2018 Conference Speakers | Between The Waves Madison Music Festival & Conference

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Butch Vig
"Artist" is the single word which best describes producer, mixer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist

Born in Viroqua,Wisconsin, his parents Doc and Betty exposed Butch to a variety of music and fine arts culture during his youth. While attending the University of Wisconsin Madison, where he received a degree in filmmaking, Vig focused on experimental music composition – an area that would serve him well into the future. While at the UW, Butch jumped into the local music scene and joined the band Spooner as its drummer. Unlike most drummers, content to bang out the rhythms, Vig pursued music composition with the band and stepped behind the studio glass to shape the recorded sound as a producer.

After graduating from the UW, Butch co-founded Smart Studios and began producing and mixing albums. His perseverance as an independent producer in Madison carried far beyond Wisconsin's borders, as artists from around the country began to hear the clear, edgy, hard rock sound shaped by Butch's productions. His work with Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins and Soul Asylum in the 90s has been hailed by music critics and authors who have placed his work at the top of the decades best recordings.

Additionally, Vig has created many exciting remixes for such prominent artists as U2, Beck, Korn, Alanis Morrissette, Depeche Mode and Nine Inch Nails. In 1995 Vig returned to performing and writing with a band he formed that goes by the name of Garbage. The multi-platinum, Grammy Nominated band has achieved worldwide critical and commercial success as it ushered in yet another new direction for rock music. Recently, Vig has produced critically acclaimed albums for Against Me, Green Day, and The Foo Fighters, winning a Grammy for their album "Wasting Light." He was recently ranked #9 on NME's Top 50 Greatest Producers Ever. In 2014, Butch produced The Foo Fighters acclaimed HBO documentary "Sonic Highways." Last year Garbage released their acclaimed 6th album "Strange Little Birds", and they are currenly recording a new album.

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Sandy Gennaro

Sandy Gennaro is a world class speaker/drummer who has recorded and toured internationally with several platinum selling superstars, including three members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Artists such as Cyndi Lauper, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, The Monkees, Bo Diddley, and Johnny Winter have all utilized Sandy's expertise. Sandy's amazing career spans 52 years and continues today.

Sandy has learned many life lessons navigating the murky, shark infested waters of the Music Business. He uses his singular perspective and wisdom to inspire and motivate you to successfully achieve your goals that lie ahead.

"Beating the Drums and Beating the Odds" - B.E.A.T.S. (Belief, Enthusiasm, Attitude, Tenacity and Service) – Sandy will drive home these vital ingredients of success via behind-the scenes- stories, making for a truly unique, memorable, meaningful and life-changing experience for all attendees. You WILL NOT be disappointed!!!

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Fett
Independent Producer / Engineer

Fett is an independent music producer and engineer, author, music career coach, co-founder of the Azalea Music Group in Nashville, and recording/mixing engineer for the 2015 Australian #1 Country Album: Jason Owen's Friday Night. He helps artists and songwriters reach their fullest sonic and emotional impact with the recordings he produces, and also teaches them how to do it themselves. Fett is the author of the popular book Fett's Mixing Roadmap: A Step-by-step Guide To Mixing Music In The Studio and host of the popular MixingMastery.com online video course. He is the former Technology Editor for Performing Songwriter magazine, and occasional journalist for CMA Close Up, Drum! and Keyboard magazines. His diverse list of clients includes Davy Jones of the Monkees, Grammy-winning songwriter Don Henry, and international guitar virtuosos Tommy Emmanuel and Muriel Anderson.

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Nancy Moran
Artist Development Coach

Nancy Moran is an experienced recording artist, touring singer/songwriter, and artist development coach. The co-founder of Azalea Music Group in Nashville, she teaches artists, writers, composers, and aspiring music moguls how to design, develop, and pursue their own authentic (and profitable) music careers. As an independent artist she released four solo CDs. She also released two CDs and toured nationally as a member of the musical comedy troupe The Four Bitchin' Babes. After playing everything from bars to performing arts centers for over two decades, she created UltimateBookingAndTouring.com where she teaches online to touring musicians worldwide.

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Chris "Godxilla" Taylor
Recording Engineer

Born in Milwaukee in the 1970's, Chris "Godxilla" Taylor learned early on that he had an aptitude to create music. The first instrument that he learned how to play was the Trumpet at the age of 12 years old. By the age of 22, Chris was playing the Piano, Trumpet and Drums for Choirs at Jordan Missionary Baptist Church in Milwaukee, WI as an accomplished musician. In that time span, Chris also began programming drum machines and learning how to use multi-track recorders. His first recording session was at Firebird Recording Studios (Milwaukee, WI) in the mid 1980's at the age of 14. This path, in tandem with his musical development lead him to launch his own imprint "Ton Of Soul Records" along with his own studio, "Alcatraz Recording Studio". Godxilla has released over 10 albums on his independent label with various artists under his music production guidance. His first solo release titled "Music is Medicine", became a Milwaukee classic with a well received single on it titled "Last Call". 2015 Godxilla walked away from his positions in education and the Arts Commission in Madison, Wisconsin. He took his family to Los Angeles, California in search of new challenges and paths in life. He currently is recording and mixing in the greater Los Angeles area and has taken on field production as a new endeavor.

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Dexter Patterson
Social and Digital Media Specialist

As an artist, Dexter "Tefman" Patterson has been featured in major publications such as XXL Magazine, Hip-Hop Weekly, All Hip-Hop.com, The Source.com, Yo Raps!, and Shade 45. Tef has shared stages with a stellar list of major artists including T.I., Wiz Khalifa, Ludacris, Wale, Curren$y, Freddie Gibbs, Super Bob, Gorilla Zoe, Three 6 Mafia, Nelly, Twista, Mac Lethal, Chris Webby, Zion I, and Devin, the Dude. He's also had the privilege of recording records with industry heavyweights such as Academy Award winner Juicy J, Bizzy Bone and I-20 of DTP.

Currently, Tefman plays in the award-winning Rap/Rock band Dogs of War. Outside of music, Tefman loves working with people, digital technology, and social media. His hands-on experience working as an entrepreneur in the music industry and as the Social and Digital Media Specialist for a 3 billion dollar company in the corporate world will offer insights that will help take your music career to the next level.

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Craig Anderton

Craig Anderton is an internationally-recognized authority on music and technology. He has played on, produced, or mastered over 20 major label recordings, did pop music session work in New York in the 1970s on guitar and keyboards, played Carnegie Hall, and more recently, has mastered well over a hundred tracks for various artists.

As an author, he has written 26 books on musical electronics and over a thousand articles for magazines like Electronic Musician, Keyboard, Sound on Sound (UK), Rolling Stone, Guitar Player, and several European publications. He co-founded "Electronic Musician" magazine in the mid-80s and continues to write for several magazines and websites.

Craig has also been a pioneer in the online community—his "Sound, Studio, and Stage" forum has been going continuously since 1995, amassing over a million posts during that time. It's now being hosted on www.harmonycentral.com, where Craig holds the position of Editorial Director.

Known for his ability to de-mystify complex technical topics, Craig has lectured on technology and the arts in 38 states, 10 countries, and three languages. He maintains an active career doing mastering, writing, video production, mixing, and performing; he is currently an Executive Vice President at Gibson Brands.

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Beth Kille

Beth Kille is a 22-time Madison Area Music Association (MAMA) award winning artist from Madison, WI who has been cranking out Americana-Rock tunes since 2000. From solo house concerts to full-band festival shows, her love for the stage and genuine passion for performance shine through in all settings. Kille's stage prowess was recognized in 2011 when she received Artist of the Year honors at the Madison Area Music Awards. She has also been honored twice with the MAMA for Female Vocalist of the Year ('06, '10) and was nominated for Singer- Songwriter of the Year in 2014 and for Female Vocalist of the Year in 2017 by the Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI).

Staunchly committed to the advancement of young musicians and songwriters of all ages, Kille works as the Music Director for Girls and Ladies Rock Camp Madison, hosts Madison's Chick Singer Night and is an engineer/producer at Studio Gusto, where she specializes in recording/producing records for new artists. She is sought out for her songwriting and music industry knowledge from both private students and in the workshop setting.

She's thrilled to be a part of the Between the Wave Madison Music Festival + Conference - both as a performer in Chick Singer Night Madison at 7pm on Friday, June 16th at the Brink Lounge and as a workshop instructor for "Music Theory for Songwriters."

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Sue Baker

Sue Baker became a close friend of Les Paul the last ten years of his life. In addition to hearing hours of stories from the master inventor and performer, Sue visited his home on several occasions, attended his performances and helped with several projects for Les. In 2011, she was one of the first people on staff at the Les Paul Foundation. In her current role, she works closely with schools, museums and other organizations that receive funding from the Foundation and helps them share the legacy of Les Paul. The Les Paul Foundation inspires innovative and creative thinking by sharing the legacy of Les Paul through support of music education, recording, innovation and medical research related to hearing.

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Ken Vandevrie

Ken is a recognized leader in complete media production and specifically Music Composition for Film, Television Broadcast and Corporate clientele. Trained as a classical pianist in Royal Conservatory of Music Grade 8 and Grade 2 Practical Theory, he has over 25 years of digital composition and programming experience. He composes and produces music for TV, Libraries and film projects used around the world.

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Ty Christian

Ty Christian (better known as his on-stage persona Fang VonWrathenstein of the band Lords of the Trident) has been playing in, touring with, and managing bands for 18 years. In addition to his active musical projects, he volunteers as the creative media director for the Madison Area Music Association, writes a popular monthly DIY music column called "Words of Fang", and teaches Tae Kwon Do in the Madison area. Ty has recorded, mixed, and published multiple records of his own material as well as performed as a guest vocalist on numerous heavy metal recordings from all over the world. He is excited to share his innovative DIY approach to the music business at the Between the Waves conference!

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Jim Brandmeier

Jimmy Brandmeier's deep-rooted music industry experience combined, with his passion for guiding students in music and life, make him a different, and inspiring teacher. His credo is simple, empowering and rare; be who you are—inside and out—no matter what, no matter how far!

Brandmeier has early beginnings as a highly talented musician. He's worked with artists ranging from Jason Mraz, Avril Lavign, Joss Stone, Ky-Mani Marley, Jamie Cullum, Ivan Neville, Dave Mathews and Sara McLachlan to Chynna Phillips, Eric Clapton, Wynonna Judd, Carole King, Kenny Loggins, Sarah Lee Guthrie, Adam Cohen, Stephen Bishop, Kris Kristofferson, Phil Ramone, David Cassidy, Carlos Santana, Brian Wilson and Burt Bacharach. Along the way he has created an army chest of connections and networks.

Mr. Brandmeier was President of Monarch Records, a division of Tambourine Inc. in San Francisco. As President of Monarch he's led teams that set the standard for special markets in music—generating millions of dollars through Brands and Bands Campaigns. He also served as Director of Artist and Repertoire for Tambourine's three labels (Unison Records in Nashville and Sugo and Monarch Records in San Francisco.) As Director of A&R, he was responsible for product development, artists and music production on all three labels.

Brandmeier has an unrelenting persistence to convert ideas into actions that produce results. He's a Summit Award winning marketer who's garnered acclaimed media attention for his music and marketing company 180 Music—landed an exclusive brands and bands alliance with Target Stores nationwide—distribution deal with Universal North America and Sony music in Japan—developed credibility within the industry for having a reputation as an innovative thinker.

He's a Telly Award winning writer, who has produced and performed on a wide variety of Branded CDs found in major specialty market outlets, (Sharper Image, Brookstones, Bed Bath & Beyond, W.H Smith, American Greetings). In an eclectic range of styles, Brandmeier has developed concepts, composed and produced CD's that have sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide.

Jimmy Brandmeier's philosophy in business and in life is very simple "Be Who You Are. Use your talent to serve"

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DJ Pain 1

Known for his breakout production on Young Jeezy's platinum-selling album "The Recession," producer DJ Pain 1 stays busy. Since his debut, he has worked with artists ranging from G Herbo to Public Enemy, Mavis Staples to Ludacris. His resume includes several top ten albums, work as an educator in his community, two worldwide tours and a dedication to hip-hop growth and advocacy.

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Matt Smith

Matt Smith is a composer and engineer who has written or co-written nearly 1500 pieces of production music. His work has been licensed for TV and film on every major network, as well as the majority of cable networks, both domestically and internationally. His songs have been used in shows such as Saturday Night Live, the 2016 Rio Olympics, American Idol, Dancing With The Stars, The X Games, Inside Amy Schumer, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Key and Peele, The New Girl, and The Office. He currently teaches audio production and library music composition at Milwaukee Area Technical College.

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Jim Reith

Jim will be talking about "Composing Original/Custom Music for Ads". Ever seen an ad on TV and said "I could write a better music track than that?" Original music for ads can be a very lucrative and fulfilling career. The challenges of breaking into the business, pricing to succeed, keeping musical integrity, and managing production issues will all be discussed.

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Emily White

Emily White's career spans the music industry, carving out a unique path that defines a modern maven. White began her journey at Northeastern University in Boston, with experiences in college at Powerfinger Promotions, WBCN-FM, Q Division and Skope Magazine. Upon seeing The Dresden Dolls play on campus, White introduced herself to frontwoman Amanda Palmer, quickly integrating into a core member of the band's team. White and The Dresden Dolls grew up professionally together beginning at SXSW and continuing through White's graduation day, in which she did graduate, but didn't walk due to the band kicking off a 3 continent tour with Nine Inch Nails at Coachella.

Prior to graduating, White completed work with Boston's local promoter, Don Law Company, while working deep within the live local music scene before becoming a world-class tour manager. An internship at MTV / VH1 UK solidified White's early love for international business and view of a modern global economy.

Retiring from tour managing at age 23 including runs with Imogen Heap and festivals ranging from Glastonbury to Fuji Rock, White accepted a position at Madison House Inc., in New York working with artists such as The Fiery Furnaces, Dinosaur Jr., The Secret Machines, Angelique Kidjo, Taj Mahal as well as members of The String Cheese Incident and Drive-By Truckers. White wrote a pre-Radiohaed In Rainbows "name your own price" distribution model that was passed along to legendary producer Bob Ezrin in 2007. A job offer at Michael Cohl's Live Nation Artists followed with White handling Zac Brown Band when he was signed to the division whose other signees included Madonna, U2 and Jay-Z.

In 2008, White launched Whitesmith Entertainment with Keri Smith Esguia, to oversee the careers of musicians and comedians including Brendan Benson, Margaret Cho, The Hush Sound, Amanda Palmer, Eric Burdon, Family of the Year, Hockey, Pat Sansone of Wilco, Fox Stevenson and W. Kamau Bell. Whitesmith additionally consulted Jay Mohr successfully to his goal of being nominated for Comedy Album of the Year at the 2016 Grammys.

Following the 2012 Olympic games, Whitesmith launched a sports management division with inaugural client Anthony Ervin, an Olympic gold medalist known as the "rock star" of Olympic swimming. In 2016, Whitesmith signed head U.S. Olympic Women's Swim Coach David Marsh and Olympic gold medalist Kaitlin Sandeno, expanding the sports' division further. Upon realizing that sports was underserved in the crowdfunding space, White, a Division I scholarship swimmer herself, launched Dreamfuel based on her work with Anthony Ervin to serve additional athletes by building sustainable tools for the sports' market.

After witnessing slim margins in the 2016 U.S. Election, White was inspired to get out the vote. The result is a new initiative titled #iVoted, in which venues are letting fans in on November 6th, 2018 - the next national Election Day in the United States - who show a photo of themselves outside their local polling station. Confirmed promoters in include C3 in Texas (Stubb's, Emo's, Scoot Inn), Live Nation NYC (Irving Plaza, The Gramercy Theatre, Warsaw), Peter Shapiro's Brooklyn Bowl, as well as Motorco in North Carolina, with more to come.

White is currently an in-demand speaker and consultant due to her expertise within the modern music industry, social media, artist development, and beyond. Whitesmith is called on to consult on everything from Grammy nomination campaigns to handling social media for progressive media outlets and off-Broadway plays. White's name has graced the cover of Billboard Magazine with Dreamfuel additionally profiled in Fast Company, Forbes, Bloomberg, and ESPN. She is a frequent guest blogger for Hypebot as well as Midem in Cannes, France where she is a regular speaker. In addition, White proudly serves on the boards of Future of Music, CASH Music, SXSW, The David Lynch Foundation Live while additionally serving on The Grammys' Education Committee and Pandora's Artist Advisory Council.

In 2017 White released her debut book, Interning 101; a how-to guide for interns in modern business. The book is based on the "intern manifesto" handbook created at Whitesmith Entertainment and is published by 9GiantStepsBooks.

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Audrey Martinovich

Audrey's interest in recording was sparked from her years spent training as an opera singer who tried (unsuccessfully) to record herself. Eventually she became more interested in the quality of the recordings and less interested in perfecting classical singing techniques. A graduate of Madison Media Institute, Audrey now co-owns Audio for the Arts and is one of the chief recording engineers. In 2017 she became the first female contributor to Pro Tools Expert, one of the most visited music and post production websites in the world.

In addition to her passion for helping musicians realize their dream recordings, she produces several weekly podcasts and radio shows on a range of topics from radiology to what apps are best for children. Current podcasts Audrey works on include Big Wild Radio Show with over 100,000 weekly listeners and Free Thought Radio which has been downloaded over 7 million times.

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Beth Russell

Elizabeth T Russell helps businesses protect their most important assets by providing thoughtful, thorough counsel in the fields of copyright, trademark and digital business law.

Elizabeth represented the New York State Museum in negotiations leading to the repatriation of twelve sacred wampum belts to the Onondaga Nation. She also represented New York's Commissioner of Education, successfully, in litigation before the United States Supreme Court.

Elizabeth is a frequent author and speaker. In both capacities she enjoys taking complicated issues and explaining them in understandable terms for nonlawyers. She is the author of Arts Law Conversations: A Surprisingly Readable Guide for Arts Entrepreneurs. Its predecessor, Art Law Conversations, earned a rating of “Essential” from the American Library Association's CHOICE Magazine and was included on CHOICE's 2006 list of Outstanding Academic Titles. In 2008 the title was awarded a Writer's Digest First Place award in the reference category.

Elizabeth is the Past Chair of the Sports and Entertainment Law section of the State Bar of Wisconsin and a member of the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law section of the New York State Bar Association. She wrote the curriculum and taught Copyright Management at Madison Media Institute; Law for Artists at the State University of New York College at Fredonia; and Legal Issues for Artists at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Elizabeth's undergraduate degree is in music. She earned her law degree from New York's Pace University School of Law, where she served as a member of the Pace Law Review. She is admitted to practice law in the states of New York, Connecticut and Wisconsin.

Elizabeth is originally from Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York. She makes frequent trips to Cornwall, where she continues to meet and work with Hudson Valley clients.

She is remarkably fluent in plain English.

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Billy Holland

The Holland Group, Inc. is a full-service, artist management, brand development, consultation and label facilitation services company headquartered in Nashville, TN. With a focus on career development at all levels, we offer a wide range of hands-on services that cater specifically to each artist's needs.

THG facilitates numerous projects in various capacities and stages, currently ranging from established, multi-platinum to new, emerging artists. THG services are primarily geared towards growth strategies that include record label management, corporate brand partnerships, booking agent representation, artist merchandising, writer relations, publishing, royalties, film & TV sync, mechanical and digital licensing revenue streams, national publicity, tour press, social media management and digital marketing, video promotion via broadcast TV (both network and internet), airplay facilitation that includes streaming, satellite and terrestrial radio. THG also facilitates global digital and physical music product placement through major distribution channels.

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Derrick Floyd

Artist, Musician, Songwriter, LifeCoach, Motivational Speaker, are just a few of the words that describe Derrick Floyd. If you ask him, he is a constant work in progress. Someone trying to steward his circle of influence with a positive energy that is infectious. By day, he is the National Sales and Product Specialist Manager for the ground breaking music technology company, IK Multimedia who is one of the leaders in making professional software tools for musicians, producers and engineers all over the world. Also being the pioneers of mobile recording revolution with the invention of the iRig family of portable recording products has given Derrick a front roll seat at the helm of the constant evolving world of creative music technology products. By night, he is the executive director of The Beautiful Now Project. A company founded on the principles of using all forms of digital media, Music, Video, etc to Uplift, Encourage and Inspire those around us to be their best version of themselves. He believes that in order to truly change the world, we have to start with offering the world the best of ourselves, creating and living in the space we were designed to be, and giving THAT to our jobs, family, and friends, then we will change the world for the better, one person at a time.

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Diana Williamson

Diana Williamson has written 2 x #3 Billboard hot club chart songs, and through her company Themusiclibrary.org, placed songs in over 50 films and TV shows. She is the author of "101 Tips and Tricks of Successful Songwriting" available on Amazon. She is a Pro Music Reviewer for Broadjam and is a voting member and juror for Factor and the Grammy Awards. Diana's a creator of a number of song contests including the upcoming Womens Freedom Song contest. She's presently producing the music documentary "Wizards of Song."

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Shawndell Marks

11-time Madison Area Music Award-winning singer/songwriter/pianist Shawndell Marks turned to songwriting as a young adult to help make sense of unexpected life events. She has released three original albums. Her latest album, Broken Dam, received 5 MAMA awards, including Pop/R&B Album of the Year. Marks now fronts her own original band and is involved with several area music projects including instructor and coach for Girls Rock Camp, keyboardist in the Madison Chick Singer Night house band, trio Gin, Chocolate & Bottle Rockets and various studio projects. She lives in rural Reedsburg where she teaches private lessons out of her studio, Blue Piano Studio.

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ShaH Evans
Social Media Marketeer, Artist Manager, Blog Owner, Founder and V.P. Non For Profit, Social Entrepreneur

ShaH Evans, aka Mr Get Your Buzz Up, is an artist manager and social media influencer who manages I-20 and DJ Pain 1. He has worked with Wiz Khalifa, Waka Flocka, Curren$y, and many more. ShaH is also a community activist and has co-founded a non-profit organization that utilizes hip hop to educate within schools.

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Sybil Augustine

I have broad experience in many areas of the music industry, as well as arts and nonprofit organizations. I have substantial direct experience with community radio, nonprofit and collective management and artist/venue promotion, booking and management.

I work with an emphasis on diversity, access and education for all interested members of the listening community. My interests focus on media reform, nonprofit broadcast management and hands-on radio experience. I'm interested in the development of alternative media coalitions in under-served areas, especially involving women and people of color. I'm also continually working with artists and performance spaces to create innovative, spontaneous and unique underground events and installations.

Specialties: Hiring and training of paid staff and volunteers; collective management; broad, sweeping knowledge of music genres, artists and labels; technical, computer and broadcast engineering skills; consensus-based decision making; meeting facilitation; long-range planning and implementation; broadcast industry consultant, panelist and session facilitator.

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Jonathan Suttin

Jonathan Suttin has been waking up Madison for 18 years on 1055 Triple M as the less talented half of Jonathan & Kitty in the morning. He has hung around long enough to become the Music Director and Assistant Program Director. Jonathan is the primary host of Live from Studio M sessions and has interviewed hundreds of musicians including Sting, Ed Sheeran, KT Tunstall, The Head and The Heart, Vance Joy as well as many others he can't remember while he's typing this bio. Jonathan is also a proud graduate of the University of Wisconsin School of Journalism.

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Elizabeth Galewski

Elizabeth Galewski currently serves as the press agent for the jazz/funk/rock orchestra The Big Payback and sing-songwriter Kyle Rightley. She got her start in media relations at the White House during the Clinton Administration. She has also done PR for Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI), Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-Ny), and the National Association of Counties.

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Michael Boddicker

Michael Boddicker grew up in a music store his parents formed in Cedar Rapids, IA, where his love for music began. Known in Hollywood for his film scores & composing and in demand as a producer, composer, synthesist, sound designer and songwriter, his amazing musical career has covered many areas . Throughout the music industry he is well known as a pioneer of the synthesizer, having recorded on pioneering gear at the birth of the electronic musical instrument revolution in the early 1970s. His work even extends in to the music products industry with his own company, The Lehmann Boddicker Group, and continues in the studio world with his SOL SEVEN Mix & Post. It's with good reason that Michael Boddicker is considered one of the most prolific, innovative and experienced artists in music today. The man is busy and sure has great stories to tell!

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Roy Elkins

Roy is a well-known music technology entrepreneur who has been leading industry innovations for nearly thirty years. He is also the Founder and CEO of Broadjam Inc., serving independent musicians and industry giants alike. Broadjam.com, the company's popular independent web site now hosting over 180,000 artists and 700,000 songs, has become one of the most influential music sites in the independent music world.

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Bud Snyder

Listening to his mom and sister play their records, Bud Snyder fell in love with music at 5 years old. He bought Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" at age 8, started playing sax when he was 11 and recorded his first record with the school band, and moved on to playing guitar with a rock & roll band by the time he was 12.

On March 16,1980 he did his first session with The Allman Brothers Band and started a professional relationship that would last twenty-plus years and see him wearing many hats in The Allman Brothers Band camp, including front-of-house engineer, production manager, tour manager, studio engineer, and producer.

Bud has accumulated more than four decades of experience in nearly every element of music making all over the world, including being involved in five Grammy Award-nominated records and one winner. In addition to The Allman Brothers Band, some of the artists he's worked with include Jeff Buckley, Edwin McCain, Warren Haynes, John Popper, Gumbi Ortiz, Leon Poindexter, Chuck Leavell, Oteil Burbridge, Derek Trucks, Jimmie Fadden and Jimmy Herring.

He continues to keep rockin' on a daily basis at BaySound Studio in Sarasota, FL.

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Ellen Stanley

Since 2013, Ellen Stanley has been the Executive Director of the Minnesota Music Coalition (MMC). The only nonprofit devoted solely to supporting Minnesota's independent musicians, the MMC is a network of industry professionals, businesses and nonprofits, providing artists with the skills, resources and opportunities to have sustaining careers in music.

Before heading up the MMC, Ellen was the Director of Publicity & Promotions at Grammy-winning indie label Red House Records, where she developed an international reputation as one of the top music publicists in the country and was voted one of the "Best in the Industry" by Americana DJ's five years running. She has an extensive background in the music business and has also worked as a fundraiser, festival organizer, radio promoter, booking agent, music writer and A&R rep. For the last twelve years, she has produced and hosted Womenfolk, a weekly music show on KFAI Radio. Ellen also performs her own music under the name Mother Banjo and serves on the Board of Folk Alliance International.

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Derrick Holt

Derrick Holt is an accomplished Audio Professional & Consultant who teaches youth how to create digital music, podcasts, etc. An experienced producer and certified recording engineer, Derrick aka DSCRIBE, also has a strong presence in the Milwaukee music scene. Because of his experience and education, Derrick plays an important role in mentoring and ushering in the new generation of Wisconsin digital artists!

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Jake Johnson

Jake Johnson founded Paradyme Productions in 1996 in Madison, and has since worked with thousands of clients from around the world on their audio and video projects. A lifelong musician, Jake focuses on collaborative & creative quality improvement, working intimately with his clients to achieve personalized results and customized creative solutions to help elevate his clients' projects to a new level. Jake has recorded and produced thousands of musical releases for bands and artists, and has also written and produced music that has been featured in movies, commercials, at stadiums, in TV shows, in TV & Radio commercials, at tradeshows, & on the web.

His extensive experience in creative production has garnered dozens of awards and nominations, including 4 Emmy nominations in 2017, 2 different national Prix de Hours awards, and multiple awards for album of the year, song of the year, and studio of the year, as well as dozens of nominations in the MAMAs. Artists who have worked with Jake have received thousands of awards and recognition including Grammy's, Emmy's, Oscar's, Pullitzer's, Nobel Prizes, and many other international, national, statewide, and local awards.

Jake's clients include LucasFilms, The Jimi Hendrix Foundation, The Shoa Project (Steven Spielberg), Lindsey Stirling, Metallica, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Screaching Weasel, ESPN, ABC, NBC, Comedy Central, Spike TV, President Barack Obama, Avenged Sevenfold, Queen, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Steve Vai, Capital Credit Union, Summit Credit Union, Hal Leonard Corporation, McDonald's, Samsung, & Disney, Special Olympics, GMR Marketing, Banshee Music, Madison Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance, Hachette Audiobooks, along with thousands of international, national, regional & local artists and organizations.

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D-Teck

Dwayne Grant also publicly known as D-teck, is Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Wazzup Media Group (WMG). D-Teck is well known as an influential A&R for Konvict Muzik Group and CEO of Wazzup Media Group. D-Teck made a name for himself by finding and securing talent for Konvict's CEOs Melvin Brown and International Mega Star Akon. D-Teck influence was instrumental in signing Common Kings and K-pop Group JQT. Nowadays, D-Teck still operates as an A&R Director; however, he is the leading force behind the powerful entertainment conglomerate [Wazzup Media Group]. D-Teck focus remains on pioneering new approaches to the development of GREAT recording artists, producers and songwriters. D-Teck continues to champion out of the box business models and relationships that impact the Entertainment on a World stage.

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Mike Huberty

Mike Huberty is the artist services manager at Broadjam where he helps independent musicians from all over the world connect with music supervisors, publishers, and song pluggers. In the process, he has helped thousands of musicians license their music. He has toured coast to coast singing and playing bass with his rock band Sunspot since 1996. In addition to music, Huberty turned his longtime fascination with strange topics like hauntings, UFOs, and time travel into Wisconsin's number one paranormal podcast. In each weekly episode of the See You On The Other Side podcast, Sunspot tackles a mysterious topic and then writes a new song about it! In the past year, you could have heard his band's music in everything from Fate of the Furious to the World Snowboarding Competition coverage to cult horror Western flick Dead Again in Tombstone.

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Huan-Hua Chye

Huan-Hua Chye writes and performs music in the Madison indie pop band Gentle Brontosaurus, in which she also helps manage booking, merchandise, and PR; and in a transatlantic recording project called Vowl Sounds. She has been making music in the Madison area since 2010, in bands including TL;DR, Red Tape Diaries, and tribute bands for The Go-Go's, Hall and Oates, and Liz Phair.

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Barbara McMillen

Barbara McMillen is a Registered Music Therapist and has a Bachelor of Science in Music Therapy Degree from Texas Woman's University. She also studied Music, Psychology and Drama at the University of North Texas. Besides working as a Music Therapist for the past 25 years, she has performed professionally as singer, keyboardist and actress, composed award-winning music for film and television, worked in marketing for music industry clients, and also taught pre-school choir. She has managed 3 indie record label and 3 publishing companies. She currently teaches Songwriting and Survey of the Music Business at Collin College and runs the Dallas Songwriters Association, a non-profit that she founded. She is also performing programs at book clubs and libraries, and recently took the stage at the Wildflower Music and Arts Festival and Deep Ellum Arts Festival.

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Buzz Kemper

As an engineer/producer, Buzz has worked with Ani diFranco, Dar Williams, The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Yo-Yo Ma, Comedy Central and the Chicago, Milwaukee and Madison Symphony Orchestras. As a voice-over artist, Buzz is heard on two audiobooks as well as projects for Time/Warner, TDS Telecom, The Onion, Promega, movie trailers and more. In June, he traveled to the Bahamas as announcer for American Family Insurance. He was narrator for Black Marigold in their performance of Peter and the Wolf and has recorded poetry for recordings by Mark Hetzler, Kicksville and Mr. Chair.

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Randy Hawke

Program Director, Midwest Family Broadcasting

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Sarah Akawa

Sarah is a promoter/party planner, founding member of Queer Pressure Collective, and DJ (Saint Saunter). She began planning concerts and parties at age 13 and is passionate about organizing nightlife spaces for queer people that challenge the current hegemony and provide access for queer people and other underrepresented identities in nightlife. Her main project is curating Queer Pressure, which started in 2014 as an underground queer-only, do-it-yourself, intentionally political dance party in collaboration with DJ Boyfrrriend. Queer Pressure has grown to become a collective, supporting queer artists, DJs, performers, and musicians, seeking to provide safer spaces created for and by queer people. In addition to the monthly Queer Pressure parties and art exhibitions, she partners with Dyke Dive to curate the queer summer music series, Hot Summer Gays.

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Emily Mills

Emily Mills is the current Editor of Our Lives, Madison's LGBTQ+ magazine, as well as a local musician (Damsel Trash), and skater/General Manager of the Mad Rollin' Dolls roller derby league. She has lived, worked, made music, and organized/produced a wide variety of shows in the city since 2000.

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Charlie Goldstone

Charlie Goldstone's career started with summer jobs at The New World Music Theatre outside of Chicago and Riverport Amphitheatre outside of St. Louis, which led to a position with the Belkin Productions office of Clear Channel Entertainment in Cleveland, Ohio. In 2005 Charlie took a position as Senior Director of Artist Development and Tour Marketing for the Island Def Jam Music Group in New York. He worked on tour strategy and album launches for select artists on the label's roster. Charlie joined Frank Productions in 2007 and was promoted to President and Partner of Frank Productions Concerts (FPC) in July 2014. At that time FPC became the concert promotion arm of parent company Frank Productions Inc. In December 2017, FPC merged with Majestic Live in Madison, Wis. and was rebranded as FPC Live. In addition to overseeing many of Frank Productions' national touring projects and regional booking, FPC Live promotes all Live Nation touring dates in Wisconsin as well as owning/operating/exclusively booking eight venues in Madison, Wis. and Columbia, Mo.

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Elyse Clouthier

Elyse (she/her/they/them) is a queer skateboarder, musician, artist, activist, and community organizer. She is part of the ForwardLiving Skate Collective, whose mission is 'to empower ourselves and our community through skateboarding'. Elyse also organizes Femme Skate Night, an event that promotes girls, women, femmes, and queers in skateboarding. She plays in the bands Lurk Hards, Gender Confetti!!!, and Clean Room. Elyse believes in creating the world we want to see through dialogue, reflection, compassion, respect, and working collectively.

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Bill Collins

Bill Collins is a Chicago-based music producer, educator and product specialist for MAGIX Software who has been actively performing and producing music for over 20 years. His music can be heard on several major television networks and is published by Sony/ATV and Universal Music Publishing Group. Bill is also the Editor for The Pro Audio Files, and served as Course Director for the Los Angeles Film School from 2010-2017.

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Rick Tvedt

Rick is the Founder, former Executive Director, and current Treasurer for the Madison Area Music Association. He also runs Local Sounds Magazine, an online publication giving local artists the independent media resources they need to not only survive but to thrive. Rick works as a CPA with several nonprofits and with private individuals.

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Andy Wallman

President and Co-Owner of KW2

Andy drives creative innovation at KW2, using his wide-ranging experiences in advertising, comedy and music to inspire disruptive solutions and groom a new generation of creative thinkers. His award-winning campaigns—for Lava Lamp, Coca-Cola, Kimberly-Clark, Famous Footwear, Pepsi and The Green Bay Packers—have been featured in Communication Arts, Archive, AdWeek, AdAge and Creative Review. When he’s not speaking on the intersections of creativity, business and behavior change, Andy can be found streaming documentaries.

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Jonathan Brown

Drummer, Coordinated Suicides and Tyranny is Tyranny

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