured music licenses for international advertisements for clients including General Motors and Walmart. In 2019, Kristen made the jump from advertising to film & television. She is now a music supervisor at the busy 3-person team at Deep Cut Music where she has worked on Somebody I Used To Know (Amazon), The Great (Hulu), Bosch (Amazon), The Dropout (Hulu), and many more. TESTIMONIALS Click here to read what people say about NARIP’s Music Supervisor Sessions. NARIP MUSIC SUPERVISOR SESSIONS IN THE NEWS, PLACEMENTS & SUCCESS STORIES See full list of NARIP placements to date here. For articles in Music Connection, Digital Music News, The Guardian (UK), MusikWeek (UK), Musik Woche (Germany), Taxi Drivers: Cinema e Cultura Metropolitano (Italy), MEOW (US) and other publications, and to read about NARIP members and session participants who have made almost 3,000 placements as a direct result of NARIP Sessions, click here. Read about NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions in Digital Music News HERE WHEN Thursday, February 9, 2023 5:15 p.m. PST – Registration and networking 5:30 p.m. PST – Program begins 7:00 p.m. PST – Break 8:30 p.m. PST – Program ends WHERE NARIP Pitch Sessions and all NARIP events will be online only for the foreseeable future. Download a FREE copy at https://zoom.us to join this and future NARIP Pitch Sessions and other NARIP events. We recommend you perform an audio and video test (built into the software) and/or with a friend. Headphone required at our session. PITCH VIA ZOOM (or have NARIP pitch for you): Pitch via Zoom, or we can present material for you and provide the guest music supervisor’s feedback to you directly. If you have questions, please call or email us at 818-769-7007 or info@narip.com. PER-SESSION, PER PERSON COST $299 NARIP Members * $399 Non-Members * Available to Professional and Executive NARIP Members only (not to monthly members). Members please log in to receive discount. NARIP reserves the right to refuse admission to anyone. 2 WAYS TO REGISTER 1. NARIP.com (just scroll down) 2. Call 818-769-7007 Pre-paid admission guarantees seating, NARIP Sessions sell out. No refunds. We appreciate your cooperation. SOURCES FOR MORE INFO Deep Cut Music Kristen Higuera on IMDB.com NARIP ____________________________________________________ The National Association of Record Industry Professionals promotes career advancement, education and good will among record executives. Get connected, stay connected. NARIP: Expertise & Tools To Market & Monetize Music Learn ? Network ? Access Opportunity
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2022-10-13	NARIP A&R Pitch Session with Atlantic Records (Derulo, Guetta, Benjamin, Killboy): Pamela Charbit × NARIP A&R Pitch Session with Atlantic Records’ Manager of A&R, Pamela Charbit Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 7:00PM PST via ZOOM NARIP Pitch Sessions Generate Deals: Almost 3000+ Music Placements 35 Synch Rep & Publishing Deals Result From NARIP Pitch Sessions, read more here. A NARIP Series: Intimate Pitch Meetings with Top Music Buyers including A&R Executives, Music Supervisors, Synch Agents & Music Producers Is your music getting to decision-makers, to people who can say YES and write a check? At NARIP’s intimate sessions, you get to meet music buyers including A&R executives, music supervisors, synch agents and music producers and pitch for current placement opportunities, representation, and projects, and get immediate feedback. Executives featured at NARIP Pitch Session are among the top A&R, marketing and sales who actively seek, sign and place music owned by songwriters, composers, music publishers and other rights holders. BACKGROUND Since 2011, NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions have secured nearly 3,000 placements in blockbuster films, hit television series, global promotion and advertising campaigns, and major studio trailers for NARIP members. Since inception of NARIP’s Synch Agent Pitch Sessions in 2018, thirty-five (35) NARIP members have signed representation or music publishing deals as a direct result. Other outcomes include collaborations, co-writing, producing and commissioned work. Topics at NARIP’s A&R Pitch Sessions: Meet Manager of A&R for major label Atlantic Records face-to-face Pitch songs directly to Pamela for her priority & upcoming projects Meet Pamela who can say YES and sign you Audition music for artist signing, producer deals, as top-liner, lyricist, beat-maker, co-writer or provider of songs Get brief in advance to help prepare your best pitch Learn how to get cuts on developing artist and super star albums Direct access + firsthand info = better results FOR YOU Small, focused NARIP Sessions enable one-on-one time and immediate direct feedback to music presented by participants. At NARIP Pitch Sessions, limited to 16 people, you get to know the guest music supervisor, synch agent or producer, and they to get to know you. Most important, attendees meet these key players, paving the way for placement, representation, collaboration and ongoing opportunities, and giving them an edge in a competitive market. WHAT TO EXPECT AT A NARIP PITCH SESSION: PREPARATION IS KEY NARIP Pitch Sessions are limited to an enrollment of just 16 people. About one week prior to NARIP’s Session, all registrants will get a brief of the guest’s then-CURRENT music needs. Each registrant will have a chance to pitch in response to the music briefs provided and get immediate feedback to music pitched. Each participant must submit five (5) songs (MP3s only please) 36 hours prior to NARIP’s Pitch Session. Please note that due to time constraints you will only be able to pitch your TOP 3 songs for consideration and immediate feedback (more songs may be pitched, if time permits). This process takes the mystery out of why a piece of music does or doesn’t fit. On-the-spot feedback enables registrants to re-work tracks and re-submit, which creates a much higher probability to get them picked up, signed or licensed (choose well!). If you do not have music that matches the current needs of our guest, fear not! You can still attend and present the top three songs in your catalog. Make sure the songs are unique and captivating. This is helpful because a music buyer’s needs change constantly and you want your music to make an impression. To optimize impact of music you pitch at NARIP’s Session, we highly recommend that you target the briefs which you will get approximately one week prior to the NARIP Session. In addition to pitching for current opportunities, NARIP’s guest will consider music pitched for collaboration, signing, producing and co-producing. Good luck and see you there! BEFORE NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: NARIP prepares a one-sheet for each participant including your photo and bio for our guest to use and review at the NARIP Pitch Session, and to take with him after the event. We will request your photo and bio one week prior to the event. In preparing these materials, we recommend you focus on brief career highlights in your bio and have a professional photo available. Approximately 5 to 7 days prior to NARIP’s Pitch Session, you will be sent a project brief describing several cues needed for a current project(s) or types of songs being sought by our guest speaker. These often include reference songs or links so that you can hear exactly what he seeks or may need to replace. You will be asked to submit songs you wish to pitch complete with writer, publisher and other rights holder information that will also be supplied to our guest speaker during and after NARIP’s Session. You will get submission and meta-tagging guidelines, and mentoring as to how best to prepare your music for submission. DURING NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: You will get to play at least three songs (sometimes more, if time permits) for the guest who will provide feedback to you for each one. NARIP moderator asks very specific questions to help participants learn and understand how to modify their tracks to make them more place-able for the guest’s specific needs at hand. AFTER NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: NARIP provides guest speaker with short notes detailing the guest’s interest in specific tracks. If requested by guest, NARIP conveys additional tracks, remixes, instrumentals etc. to him. If approved by guest, NARIP provides his contact details to participants. DON’T GET LOST IN THE CROWD: SMALL IS THE NEW BIG NARIP Sessions are deliberately kept small and intimate, which is just one reason they work so well and why participants have enjoyed nearly 3,000 placements and 35 representation signings to date. Limited enrollment of 16 people per session guarantees that registrants meet and get face-time with our guest. Almost 3,000 PLACEMENTS and 35 DEALS FROM NARIP PITCH SESSIONS Our small format works! NARIP Session participants have placed nearly 1,000 tracks as a direct result of NARIP Music Supervisor Sessions. Other benefits include new publishing deals for NARIP members, creative collaborations and co-writes, strategic introductions to other music supervisors and placement experts, new representation for composers and much more. NARIP’S BIGGEST PLACEMENT TO DATE : VODAFONE Click here to read about NARIP’s biggest placement to date in a Vodafone campaign (Oct 2014) that paid handsomely and launched a career. Other brand placements include McDonalds and AT&T ads, among others. Placements secured and professional relationships formed through NARIPs music supervisor sessions have earned praise and many placements! See TESTIMONIALS and PLACEMENTS sections below. About Pamela Charbit After founding her own successful music magazine in France focused on music discovery, Pam Charbit started working for Virgin Radio in Paris before moving to America where she landed a job at Apple Music’s Beats 1. In 2020, she started as A&R at Warner Music Group and then joined Atlantic Records as an A&R Manager in 2021 where she works with Alec Benjamin, Killboy, David Guetta, and Jason Derulo among others. About Atlantic Records Atlantic Records was founded in 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson, both avid music fans and record enthusiasts. Their passion for artist development made Atlantic Records the home of choice for legendary artists including Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, The Rolling Stones, Cher, Genesis, Cream and many more. With over 60 years of recorded music history, our passion for artistry in music continues today as a new generation of incredible artists including Bruno Mars, Coldplay, fun., Jason Mraz, Ed Sheeran, Wiz Khalifa, Janelle Monáe, Skrillex, Trey Songz, Hunter Hayes and more continue to further the Atlantic Records legacy. TESTIMONIALS Click here to see what people say about NARIP’s Pitch Sessions. NARIP PITCH SESSIONS IN THE NEWS, PLACEMENTS & SUCCESS STORIES See full list of NARIP placements to date here. For articles in Music Connection, Digital Music News, The Guardian (UK), MusikWeek (UK), Musik Woche (Germany), Taxi Drivers: Cinema e Cultura Metropolitano (Italy), MEOW (US) and other publications, and to read about NARIP members and session participants who have made over 1,000 placements as a direct result of NARIP Sessions, click here. Read about NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions in Digital Music News HERE WHEN Thursday, October 13, 2022 6:30 p.m. PST – Registration and networking 7:00 p.m. PST – Program begins 8:30 p.m. PST – Break 10:00 p.m. PST – Program ends WHERE NARIP Pitch Sessions will be online only for the foreseeable future. Download a FREE copy at https://zoom.us to join this and future NARIP Pitch Sessions and other NARIP events. We recommend you perform an audio and video test (built into the software) and/or with a friend. Headphones required at our session. PITCH VIA ZOOM (or have NARIP pitch for you): Pitch via Zoom, or NARIP can present material for you and provide the guest speaker’s feedback to you directly. If you have questions, please call or email us at (818) 769-7007 or info@narip.com. PER-SESSION, PER PERSON COST $299 NARIP Members * $399 Non-Members * Available to Professional and Executive NARIP Members only (not to monthly members). Members please log in to receive discount. NARIP reserves the right to refuse admission to anyone. 2 WAYS TO REGISTER 1. Online: NARIP.com (just scroll down) 2. Phone: 818-769-7007 Pre-paid admission guarantees seating, NARIP Sessions sell out. All ticket sales final. No refunds. We appreciate your cooperation. FOLLOW US, LIKE US, LOVE US! TWEET ABOUT NARIP & OUR EVENT! @NARIP @AtlanticRecords (I) @AtlanticRecords (T) #NARIPSessions QUESTIONS Call us at (818) 769-7007 or email info AT narip DOT com. SOURCES FOR MORE INFO Atlantic Records NARIP NARIP. Career acceleration. Get connected. Stay connected.____________________________________________________ The National Association of Record Industry Professionals promotes career advancement, education and good will among record executives. NARIP markets & monetizes music Learn ? Network ? Access Opportunity
2022-09-24	NARIP In-Person Music Biz Brunch × In Person NARIP Music Biz Brunch Eat, Meet & Greet Saturday, September 24, 2022 608 Opal Avenue Ventura, CA 93004 Limited space, RSVP NOW! You’re invited to attend NARIP’s Brunch! We’re doing it again (at last)! Join us IN PERSON, come meet and greet Los Angeles-area record and music industry professionals. All are welcome! You need not be a NARIP member to attend. Please RSVP and register online by Friday, September 23, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. so we can prepare enough refreshments for everyone. NARIP encourages pre-payment. You are welcome to attend at the last minute as a walk-up, but we appreciate advance registration. So come along to meet existing friends and contacts, and make new ones. NARIP brunches feature 30-second introductions by all present to help you identify and get in front of the people who can make a difference to your business. Professional speed-dating! Among other things, NARIP sponsors events like these to encourage networking and the fostering of business relationships in the record industry. Over 75% of all great opportunities, deals and job offers come about as a direct result of second and third party referrals – who you know matters. So get to know more people in the record biz, and let them get to know you! Please join us and bring plenty of business cards. All are welcome, details below. “ONE OF THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES TO NETWORK” IN THE BIZ (Music Connection Magazine) “NARIP brunches have been a HUGE benefit for me and my company,” says Geodesic Management’s Dan Strader from New York. “In just a few hours at a Los Angeles brunch, I was able to establish a presence in that city and make solid connections that I still use to this day. Networking brunches have now begun in New York, and the connections we’ve made are career-changing.” REGISTER NOW Please register online by Saturday, March 18, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. so we can prepare enough refreshments for everyone. Walk-ups are welcome and we encourage advance registration so no one is left without a bagel or a chair when the music stops 🙂 To register now, just scroll down. Is your network not working? Ours is. They can’t promote you if they don’t know who you are! WHEN Saturday, September 24, 2022 11:00 am– Arrive and eat! 11:30 p.m. – Introductions 1:00 p.m. – Brunch ends, networking continues WHERE 608 Opal Avenue (private residence) Ventura, CA 93004 Directions from Los Angeles: 101 Fwy north (follow signs to Ventura) – Hollywood to Ventura is about 60 miles and takes a little over an hour on Saturdays. Exit on the 126 Hwy (only goes one direction – east) Exit at Kimball Avenue (second exit) and stay right Once merged onto Kimball move all the way to the left as fast as possible. Left on Thille.* First left on Henderson. First right on Agate. First left on Opal Avenue. House is at the end of the street directly facing you after you turn onto Opal Avenue. Host will have a NARIP sign taped to white Kia Telluride in driveway. First arrivals can park on the driveway. Otherwise, free street parking. If you are unable to get to the left turn lane, go to the next signal (Telephone Road) where you can do a legal U-turn. COST* $15 for NARIP Members $25 for Non-Members Get a NARIP membership for $9.95 a month and pay only the member rate! Click HERE to see benefits and join NOW! We encourage you to register in advance online now (just scroll down). Otherwise, cash only at the door on Event Day please. Price includes food, beverage and event admission. NARIP reserves the right to refuse admission to anyone. PARKING Free parking on residential streets. THANK YOU Special thanks to Terry Gorka for hosting this event. QUESTIONS Call us at 818 769 7007 or email info AT narip DOT com. SOURCES FOR MORE INFO NARIP NARIP. Career acceleration. Get connected. Stay connected. _______________________________________________________________________ The National Association of Record Industry Professionals promotes career advancement, education and good will in the record industry and related music fields. Once music is made, then what? Then NARIP. Learn, network, market music.
2022-08-10	NARIP Synch Agent Pitch Session (Apple, TK Maxx, Loot, Barry, Amazon, Tom Ford): Friendly Fire’s Jacob Piontek × NARIP Synch Agent Pitch Session with Friendly Fire Licensings’ Jacob Piontek Wed Aug 10, 2022 at 7:00 pm PST Intimate Pitch Meetings with Top Music Synch Agents and Supervisors Nearly 3,000 Placements PLUS 35 Signings Result From NARIP Pitch Sessions, averaging more than one signing per Synch Agent Pitch Session. Read more here. A NARIP Series: Intimate Pitch Meetings with Top Music Buyers including Music Supervisors, A&R Executives, Synch Agents & Grammy-winning Music Producers Is your music getting to decision-makers? The Synch Agents* featured in NARIP Pitch Sessions are among the top sales and marketing executives who actively place music owned by songwriters, composers and independent music publishers. Many music buyers – directors, producers and music supervisors – name these Synch Agents as among their go-to music providers. These Agents, who NARIP has researched and interviewed, have placed thousands of songs in blockbuster films, hit television shows, trailers, global promotion and advertising campaigns, and video games. At NARIP’s intimate sessions, you get to meet and pitch Synch Agents for current placement opportunities and representation, and get immediate feedback. Come meet these career-makers. BACKGROUND Since 2011, NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions have secured nearly 3,000 placements in blockbuster films, hit television series, global promotion and advertising campaigns, and major studio trailers for NARIP members. Since inception of NARIP’s Synch Agent Pitch Sessions in 2018, thirty-five (35) NARIP members have signed representation or music publishing deals as a direct result with more in the works now. Other outcomes include collaborations, co-writing, producing and commissioned work. At NARIP’s Synch Agent Pitch Session: Meet synch agent Jacob Piontek who places music in global ad campaigns, blockbuster films, hit TV shows and documentaries. Jacob’s colleague and founder of Friendly Fire Licensing, Dan Koplowitz, signed two NARIP members to synch representation deals following his guest appearance. Intimate event with top synch agent: enrollment limited to 16 people No cattle calls, no 300-person crowds or conferences, no velvet ropes Get brief in advance to prepare your best pitch Direct access + firsthand info = better results FOR YOU Access multiple potential buyers and placements via ONE synch agent Get professional representation Topics: Trends in synch licensing and agent deals Exclusive, non-exclusive, single-song deals Budgets and fee ranges Copyright ownership, rights retention, song re-titling Fees between synch agents and their clients Which synch agents seek a transfer of copyright(s) for their services, and under what circumstances Small, focused NARIP Sessions enable one-on-one time and immediate direct feedback to music presented by participants. At hundreds of NARIP Sessions, we asked every guest music supervisor how to better market music to them. Their one consistent piece of advice? Get representation! At NARIP Synch Agent Pitch Sessions, limited to 16 people, you get to know the synch agents and they to get to know you. Most important, attendees meet these key players, paving the way for possible representation and ongoing opportunities, and giving them an edge in a competitive market. * Synch Agent: A synchronization or “synch” agent represents music copyrights – either the composition, the sound recordings, or both. They pitch music to buyers and their representatives, including to music supervisors. Synch agents are typically compensated on a commission basis and do not own or control the copyrights they represent. While synch agents usually focus on entertainment and media exploitations, traditional songplugger services also include placement of represented songs with recording artists. What is a Synch Agent (and WHY you need one)? View video (:60 seconds) WHAT TO EXPECT AT A NARIP SYNCH AGENT PITCH SESSION: PREPARATION IS KEY NARIP Music Supervisor Sessions are limited to an enrollment of just 16 people. About one week prior to NARIP’s Session, all registrants will get a brief of the guest supervisor’s then-CURRENT music needs. Each registrant will have a chance to pitch in response to the music briefs provided and get immediate feedback to music pitched. Each participant may submit up to five (5) songs (MP3s only please) 36 hours prior to NARIP’s Music Supervisor Session. Please note that due to time constraints you will only be able to pitch your TOP 3 songs for consideration and immediate feedback (more, if time permits). This process takes the mystery out of why a piece of music does or doesn’t fit. On-the-spot feedback enables registrants to re-work tracks and re-submit, which creates a much higher probability to get them licensed (choose well!). If you do not have music that matches the current needs of the supervisor, fear not! You can still attend and present the top three songs in your catalog. Make sure the songs are unique and captivating. This is helpful because a music supervisor’s needs change constantly. To optimize impact of music you pitch at NARIP’s Music Supervisor Session, we highly recommend that you target the briefs. Good luck and see you there! BEFORE NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: NARIP prepares a one-sheet for each participant including your photo and bio for the guest music supervisor to use and review at the event, and to take with him after the event. We will request your photo and bio one week prior to the event. In preparing these materials, we recommend you focus on brief career highlights in your bio and have a professional photo available. Approximately 5 to 7 days prior to NARIP’s Session, you will be sent a project brief describing several cues needed for a current project(s) of our guest speaker. These often include reference songs or links so that you can hear exactly what he seeks or needs to replace. You will submit your tracks with writer, publisher and other rights holder information that will also be supplied to the music supervisor during and after NARIP’s Session. You will get submission and meta-tagging guidelines, and mentoring as to how best to prepare your music for submission. DURING NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: You will get to play at least three songs (sometimes more, if time permits) for the guest music supervisor who will provide feedback to you for each one. NARIP moderator asks very specific questions to help participants learn and understand how to modify their tracks to make these more place-able for the guest supervisor’s specific needs at hand. AFTER NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: NARIP provides guest music supervisor (or synch agent) with participant one-sheets and all music from NARIP’s Session, including notes detailing the guest’s interest in specific tracks. If requested by guest, NARIP conveys additional tracks, remixes, instrumentals etc. to him. If approved by guest, NARIP provides his contact details to registrants. DON’T GET LOST IN THE CROWD: SMALL IS THE NEW BIG NARIP Sessions are deliberately kept small and intimate, which is just one reason they work so well and why participants have enjoyed nearly 3,000 placements and 35 representation signings to date. Limited enrollment of 16 people per session guarantees that registrants meet and get face-time with our guest. ALMOST 3,000 PLACEMENTS FROM NARIP MUSIC SUPERVISOR SESSIONS Our small format works! NARIP Session participants have placed nearly 3,000 tracks as a direct result of NARIP Music Supervisor Sessions. Other benefits include new publishing deals for NARIP members, creative collaborations and co-writes, strategic introductions to other music supervisors and placement experts, new representation for composers and much more. NARIP’S BIGGEST PLACEMENT TO DATE : VODAFONE Click here to read about NARIP’s biggest placement to date in a Vodafone campaign (Oct 2014) that paid handsomely and launched a career. Other brand placements include McDonalds and AT&T ads, among others. Placements secured and professional relationships formed through NARIPs music supervisor sessions have earned praise and many placements! See TESTIMONIALS and PLACEMENTS sections below. About Jacob Piontek, Friendly Fire Licensing Jacob is a sync agent, music supervisor and composer based in Los Angeles. Originally from St. Louis, he studied piano and percussion from youth through college, achieving degrees in Communications (Fordham University) and Film Scoring (Berklee College of Music). After graduate school, he began composing for advertisements in New York City, eventually re-locating to Paris for a work contract with Gabriel Yared. Following a move to Los Angeles, his work in supervision began with Walker, where he produced and supervised numerous projects for clients including Nike, Apple, Google and Tom Ford. While continuing as an independent supervisor, Jacob has been privileged to work alongside Dan Kopolowitz as a sync agent at Friendly Fire Licensing, which represents a world-spanning catalogue of genres/artists for placement in film, television, advertising and video games. Friendly Fire Licensing is a boutique sync agency Friendly Fire Licensing which represents about fifty labels and publishers for inclusion in TV shows, movies, commercials, and video games. Some recent placements include: Pan Ron “Snaeha” in TK Maxx COBRAH “Good Puss” in A24 Bodies, Bodies, Bodies Trailer Jane Air “Junk” in Amazon’s The Boys Ep. 304 Rani “Milaya Chechenka” in HBO’s Barry (Episode 305) Hark “Da Re Da” in YouTube “Asia Pacific American Heritage Month” Lapcat “Light Giants” in Apple TV+ series Loot (Episode 1) TESTIMONIALS Click here to read what people say about NARIP’s Music Supervisor Sessions. NARIP MUSIC SUPERVISOR SESSIONS IN THE NEWS, PLACEMENTS & SUCCESS STORIES See full list of NARIP placements to date here. For articles in Music Connection, Digital Music News, The Guardian (UK), MusikWeek (UK), Musik Woche (Germany), Taxi Drivers: Cinema e Cultura Metropolitano (Italy), MEOW (US) and other publications, and to read about NARIP members and session participants who have made nearly 3,000 placements as a direct result of NARIP Sessions, click here. Read about NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions in Digital Music News HERE WHEN Thursday, July 21, 2022 6:45 p.m. PST – Registration and networking 7:00 p.m. PST – Program begins 8:30 p.m. PST – Break 10:00 p.m. PST – Program ends WHERE NARIP Pitch Sessions and all NARIP events will be online only for the foreseeable future. Download a FREE copy at https://zoom.us to join this and future NARIP Pitch Sessions and other NARIP events. We recommend you perform an audio and video test (built into the software) and/or with a friend. Headphones required at our session. PITCH VIA ZOOM (or have NARIP pitch for you): Pitch via Zoom, or we can present material for you and provide the guest music supervisor’s feedback to you directly. If you have questions, please call or email us at (818) 769-7007 or info@narip.com. PER-SESSION, PER PERSON COST $299 NARIP Members * $399 Non-Members * Available to Professional and Executive NARIP Members only (not to monthly members). Members please log in to receive discount. NARIP reserves the right to refuse admission to anyone. 2 WAYS TO REGISTER 1. NARIP.com (just scroll down) 2. Call (818) 769-7007 Pre-paid admission guarantees seating, NARIP Sessions sell out. No refunds. We appreciate your cooperation. FOLLOW US, LIKE US, LOVE US! TWEET ABOUT NARIP & OUR EVENT! @NARIP #NARIPSessions QUESTIONS Call us at (818) 769-7007 or email info AT narip DOT com. SOURCES FOR MORE INFO NARIP Mutiny Recordings ____________________________________________________ The National Association of Record Industry Professionals promotes career advancement, education and good will among record executives. Get connected, stay connected. NARIP: Expertise & Tools To Market & Monetize Music Learn ? Network ? Access Opportunity
2022-07-23	NARIP In-Person Brunch at FX × In Person NARIP Music Biz Brunch Eat, Meet & Greet Sat Jul 23, 2022 3415 Grand Canal Venice, CA 90292 Limited space, RSVP NOW! You’re invited to attend NARIP’s Brunch! We’re doing it again (at last)! Join us IN PERSON, come meet and greet Los Angeles-area record and music industry professionals. All are welcome! You need not be a NARIP member to attend. Please RSVP and register online by Friday, July 22, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. so we can prepare enough refreshments for everyone. NARIP encourages pre-payment. You are welcome to attend at the last minute as a walk-up, but we appreciate advance registration. So come along to meet existing friends and contacts, and make new ones. NARIP brunches feature 30-second introductions by all present to help you identify and get in front of the people who can make a difference to your business. Professional speed-dating! Among other things, NARIP sponsors events like these to encourage networking and the fostering of business relationships in the record industry. Over 75% of all great opportunities, deals and job offers come about as a direct result of second and third party referrals – who you know matters. So get to know more people in the record biz, and let them get to know you! Please join us and bring plenty of business cards. All are welcome, details below. “ONE OF THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES TO NETWORK” IN THE BIZ (Music Connection Magazine) “NARIP brunches have been a HUGE benefit for me and my company,” says Geodesic Management’s Dan Strader from New York. “In just a few hours at a Los Angeles brunch, I was able to establish a presence in that city and make solid connections that I still use to this day. Networking brunches have now begun in New York, and the connections we’ve made are career-changing.” REGISTER NOW Please register online by Saturday, March 18, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. so we can prepare enough refreshments for everyone. Walk-ups are welcome and we encourage advance registration so no one is left without a bagel or a chair when the music stops 🙂 To register now, just scroll down. Is your network not working? Ours is. They can’t promote you if they don’t know who you are! WHEN Saturday, July 23, 2022 11:00 am– Arrive and eat! 11:30 p.m. – Introductions 1:00 p.m. – Brunch ends, networking continues WHERE 3415 Grand Canal (private residence) Venice, CA 90292 Major cross street: Washington Boulevard COST $15 for NARIP Members $25 for Non-Members Get a NARIP membership for $9.95 a month and pay only the member rate! Click HERE to see benefits and join NOW! We encourage you to register in advance online now (just scroll down). Otherwise, cash only at the door on Event Day please. Price includes food, beverage and event admission. NARIP reserves the right to refuse admission to anyone. PARKING Free parking on residential streets. Metered parking available, and paid beach parking a few blocks away. THANK YOU Special thanks to Zana Messia for hosting this event. QUESTIONS Call us at 818 769 7007 or email info AT narip DOT com. SOURCES FOR MORE INFO NARIP NARIP. Career acceleration. Get connected. Stay connected. _______________________________________________________________________ The National Association of Record Industry Professionals promotes career advancement, education and good will in the record industry and related music fields. Once music is made, then what? Then NARIP. Learn, network, market music.
2022-07-21	NARIP Synch Agent Pitch Session (Coca Cola, Lenovo, Microsoft, Miller, P&G, General Mills): Mutiny Recording’s Ryan Fitch × NARIP Synch Agent Pitch Session with Mutiny Recordings’ Ryan Fitch Thu Jul 21, 2022 at 7:00 pm PST Intimate Pitch Meetings with Top Music Synch Agents and Supervisors Nearly 3,000 Placements PLUS 35 Signings Result From NARIP Pitch Sessions, averaging more than one signing per Synch Agent Pitch Session. Read more here. A NARIP Series: Intimate Pitch Meetings with Top Music Buyers including Music Supervisors, A&R Executives, Synch Agents & Grammy-winning Music Producers Is your music getting to decision-makers? The Synch Agents* featured in NARIP Pitch Sessions are among the top sales and marketing executives who actively place music owned by songwriters, composers and independent music publishers. Many music buyers – directors, producers and music supervisors – name these Synch Agents as among their go-to music providers. These Agents, who NARIP has researched and interviewed, have placed thousands of songs in blockbuster films, hit television shows, trailers, global promotion and advertising campaigns, and video games. At NARIP’s intimate sessions, you get to meet and pitch Synch Agents for current placement opportunities and representation, and get immediate feedback. Come meet these career-makers. BACKGROUND Since 2011, NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions have secured nearly 3,000 placements in blockbuster films, hit television series, global promotion and advertising campaigns, and major studio trailers for NARIP members. Since inception of NARIP’s Synch Agent Pitch Sessions in 2018, thirty-five (35) NARIP members have signed representation or music publishing deals as a direct result with more in the works now. Other outcomes include collaborations, co-writing, producing and commissioned work. At NARIP’s Synch Agent Pitch Session: Meet top synch agent Ryan Fitch who places music in global ad campaigns, blockbuster films, hit TV shows and documentaries. Ryan is a repeat NARIP guest, much-loved by NARIP members, and former advertising music supervisor at Saatchi & Saatchi in New York where he helped lead the agency to win many awards including the international “Agency of The Year” award at the coveted Cannes Film Festival. Intimate event with top synch agent: enrollment limited to 16 people No cattle calls, no 300-person crowds or conferences, no velvet ropes Get brief in advance to prepare your best pitch Direct access + firsthand info = better results FOR YOU Access multiple potential buyers and placements via ONE synch agent Get professional representation Topics: Trends in synch licensing and agent deals Exclusive, non-exclusive, single-song deals Budgets and fee ranges Copyright ownership, rights retention, song re-titling Fees between synch agents and their clients Which synch agents seek a transfer of copyright(s) for their services, and under what circumstances Small, focused NARIP Sessions enable one-on-one time and immediate direct feedback to music presented by participants. At hundreds of NARIP Sessions, we asked every guest music supervisor how to better market music to them. Their one consistent piece of advice? Get representation! At NARIP Synch Agent Pitch Sessions, limited to 16 people, you get to know the synch agents and they to get to know you. Most important, attendees meet these key players, paving the way for possible representation and ongoing opportunities, and giving them an edge in a competitive market. * Synch Agent: A synchronization or “synch” agent represents music copyrights – either the composition, the sound recordings, or both. They pitch music to buyers and their representatives, including to music supervisors. Synch agents are typically compensated on a commission basis and do not own or control the copyrights they represent. While synch agents usually focus on entertainment and media exploitations, traditional songplugger services also include placement of represented songs with recording artists. What is a Synch Agent (and WHY you need one)? View video (:60 seconds) WHAT TO EXPECT AT A NARIP SYNCH AGENT PITCH SESSION: PREPARATION IS KEY NARIP Music Supervisor Sessions are limited to an enrollment of just 16 people. About one week prior to NARIP’s Session, all registrants will get a brief of the guest supervisor’s then-CURRENT music needs. Each registrant will have a chance to pitch in response to the music briefs provided and get immediate feedback to music pitched. Each participant may submit up to five (5) songs (MP3s only please) 36 hours prior to NARIP’s Music Supervisor Session. Please note that due to time constraints you will only be able to pitch your TOP 3 songs for consideration and immediate feedback (more, if time permits). This process takes the mystery out of why a piece of music does or doesn’t fit. On-the-spot feedback enables registrants to re-work tracks and re-submit, which creates a much higher probability to get them licensed (choose well!). If you do not have music that matches the current needs of the supervisor, fear not! You can still attend and present the top three songs in your catalog. Make sure the songs are unique and captivating. This is helpful because a music supervisor’s needs change constantly. To optimize impact of music you pitch at NARIP’s Music Supervisor Session, we highly recommend that you target the briefs. Good luck and see you there! BEFORE NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: NARIP prepares a one-sheet for each participant including your photo and bio for the guest music supervisor to use and review at the event, and to take with him after the event. We will request your photo and bio one week prior to the event. In preparing these materials, we recommend you focus on brief career highlights in your bio and have a professional photo available. Approximately 5 to 7 days prior to NARIP’s Session, you will be sent a project brief describing several cues needed for a current project(s) of our guest speaker. These often include reference songs or links so that you can hear exactly what he seeks or needs to replace. You will submit your tracks with writer, publisher and other rights holder information that will also be supplied to the music supervisor during and after NARIP’s Session. You will get submission and meta-tagging guidelines, and mentoring as to how best to prepare your music for submission. DURING NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: You will get to play at least three songs (sometimes more, if time permits) for the guest music supervisor who will provide feedback to you for each one. NARIP moderator asks very specific questions to help participants learn and understand how to modify their tracks to make these more place-able for the guest supervisor’s specific needs at hand. AFTER NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: NARIP provides guest music supervisor (or synch agent) with participant one-sheets and all music from NARIP’s Session, including notes detailing the guest’s interest in specific tracks. If requested by guest, NARIP conveys additional tracks, remixes, instrumentals etc. to him. If approved by guest, NARIP provides his contact details to registrants. DON’T GET LOST IN THE CROWD: SMALL IS THE NEW BIG NARIP Sessions are deliberately kept small and intimate, which is just one reason they work so well and why participants have enjoyed nearly 3,000 placements and 35 representation signings to date. Limited enrollment of 16 people per session guarantees that registrants meet and get face-time with our guest. OVER 2,000 PLACEMENTS FROM NARIP MUSIC SUPERVISOR SESSIONS Our small format works! NARIP Session participants have placed nearly 3,000 tracks as a direct result of NARIP Music Supervisor Sessions. Other benefits include new publishing deals for NARIP members, creative collaborations and co-writes, strategic introductions to other music supervisors and placement experts, new representation for composers and much more. NARIP’S BIGGEST PLACEMENT TO DATE : VODAFONE Click here to read about NARIP’s biggest placement to date in a Vodafone campaign (Oct 2014) that paid handsomely and launched a career. Other brand placements include McDonalds and AT&T ads, among others. Placements secured and professional relationships formed through NARIPs music supervisor sessions have earned praise and many placements! See TESTIMONIALS and PLACEMENTS sections below. About Ryan Fitch, Director of Creative Sync Licensing at Mutiny Recordings Ryan brings more than 15 years of experience in music, entertainment and culture and an expertise in combining the three in communications. As a longtime music supervisor and producer for New York-based creative agency, Saatchi & Saatchi, Ryan spent more than 10 years orchestrating big brand licensing deals, while working closely with thousands of different artists, labels and publishers. After Saatchi & Saatchi, Ryan moved on to BMG Chrysalis’ TV and Film Team, representing a prestigious catalog of more than 1 million songs. In his free time, he kept busy by occasionally touring with bands like Son Lux and Mitten – always at home away from home behind a drum kit. Ryan joined the Marmoset Music team in 2016, where he wore many hats throughout the company. He lead Marmoset’s A&R Team and also served as a Senior Creative Advisor, lending his vast agency experience to Marmoset’s Music Supervision and Original Music Teams. He regularly works with bands and artists to produce exciting new original music for the catalog. Over the years, Fitch’s client list has included the world’s largest international brands such as CocaCola, Lenovo, Microsoft, Miller, P&G, General Mills, and countless others. During his tenure at Saatchi & Saatchi his production prowess help the agency win many awards including the international award “Agency of The Year” at the coveted Cannes Film Festival. Ryan is currently the Director of Creative Sync Licensing at Mutiny Recordings. See list of recent placements, click HERE. TESTIMONIALS Click here to read what people say about NARIP’s Music Supervisor Sessions. NARIP MUSIC SUPERVISOR SESSIONS IN THE NEWS, PLACEMENTS & SUCCESS STORIES See full list of NARIP placements to date here. For articles in Music Connection, Digital Music News, The Guardian (UK), MusikWeek (UK), Musik Woche (Germany), Taxi Drivers: Cinema e Cultura Metropolitano (Italy), MEOW (US) and other publications, and to read about NARIP members and session participants who have made nearly 3,000 placements as a direct result of NARIP Sessions, click here. Read about NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions in Digital Music News HERE WHEN Thursday, July 21, 2022 6:45 p.m. PST – Registration and networking 7:00 p.m. PST – Program begins 8:30 p.m. PST – Break 10:00 p.m. PST – Program ends WHERE NARIP Pitch Sessions and all NARIP events will be online only for the foreseeable future. Download a FREE copy at https://zoom.us to join this and future NARIP Pitch Sessions and other NARIP events. We recommend you perform an audio and video test (built into the software) and/or with a friend. Headphones required at our session. PITCH VIA ZOOM (or have NARIP pitch for you): Pitch via Zoom, or we can present material for you and provide the guest music supervisor’s feedback to you directly. If you have questions, please call or email us at (818) 769-7007 or info@narip.com. PER-SESSION, PER PERSON COST $299 NARIP Members * $399 Non-Members * Available to Professional and Executive NARIP Members only (not to monthly members). Members please log in to receive discount. NARIP reserves the right to refuse admission to anyone. 2 WAYS TO REGISTER 1. NARIP.com (just scroll down) 2. Call (818) 769-7007 Pre-paid admission guarantees seating, NARIP Sessions sell out. No refunds. We appreciate your cooperation. FOLLOW US, LIKE US, LOVE US! TWEET ABOUT NARIP & OUR EVENT! @NARIP #NARIPSessions QUESTIONS Call us at (818) 769-7007 or email info AT narip DOT com. SOURCES FOR MORE INFO NARIP Mutiny Recordings ____________________________________________________ The National Association of Record Industry Professionals promotes career advancement, education and good will among record executives. Get connected, stay connected. NARIP: Expertise & Tools To Market & Monetize Music Learn ? Network ? Access Opportunity
2022-07-19	In Atlanta: In-Person NARIP Music Biz Mixer at BNDWTH × NARIP Music Biz Mixer on Tue Jul 19 in Atlanta Meet & Greet at @ BNDWTH Studios ADDRESS: 1565 Davis Avenue Atlanta, GA 30344 FREE with RSVP, Limited Space Please RSVP NOW You’re invited to attend NARIP’s Music Biz Mixer! We’re doing it again! Join us, come meet and greet Atlanta-area record and music industry professionals. All are welcome. You need not be a NARIP member to attend. Please RSVP online by Monday, July 18, 2022 at 5:00PM EST so we can prepare. You are welcome to attend at the last minute as a walk-up on a space-available basis. We appreciate advance RSVP. So come along to meet existing friends and contacts, and make new ones. NARIP mixers feature 30-second introductions by all present to help you identify and get in front of the people who can make a difference to your business. Professional speed-dating! Among other things, NARIP sponsors events like these to encourage networking and the fostering of business relationships in the record industry. Over 75% of all great opportunities, deals and job offers come about as a direct result of second and third party referrals – who you know matters. So get to know more people in the record biz, and let them get to know you! Please join us and bring plenty of business cards. All are welcome, details below. “ONE OF THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES TO NETWORK” IN THE BIZ (Music Connection Magazine) “NARIP brunches [and mixers] have been a HUGE benefit for me and my company,” says Geodesic Management’s Dan Strader from New York. “In just a few hours at a Los Angeles brunch, I was able to establish a presence in that city and make solid connections that I still use to this day. Networking brunches have now begun in New York, and the connections we’ve made are career-changing.” REGISTER NOW Please register online by Monday, July 18, 2022 at 5:00PM EST. Walk-ups are welcome and we encourage advance RSVP. To RSVP now, just scroll down. Is your network not working? Ours is. They can’t promote you if they don’t know who you are! WHEN Tuesday, July 19, 2022 7:00 p.m. EST – Arrive 7:30 p.m. EST – Introductions 9:00 p.m. EST – Mixer ends, networking continues WHERE BNDWTH Studio 1565 Davis Avenue Atlanta, GA 30344 Click HERE for map. Nearest Marta Station: East Point COST FREE with RSVP, just scroll down. PARKING Some free street parking. Limited parking in the back of the building (entrance from Alameda). Paid lots in the area. Nearest Marta Station: East Point THANK YOU Special thanks to WLPWR, the BNDWTH Team at BNDWTH Studios for hosting this event, and to NARIP Atlanta Executive Director Juliett Rowe for organizing. QUESTIONS Call us at 818 769 7007 or email info AT narip DOT com. SOURCES FOR MORE INFO NARIP NARIP. Career acceleration. Get connected. Stay connected. _____________________________________________________________________________ The National Association of Record Industry Professionals promotes career advancement, education and good will in the record industry and related music fields. Once music is made, then what? Then NARIP. Learn, network, market music.
2022-06-20	NARIP Synch Agent Pitch Session (Gatorade, Netflix, 7-Eleven, Pepsi, Chipotle): Bank Robber Music’s Hysen … GET MORE INFO × NARIP Synch Agent Pitch Session with Bank Robber Music’s Lyle Hysen Mon Jun 20, 2022 at 6:00 pm PST Intimate Pitch Meetings with Top Music Synch Agents and Supervisors Nearly 3,000 Placements PLUS 35 Signings Result From NARIP Pitch Sessions, averaging more than one signing per Synch Agent Pitch Session. Read more here. A NARIP Series: Intimate Pitch Meetings with Top Music Buyers including Music Supervisors, A&R Executives, Synch Agents & Grammy-winning Music Producers Is your music getting to decision-makers? The Synch Agents* featured in NARIP Pitch Sessions are among the top sales and marketing executives who actively place music owned by songwriters, composers and independent music publishers. Many music buyers – directors, producers and music supervisors – name these Synch Agents as among their go-to music providers. These Agents, who NARIP has researched and interviewed, have placed thousands of songs in blockbuster films, hit television shows, trailers, global promotion and advertising campaigns, and video games. At NARIP’s intimate sessions, you get to meet and pitch Synch Agents for current placement opportunities and representation, and get immediate feedback. Come meet these career-makers. BACKGROUND Since 2011, NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions have secured nearly 3,000 placements in blockbuster films, hit television series, global promotion and advertising campaigns, and major studio trailers for NARIP members. Since inception of NARIP’s Synch Agent Pitch Sessions in 2018, thirty-five (35) NARIP members have signed representation or music publishing deals as a direct result with more in the works now. Other outcomes include collaborations, co-writing, producing and commissioned work. At NARIP’s Synch Agent Pitch Session: Meet top synch agent Lyle Hysen who places music in blockbuster films, hit TV shows, global ad campaigns and trailers. Intimate event with top synch agent: enrollment limited to 16 people No cattle calls, no 300-person crowds or conferences, no velvet ropes Get brief in advance to prepare your best pitch Direct access + firsthand info = better results FOR YOU Access multiple potential buyers and placements via ONE synch agent Get professional representation Topics: Trends in synch licensing and agent deals Exclusive, non-exclusive, single-song deals Budgets and fee ranges Copyright ownership, rights retention, song re-titling Fees between synch agents and their clients Which synch agents seek a transfer of copyright(s) for their services, and under what circumstances Small, focused NARIP Sessions enable one-on-one time and immediate direct feedback to music presented by participants. At hundreds of NARIP Sessions, we asked every guest music supervisor how to better market music to them. Their one consistent piece of advice? Get representation! At NARIP Synch Agent Pitch Sessions, limited to 16 people, you get to know the synch agents and they to get to know you. Most important, attendees meet these key players, paving the way for possible representation and ongoing opportunities, and giving them an edge in a competitive market. * Synch Agent: A synchronization or “synch” agent represents music copyrights – either the composition, the sound recordings, or both. They pitch music to buyers and their representatives, including to music supervisors. Synch agents are typically compensated on a commission basis and do not own or control the copyrights they represent. While synch agents usually focus on entertainment and media exploitations, traditional songplugger services also include placement of represented songs with recording artists. What is a Synch Agent (and WHY you need one)? View video (:60 seconds) WHAT TO EXPECT AT A NARIP SYNCH AGENT PITCH SESSION: PREPARATION IS KEY NARIP Music Supervisor Sessions are limited to an enrollment of just 16 people. About one week prior to NARIP’s Session, all registrants will get a brief of the guest supervisor’s then-CURRENT music needs. Each registrant will have a chance to pitch in response to the music briefs provided and get immediate feedback to music pitched. Each participant may submit up to five (5) songs (MP3s only please) 36 hours prior to NARIP’s Music Supervisor Session. Please note that due to time constraints you will only be able to pitch your TOP 3 songs for consideration and immediate feedback (more, if time permits). This process takes the mystery out of why a piece of music does or doesn’t fit. On-the-spot feedback enables registrants to re-work tracks and re-submit, which creates a much higher probability to get them licensed (choose well!). If you do not have music that matches the current needs of the supervisor, fear not! You can still attend and present the top three songs in your catalog. Make sure the songs are unique and captivating. This is helpful because a music supervisor’s needs change constantly. To optimize impact of music you pitch at NARIP’s Music Supervisor Session, we highly recommend that you target the briefs. Good luck and see you there! BEFORE NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: NARIP prepares a one-sheet for each participant including your photo and bio for the guest music supervisor to use and review at the event, and to take with him after the event. We will request your photo and bio one week prior to the event. In preparing these materials, we recommend you focus on brief career highlights in your bio and have a professional photo available. Approximately 5 to 7 days prior to NARIP’s Session, you will be sent a project brief describing several cues needed for a current project(s) of our guest speaker. These often include reference songs or links so that you can hear exactly what he seeks or needs to replace. You will submit your tracks with writer, publisher and other rights holder information that will also be supplied to the music supervisor during and after NARIP’s Session. You will get submission and meta-tagging guidelines, and mentoring as to how best to prepare your music for submission. DURING NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: You will get to play at least three songs (sometimes more, if time permits) for the guest music supervisor who will provide feedback to you for each one. NARIP moderator asks very specific questions to help participants learn and understand how to modify their tracks to make these more place-able for the guest supervisor’s specific needs at hand. AFTER NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: NARIP provides guest music supervisor (or synch agent) with participant one-sheets and all music from NARIP’s Session, including notes detailing the guest’s interest in specific tracks. If requested by guest, NARIP conveys additional tracks, remixes, instrumentals etc. to him. If approved by guest, NARIP provides his contact details to registrants. DON’T GET LOST IN THE CROWD: SMALL IS THE NEW BIG NARIP Sessions are deliberately kept small and intimate, which is just one reason they work so well and why participants have enjoyed nearly 3,000 placements and 35 representation signings to date. Limited enrollment of 16 people per session guarantees that registrants meet and get face-time with our guest. OVER 2,000 PLACEMENTS FROM NARIP MUSIC SUPERVISOR SESSIONS Our small format works! NARIP Session participants have placed nearly 3,000 tracks as a direct result of NARIP Music Supervisor Sessions. Other benefits include new publishing deals for NARIP members, creative collaborations and co-writes, strategic introductions to other music supervisors and placement experts, new representation for composers and much more. NARIP’S BIGGEST PLACEMENT TO DATE : VODAFONE Click here to read about NARIP’s biggest placement to date in a Vodafone campaign (Oct 2014) that paid handsomely and launched a career. Other brand placements include McDonalds and AT&T ads, among others. Placements secured and professional relationships formed through NARIPs music supervisor sessions have earned praise and many placements! See TESTIMONIALS and PLACEMENTS sections below. About Lyle Hysen, Bank Robber Music Lyle Hysen is the Founder/Head Creative of the preeminent music licensing company, BANK ROBBER MUSIC (est. 2004). BRM has worked closely with revered labels (including Merge, Mute and Delmark Records) to place songs in acclaimed television shows such as “The Walking Dead”, “Silicon Valley”, “Shameless” and “13 Reasons Why“, as well as in commercial campaigns for international brands like Facebook, Nike, Sonos, Chipotle and Red Lobster. In 2007, Lyle created the music publishing company, House Of Hassle, with partners Ken Weinstein and Gandhar Savur, who then signed artists such as Built To Spill, The Magnetic Fields, The Tallest Man On Earth, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Tortoise, Minor Threat and Zach Schwartz from Rogue Wave. In 2016, House Of Hassle acquired ROUGH TRADE PUBLISHING (originally founded by Cathi Gibson and Geoff Travis in the UK) and merged it with the existing HOH publishing company. Prior to founding BRM and HOH/RTP, Lyle functioned as Head of Film & TV Licensing at Matador Records. Previous to Matador, Lyle was the drummer and manager of the band, Das Damen, from 1986 to 1994, who toured extensively throughout the United States and Europe, while releasing records on a number of stalwart independent labels including SST, Sub Pop and Twin/Tone Records. Lyle is currently the drummer of The Royal Arctic Institute who just recently released a new EP “From Catnap To Coma” on Already Dead Tapes & Records. See list of recent placements, click HERE. TESTIMONIALS Click here to read what people say about NARIP’s Music Supervisor Sessions. NARIP MUSIC SUPERVISOR SESSIONS IN THE NEWS, PLACEMENTS & SUCCESS STORIES See full list of NARIP placements to date here. For articles in Music Connection, Digital Music News, The Guardian (UK), MusikWeek (UK), Musik Woche (Germany), Taxi Drivers: Cinema e Cultura Metropolitano (Italy), MEOW (US) and other publications, and to read about NARIP members and session participants who have made nearly 3,000 placements as a direct result of NARIP Sessions, click here. Read about NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions in Digital Music News HERE WHEN Monday, June 20, 2022 5:45 p.m. PST – Registration and networking 6:00 p.m. PST – Program begins 7:30 p.m. PST – Break 9:00 p.m. PST – Program ends WHERE NARIP Pitch Sessions and all NARIP events will be online only for the foreseeable future. Download a FREE copy at https://zoom.us to join this and future NARIP Pitch Sessions and other NARIP events. We recommend you perform an audio and video test (built into the software) and/or with a friend. Headphones required at our session. PITCH VIA ZOOM (or have NARIP pitch for you): Pitch via Zoom, or we can present material for you and provide the guest music supervisor’s feedback to you directly. If you have questions, please call or email us at (818) 769-7007 or info@narip.com. PER-SESSION, PER PERSON COST $299 NARIP Members * $399 Non-Members * Available to Professional and Executive NARIP Members only (not to monthly members). Members please log in to receive discount. NARIP reserves the right to refuse admission to anyone. 2 WAYS TO REGISTER 1. NARIP.com (just scroll down) 2. Call (818) 769-7007 Pre-paid admission guarantees seating, NARIP Sessions sell out. No refunds. We appreciate your cooperation. FOLLOW US, LIKE US, LOVE US! TWEET ABOUT NARIP & OUR EVENT! @NARIP #NARIPSessions QUESTIONS Call us at (818) 769-7007 or email info AT narip DOT com. SOURCES FOR MORE INFO NARIP Bank Robber Music ____________________________________________________ The National Association of Record Industry Professionals promotes career advancement, education and good will among record executives. Get connected, stay connected. NARIP: Expertise & Tools To Market & Monetize Music Learn ? Network ? Access Opportunity
2022-06-14	NARIP TV Music Supervisor Pitch Session (Vice, Black Market, Small Town Secrets, American Boyband): Vice Media Group’s Chase Stafford × NARIP TV Music Supervisor Pitch Session with Vice Media Group’s Senior Music Supervisor Chase Stafford Tue Jun 14, 2022 \|\| 1:00 pm PST Intimate Pitch Meetings with Top Music Supervisors Nearly 3,000 Placements PLUS 35 Signings Result From NARIP Pitch Sessions A NARIP Series: Intimate Pitch Meetings with Top Music Buyers including Music Supervisors, A&R Executives, Synch Agents & Music Producers Is your music getting to decision-makers? At NARIP’s intimate sessions, you get to meet music buyers including A&R executives, music supervisors, synch agents and music producers and pitch for current placement opportunities, representation, and projects, and get immediate feedback. BACKGROUND Since 2011, NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions have secured close to 3,000 placements in blockbuster films, hit television series, global promotion and advertising campaigns, and major studio trailers for NARIP members. Since inception of NARIP’s Synch Agent Pitch Sessions in 2018, thirty-five (35) NARIP members have signed representation or music publishing deals as a direct result with more in the works now. Other outcomes include collaborations, co-writing, producing and commissioned work. Topics at this NARIP TV Music Supervisor Pitch Session: Meet award-winning TV music supervisor Chase Stafford who places music in hit television shows, news programs and documentaries. Pitch songs directly to Chase for his priority and upcoming projects. He seeks new and untapped talent to elevate projects he works on. Learn how to get placed directly from the buyer, hear what works and what doesn’t. Get a brief of our guest’s current music needs in advance to prepare your best pitch. Direct access + firsthand info = better results FOR YOU. Small, focused NARIP Sessions enable one-on-one time and immediate direct feedback to music presented by participants. At NARIP Pitch Sessions, limited to 16 people, you get to know the guest music supervisor, synch agent or producer, and they to get to know you. Most important, attendees meet these key players, paving the way for placement, representation, collaboration and ongoing opportunities, and giving them an edge in a competitive market. WHAT TO EXPECT AT A NARIP MUSIC SUPERVISOR PITCH SESSION PREPARATION IS KEY NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions are limited to an enrollment of just 16 people. About one week prior to NARIP’s Session, all registrants will get a brief of the guest supervisor’s then-CURRENT music needs. Each registrant will have a chance to pitch in response to the music briefs provided and get immediate feedback to music pitched. Each participant must submit 5 songs (MP3s only please) 36 hours prior to NARIP’s Music Supervisor Session. Please note that due to time constraints you will only be able to pitch your TOP 3 songs for consideration and immediate feedback (more, if time permits). This process takes the mystery out of why a piece of music does or doesn’t fit. On-the-spot feedback enables registrants to re-work tracks and re-submit, which creates a much higher probability to get them licensed (choose well!). If you do not have music that matches the current needs of the supervisor, fear not! You can still attend and present the top three songs in your catalog. Make sure the songs are unique and captivating. This is helpful because a music supervisor’s needs change constantly. To optimize impact of music you pitch at NARIP’s Music Supervisor Session, we highly recommend that you target the briefs. Good luck and see you there! BEFORE NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: NARIP prepares a one-sheet for each participant including your photo and bio for the guest music supervisor to use and review at the event, and to take with him after the event. We will request your photo and bio one week prior to the event. In preparing these materials, we recommend you focus on brief career highlights in your bio and have a professional photo available. Approximately 5 to 7 days prior to NARIP’s Session, you will be sent a project brief describing several cues needed for a current project(s) of our guest speaker. These often include reference songs or links so that you can hear exactly what he seeks or needs to replace. You will submit your tracks with writer, publisher and other rights holder information that will also be supplied to the music supervisor during and after NARIP’s Session. You will get submission and meta-tagging guidelines, and mentoring as to how best to prepare your music for submission. DURING NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: You will get to play at least three songs (sometimes more, if time permits) for the guest music supervisor who will provide feedback to you for each one. NARIP moderator asks very specific questions to help participants learn and understand how to modify their tracks to make these more place-able for the guest supervisor’s specific needs at hand. AFTER NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: NARIP provides guest music supervisor with participant one-sheets and all music from NARIP’s Session, including notes detailing the guest music supervisor’s interest in specific tracks. If requested by guest music supervisor, NARIP conveys additional tracks, remixes, instrumentals etc. to him. If approved by guest music supervisor, NARIP provides his contact details to registrants. DON’T GET LOST IN THE CROWD: SMALL IS THE NEW BIG NARIP Sessions are deliberately kept small and intimate, which is just one reason they work so well and why participants have enjoyed nearly 3,000 placements to date. Limited enrollment of 16 people per session guarantees that registrants meet and get face-time with our guest. ALMOST 3,000 PLACEMENTS FROM NARIP MUSIC SUPERVISOR SESSIONS Our small format works! NARIP Session participants have placed nearly 3,000 tracks as a direct result of NARIP Music Supervisor Sessions. Other benefits include new publishing deals for NARIP members, creative collaborations and co-writes, strategic introductions to other music supervisors and placement experts, new representation for composers and much more. NARIP’S BIGGEST PLACEMENT TO DATE : VODAFONE Click here to read about NARIP’s biggest placement to date in a Vodafone campaign (Oct 2014) that paid handsomely and launched a career. Other brand placements include McDonalds and AT&T ads, among others. Placements secured and professional relationships formed through NARIPs music supervisor sessions have earned praise and many placements! See TESTIMONIALS and PLACEMENTS sections below. About Chase Stafford, Senior Music Supervisor, Vice Media Group Chase Stafford (Vice Media Group, Vice news Tonight HBO, ITV, Leftfield) is currently a lead music supervisor at Vice Media Group and New York-City-based with 10+ years of experience in music for television and a lifetime in entertainment. He has worked on everything from a series of Tiny House shows, The Real Housewives of NJ, Black Lives Matter: A Global Reckoning (VICE), and a news-based cooking series also for VICE (Counter Space). Specializing in doc, news and non-scripted, he is capable of finding needles in haystacks regardless of each project’s scope. He has also been the music supervisor for the Emmy award-winning Vice News Tonight (formally HBO) since its inception, working with composers, music houses to source and license music for the popular Verse Chorus Bridge franchise. From there, he has also branched out to oversee several digital programs including The Story Of and award-winning Transnational, along with multiple TV series for Vice World News. TESTIMONIALS Click here to read what people say about NARIP’s Music Supervisor Sessions. NARIP MUSIC SUPERVISOR SESSIONS IN THE NEWS, PLACEMENTS & SUCCESS STORIES See full list of NARIP placements to date here. For articles in Music Connection, Digital Music News, The Guardian (UK), MusikWeek (UK), Musik Woche (Germany), Taxi Drivers: Cinema e Cultura Metropolitano (Italy), MEOW (US) and other publications, and to read about NARIP members and session participants who have made almost 3,000 placements as a direct result of NARIP Sessions, click here. Read about NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions in Digital Music News HERE WHEN Tuesday, June 14, 2022 12:45 p.m. PST – Registration and networking 1:00 p.m. PST – Program begins 2:30 p.m. PST – Break 3:00 p.m. PST – Program ends WHERE NARIP Pitch Sessions and all NARIP events will be online only for the foreseeable future. Download a FREE copy at https://zoom.us to join this and future NARIP Pitch Sessions and other NARIP events. We recommend you perform an audio and video test (built into the software) and/or with a friend. Headphone required at our session. PITCH VIA ZOOM (or have NARIP pitch for you): Pitch via Zoom, or we can present material for you and provide the guest music supervisor’s feedback to you directly. If you have questions, please call or email us at 818-769-7007 or info@narip.com. PER-SESSION, PER PERSON COST $299 NARIP Members * $399 Non-Members * Available to Professional and Executive NARIP Members only (not to monthly members). Members please log in to receive discount. NARIP reserves the right to refuse admission to anyone. 2 WAYS TO REGISTER 1. NARIP.com (just scroll down) 2. Call 818-769-7007 Pre-paid admission guarantees seating, NARIP Sessions sell out. No refunds. We appreciate your cooperation. SOURCES FOR MORE INFO Chase Stafford on Linked In Vice NARIP ____________________________________________________ The National Association of Record Industry Professionals promotes career advancement, education and good will among record executives. Get connected, stay connected. 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2022-04-20	NARIP Webinar: ABCs of Music Producer Agreements × ABCs of Music Producer Agreements with Ben McLane, Esq. Wednesday, April 20, 2022 7:00 pm PST Via Zoom Most people think they can hand a negotiation to a lawyer, and leave it at that. But as a professional, you need to understand the process too, and what the short- and long-term implications to the artist’s career may be. In this session, music and entertainment industry attorney Ben McLane, Esq. discusses key areas of a music producer agreement. He will give you the inside track on major deal points, what they mean and what leverage you have to negotiate the best possible deal. Get educated about the art of deal making and the right time to make a deal! Topics at this NARIP program include: Logistics: Where song is recorded, artist approvals, producer deliverables, creative and administrative duties. Master Recording: Who will own and control it? What does this include? Exclusive rights to manufacture, distribute and issue master use licenses. Splits: Is producer also a songwriter? What percentage, if any, is producer entitled to of the song’s copyright? Fees: How, what and when will producer be paid? New, mid-level and superstar producer fee ranges. Up-front or back-end compensation. Credit: What specific credit will Producer receive? General Clauses, Terms & Options: Original work, name and likeness, indemnification and more. Also to be discussed: Producer Advance vs. Recording Fund: Did you know it all comes out of the artist’s recording fund? (A, B and C-List ranges, flat fee, producing on “spec”) Producer Royalty: Did you know it all comes out of the Artist’s royalty? Escalations. Remixers: Reduction for third party remixers. Recoupment: Producers are paid retroactive to Record One vs. prospectively like the Artist Controlled Composition Clause: What you need to know if your producer is also your co-writer. What does the artist’s recording agreement say? This affects the producer’s royalty, royalty accountings, mechanical royalties, reductions, “fake” free goods and more. Assignment Exhibits to The Producer Agreement Redacted portions of Artist’s Recording Agreement with Record Company Letters of direction to Record Company which direct a portion of artist’ royalties to producer of the master, and (ii) which direct a portion of the Artist’s SoundExchange royalties to the producer of the master. BONUS: Sample music producer deal memo will be provided to all registrants. Learn what to ask for and what to avoid in your next deal, walk away from NARIP’s program armed with important checklists and a sample deal memo of a music producer deal. SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER (scroll down for professional profile) Ben McLane, Esq., Music & Entertainment Attorney WHEN Wednesday, April 20, 2022 7:00 p.m. PST – Program begins 8:30 p.m. PST – Audience Q&A 9:00 p.m. PST – Program ends WHERE: ONLINE (via Zoom) This Webinar and all NARIP events will be online only for the foreseeable future via Zoom. Download a FREE copy at https://zoom.us to join this and future NARIP events. We recommend you perform an audio and video test (built into the software) and/or with a friend, and have headphones at our session. If you have questions, please call or email us at 818-769-7007 or info@narip.com. COST $15 for NARIP Members $30 for Non-Members Not a NARIP Member yet? What are you waiting for? Join NOW for as little as $9.95 per month, get one month FREE. Click HERE to join NOW. BONUS #1 Because you are registering for this program, we offer you the opportunity to pre-order the recording of this program for only $20 (regularly $39.95). This will also include digital copies of any documents distributed at the program. This program will cover a great deal of information, and you won’t have to worry about taking notes! To pre-order now, select the PREMIUM TICKET option below, you will get access to the recording shortly after our program. 2 WAYS TO REGISTER 1. Online: NARIP.com (just scroll down) 2. Phone: 818-769-7007 Pre-paid guarantees your spot. All ticket sales final. No refunds. NARIP reserves the right to refuse admission to anyone. We appreciate your cooperation. FOLLOW US, LIKE US, LOVE US! TWEET ABOUT NARIP & OUR EVENT! @NARIP QUESTIONS Call us at 818 769 7007 or email info AT narip DOT com. SOURCES FOR MORE INFO NARIP Ben McLane, Esq. GUEST SPEAKER PROFILE Ben McLane, Esq. Ben McLane, Esq. is an entertainment attorney veteran focusing primarily on music, with many gold/platinum albums and Billboard Top 10 and #1 chart hits to his credit for his work. He has also been involved in artist management, talent scouting, promotions, and record label operations. Ben is the author of the book Music Business In 10 Easy Lessons and a frequent speaker at prestigious industry conferences such as SXSW, NAMM and NSAI. He currently teaches Music Business Law & Contracts at Los Angeles College of Music [LACM] in Pasadena, CA. Ben is a 1991 graduate of Pepperdine Law School, and lives and works in Los Angeles. ____________________________________________________ The National Association of Record Industry Professionals promotes career advancement, education and good will among record and music industry executives. Get connected, stay connected. NARIP: Expertise & Tools To Market & Monetize Music Learn ? Network ? Access Opportunity
2022-04-14	SOLD OUT: NARIP Synch Agent Pitch Session (Electronic Arts, NFL, AT&T, Dell, PGA Tour, Target): Truly Music Synch’s Wendy Griffiths × SOLD OUT: NARIP Synch Agent Pitch Session (Electronic Arts, NFL, AT&T, Dell, PGA Tour, Target): Truly Music Synch’s Wendy Griffiths
2022-03-31	NARIP Film / TV Music Supervisor Pitch Session (Red Rocket, Tangerine, Big Nate, Viceland): Matthew Hearon-Smith × NARIP Film / TV Music Supervisor Pitch Session with Matthew Hearon-Smith Thu Mar 31, 2022 \|\| 7:00 pm PST Intimate Pitch Meetings with Top Music Supervisors Nearly 3,000 Placements PLUS 35 Signings Result From NARIP Pitch Sessions A NARIP Series: Intimate Pitch Meetings with Top Music Buyers including Music Supervisors, A&R Executives, Synch Agents & Music Producers Is your music getting to decision-makers? At NARIP’s intimate sessions, you get to meet music buyers including A&R executives, music supervisors, synch agents and music producers and pitch for current placement opportunities, representation, and projects, and get immediate feedback. BACKGROUND Since 2011, NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions have secured close to 3,000 placements in blockbuster films, hit television series, global promotion and advertising campaigns, and major studio trailers for NARIP members. Since inception of NARIP’s Synch Agent Pitch Sessions in 2018, thirty-five (35) NARIP members have signed representation or music publishing deals as a direct result with more in the works now. Other outcomes include collaborations, co-writing, producing and commissioned work. Topics at this NARIP TV Music Supervisor Pitch Session: Meet award-winning and critically acclaimed Film / TV music supervisor Matthew Hearon-Smith who places music in hit television shows, films and documentaries. Pitch songs directly to Matthew for his priority and upcoming projects. He seeks new and untapped talent to elevate projects she works on. Learn how to get placed directly from the buyer, hear what works and what doesn’t. Direct access + firsthand info = better results FOR YOU. Small, focused NARIP Sessions enable one-on-one time and immediate direct feedback to music presented by participants. At NARIP Pitch Sessions, limited to 16 people, you get to know the guest music supervisor, synch agent or producer, and they to get to know you. Most important, attendees meet these key players, paving the way for placement, representation, collaboration and ongoing opportunities, and giving them an edge in a competitive market. WHAT TO EXPECT AT A NARIP MUSIC SUPERVISOR PITCH SESSION PREPARATION IS KEY NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions are limited to an enrollment of just 16 people. About one week prior to NARIP’s Session, all registrants will get a brief of the guest supervisor’s then-CURRENT music needs. Each registrant will have a chance to pitch in response to the music briefs provided and get immediate feedback to music pitched. Each participant must submit 5 songs (MP3s only please) 36 hours prior to NARIP’s Music Supervisor Session. Please note that due to time constraints you will only be able to pitch your TOP 3 songs for consideration and immediate feedback (more, if time permits). This process takes the mystery out of why a piece of music does or doesn’t fit. On-the-spot feedback enables registrants to re-work tracks and re-submit, which creates a much higher probability to get them licensed (choose well!). If you do not have music that matches the current needs of the supervisor, fear not! You can still attend and present the top three songs in your catalog. Make sure the songs are unique and captivating. This is helpful because a music supervisor’s needs change constantly. To optimize impact of music you pitch at NARIP’s Music Supervisor Session, we highly recommend that you target the briefs. Good luck and see you there! BEFORE NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: NARIP prepares a one-sheet for each participant including your photo and bio for the guest music supervisor to use and review at the event, and to take with him after the event. We will request your photo and bio one week prior to the event. In preparing these materials, we recommend you focus on brief career highlights in your bio and have a professional photo available. Approximately 5 to 7 days prior to NARIP’s Session, you will be sent a project brief describing several cues needed for a current project(s) of our guest speaker. These often include reference songs or links so that you can hear exactly what he seeks or needs to replace. You will submit your tracks with writer, publisher and other rights holder information that will also be supplied to the music supervisor during and after NARIP’s Session. You will get submission and meta-tagging guidelines, and mentoring as to how best to prepare your music for submission. DURING NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: You will get to play at least three songs (sometimes more, if time permits) for the guest music supervisor who will provide feedback to you for each one. NARIP moderator asks very specific questions to help participants learn and understand how to modify their tracks to make these more place-able for the guest supervisor’s specific needs at hand. AFTER NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: NARIP provides guest music supervisor with participant one-sheets and all music from NARIP’s Session, including notes detailing the guest music supervisor’s interest in specific tracks. If requested by guest music supervisor, NARIP conveys additional tracks, remixes, instrumentals etc. to him. If approved by guest music supervisor, NARIP provides his contact details to registrants. DON’T GET LOST IN THE CROWD: SMALL IS THE NEW BIG NARIP Sessions are deliberately kept small and intimate, which is just one reason they work so well and why participants have enjoyed nearly 3,000 placements to date. Limited enrollment of 16 people per session guarantees that registrants meet and get face-time with our guest. ALMOST 3,000 PLACEMENTS FROM NARIP MUSIC SUPERVISOR SESSIONS Our small format works! NARIP Session participants have placed nearly 3,000 tracks as a direct result of NARIP Music Supervisor Sessions. Other benefits include new publishing deals for NARIP members, creative collaborations and co-writes, strategic introductions to other music supervisors and placement experts, new representation for composers and much more. NARIP’S BIGGEST PLACEMENT TO DATE : VODAFONE Click here to read about NARIP’s biggest placement to date in a Vodafone campaign (Oct 2014) that paid handsomely and launched a career. Other brand placements include McDonalds and AT&T ads, among others. Placements secured and professional relationships formed through NARIPs music supervisor sessions have earned praise and many placements! See TESTIMONIALS and PLACEMENTS sections below. About Matthew Hearon-Smith, Film & TV Music Supervisor Matthew Hearon-Smith is an NYC-based film/tv/ad music supervisor best known for his work on the Sean Baker films Tangerine (Magnolia), The Florida Project (A24) and Red Rocket (A24), Kate Aselton’s forthcoming Mack & Rita, the Nickelodeon/Paramount+ animated series Big Nate, and the HBO Max series Legendary. In addition, he has supervised over 120 episodes of TV on the VICELAND, Fusion, Comedy Central and Food networks including ‘Noisey’, ‘Fuck, That’s Delicious!’, ‘Black Market with Michael K. Williams’ and ‘Shade: Queens of NYC’. He is a five-time Guild of Music Supervisors Awards nominee, a Hollywood Music in Media Awards nominee for ‘Best Music Supervision in Film’ and a Chlotrudis Awards winner. Matthew is also a member of the Creative Music Strategy team at ViacomCBS focusing on the networks Comedy Central, Smithsonian Channel and Paramount Network. TESTIMONIALS Click here to read what people say about NARIP’s Music Supervisor Sessions. NARIP MUSIC SUPERVISOR SESSIONS IN THE NEWS, PLACEMENTS & SUCCESS STORIES See full list of NARIP placements to date here. For articles in Music Connection, Digital Music News, The Guardian (UK), MusikWeek (UK), Musik Woche (Germany), Taxi Drivers: Cinema e Cultura Metropolitano (Italy), MEOW (US) and other publications, and to read about NARIP members and session participants who have made almost 3,000 placements as a direct result of NARIP Sessions, click here. Read about NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions in Digital Music News HERE WHEN Thursday, March 31, 2022 6:45 p.m. PST – Registration and networking 7:00 p.m. PST – Program begins 8:30 p.m. PST – Break 10:00 p.m. PST – Program ends WHERE NARIP Pitch Sessions and all NARIP events will be online only for the foreseeable future. Download a FREE copy at https://zoom.us to join this and future NARIP Pitch Sessions and other NARIP events. We recommend you perform an audio and video test (built into the software) and/or with a friend. Headphone required at our session. PITCH VIA ZOOM (or have NARIP pitch for you): Pitch via Zoom, or we can present material for you and provide the guest music supervisor’s feedback to you directly. If you have questions, please call or email us at 818-769-7007 or info@narip.com. PER-SESSION, PER PERSON COST $299 NARIP Members * $399 Non-Members * Available to Professional and Executive NARIP Members only (not to monthly members). Members please log in to receive discount. NARIP reserves the right to refuse admission to anyone. 2 WAYS TO REGISTER 1. NARIP.com (just scroll down) 2. Call 818-769-7007 Pre-paid admission guarantees seating, NARIP Sessions sell out. No refunds. We appreciate your cooperation. SOURCES FOR MORE INFO Matthew Hearon-Smith Matthew Hearon-Smith on IMBD NARIP ____________________________________________________ The National Association of Record Industry Professionals promotes career advancement, education and good will among record executives. Get connected, stay connected. NARIP: Expertise & Tools To Market & Monetize Music Learn ? Network ? Access Opportunity
2022-03-19	In LA – NARIP Music Biz Brunch @ The Home of DPAK from Robot Nature × In Person NARIP Music Biz Brunch Eat, Meet & Greet at @ Home of DPAK from Robot Nature Sat Mar 19, 2022 26869 Cold Springs Street Calabasas, CA 91301 Limited space, RSVP NOW! You’re invited to attend NARIP’s Brunch! We’re doing it again (at last)! Join us IN PERSON, come meet and greet Los Angeles-area record and music industry professionals. All are welcome! You need not be a NARIP member to attend. Please RSVP and register online by Friday, March 18, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. so we can prepare enough refreshments for everyone. NARIP encourages pre-payment. You are welcome to attend at the last minute as a walk-up, but we appreciate advance registration. So come along to meet existing friends and contacts, and make new ones. NARIP brunches feature 30-second introductions by all present to help you identify and get in front of the people who can make a difference to your business. Professional speed-dating! Among other things, NARIP sponsors events like these to encourage networking and the fostering of business relationships in the record industry. Over 75% of all great opportunities, deals and job offers come about as a direct result of second and third party referrals – who you know matters. So get to know more people in the record biz, and let them get to know you! Please join us and bring plenty of business cards. All are welcome, details below. “ONE OF THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES TO NETWORK” IN THE BIZ (Music Connection Magazine) “NARIP brunches have been a HUGE benefit for me and my company,” says Geodesic Management’s Dan Strader from New York. “In just a few hours at a Los Angeles brunch, I was able to establish a presence in that city and make solid connections that I still use to this day. Networking brunches have now begun in New York, and the connections we’ve made are career-changing.” REGISTER NOW Please register online by Saturday, March 18, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. so we can prepare enough refreshments for everyone. Walk-ups are welcome and we encourage advance registration so no one is left without a bagel or a chair when the music stops 🙂 To register now, just scroll down. Is your network not working? Ours is. They can’t promote you if they don’t know who you are! WHEN Saturday, March 19, 2022 11:00 noon – Arrive and eat! 11:30 p.m. – Introductions 1:00 p.m. – Brunch ends, networking continues WHERE At the home of DPAK from Robot Nature 26869 Cold Spring Street Calabasas, CA 91301 COST $15 for NARIP Members $25 for Non-Members Get a NARIP membership for $9.95 a month and pay only the member rate! Click HERE to see benefits and join NOW! We encourage you to register in advance online now (just scroll down). Otherwise, cash only at the door on Event Day please. Price includes food, beverage and event admission. NARIP reserves the right to refuse admission to anyone. PARKING Free parking on residential streets. THANK YOU Special thanks to The Real DPAK of Robot Nature for hosting this event. QUESTIONS Call us at 818 769 7007 or email info AT narip DOT com. SOURCES FOR MORE INFO NARIP The Real DPAK of Robot Nature @therealdpak NARIP. Career acceleration. Get connected. Stay connected. _______________________________________________________________________ The National Association of Record Industry Professionals promotes career advancement, education and good will in the record industry and related music fields. Once music is made, then what? Then NARIP. Learn, network, market music.
2022-02-03	NARIP Synch Agent Pitch Session (Lucifer, Hysterical, Mayor Pete, Honda): Secret Road’s Kayla Masnek × NARIP Synch Agent Pitch Session with Secret Road’s Kayla Masnek Kayla is back by popular demand Thu Feb 3, 2022 at 7:00 pm PST Intimate Pitch Meetings with Top Music Synch Agents and Supervisors Nearly 3,000 Placements PLUS 35 Signings Result From NARIP Pitch Sessions, averaging more than one signing per Synch Agent Pitch Session. Read more here. A NARIP Series: Intimate Pitch Meetings with Top Music Buyers including Music Supervisors, A&R Executives, Synch Agents & Grammy-winning Music Producers Is your music getting to decision-makers? The Synch Agents* featured in NARIP Pitch Sessions are among the top sales and marketing executives who actively place music owned by songwriters, composers and independent music publishers. Many music buyers – directors, producers and music supervisors – name these Synch Agents as among their go-to music providers. These Agents, who NARIP has researched and interviewed, have placed thousands of songs in blockbuster films, hit television shows, trailers, global promotion and advertising campaigns, and video games. At NARIP’s intimate sessions, you get to meet and pitch Synch Agents for current placement opportunities and representation, and get immediate feedback. Come meet these career-makers. BACKGROUND Since 2011, NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions have secured nearly 3,000 placements in blockbuster films, hit television series, global promotion and advertising campaigns, and major studio trailers for NARIP members. Since inception of NARIP’s Synch Agent Pitch Sessions in 2018, thirty-five (35) NARIP members have signed representation or music publishing deals as a direct result with more in the works now. Other outcomes include collaborations, co-writing, producing and commissioned work. At NARIP’s Synch Agent Pitch Session: Back by popular demand, meet top synch agent Kayla Masnek and a repeat NARIP guest Intimate event with top synch agent: enrollment limited to 16 people No cattle calls, no 300-person crowds or conferences, no velvet ropes Get brief in advance to prepare your best pitch Direct access + firsthand info = better results FOR YOU Access multiple potential buyers and placements via ONE synch agent Get professional representation Topics: Trends in synch licensing and agent deals Exclusive, non-exclusive, single-song deals Budgets and fee ranges Copyright ownership, rights retention, song re-titling Fees between synch agents and their clients Which synch agents seek a transfer of copyright(s) for their services, and under what circumstances Small, focused NARIP Sessions enable one-on-one time and immediate direct feedback to music presented by participants. At hundreds of NARIP Sessions, we asked every guest music supervisor how to better market music to them. Their one consistent piece of advice? Get representation! At NARIP Synch Agent Pitch Sessions, limited to 16 people, you get to know the synch agents and they to get to know you. Most important, attendees meet these key players, paving the way for possible representation and ongoing opportunities, and giving them an edge in a competitive market. * Synch Agent: A synchronization or “synch” agent represents music copyrights – either the composition, the sound recordings, or both. They pitch music to buyers and their representatives, including to music supervisors. Synch agents are typically compensated on a commission basis and do not own or control the copyrights they represent. While synch agents usually focus on entertainment and media exploitations, traditional songplugger services also include placement of represented songs with recording artists. What is a Synch Agent (and WHY you need one)? View video (:60 seconds) WHAT TO EXPECT AT A NARIP SYNCH AGENT PITCH SESSION: PREPARATION IS KEY NARIP Music Supervisor Sessions are limited to an enrollment of just 16 people. About one week prior to NARIP’s Session, all registrants will get a brief of the guest supervisor’s then-CURRENT music needs. Each registrant will have a chance to pitch in response to the music briefs provided and get immediate feedback to music pitched. Each participant may submit up to five (5) songs (MP3s only please) 36 hours prior to NARIP’s Music Supervisor Session. Please note that due to time constraints you will only be able to pitch your TOP 3 songs for consideration and immediate feedback (more, if time permits). This process takes the mystery out of why a piece of music does or doesn’t fit. On-the-spot feedback enables registrants to re-work tracks and re-submit, which creates a much higher probability to get them licensed (choose well!). If you do not have music that matches the current needs of the supervisor, fear not! You can still attend and present the top three songs in your catalog. Make sure the songs are unique and captivating. This is helpful because a music supervisor’s needs change constantly. To optimize impact of music you pitch at NARIP’s Music Supervisor Session, we highly recommend that you target the briefs. Good luck and see you there! BEFORE NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: NARIP prepares a one-sheet for each participant including your photo and bio for the guest music supervisor to use and review at the event, and to take with him after the event. We will request your photo and bio one week prior to the event. In preparing these materials, we recommend you focus on brief career highlights in your bio and have a professional photo available. Approximately 5 to 7 days prior to NARIP’s Session, you will be sent a project brief describing several cues needed for a current project(s) of our guest speaker. These often include reference songs or links so that you can hear exactly what he seeks or needs to replace. You will submit your tracks with writer, publisher and other rights holder information that will also be supplied to the music supervisor during and after NARIP’s Session. You will get submission and meta-tagging guidelines, and mentoring as to how best to prepare your music for submission. DURING NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: You will get to play at least three songs (sometimes more, if time permits) for the guest music supervisor who will provide feedback to you for each one. NARIP moderator asks very specific questions to help participants learn and understand how to modify their tracks to make these more place-able for the guest supervisor’s specific needs at hand. AFTER NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: NARIP provides guest music supervisor (or synch agent) with participant one-sheets and all music from NARIP’s Session, including notes detailing the guest music supervisor’s interest in specific tracks. If requested by guest music supervisor, NARIP conveys additional tracks, remixes, instrumentals etc. to him. If approved by guest music supervisor, NARIP provides his contact details to registrants. DON’T GET LOST IN THE CROWD: SMALL IS THE NEW BIG NARIP Sessions are deliberately kept small and intimate, which is just one reason they work so well and why participants have enjoyed nearly 3,000 placements and 35 representation signings to date. Limited enrollment of 16 people per session guarantees that registrants meet and get face-time with our guest. OVER 2,000 PLACEMENTS FROM NARIP MUSIC SUPERVISOR SESSIONS Our small format works! NARIP Session participants have placed nearly 3,000 tracks as a direct result of NARIP Music Supervisor Sessions. Other benefits include new publishing deals for NARIP members, creative collaborations and co-writes, strategic introductions to other music supervisors and placement experts, new representation for composers and much more. NARIP’S BIGGEST PLACEMENT TO DATE : VODAFONE Click here to read about NARIP’s biggest placement to date in a Vodafone campaign (Oct 2014) that paid handsomely and launched a career. Other brand placements include McDonalds and AT&T ads, among others. Placements secured and professional relationships formed through NARIPs music supervisor sessions have earned praise and many placements! See TESTIMONIALS and PLACEMENTS sections below. About Kayla Masnek, Secret Road Kayla Masnek was born in San Diego, California and grew up in Edmond, Oklahoma. Upon graduating with a Music Business degree from Oklahoma City University, Kayla returned to her West (best) Coast roots when she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in music licensing. A musician (piano, flute) from a young age, she knew early in life that she wanted to work in the music industry. After reading 100 Careers in the Music Industry at age 14, she set her sights on music supervision. Her path has changed a bit since then, as she’s found a passion in working with and helping independent artists through music licensing, more specifically over the last decade at Secret Road Music Services. She’s responsible for notable music placements in TV shows and promos across all major networks and streaming services, and in trailers for Amazon’s Mayor Pete, Paramount+’s Younger, Netflix’s Lucifer, and FX’s Hysterical. TESTIMONIALS Click here to read what people say about NARIP’s Music Supervisor Sessions. NARIP MUSIC SUPERVISOR SESSIONS IN THE NEWS, PLACEMENTS & SUCCESS STORIES See full list of NARIP placements to date here. For articles in Music Connection, Digital Music News, The Guardian (UK), MusikWeek (UK), Musik Woche (Germany), Taxi Drivers: Cinema e Cultura Metropolitano (Italy), MEOW (US) and other publications, and to read about NARIP members and session participants who have made nearly 3,000 placements as a direct result of NARIP Sessions, click here. Read about NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions in Digital Music News HERE WHEN Thursday, February 3, 2022 6:45 p.m. PST – Registration and networking 7:00 p.m. PST – Program begins 8:30 p.m. PST – Break 10:00 p.m. PST – Program ends WHERE NARIP Pitch Sessions and all NARIP events will be online only for the foreseeable future. Download a FREE copy at https://zoom.us to join this and future NARIP Pitch Sessions and other NARIP events. We recommend you perform an audio and video test (built into the software) and/or with a friend. Headphones required at our session. PITCH VIA ZOOM (or have NARIP pitch for you): Pitch via Zoom, or we can present material for you and provide the guest music supervisor’s feedback to you directly. If you have questions, please call or email us at (818) 769-7007 or info@narip.com. PER-SESSION, PER PERSON COST $299 NARIP Members * $399 Non-Members * Available to Professional and Executive NARIP Members only (not to monthly members). Members please log in to receive discount. NARIP reserves the right to refuse admission to anyone. 2 WAYS TO REGISTER 1. NARIP.com (just scroll down) 2. Call (818) 769-7007 Pre-paid admission guarantees seating, NARIP Sessions sell out. No refunds. We appreciate your cooperation. FOLLOW US, LIKE US, LOVE US! TWEET ABOUT NARIP & OUR EVENT! @NARIP #NARIPSessions QUESTIONS Call us at (818) 769-7007 or email info AT narip DOT com. SOURCES FOR MORE INFO NARIP Secret Road ____________________________________________________ The National Association of Record Industry Professionals promotes career advancement, education and good will among record executives. Get connected, stay connected. NARIP: Expertise & Tools To Market & Monetize Music Learn ? Network ? Access Opportunity
2022-01-15	NARIP Music Biz Brunch × NARIP Music Biz Brunch: Meet & Greet Live Online RSVP NOW! You’re invited to attend NARIP’s Virtual Brunch Sat Jan 15, 2022 at 10am PST We’re doing it again! Join us online, come meet and greet record and music industry professionals. All are welcome. You need not be a NARIP member to attend. Please RSVP as we limit attendance to the first ten thousand people (ha! but really, we keep these events to a modest size for a better experience for all). You are welcome to join at the last minute if space permits, though we appreciate advance registration. So come along to meet existing friends and contacts, and make new ones. NARIP brunches feature 30-second introductions by all present to help you identify and get in front of the people who can make a difference to your business. Professional speed-dating! All are welcome, you need not be a NARIP member to attend. Among other things, NARIP sponsors events like these to encourage networking and the fostering of business relationships in the record industry. Over 75% of all great opportunities, deals and job offers come about as a direct result of second and third party referrals – who you know matters. So get to know more people in the record biz, and let them get to know you! Please join us! All are welcome, details below. “ONE OF THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES TO NETWORK” IN THE BIZ (Music Connection Magazine) “NARIP brunches have been a HUGE benefit for me and my company,” says Geodesic Management’s Dan Strader from New York. “In just a few hours at a Los Angeles brunch, I was able to establish a presence in that city and make solid connections that I still use to this day. Networking brunches have now begun in New York, and the connections we’ve made are career-changing.” REGISTER NOW Please RSVP. You are welcome to join at the last minute, and we appreciate advance registration. Is your network not working? Ours is. They can’t promote you if they don’t know who you are! WHEN Saturday, January 15, 2022 10:00 a.m. – Arrive! 10:30 a.m. – Introductions 12:00 noon – Brunch ends, networking continues WHERE Live Online via ZOOM TOPIC OF DISCUSSION At our digital brunches on we may focus on a specific topic (or topics), if desired. Please select the topic below you’d like to hear more about and include this in the COMMENTS section of the online registration form: More about synch licensing (please be specific) Music publishing Producer deals Other COST $10 for NARIP Members $20 for Non-Members Get a NARIP membership for $9.95 a month and pay only the member rate! Click HERE to see benefits and join NOW! We encourage you to register in advance online now (just scroll down). NARIP reserves the right to refuse admission to anyone. QUESTIONS Call us at 818-769-7007 or email info AT narip DOT com. SOURCES FOR MORE INFO NARIP NARIP. Career acceleration. Get connected. Stay connected. _______________________________________________________________________ The National Association of Record Industry Professionals promotes career advancement, education and good will in the record industry and related music fields. Once music is made, then what? Then NARIP. Learn, network, market music.
2022-01-13	NARIP TV Music Supervisor Pitch Session (The Comedy Store, Midnight Mass, Bad Moms, Instant Family): Format’s Justine von Winterfeldt × NARIP TV Music Supervisor Pitch Session with Format Entertainment’s Justine von Winterfeldt Thu Jan 13, 2022 \|\| 7:00 pm PST Intimate Pitch Meetings with Top Music Supervisors Nearly 3,000 Placements PLUS 35 Signings Result From NARIP Pitch Sessions A NARIP Series: Intimate Pitch Meetings with Top Music Buyers including Music Supervisors, A&R Executives, Synch Agents & Music Producers Is your music getting to decision-makers? At NARIP’s intimate sessions, you get to meet music buyers including A&R executives, music supervisors, synch agents and music producers and pitch for current placement opportunities, representation, and projects, and get immediate feedback. BACKGROUND Since 2011, NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions have secured close to 3,000 placements in blockbuster films, hit television series, global promotion and advertising campaigns, and major studio trailers for NARIP members. Since inception of NARIP’s Synch Agent Pitch Sessions in 2018, thirty-five (35) NARIP members have signed representation or music publishing deals as a direct result with more in the works now. Other outcomes include collaborations, co-writing, producing and commissioned work. Topics at this NARIP TV Music Supervisor Pitch Session: Meet award-winning TV music supervisor Justine von Winterfeldt who places music in hit television shows, films and documentaries.. Pitch songs directly to Justine for her priority and upcoming projects. She seeks new and untapped talent to elevate projects she works on. Learn how to get placed directly from the buyer, hear what works and what doesn’t. Direct access + firsthand info = better results FOR YOU. Small, focused NARIP Sessions enable one-on-one time and immediate direct feedback to music presented by participants. At NARIP Pitch Sessions, limited to 16 people, you get to know the guest music supervisor, synch agent or producer, and they to get to know you. Most important, attendees meet these key players, paving the way for placement, representation, collaboration and ongoing opportunities, and giving them an edge in a competitive market. WHAT TO EXPECT AT A NARIP MUSIC SUPERVISOR PITCH SESSION PREPARATION IS KEY NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions are limited to an enrollment of just 16 people. About one week prior to NARIP’s Session, all registrants will get a brief of the guest supervisor’s then-CURRENT music needs. Each registrant will have a chance to pitch in response to the music briefs provided and get immediate feedback to music pitched. Each participant must submit 5 songs (MP3s only please) 36 hours prior to NARIP’s Music Supervisor Session. Please note that due to time constraints you will only be able to pitch your TOP 3 songs for consideration and immediate feedback (more, if time permits). This process takes the mystery out of why a piece of music does or doesn’t fit. On-the-spot feedback enables registrants to re-work tracks and re-submit, which creates a much higher probability to get them licensed (choose well!). If you do not have music that matches the current needs of the supervisor, fear not! You can still attend and present the top three songs in your catalog. Make sure the songs are unique and captivating. This is helpful because a music supervisor’s needs change constantly. To optimize impact of music you pitch at NARIP’s Music Supervisor Session, we highly recommend that you target the briefs. Good luck and see you there! BEFORE NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: NARIP prepares a one-sheet for each participant including your photo and bio for the guest music supervisor to use and review at the event, and to take with him after the event. We will request your photo and bio one week prior to the event. In preparing these materials, we recommend you focus on brief career highlights in your bio and have a professional photo available. Approximately 5 to 7 days prior to NARIP’s Session, you will be sent a project brief describing several cues needed for a current project(s) of our guest speaker. These often include reference songs or links so that you can hear exactly what he seeks or needs to replace. You will submit your tracks with writer, publisher and other rights holder information that will also be supplied to the music supervisor during and after NARIP’s Session. You will get submission and meta-tagging guidelines, and mentoring as to how best to prepare your music for submission. DURING NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: You will get to play at least three songs (sometimes more, if time permits) for the guest music supervisor who will provide feedback to you for each one. NARIP moderator asks very specific questions to help participants learn and understand how to modify their tracks to make these more place-able for the guest supervisor’s specific needs at hand. AFTER NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: NARIP provides guest music supervisor with participant one-sheets and all music from NARIP’s Session, including notes detailing the guest music supervisor’s interest in specific tracks. If requested by guest music supervisor, NARIP conveys additional tracks, remixes, instrumentals etc. to him. If approved by guest music supervisor, NARIP provides his contact details to registrants. DON’T GET LOST IN THE CROWD: SMALL IS THE NEW BIG NARIP Sessions are deliberately kept small and intimate, which is just one reason they work so well and why participants have enjoyed nearly 3,000 placements to date. Limited enrollment of 16 people per session guarantees that registrants meet and get face-time with our guest. ALMOST 3,000 PLACEMENTS FROM NARIP MUSIC SUPERVISOR SESSIONS Our small format works! NARIP Session participants have placed nearly 3,000 tracks as a direct result of NARIP Music Supervisor Sessions. Other benefits include new publishing deals for NARIP members, creative collaborations and co-writes, strategic introductions to other music supervisors and placement experts, new representation for composers and much more. NARIP’S BIGGEST PLACEMENT TO DATE : VODAFONE Click here to read about NARIP’s biggest placement to date in a Vodafone campaign (Oct 2014) that paid handsomely and launched a career. Other brand placements include McDonalds and AT&T ads, among others. Placements secured and professional relationships formed through NARIPs music supervisor sessions have earned praise and many placements! See TESTIMONIALS and PLACEMENTS sections below. About Justine von Winderfeldt, head of television supervisoin department, Format Entertainment Justine von Winterfeldt is head of the television supervision department at Format and a key member of the company’s creative brand team. In addition to managing Format’s robust television supervision practice, Justine directly supervises a number of television series including Mike Flanagan’s suite of instant horror classics (Midnight Club, Midnight Mass, The Haunting of Bly Manor), CW staple, In the Dark, Showtime’s docuseries The Comedy Store and Fox’s new hit primetime comedy, Call Me Kat. Justine is highly regarded as one of the top young supervisors working today. She is sought after for her impeccable taste, affable personality, deep industry connections and resources, solution-oriented mentality, attention to detail, ability to understand complex ideas and bring nebulous concepts into specific, actionable relief. Active in the film, television, and music industries for over 10 years, Justine began her career as a music coordinator for supervisor Ann Kline and worked on several well-known TV shows including Shameless, Under the Dome, Harry’s Law, and The Lying Game. Justine joined Format Entertainment in 2014, as a music coordinator to Julia Michels, where she worked on highly acclaimed films such as Trolls, Pitch Perfect 2, and Bad Moms. Justine made a seamless transition to supervising her own film and television projects, quickly carving out a name for herself on a variety of notable projects including Netflix’s important international collaboration with Alibaba, Next Gen, the award-nominated The Willoughbys, and Paramount Pictures’ hit, Instant Family. Aside from music supervision, Justine is a classically trained pianist and is an active member of the Guild of Music Supervisors and The Recording Academy. TESTIMONIALS Click here to read what people say about NARIP’s Music Supervisor Sessions. NARIP MUSIC SUPERVISOR SESSIONS IN THE NEWS, PLACEMENTS & SUCCESS STORIES See full list of NARIP placements to date here. For articles in Music Connection, Digital Music News, The Guardian (UK), MusikWeek (UK), Musik Woche (Germany), Taxi Drivers: Cinema e Cultura Metropolitano (Italy), MEOW (US) and other publications, and to read about NARIP members and session participants who have made almost 3,000 placements as a direct result of NARIP Sessions, click here. Read about NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions in Digital Music News HERE WHEN Thursday, January 13, 2022 6:45 p.m. PST – Registration and networking 7:00 p.m. PST – Program begins 8:30 p.m. PST – Break 10:00 p.m. PST – Program ends WHERE NARIP Pitch Sessions and all NARIP events will be online only for the foreseeable future. Download a FREE copy at https://zoom.us to join this and future NARIP Pitch Sessions and other NARIP events. We recommend you perform an audio and video test (built into the software) and/or with a friend. Headphone required at our session. PITCH VIA ZOOM (or have NARIP pitch for you): Pitch via Zoom, or we can present material for you and provide the guest music supervisor’s feedback to you directly. If you have questions, please call or email us at 818-769-7007 or info@narip.com. PER-SESSION, PER PERSON COST $299 NARIP Members * $399 Non-Members * Available to Professional and Executive NARIP Members only (not to monthly members). Members please log in to receive discount. NARIP reserves the right to refuse admission to anyone. 2 WAYS TO REGISTER 1. NARIP.com (just scroll down) 2. Call 818-769-7007 Pre-paid admission guarantees seating, NARIP Sessions sell out. No refunds. We appreciate your cooperation. SOURCES FOR MORE INFO Format Entertainment Justine von Winterfeldt on IMBD NARIP ____________________________________________________ The National Association of Record Industry Professionals promotes career advancement, education and good will among record executives. Get connected, stay connected. 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2022-01-06	NARIP Synch Agent Pitch Session (Calvin Klein, Animal Kingdom, Dopesick, The Goldbergs): Quintero × NARIP Synch Agent Pitch Session with VQ Creative’s Vince Quintero Vince has signed THREE NARIP members to representation deals and is back by popular demand Thu Jan 6, 2022 at 7:00 pm PST Intimate Pitch Meetings with Top Music Synch Agents and Supervisors Nearly 3,000 Placements PLUS 35 Signings Result From NARIP Pitch Sessions, averaging more than one signing per Synch Agent Pitch Session. Read more here. A NARIP Series: Intimate Pitch Meetings with Top Music Buyers including Music Supervisors, A&R Executives, Synch Agents & Grammy-winning Music Producers Is your music getting to decision-makers? The Synch Agents* featured in NARIP Pitch Sessions are among the top sales and marketing executives who actively place music owned by songwriters, composers and independent music publishers. Many music buyers – directors, producers and music supervisors – name these Synch Agents as among their go-to music providers. These Agents, who NARIP has researched and interviewed, have placed thousands of songs in blockbuster films, hit television shows, trailers, global promotion and advertising campaigns, and video games. At NARIP’s intimate sessions, you get to meet and pitch Synch Agents for current placement opportunities and representation, and get immediate feedback. Come meet these career-makers. BACKGROUND Since 2011, NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions have secured nearly 3,000 placements in blockbuster films, hit television series, global promotion and advertising campaigns, and major studio trailers for NARIP members. Since inception of NARIP’s Synch Agent Pitch Sessions in 2018, thirty-five (35) NARIP members have signed representation or music publishing deals as a direct result with more in the works now. Other outcomes include collaborations, co-writing, producing and commissioned work. At NARIP’s Synch Agent Pitch Session: Back by popular demand, meet top synch agent Vince Quintero, one of the Kings of Synch and a repeat NARIP guest, who has signed three (3) NARIP members to representation Intimate event with top synch agent: enrollment limited to 16 people No cattle calls, no 300-person crowds or conferences, no velvet ropes Get brief in advance to prepare your best pitch Direct access + firsthand info = better results FOR YOU Access multiple potential buyers and placements via ONE synch agent Get professional representation Topics: Trends in synch licensing and agent deals Exclusive, non-exclusive, single-song deals Budgets and fee ranges Copyright ownership, rights retention, song re-titling Fees between synch agents and their clients Which synch agents seek a transfer of copyright(s) for their services, and under what circumstances Small, focused NARIP Sessions enable one-on-one time and immediate direct feedback to music presented by participants. At hundreds of NARIP Sessions, we asked every guest music supervisor how to better market music to them. Their one consistent piece of advice? Get representation! At NARIP Synch Agent Pitch Sessions, limited to 16 people, you get to know the synch agents and they to get to know you. Most important, attendees meet these key players, paving the way for possible representation and ongoing opportunities, and giving them an edge in a competitive market. * Synch Agent: A synchronization or “synch” agent represents music copyrights – either the composition, the sound recordings, or both. They pitch music to buyers and their representatives, including to music supervisors. Synch agents are typically compensated on a commission basis and do not own or control the copyrights they represent. While synch agents usually focus on entertainment and media exploitations, traditional songplugger services also include placement of represented songs with recording artists. What is a Synch Agent (and WHY you need one)? View video (:60 seconds) WHAT TO EXPECT AT A NARIP SYNCH AGENT PITCH SESSION: PREPARATION IS KEY NARIP Music Supervisor Sessions are limited to an enrollment of just 16 people. About one week prior to NARIP’s Session, all registrants will get a brief of the guest supervisor’s then-CURRENT music needs. Each registrant will have a chance to pitch in response to the music briefs provided and get immediate feedback to music pitched. Each participant may submit up to five (5) songs (MP3s only please) 36 hours prior to NARIP’s Music Supervisor Session. Please note that due to time constraints you will only be able to pitch your TOP 3 songs for consideration and immediate feedback (more, if time permits). This process takes the mystery out of why a piece of music does or doesn’t fit. On-the-spot feedback enables registrants to re-work tracks and re-submit, which creates a much higher probability to get them licensed (choose well!). If you do not have music that matches the current needs of the supervisor, fear not! You can still attend and present the top three songs in your catalog. Make sure the songs are unique and captivating. This is helpful because a music supervisor’s needs change constantly. To optimize impact of music you pitch at NARIP’s Music Supervisor Session, we highly recommend that you target the briefs. Good luck and see you there! BEFORE NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: NARIP prepares a one-sheet for each participant including your photo and bio for the guest music supervisor to use and review at the event, and to take with him after the event. We will request your photo and bio one week prior to the event. In preparing these materials, we recommend you focus on brief career highlights in your bio and have a professional photo available. Approximately 5 to 7 days prior to NARIP’s Session, you will be sent a project brief describing several cues needed for a current project(s) of our guest speaker. These often include reference songs or links so that you can hear exactly what he seeks or needs to replace. You will submit your tracks with writer, publisher and other rights holder information that will also be supplied to the music supervisor during and after NARIP’s Session. You will get submission and meta-tagging guidelines, and mentoring as to how best to prepare your music for submission. DURING NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: You will get to play at least three songs (sometimes more, if time permits) for the guest music supervisor who will provide feedback to you for each one. NARIP moderator asks very specific questions to help participants learn and understand how to modify their tracks to make these more place-able for the guest supervisor’s specific needs at hand. AFTER NARIP’S PITCH SESSION: NARIP provides guest music supervisor (or synch agent) with participant one-sheets and all music from NARIP’s Session, including notes detailing the guest music supervisor’s interest in specific tracks. If requested by guest music supervisor, NARIP conveys additional tracks, remixes, instrumentals etc. to him. If approved by guest music supervisor, NARIP provides his contact details to registrants. DON’T GET LOST IN THE CROWD: SMALL IS THE NEW BIG NARIP Sessions are deliberately kept small and intimate, which is just one reason they work so well and why participants have enjoyed nearly 3,000 placements and 35 representation signings to date. Limited enrollment of 16 people per session guarantees that registrants meet and get face-time with our guest. OVER 2,000 PLACEMENTS FROM NARIP MUSIC SUPERVISOR SESSIONS Our small format works! NARIP Session participants have placed nearly 3,000 tracks as a direct result of NARIP Music Supervisor Sessions. Other benefits include new publishing deals for NARIP members, creative collaborations and co-writes, strategic introductions to other music supervisors and placement experts, new representation for composers and much more. NARIP’S BIGGEST PLACEMENT TO DATE : VODAFONE Click here to read about NARIP’s biggest placement to date in a Vodafone campaign (Oct 2014) that paid handsomely and launched a career. Other brand placements include McDonalds and AT&T ads, among others. Placements secured and professional relationships formed through NARIPs music supervisor sessions have earned praise and many placements! See TESTIMONIALS and PLACEMENTS sections below. About Vince Quintero, VQ Creative Vince Quintero is a multifaceted music executive with 22+ years of major record label, music publishing and multi-media experience. His roles include music licensing, publishing, music supervision, A&R, strategic marketing/branding, and artist/producer management. At his current venture VQ Creative, Vince pitches and negotiates music for synchronization into all forms of media including TV, film, video games, trailers and advertisements. VQ Creative currently oversees the worldwide Creative Sync Licensing for Notting Hill Music Publishing / Notting Hill Records, Rostrum Records, Harvey Mason Media and mVibe. Vince also oversees global creative sync licensing and publishing A&R for SoundCloud. Some of Vince’s Most Recent Placements 12 Dates of Christmas All American Animal Kingdom Calvin Klein (Ad) Dopesick Fairfax Gentefied Hightown Japanese Newspaper (Ad) KFC (South Africa Ad) Madeline Maid Maybelline (Ad) Queen Sugar Ralph Lauren (Ad) Roaring 20s Sweet Life The Goldbergs The L Word The Marksman (Film) The One That Got Away TESTIMONIALS Click here to read what people say about NARIP’s Music Supervisor Sessions. NARIP MUSIC SUPERVISOR SESSIONS IN THE NEWS, PLACEMENTS & SUCCESS STORIES See full list of NARIP placements to date here. For articles in Music Connection, Digital Music News, The Guardian (UK), MusikWeek (UK), Musik Woche (Germany), Taxi Drivers: Cinema e Cultura Metropolitano (Italy), MEOW (US) and other publications, and to read about NARIP members and session participants who have made nearly 3,000 placements as a direct result of NARIP Sessions, click here. Read about NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions in Digital Music News HERE WHEN Thursday, January 6, 2022 6:45 p.m. PST – Registration and networking 7:00 p.m. PST – Program begins 8:30 p.m. PST – Break 10:00 p.m. PST – Program ends WHERE NARIP Pitch Sessions and all NARIP events will be online only for the foreseeable future. Download a FREE copy at https://zoom.us to join this and future NARIP Pitch Sessions and other NARIP events. We recommend you perform an audio and video test (built into the software) and/or with a friend. Headphones required at our session. PITCH VIA ZOOM (or have NARIP pitch for you): Pitch via Zoom, or we can present material for you and provide the guest music supervisor’s feedback to you directly. If you have questions, please call or email us at (818) 769-7007 or info@narip.com. PER-SESSION, PER PERSON COST $299 NARIP Members * $399 Non-Members * Available to Professional and Executive NARIP Members only (not to monthly members). Members please log in to receive discount. NARIP reserves the right to refuse admission to anyone. 2 WAYS TO REGISTER 1. NARIP.com (just scroll down) 2. Call (818) 769-7007 Pre-paid admission guarantees seating, NARIP Sessions sell out. No refunds. We appreciate your cooperation. FOLLOW US, LIKE US, LOVE US! TWEET ABOUT NARIP & OUR EVENT! @NARIP #NARIPSessions QUESTIONS Call us at (818) 769-7007 or email info AT narip DOT com. SOURCES FOR MORE INFO NARIP VQ Creative ____________________________________________________ The National Association of Record Industry Professionals promotes career advancement, education and good will among record executives. Get connected, stay connected. NARIP: Expertise & Tools To Market & Monetize Music Learn ? Network ? Access Opportunity
2021-11-06	NARIP Music Biz Brunch (Nov 6) × NARIP Music Biz Brunch: Meet & Greet Live Online RSVP NOW! You’re invited to attend NARIP’s Virtual Brunch Sat Nov 6, 2021 at 10am PST We’re doing it again! Join us online, come meet and greet record and music industry professionals. All are welcome. You need not be a NARIP member to attend. Please RSVP as we limit attendance to the first ten thousand people (ha! but really, we keep these events to a modest size for a better experience for all). You are welcome to join at the last minute if space permits, though we appreciate advance registration. So come along to meet existing friends and contacts, and make new ones. NARIP brunches feature 30-second introductions by all present to help you identify and get in front of the people who can make a difference to your business. Professional speed-dating! All are welcome, you need not be a NARIP member to attend. Among other things, NARIP sponsors events like these to encourage networking and the fostering of business relationships in the record industry. Over 75% of all great opportunities, deals and job offers come about as a direct result of second and third party referrals – who you know matters. So get to know more people in the record biz, and let them get to know you! Please join us! All are welcome, details below. “ONE OF THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES TO NETWORK” IN THE BIZ (Music Connection Magazine) “NARIP brunches have been a HUGE benefit for me and my company,” says Geodesic Management’s Dan Strader from New York. “In just a few hours at a Los Angeles brunch, I was able to establish a presence in that city and make solid connections that I still use to this day. Networking brunches have now begun in New York, and the connections we’ve made are career-changing.” REGISTER NOW Please RSVP. You are welcome to join at the last minute, and we appreciate advance registration. Is your network not working? Ours is. They can’t promote you if they don’t know who you are! WHEN Saturday, November 6, 2021 10:00 a.m. – Arrive and eat! 10:30 a.m. – Introductions 12:00 noon – Brunch ends, networking continues WHERE Live Online via ZOOM TOPIC OF DISCUSSION At our digital brunches on we may focus on a specific topic (or topics), if desired. Please select the topic below you’d like to hear more about and include this in the COMMENTS section of the online registration form: More about synch licensing (please be specific) Music publishing Producer deals Other COST $10 for NARIP Members $20 for Non-Members Get a NARIP membership for $9.95 a month and pay only the member rate! Click HERE to see benefits and join NOW! We encourage you to register in advance online now (just scroll down). NARIP reserves the right to refuse admission to anyone. QUESTIONS Call us at 818-769-7007 or email info AT narip DOT com. SOURCES FOR MORE INFO NARIP NARIP. Career acceleration. Get connected. Stay connected. _______________________________________________________________________ The National Association of Record Industry Professionals promotes career advancement, education and good will in the record industry and related music fields. Once music is made, then what? Then NARIP. Learn, network, market music.