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Kobalt is a music and technology company built for artists, songwriters, publishers and labels as an alternative to the traditional music business model. Across 13 global offices, Kobalt Music serves over 25,000 songwriters and 600 publishers, including Roddy Ricch, Max Martin, FINNEAS, Karol G, Andrew Watt, Stevie Nicks, Phoebe Bridgers, Enrique Iglesias, PaulMcCartney, and many more. Kobalt represents on average over 40% of the top 100 songs and albums in both the US and the UK. Through Kobalt’s unique services and technology platform that tracks and collects royalties for the trillions of micro-payments in digital music today, the company continues to drive innovation in music and technology. Kobalt’s latest innovation, AMRA, a global digital society, has reached all corners of the world outside of the US and includes direct digital collection for China, Brazil, and Japan and more.

Los Angeles

Music Rights Consulting services to music professionals seeking assistance in reviewing, negotiating and concluding a wide variety of music agreements. Services include:- Researching of music rights issues- Drafting, negotiating and reviewing music agreements including• deal memorandums• longform agreements• synchronization and master use licenses• work for hire agreements• co-publishing and publishing agreements • administration agreements• music producer agreements• songwriter agreements • music supervisor agreements • soundtrack album agreements • NDA’s• spec songwriting agreementsI have concluded over 3000 agreements with companies including all the major television and film studios (Sony, Universal, Warner Bros., Disney, Fox, Paramount, Dreamworks, Imagine Entertainment), videogame producers (Electronic Arts, Activision, SCEA, Konami, Capcom, Sega and others) and independent television and film production companies (Hallmark, Jaffe/Braunstein, Chesler/Perlmutter, National Geographic, Larry Thompson Organization, Yari Film Group, MRC and others), in North America, Europe, the UK, and Asia. Advertising agency clients include Wieden & Kennedy, Global Hue and BBDO.

Burbank, Ca

Disney Music Group December 2011 – October 2012MUSIC PUBLISHINGFull-time Consultant providing coverage for VP on medical leave, working in all areas of music publishing, including foreign sub-publishing, negotiation of approvals and license fees for use of Disney-controlled music in streaming, downloads, merchandise, phonorecords, etc.

Culver City Ca

Consultant at Sony Pictures Entertainment, in the Music Legal Affairs department, as a legal analyst for the Music Rights upgrade project. Researched, reviewed and analyzed music rights agreements in the Sony/Columbia/MGM film catalogue, for upgrades to digital media. Located publishers, administrators or heirs, to negotiate upgrades to the original music licenses, for use in new media.

Music Business Affairs at a major Film Music Agency, representing leading film, television and videogame music composers, songwriters, music producers, music supervisors, and music editors. In this capacity, I have been responsible for drafting, negotiating, and reviewing synchronization and master use licenses, work for hire agreements, co-publishing and publishing agreements, administration agreements, music producer agreements, songwriter agreements, music supervisor agreements, soundtrack album agreements, NDA’s, spec songwriting agreements, etc.

Ba, Music

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