The Guild of Music Supervisors is pleased and excited to announce its sixth year partnering with Mondo.NYC. Each October, Mondo & GMS New York bring together many of the top music supervisors in advertising, film and TV to help educate about the craft of music supervision. Please join us on Thursday October 12th at Brooklyn’s spectacular Williamsburg Hotel for an immersive day-long series of panels, round tables and case studies produced by GMS New York to keep up with the pulse of music supervision in NYC.

 

The day will be packed with rich and insightful conversation and learning, and we look forward to seeing you in person for the first time in three years in Brooklyn!

​GMS 2022 Panel Agenda

10:00 AM How Tech Makes Your Life Better: Music Industry Edition

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• Justin Gray, CEO/President, Songistry Inc

• Lionel Lodge, SyncLodge

• Sam Maram, MyPart

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11:00 AM But Can It Sound Spanish? – An Exploration of Intentional Inclusion of Latine Voices in Sync
A panel of Latine sync professionals join in a discussion about cultural awareness in music supervision and sync licensing. With the rise of productions focusing on the Latine experience and Latine music mega stars, is the sync community following the necessary steps to honor the intersections of what Latin is and reflecting its multifaceted identities? This exploration will touch on building awareness of common misconceptions while shining light on what steps to take toward intentional practices to build inclusive and genuine soundtracks.

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• Mayra Vargas, Senior Director, Sync, Concord - Moderator

• Eunique, Creative Sync & Licensing Specialist

• B. Muñoz, DJ & Music Producer

• Molly Salas, Independent Music Supervisor, Halo of Sound

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12:00 PM So... What's It Like on the Inside? An NYC Agency Music Supervisor Roundtable
Advertising Agencies are mysterious places. How does anything get done and how does great work get made? Does it always see the light of day? NYC-based agency music supervisors come together for a focused conversation about their day to day in the trenches with copy writers, art directors, brand clients, editors, composers, artists and more.

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• Jonathan McHugh, Independent Film and TV Producer/Director/Music Supervisor -- Moderator

• Joanna Batemits, Executive Producer, Music, Carousel

• Dan Burt, Sr. Music Supervisor/Producer, Wunderman Thompson

• Colleen Dahlstrom, Music Producer, McCann

• Leland Drake, Senior Music Producer, Grey/Townhouse

• Stephen Stallings, Executive Music Producer, Dentsu Creative

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1:00 PM Lunch

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​​​2:30 PM The Big Sweep: Some of the Best of 2022 in Advertising So Far
Hear from music supervisors at the helm of some of the most exciting and innovative work released over the past year in advertising.

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• Michael Kauffman, Executive Director, Clio Music & Clio Cannabis - Moderator

• Ben Dorenfeld, Anomaly

• Sarah Tembeckjian, Independent Music Supervisor

• Kate Urcioli, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Heavy Duty Projects

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3:30 PM Crafting Niche Music Soundtracks for Film/TV

Is weaving the perfect soundtrack akin to method acting? How do you inhabit the minds of the people portrayed on screen and select the right music to support or drive their stories? Hear NYC music supervisors from across a spectrum of diverse film and TV work discuss their approaches to the craft.

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• Jackie Corbett, Creative Partnerships Director, Marmoset, Moderator

• Jennie Armon, Executive Producer/Music Supervisor, Found Objects Music

• Barry Cole, Music Supervisor & Owner, SpotMusic

• Matthew Hearon-Smith, Music Supervisor, MTV Entertainment Group/Paramount

• Taylor Ralph, Music Director, CBS Sports/Paramount

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4:30 PM DEI in Sync: Building the Industry We Imagine
Join us for a conversation amongst sync community members on where we're at with DE&I progress. Engaging with representatives of organizations such as Sync to Change, WOC in Synch, and AMP DE&I, we will discuss tangible steps toward change that have been made and collectively consider what institutional progress looks like.

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• Beliansh Assefa, Music Producer, Townhouse/Grey Advertising NY – Moderator

• Zack Flores, Save The Music (VH1)

• Katt Matt, Producer & Music Supervisor, Found Objects, Sync2Change

• Deb Oh, BMG Production Music/BMG Bespoke, Sync2Change and WOC in Synch

• Adrian Womack, Racket Club, AMP DEI

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2023 Program day/time: Thursday, October 12, 2023, 10:00am - 6:30pm

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Registration Fee:

• Early Bird registration discount $199 (walkup rate $299)

Fee includes:

• Admission to the NYC Guild of Music Supervisors Education Event

• Admission to Mondo.NYC conference events October 12

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Mission Statement: The Guild of Music Supervisors (“GMS”) partners with Mondo.NYC for its sixth annual one-day immersive education seminar as top music supervisors and the creative partners they collaborate with present case studies on the projects that they’ve been working on. Join us and meet, network and learn from some of the top music supervisors and industry executives in the fields of advertising, film, TV, video games and trailers about how they do what they do. Panelists include noted global, NYC and LA-based music supervisors, composers and sync and master licensing execs.

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Guild of Music Supervisors is a non-profit organization with the mission to promote the craft of music supervision for the mutual benefit of all media stakeholders in film, television, games, advertising, trailers and emerging media. The Guild is an educational and professional resource for music supervisors and those working in related fields across the media spectrum. The Guild's NYC Education Event & Film Festival will explore the opportunities and challenges of supervision and sync & master licensing, and how related technologies like AI, blockchain and more may impact them.

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