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![]() ![]() We Have Reached Event Capacity! Click here to be added to the waiting list. State of the Union … View Event Premiere members, please join us for AIMP NY's first MLC workgroup with Kris Ahrend. Kris will be prepared to discuss qu… View Event Congratulations to AIMP LA Honorees A&I Entertainment and Todd and Jeff BrabecTodd Brabec, Amelia Cueva, Jeff Brabec (click photo for high res)
The AIMP Los Angeles Chapter presented its Indie Publisher of the Year Award to A&I Music Entertainment, with CEO Amelia Cueva accepting, and its Individual(s) Award in Support of Songwriters and Publishers to Todd and Jeff Brabec on December 5th, 2023 at our Holiday Party and Annual Awards, held at BMI. A&I is a publishing house, music consultant, and management company that strives to provide clients with a personal, professional, and caring atmosphere. Consisting of music publishers Empresas CB (SESAC), A and I Music Entertainment (BMI), and La Tapatia Publishing (ASCAP), A&I almost doubled the amount of clients they work with and administer for in 2023. Their catalog includes songs recorded by Peso Pluma, Legion RG, Grupo Firme, Grupo Arriesgado, Alfonso Payan, Rafael Kelly, El Padrinito Toys, El Pantera de Culiacan, Larry Hernandez, Beto Sierra, Santa Fe Klan, Grupo Clasificado, and many more.
Todd Brabec, an AIMP LA Chapter Board member, is an Entertainment Law attorney and former ASCAP Executive Vice President and Worldwide Director of Membership. Jeff Brabec is Senior Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs for BMG Rights Management (US) LLC (BMG), specializing in evaluating, analyzing, projecting income, and negotiating music publishing catalog acquisitions. He also sits on the board of the Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) and the Canadian Publishers Committee (CPC) of SXWorks, LLC.
Together, the brothers co-wrote the best-selling music business book Music, Money and Success: The Insider's Guide to Making Money in the Music Business, which was named one of The Best Music Books of 2019 by Variety after the release of its 8th Edition that
year. They are also both Adjunct Professors at USC. Collectively, they have previously been recognized with the Deems Taylor Award for Excellence in Music Journalism, The Texas Star Award by the Entertainment & Sports Law Section of the State Bar of Texas for Outstanding Contribution and Achievement in the Field of Entertainment Law, the 2005 Educational Leadership Award from the Music & Entertainment Industry Educators Association (MEIEA), and the 2019 California Copyright Conference Apollo Award Honoring Leadership and Achievement In the Music Industry.
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Jonathan Haskell / ALIBI MusicJonathan D. Haskell is an 18-year veteran in the independent music publishing community. As Vice President of Publishing for ALIBI Music, he has expanded the company’s publishing business by over 1,000 percent in annual revenue since joining in 2016. ALIBI is now a leading provider of professionally composed music and sound effects serving a global clientele of film studios, TV networks, trailer houses, streaming platforms, advertisers, video game companies and independent creators. Featuring 250,000+ audio files including stems, alt mixes and cutdowns, ALIBI’s robust library is known for its high quality and versatility. Jonathan is also an advisor to Glow Music Group, a boutique music licensing and publishing company representing over 350 indie artists, with recent placements in “Big Sky,” “Woke,” “Seal Team,” “America's Funniest Home Videos,” “Animal Kingdom,” “Grey's Anatomy” and “Mayans,” as well as ads for Michael Kors, Gatorade and Coke. Additionally, Glow Music Group represents an extensive vintage catalog of over 8,000 copyrights and is founded by Jonathan's wife, music mogul Kari Kimmel. Prior to ALIBI and Glow, Jonathan worked under AIMP founder Michael H. Goldsen for 8 years as Copyright Manager at Criterion Music, which was recently acquired by Universal Music Group. In his spare time, Jonathan continues to write, record and perform music in his bands Seven Saturdays, Glasz and POLLA, with acclaim from such notable outlets as Pitchfork, Stereogum, The Los Angeles Times and NME, which described his music as “serene and beautiful… the kind of music to stare out of aeroplane windows to.” |
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The AIMP fully supports the increase of the mechanical rate for physical sales and digital downloads from 9.1 cents to 12 cents. …
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