After studying songwriting and performance at Berklee College of Music, Benjamin Groff's 30 year career has taken him to various music publishing companies, including BMG Music (5 Years) and EMI Music (5 Years). In 2006, Groff was hired by an early start up, Kobalt Music Publishing, where he opened the 1st U.S. office and for the next 10 years, continued to sign and solidify the company’s roster as Executive Vice President of Creative. Since his run at Kobalt has become one of the Top 3 Music Publishers in the world and was ASCAP’s Publisher of the year in 2020. In 2016, Benjamin launched Brill Building Modern Copyrights full time, his own boutique publishing company, as well as the owner / executive behind We Are: The Guard – a communal A&R resource / blog and early incubator label with over 130 releases, achieving over 500 Million streams. Benjamin’s signings range from: Ryan Tedder, Kelly Clarkson, The Lumineers, Grimes, SOPHIE, Ariel Rechtshaid, LMFAO, City and Colour, Big Freedia, Greg Kurstin, OneRepublic, Tiesto, Caroline Polachek, Cut Copy, Kid Cudi, Cirkut, Savan Kotecha, Jake Torrey, Peaches and TOKiMONSTA, to name a few.Recently, Benjamin released his first book “How Do I Get A Record Deal? Sign Yourself!,” which was a #1 Amazon new release in 7 different categories.Lastly, Benjamin shares his unique insights on the art of songwriting at his own personal blog: https://www.BenjaminGroff.com as well as a number of highly rated songwriting and music marketing courses at Teachable: https://benjamingroff.teachable.com/courses