LAUNCH2017

Born and raised in Philia, PA. In 2002 starting working with Rocafella Records as a Road manager for Philia base group State Property Artist Beanie Segal Freeway Young Gunz Peedi Crakk O& Sparks .. once Freeway got his solo deal and dropped his classic album Philadelphia Freeway... Read More →

Jen Appel, CEO & Publicity Director Born and raised in sunny South Florida, Jen Appel received her Bachelors in Communications and Culture from Indiana University in 2009. While at IU, Appel gained real-life experience as a member of PRSSA and spent her summers working at local South... Read More →

Tim Borror born in Washington D.C. and raised in Kenneth Square in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Timattended the Art Institute of Philadelphia where he earned a degree in Music Business. An entrepreneur at heart, Tim started a boutique agency during college called the All-Access... Read More →

I've worked in a variety of capacities within the music industry since I was 13. Gradually I realized that there was a gaping void at concerts created by the fact that while lyrics talked viscerally about mental health and suicide, there was nobody to tangibly follow up with these... Read More →

For the past 10 years Terry has continuously impressed label executives and the rest of the world by finding and matching some of today’s most creative talent the music business has seen. He is known for his ability to identify, spot and elevate raw talent. Today, he completely... Read More →

Mike has deep experience in design, branding, marketing, and tech. He's helped launch several businesses and can offer practical advice for performers, entrepreneurs, and storytellers. Mike will be at LAUNCH talking about TEI and the awesome things we're building together. He... Read More →

Jeremy Weiss is the founder and owner of  The CI Companies, the umbrella brand of his career endeavors: CI Records (label), LAUNCH Music Conference & Festival, The Champ venue, CI Productions, CI Design & Printing, & the CI band management arm.  CI Records (est. 1987) has signed... Read More →

Vocal Coach and Artist Mentor, Deborah “Zuke” Smith, has worked with many types of artists including Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance), Broadway performers, and several finalists on The Voice, X-Factor, American Idol, and America’s Got Talent. Zuke is the Executive Producer for... Read More →

30 plus year veteran of the live music and event production industry. Highly experienced in domestic and international live event execution, team building, partnership development, and crisis management as applied to the successful execution of global entertainment production.A fierce... Read More →

FATA Booking Agency is a company that plans live concerts, tours, and other events for its artists and clients. We represent artists mainly in North America, however we have territories in Indonesia, Philippines, Japan, Australia and Eastern Europe. FATA Booking works based on hands... Read More →

Christine has been booking Asbury Park, NJ for a little over 5 years. She started her own company, Dark City Entertainment, 4 years ago and focused on developing a strong Asbury Park music scene. She also ran a successful event every Monday at the Wonder Bar for the last 4 years dubbed... Read More →

Most people never fully grasp what they want to do for a career until much later in life. For Maria Gironas, she knew she wanted to be a music publicist since the age of 12 after meeting a publicist at a concert. Since then, she has stopped at nothing to break into the industry, using... Read More →

Jeanne concentrates her practice in intellectual property and business litigation and transactions. She handles all facets of business and intellectual property litigation and has extensive experience handling diverse matters in both the state and federal courts. Jeanne has represented... Read More →

Philadelphia based music publishing and rights management agency. Michael@motorscoutmusic.com

Jen Kellogg is currently the tour accountant for the Vans Warped Tour, co-founder of The Entertainment Institute, and instructor at Columbia College Chicago. Jen started her career at SCOPE Productions at the University of Iowa before becoming a talent buyer at Jam Productions, where... Read More →

I optimize the relationship between entertainment properties, artists, brands and media. I am the Festival Marketing Director for Red Frog Events (RFE). Our festivals include Firefly Music Festival in Dover DE, Shamrockfest in D.C. and Chicago Beer Classic. Prior to joining RFE... Read More →

A constant innovator, Kevin Lyman is best known as the producer and creator of the extremely successful Vans Warped Tour, the longest running traveling music festival in the world today. Celebrating its 21st anniversary this year, the tour has played to over 9 million fans... Read More →

Hailing from New York, Stephanie is a wanderlusty soul who has found herself living all over the country - from Long Island, to South Florida, New England, and now based in Seattle, Washington. From a very young age, Steph has been surrounded by music, making her love for various... Read More →

Fakelife clothing is a social enterprise founded on the business unusual practice of a for-profit business raising money to benefit others. Sales from our business benefit orphans and their communities in countries all over the world. Inspired by an ear for music, an eye for creativity... Read More →

I am a survivor of the 90s hardcore and graffiti scenes and spent my youth going to basement shows, making zines, and writing my name on other people’s stuff. Somewhere along the way I channeled my passion for DIY culture into a passion for business and entrepreneurship, and my... Read More →

Big D has produced 17 CDs. Their double album, Stomp and Stroll raised $40,000 on Kickstarter and won Best Punk Band of the 2014 Boston Music Awards. Their release, Strictly Rude, was touted as The Best SKA Record of the New Millennium by Alternative Press magazine. Big D was also... Read More →

After 10 years working at record labels in marketing (Columbia Records, Mom+Pop) I decided to make a move and found an incredible company called Sixthman who curates and produces festivals at sea. I began as a Partner Relations Manager working with each of our Host artists, agents... Read More →

Randy Nichols has guided artists to multiple Gold records and Grammy nominations. Overseen record releases on and sold out tours on six continents. Managed artists for a combined sales of over 5 million records and $20 million plus dollars in merchandise sales.He manages or has managed... Read More →

Helping artists & brands connect since 2007.Responsible for day-to-day international artist relationship management for KHS America's exceptional family of artists. Co-create and manage sponsored brand events, negotiate Artist/ Brand partnership agreements, produce and archive artist... Read More →

Lou PlaiaFounder / EVP Industry Relations - ReverbNationFounder / CEO - Hot Rats Records and Hot Rats ManagementIn 2006, Lou Plaia co-founded ReverbNation, the global leader in empowering independent artists to advance their careers. ReverbNation’s powerful career management and... Read More →

Nikhil Potdar is a manager/producer for Outerloop, Director of Business Development & Marketing for Sumerian Records, an Advisory Board Member for Hope for the Day, and a Associate Member of the Recording Academy.

Brian joined Bryce Downey & Lenkov in 2016 after, leaving one of Illinois’ top 25 largest law firms after nearly 15 years. Brian has previously developed and co-chaired both an “Entertainment, Media and Privacy Practice Group”, and an “Intellectual Property Group” at his... Read More →

Dan has been booking tours for bands since the mid 1990’s.   Initially started with his own band, while running his own DIY venue and talent buying for a number of clubs around his college town of Tallahassee, FL, word spread and other bands, both local and nationally signed acts... Read More →

Kristin aka "Gypsy" founded We Are Team Hans, llc in 2011 with her husband Hans, although HANS actually stands for Have A Nice Show. The company was founded to be an all-in-one development/mgmt/marketing/touring machine for bands/artists.Having booked & promoted at the club level... Read More →

Mark Schulz Philadelphia PA, Senior Executive Director, Philadelphia Chapter.   Before returning to the Recording Academy four years ago, he held the position of Project Manager for NARM, where he was involved in logistics for their national conference, as well as a series of Entertainment... Read More →

Armed with the knowledge and experience from the multiple bands he'd developed, his work at Roadrunner, operating Rerret Music for over a decade, and touring as vocalist for Nora, Carl Severson co-founded Good Fight Entertainment with an emphasis on label services congruent with the... Read More →

I'm the founder and Editor in Chief of Rock Feed and a correspondent for Metal Sucks. I also spend time putting pizza in a blender and producing YouTube videos.

Eric Tobin is the Vice President of Business Development and A&R at Hopeless Records and Sub City Non Profit.  He began his tenure at Hopeless over ten years ago as the label's in-house booking agent, drawing on his experience of several years of touring as both tour manager and... Read More →

Kate Truscott is one half of the dynamic duo that makes up the 4Fini Nashville office where sponsorship strategy is handled from introduction through activation. Kate works with clients to create and execute key programs that allow them to access all that the 4Fini properties have... Read More →