Julian Hinton
Trevor Horn, Seal, Rumer, Laura Welsh & more
In a career spanning 20 years, Julian has worked with some of the biggest names in the music business. Always passionate and creative his collaborations have proved long lasting. His enduring love of records, and the art of the song found him a home at London's famous
Sarm Studios where he spent 5 years working alongside
Trevor Horn as arranger and keyboard player, as well as producing for Horn Productions. Julian is as comfortable creating an intimate piano part or conducting a thunderous orchestral score, working with the likes of
Seal, Rumer, Laura Welsh or Atlantic A&R and long standing relationships with
Trevor Horn and
Don Black speak volumes for his musical vision and drive.
The past few years have seen Julian recording, arranging and conducting at London's
Angel, Abbey Road and
Sarm Studios;
producing for
Sony and
Warner;
MD'ing
The Trevor Horn Band and
composing for the
BBC. He has scored countless string and orchestral arrangements for various artists and he featured as performer and programmer on "
Seal 7" . Julian has a production and writing partnership with
Graham Archer, Grammy nominated engineer/producer whom he met whilst at Sarm.
Graham's credits include
Madonna, Sam Smith, Jeff Beck and
Lana Del Ray. 2016 saw them writing with amongst others
Zak Abel, Laura Welsh and
James Walsh. Julian featured in the
BBC4 documentary
"The Secret Science Of Pop" investigating whether there's a formula to the perfect pop production, took to the stage at London's
Roundhouse to perform with
Ronnie Wood and
Imelda May and July 2017 sees the release of the
Studio Deen/Stan Leecreation for which Julian wrote the theme and much of the incidental music.
www.julianvictorhinton.com
Rob Wells
Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Adam Lambert & more
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.
Paddy Byrne
Paloma Faith, Ella Eyre, Tom Grennan & more
Paddy Byrne is a multi million selling British songwriter, musician and producer known for working in a variety of genres with multi platinum and developing artists alike such as Snakehips, Paloma Faith, Ella Eyre, Tom Grennan, Olly Murs, Will Young, Gabrielle, Sinead Harnett, Daley, Devlin, Felon, Watermat, I Blame Coco and Mononoke.
His focus is always on the song, the artist’s vision and their vocal. He is as accomplished when writing and producing an entire song as he is writing lyrics and top line for other productions.
Paddy started his professional career writing and singing in his band ‘Byrne’ gaining widespread acclaim for their self produced album ‘Slowly & Gloriously’, receiving unanimously positive reviews including 9/10 in NME, 4/5 UNCUT and 5/5 Observer Music Monthly.
Following the birth of his first son he stopped touring and set up his studio and began co-writing and producing. His journey from the indi scene as an artist to co-creating in more commercial genres was immediately successful working with Will Young on four songs for his album ‘Let It Go’. His experience as a lead singer and writer gives him a deep affinity with artists and a love of vocal expression and lyric.
He has written and produced many multi platinum selling songs and is currently working with a wide variety of established and up and coming artists, writers and producers.
Lee Dannay
A&R | John Mayer, Trey Lorenz, Train & more
Lee Dannay has over twenty five years experience in the music industry, including 15 years at Sony Music, as a senior A&R executive for both Epic and Columbia Records, plus five years at Warner/Chappell Music Publishing. While at Sony, Lee signed, developed and worked with a variety of artists including John Mayer, Shawn Mullins, Five For Fighting, Anna Nalick and General Public.
Lee also worked as a senior music producer for America’s Got Talent, involved in casting and artist development for the music talent portion of the show, and as an executive producer for the artists subsequently signed.
Through her own creative consulting company, GoodWorks Music, Inc., Lee maintains the role of Creative Director and founding member of a music therapy initiative called Knock Out Noise, which researches and creates music and musical templates for disorders related to sensory processing.
Currently, Lee is head of A&R for Nashville based entertainment company Thirty Tigers, responsible for signing artists, providing A&R services for the roster as needed, and assisting with the development of the Thirty Tigers publishing venture.
Additionally, Lee is an adjunct professor at NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, teaching the Business of Music Publishing and is a voting member of The Recording Academy.
Paul Statham
Dido, Kylie, Matt Cardle, Gabriella Cilmie & more
Paul Statham is a multi platinum selling songwriter and producer who has been published by Warner Chappell Music for over 25years. Paul co-wrote with Dido the breakthrough single “Here With Me” and the title track of her first album No Angel, selling over 25 million records.
Paul also wrote two tracks on Kylie’s massive album “Fever” Kylie as well as songs for The Saturdays, Matt Cardle, Gabriella Cilmie, Peter Andre, Rachel Stevens, Right Said Fred, Tina Arena and many European acts inc the Italian artist Noemi (recent album “Made in London was a no 1 record in Italy ). He has also worked with more left field artists, Simple Minds, 7 albums with former Bauhaus vocalist Peter Murphy, 2 albums with Mercury prize nominated Helicopter Girl.
Paul spends a lot of time developing new artists/writers for Warner Chappell including writer Ed Drewett (1D, The Wanted). Paul also lectures at Solent on popular song writing, BIMM London & Leeds College of Music where he is a visiting Professor.
https://www.paulstatham.com/about
Listen to some of Paul's work here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5VnP8AVEk4b6W9NZpqigps?si=cba5fe08ee5e4b9c
Kevin McCove
Synch writer | CBS, Fox, MTV & more
Kevin McCove is both a successful musician and passionate educator. He has performed opening shows for Drake, Billy Joel, Kid Rock, One Republic, Backstreet Boys among other major names. As a composer and songwriter experienced in synchronisation, Kevin has had music placed in TV networks including CBS, Fox, MTV and Telemundo, as well as advertising placements with Delta Airlines, Gannett, Toyota and more. Kevin has inked performance contracts with LiveNation, worked on songwriting teams with artists from Atlantic records, UMG and RCA. In education he and is a highly respected speaker who has guest lectured at many schools and universities on how to equip yourself to become a full time musician in today's music business.
Larry Dvoskin
David Bowie, Sammy Hagar, Bono, MGMT & more
Larry Dvoskin is a Grammy nominated musician, #1 best selling author, entrepreneur, investor, music consultant and freelance writer for Rolling Stone magazine.
In a variety of roles his credits include David Bowie, Sammy Hagar, Bono, MGMT, Sean Lennon, Al Jardine of The Beach Boys, Unicef, UN, RCA, EMI, Warner Brothers, MTV, CBS, ABC, and as a creator and executive producer has sold television shows sold to NBC, MTV, Logo, and others
He has taught Songwriting at the NYU School of Professional Studies for 22 years and is the Founder and President of Do What You Love Media, Miracle Music Inc, and Cool Guy Music Inc.
Yvonne Ambree
Vocal Coach | The Voice, Michael Patrick Kelly, Niila & more
Yvonne has been a vocal coach on numerous award winning TV-formats including “The Voice of Germany” , “It Takes 2” and “The Masked Singer” for the past 15 years as well as working with a variety of multi-platinum selling artists to help them improve their vocal skills and give them the flexibility they need.
As a singer she has been lending her voice to numerous pop-albums (Michael Patrick Kelly, Niila, Lulu Gainsbourg, Kendra Morris etc.) as well as Walt Disney Movies (Encanto, 2021) and toured the world with artists such as Sleigh Bells, Little Boots, Gwen McCrae, Syl Johnson, Beatsteaks, Mousse T. and Lotte appearing on David Letterman, Jimmy Fallon and Amazon Music just to name a few.
Besides her work as a vocal coach and touring/studio singer Yvonne is also working under the moniker of PANTEON releasing music combined with a strong visual component. She writes, produces and records her own material using mostly old analog vintage gear.
In 2018 US blog “Popmatters” quoted: “ "Indie artist PANTEON is a reminder that the world we live in is capable of magical moments..." - it sums up Yvonne’s love for music as well as the process of finding something unique deep within that needs to be kindled.
Listen to examples of Yvonee's work here:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5wdvfg6mXXZuPfaNX8d52X?si=w4NLPH0IRbqjDduMnoWnxA
Helienne Lindvall
Roger Sanchez, Big Daddy Wilson, the Dark Tenor & more
Helienne Lindvall is an award-winning songwriter, musician and the President of the European Composers & Songwriters Alliance, as well as the writer behind the Guardian music industry columns Behind the Music and Plugged In. She chaired the Ivor Novello Awards Committee, and is the former Head of Business & Songwriter relations for the song data management platform Auddly/Sessions, backed by hitmakers Max Martin and Abba’s Björn Ulvaeus.
Hailing from Sweden, she worked as a session singer, recording artist and performer in Stockholm and NYC before settling in London, where she signed a publishing deal with BMG Scandinavia and, later, Universal. Since then she’s been working with recording artists on both sides of the Atlantic, including Roger Sanchez, with whom she wrote the club hit Turn On the Music, Big Daddy Wilson and The Dark Tenor, collaborating with award-winning writers including Jörgen Elofsson (Kelly Clarkson, Britney Spears), Patrik Berger (Icona Pop, Robyn) and Steve McEwan (Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood). In 2016, her song A Better Man, co-written by Andrew Fromm (Backstreet Boys, Mark Anthony) and Peter Kvint (A-ha, Andreas Johnson) made the UK Eurovision finals.
As well as earning herself a reputation for churning out club bangers with artist like Roger Sanchez, Menrva, Dani Senior and Sunloverz, she’s also working with artists in other genres, including rock and country.
Helienne has written columns for Digital Music News, The Musician, The Australian and STIM-Magasinet. She regularly appears on Sky News, the BBC, Irish National Radio and Swedish National Radio, discussing songwriters’ rights, copyright and other music industry issues.
Al Berry
Nile Rodgers, Avril Lavigne, Kelly Clarkson & more
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.
His network in the industry is vast and his compassionate approach to helping and supporting new songwriters and artists is an inspiration.
Jeff Franzel
Frank Sinatra, Shawn Colvin, N’Sync & more
Jeff Franzel is a multi talented songwriter jazz pianist with over 35 years experience in the music business and is currently living in NYC.. He began as a jazz pianist and toured with many groups including The Hues Corporation (Rock The Boat) and Les Brown big band. Jeff accompanied such artists as Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, and Mel Torme.
Jeff has over 250 of his songs recorded and has sold over 30 million records. He has had over 20 top ten singles internationally and travels to London, Sweden, LA and Nashville to co-write with artists and songwriters.
Jeff's first big hit was "Don't Rush Me" which was #2 pop hit. He has written songs for such diverse artists as Josh Groban, Placido Domingo, "NSYNC (2 Christmas songs) , Shawn Colvin (two film songs including Never Saw Blue Like That), Clay Aiken, Louise - (All That Matters), The Temptations and Dianne Reeves.
Jeff has had a number of his songs in film and TV including Runaway Bride, Serendipity, De Ja Vu, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen and Barbershop 2.
Jeff currently has songs coming out with Rhys Lewis on Decca Records, Hayley Westenra, Persons of Interest, Elvis Blue-South Africa , Falipa-South Africa, and BoA - Japan.
Jeff is a Yamaha artist and performs solo piano regularly in NYC.
Jo Valentina Sinclair
Expert Mindset Coach
Jo is a Life & Business Coach/ NLP Practitioner with over 25 years personal development study under her belt, and is an expert in helping people overcome self-doubt, imposter syndrome, procrastination.
She also has been a DJ for over 20 years and worked in the Music Industry for companies such as Warner, Mercury, and Sony as a Marketing Exec.
For nearly 10 years she worked with the BBC in Editorial Strategy but decided to follow her purpose and resign from the corporate world to set up her own coaching business where she now supports soulpurposed female entrepreneurs .
Andrew Rollins
Nashville TV show, Blink 182, Carole King & more
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.
Andy Bibey
A&R | Björk, Asgeir, Cody ChesnuTT, Sinead O’ Connor
Andy began his musical career playing in bands across south Wales in the mid 2000’s, before packing his bags and moving to the outskirts of London to study. He spent around 3 years on the road across the UK & Europe as a tour manager before joining One Little Indian Records in 2011.
Andy ran the International department until May 2017, contributing to global campaigns for Björk, Asgeir, Cody ChesnuTT & Sinead O’ Connor amongst others, before joining Believe Distribution services in June 2017 as a Senior Label Manager, running global campaigns for direct artist deals and acting as a label manager for Believe’s digital distribution clients
Vincent Corver
Award-Winning Pianist, Composer & Producer
Official Steinway Artist and Award-Winning Pianist, Composer & Producer.
Vincent’s recordings and performances received global, five-star acclaim from The Gramophone Magazine, BBC Music Magazine, The Guardian, The Independent, American Record Guide & others. His recent musical score for the international campaign “Qurated For You” by the Qatar Tourism Authority for the FIFA World Cup 2022 has been airing to over One Billion people daily in over 700 different formats all across the globe, including on NYC Times Square and London Piccadilly Circus.
His recordings and compositions earned him the Diapason D'Or Award, Triple Platinum at the Marcom Film Awards, including one Platinum and two Gold Awards at the AVA Digital Awards. In 2016 Corver became a Native Instruments Feature Artist, producing various collaborations projects with the Universal Music Group. He works in close relationship with the renowned DJ Paul van Dyk producing the hit-track “While You Were Gone” and tracks like “Escape Reality Tonight”, "Reprise" and "Deep Within". His music is being performed at all major music festivals around the world, including TomorrowLand, Cream Ibiza, Creamfields, Amnesia, Electric Castle, Ministry of Sound and many others. He specialises in the composition and production of Film- and Electronic Music scores, where the composition process mostly starts at the piano.
Danny Roberts
A&R | AURORA, Rhys Lewis, The Teskey Brothers & more
Danny Roberts is the head of A&R at Made Records, a sub label of Universal Music UK/Germany. A year into this new role, Danny has spent the year searching far and wide in an effort to build a brand new roster. With a focus on development, Danny took this role as it enabled him to work with artists at an earlier point in their career.
“The buzz for me is finding raw talent and helping a band or artist realise their potential. It means I have the opportunity to work with people far more talented then myself. I try to find like-minded artists who want to work together as a team to achieve something magical. From a personal point of view, once success has occurred, there is something quite wonderful about knowing you were the first person to invest time and money in something when nobody else did. How rewarding is that?”
Having previously spent 8 years working as International A&R Manager at Decca Records, Danny signed and developed a diverse roster of artists including AURORA, Rhys Lewis, The Teskey Brothers, The Wandering Hearts and more. These artists combined, have amassed over 500 million streams on Spotify alone.
Danny says he feels very lucky to wake up every morning to do the job he always dreamed of!
Kevin Antunes
Justin Timberlake, Madonna, Shakira, Aerosmith & more
Kevin Antunes has charted with Justin Timberlake, been the musical director for Madonna and Shakira, played with Aerosmith, created scores and sound design for CBS TV Special Michael Jackson’s Halloween and re-Imagined and re-Mixed Michael Jackson ONE for Cirque du Soleil’s residency show in Las Vegas.
He is a Musical Designer/Director, Producer, Songwriter, and Digital Audio Editor & Mix Engineer with more than 30 years of experience and the full 360 creative package of skill sets. When he created and toured with Madonna on her 2020 MadameX World Tour, he musically directed a cast of 26 musicians including a string section, pianist, guitarists, vocalists, and a choir from Cabo Verde. He also worked with Shakira to co-create her El Dorado World Tour.
Kevin is able to maintain the highest level of artistry and sonic clarity through his ability to connect on multiple levels with the recording artists, artistic directors, and show creators while utilising his songwriting, editing, and mixing skills to be the musical point person who can accommodate an endless range of creativity and imagination.
Jeff Nedza
A&R | Rolling Stones, The Who, Slash, Rob Zombie & more
Jeff Nedza is a music business expert who has worked with artists including The Rolling Stones, The Who, Slash, Rob Zombie, Seether, Eric Clapton, Queen, Jimmy Cliff, U2 and Soundgarden. He has over 20 years of strategic marketing excellence under his belt, holding creative and senior marketing positions within both the music and film industry. While at Universal Music Canada he spearheaded highly successful domestic marketing campaigns for many international superstars. His work in film is highlighted by marketing the feature-length documentaries Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, Martin Scorsese’s George Harrison: Living in the Material World and History of the Eagles.
Following a passion for artist development, he moved to his current role at Cadence Music Group where he serves as Vice President of Marketing and is the principal architect for all marketing initiatives, artist development, release strategy, brand and creative direction. He is actively involved in the company’s ongoing roster development across its four label divisions and overseas an owned e-commerce subsidiary. Since joining the company Jeff has been instrumental in attracting both legacy artists as well as emerging acts with a highly collaborative, transparent, and pragmatic approach to artist marketing and release strategies.
As a complement to his marketing prowess, Jeff is an accomplished graphic designer with several album cover credits and is equally comfortable editing video with countless promo reels, teasers and 3 feature film trailers in his portfolio. Jeff is a member of the Canadian Academy of Recording Artists and Sciences and the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada.
Jonathan Li
Social Media Expert
Jonathan Li is an expert in Social Media and digital marketing for independent artists and managers in the music business. He is a data-driven and growth-focused digital marketer with over 13 years of experience leading digital work for clients such as Nissan USA, Dell, AT&T, Infiniti USA / Global, Hewlett Packard, Electronic Arts, and Canada’s Broadcasting Corporation. He currently serves as a mentor with numerous music programs such as The Juno Awards Masterclass and Canada's Music Incubator where he has helped 200+ artists/music managers over the last 4 years with digital marketing. His consulting agency, Prosody Digital, works with businesses and marketing agencies to improve their eCommerce, SEO, paid advertising and analytics capabilities.
In his past artist life, Jonathan was a Western Canada Music Awards and Gospel Music Awards nominated singer/songwriter. Today, he utilizes his formal education in songwriting to pen songs for independent & major label artists around the world in multiple genres.
