Michael Paoletta Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

Sync Supervision A&ROperate a full service music production firm offering freelance/contract music and talent strategy, supervision, rights and clearances, and licensing. Specialize in getting the right music and talent into the hands (and ears) of clients. Excellent interpersonal skills, making me the perfect liaison between content creators, talent, artist managers, booking agents, record labels, and music publishers. Work with clients in-house or on a project basis.Freelance clients include:• Google Creative Lab• 3 Mad Fish• Area 23/FCB• Publicis• Arnold• TBWA\Chiat\Day New York• Bottega VenetaMusic Supervision [Film + TV]:• "Big Gold Brick" (2022)• "Fast-Forward" (2021; PBS)• "Driveways" (2020)

Greater New York City Area

• Worked with advertising agencies and brands on all their music needs.• Proactively promoted and marketed all services—including original music, production music catalog, supervision, and licensing—to advertising agencies, production companies, and editorial houses.• Acted as a key point of contact for clients, nurturing and maintaining relationships to ensure a high standard of customer service.• Music supervision for numerous brands, including State Farm, McDonald’s, Payless ShoeSource, Meijer, Verizon, and Kellogg’s; negotiated deals and licensed music by X Ambassadors, Kate Nash, the Chainsmokers, Joy Williams, Iron & Wine, Cyndi Lauper, Deorro, Demi Lovato and others.• Scouted and secured independent artists for co-publishing deals.• Curated and managed artist showcases, spotlighting emerging artists and established veterans, including Bruno Mars, St. Vincent, Fever High, The Head and the Heart, Alison Moyet, Giorgio Moroder, Dua Lipa, Bleachers, Cyndi Lauper, Andrew Bird, Melissa Etheridge, Dragonette, the Lemon Twigs, and Juana Molina.

Greater New York City Area

• Managed a team that maintained inventory for product placement, celebrity seeding, and strategic partnerships for the reality TV series, "The Chopper Challenge."• Worked with various record labels and artist management companies to determine potential partnerships between bands and brands.• Contracted and negotiated talent for client events.• Supported new business exploration and business development.

Greater New York City Area

• Developed new section of magazine devoted to branded entertainment, the intersection of bands and brands.• Assigned, edited, and wrote brand marketing stories.• Wrote the groundbreaking weekly column, Making the Brand.• Communicated with record labels, entertainment companies, artist management, ad agencies, music publishers, production houses, and marketing and consulting firms.• Interviewed top executives for news stories.• Worked closely with copy, production, and art departments.• Organized and programmed Billboard-sponsored conferences, including What Teens Want, The Music Upfront, and The Next Big Idea: The Future of Branded Entertainment.• Featured on various networks, including CNN, CBS, CNBC, BBC and VH1—and quoted in the New York Times, Daily News, Chicago Tribune, New York and other publications—as authority on pop music and pop culture.

Greater New York City Area

• Wrote the influential weekly column, Dance Trax.• Assigned, edited, and wrote stories pertaining to dance and electronic music, encompassing artist interviews and trend pieces. Interviewed emerging and veteran artists for talent features and news stories, including Madonna, Mariah Carey, Yoko Ono, Rihanna, Gwen Stefani, Mary J. Blige, Fergie, Paul Oakenfold, Björk, and Paul Van Dyk. • Developed relationships with record labels, entertainment companies, and artist management firms.• Worked closely with copy, production, and art departments, as well as with the Managing Editor and Editor-in-Chief.• Organized, managed, and produced Billboard’s annual Dance Music Summit, a conference for industry professionals worldwide; this encompassed developing and creating a schedule of daily panel discussions, moderating and hosting keynote addresses and workshops, establishing and implementing marketing strategies.

Greater New York City Area

• Edited sections of “The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music,” published by Flame Tree U.K.• Contributed artist profiles and album reviews to a wide range of entertainment and lifestyle publications, including Vibe, Paper, and the Advocate.• Wrote liner notes for artist retrospectives and compilations, including the Thompson Twins’"Love Lies & Other Strange Things—Greatest Hits."