Rob Wells

Rob Wells is a multi-platinum, award-winning music producer and songwriter based in Canada. Wells has worked with Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Adam Lambert, Serena Ryder, Nick Lachey, Mika, Katharine McPhee, Backstreet Boys, Kai, Paloma Faith, Alex Aiono, Nelly Furtado, Big Time Rush, Mindless Behavior, Cyndi Lauper, Corey Hart, Olivia Newton John, Boyzone, Ronan Keating, Ria Mae, Lights, USS, Frank Walker, Bobby Bazini, Tep No, Victoria Duffield, Keshia Chante, Matt Dusk, Marie-Mai, Marc Dupre, Shiloh, RyanDan and many others. His work has been featured in numerous films, television shows, commercials and video games worldwide. With a star on the Mississauga Music Walk of Fame, Rob has appeared as a music producer on "Canadian Idol", "The House Of Carters" & "The Next Star".  His awards include first place in numerous songwriting competitions, and SOCAN #1 awards with gold, platinum & multi-platinum certifications.

Martin Sutton

Multi-platinum award winning Martin Sutton has over three decades of success in the music business as a full time songwriter, producer, engineer, mixer and multi-instrumentalist. He founded The Songwriting Academy 10 years ago and has since helped thousands of songwriters around the world leap forward with their music. Martin has worked with some of the biggest artists in the world including Celine Dion, Backstreet Boys, LeAnn Rimes, Katrina & The Waves, Des’Ree, Kim Wilde, Gary Barlow, Mica Paris, Blue, Andrew Roachford, Mike & The Mechanics, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Super Junior, Sir Cliff Richard, Olivia Newton John, Garou, Pixie Lott, Michael Patrick Kelly, Lulu, Lena, plus multiple Voice and Idol winners around the world. Martin owns a sync agency and works closely with music supervisors to provide music for movies, TV shows and video games. He is also an Amazon best-selling author of the spiritual guide : Conversations With Nishu.

Christopher Ward

Christopher has had a massive career as a songwriter, including the 90's classic Black Velvet by Alannah Myles. Christoper has also seen the song covered by Kelly Clarkson, Melissa Etheridge and ‘The Masked Singer’, 30 years after it originally topped the Billboard Hot 100. On June 10, 'Black Velvet' will be inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. Christopher has had a long and successful career writing songs for others, including Diana Ross, The Backstreet Boys, Wynonna Judd, Cirque du Soleil and many others. He then found himself writing songs that told his own story as an artist/writer, and the most interesting take on ‘Black Velvet’ may be the new version recorded by himself. “Same River Twice” is an exceptional collection of songs from a man who has led a rich creative life as a novelist, music journalist and above all, a hit songwriter.

Andrew Rollins

Andrew is an Emmy award winning composer, hit songwriter and musician, an acoustic master - whether he's playing guitar, keyboard, or mixing, orchestrating or editing.  Andrew has an innate ability to capture the essence of a mood and this has been key to his contributions in various well known songs, as well as music on film and television. His resumé includes several songs on the ABC series Nashville, the theme song of the award winning comedy show The Hughleys, featured songs for HBO's Happily Ever After: A Fairy Tale for Every Child, Three Little Pigs and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, and other features for network and cable productions including General Hospital, The Ranch, At Any Cost, Mr. Music, Shake, Rattle & Roll, Hendrix, Free of Eden, My Own Country, Live Through This, Jailbait, Star Trek Voyager, The Amazing Race, Level 9, and the Broadway production It Ain't Nothing But the Blues - which was nominated for four Tony awards, including Best Musical.​ Andrew has worked with well known recording artists including Andre Benjamin, B.B. King, Chaka Kahn, Marc Anthony, Chante Moore, Charles Esten, Ronnie Dunn, Terrance Trent D'Arby, Graham Nash, Billy Ray Cyrus, Blink 182, Dan Wilson, Dionne Warwick, Jose Feliciano, Johnny Lang, Dicky Barrett, K-Ci & Jo-Jo, Deana Carter, Carole King, Joe Walsh, Gary Allen, Saison, IV Xample, and En Vogue, among many others. In 2018, Andrew was nominated and won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song "Who I Am", which he wrote for General Hospital.  Some other awards that he received include 3 SISA International Music Awards for Album of the Year, Producer of the Year, and Song of the Year for I Believe,  a Telly Award,  and the Axion Award for Musical Excellence. Andrew is now runs a publishing company Left On Sunset with Randy Jackson.

Teresa LaBarbera

Teresa LaBarbera is one of the top music executives in the world. She is responsible for the discovery of Beyoncé, Destiny’s Child and Jessica Simpson working side by side with these artists in their development for decades. She has worked with Beyoncé on the superstar’s music including the critically acclaimed Beyoncé visual album, the Lemonade album and film, Coachella Homecoming, The Lion King: The Gift album, the Black is King film and The Carters Everything is Love. She also worked with Jessica Simpson on the release of new music to accompany Jessica’s memoir, Open Book, a #1 New York Times Bestseller. Until recently, Teresa was the Head of Music Operations and A&R for Beyonce’s Parkwood Entertainment, where she oversaw the company’s music operations and management of the label’s artist roster, which includes her development of the 5x Grammy nominated Chloe and Halle. Before joining Parkwood, Teresa spent 24 years at Sony Music as Sr. VP of A&R for both Columbia Records and Jive Records. She was consistently brought in to work directly with artists on their projects including Britney Spear’s acclaimed Blackout album and was Executive Producer on Spears’ comeback album Circus. She has also worked with Pink, Backstreet Boys and Katharine McPhee to name a few. Her projects have sold over eighty million+ records and her creative role spans from A&R to Executive Producer, Music Supervisor and Artist Manager. Teresa was included in Billboard Magazine’s A&R Power Player List and is a sought after speaker and mentor and has served on the The Grammy’s Board of Trustees and The Recording Academy’s Texas Chapter Board of Governors.

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Al Berry

Al is a seasoned world-touring musician, songwriter, bassist, vocalist and recording artist who has worked with some of the biggest names in the industry.

He has written with Nile Rodgers, toured with Avril Lavigne and Kelly Clarkson, and worked with Lenny Kravitz, Lionel Richie, BB King, as well as featuring on the Grammy award wining multi-platinum album "Family Style' by Stevie Ray and Jimmie Vaughn.