AIMP Panel

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Nashville, TN 37203

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John Barker is the founder, President & CEO of ClearBox Rights, LLC, an independent rights managements company, based in Nashville, Tennessee. ClearBox Rights manages a variety of types of intellectual properties, including music copyrights, name & likeness, artist royalties, producer royalties, and will include trademarks, books, photographs, and other IP’s which can be licensed and generate a royalty stream. In 1990, John founded Integrated Copyright Group, Inc. (ICG), an independent global intellectual rights management company based in Nashville, which was purchased by EverGreen Copyrights in 2006, where he continued to serve as Vice President of Administration for 3 years. While at ICG, he designed and oversaw the development of the proprietary software, “Perfect World”. Evergreen was purchased by BMG Rights in 2010. John has worked with a wide variety of clients, including the catalogs of Marty Robbins, Roy Orbison, Ray Stevens, Craig Wiseman, Mike Reid, Paul Simon, Bill Monroe, Ryko Music, John Anderson, Loretta Lynn, Allen Shamblin, Songwriters Guild of America, Senator Orrin Hatch, Music & Media International, Albert E. Brumley & Sons, Manna Music, Seals & Crofts, and many others. Before co-founding ICG, John was General Manager of Publishing and Copyrights for The Benson Company (1985-1989) and A&R Director for Word Records (1983-1985). John publishes a weekly blog related to songwriting, publishing and copyright issues. He can be followed at http://clearboxrights/wordpress.com or www.clearboxrights.com.

Ariel Hyatt is a thought leader in the digital PR world: the founder of a successful PR firm; international speaker & educator and the author of two books on social media and marketing for artists. Ariel’s Cyber PR® process marks the intersection of social media with engaged behavior, PR, and online Marketing. Ariel foresaw the impact the advent of the internet and social media would have on public relations long before her peers. Following her vision, Ariel dove into the world of Digital PR in 2003. Her efforts to realize the public relations potential of social media resulted in innovation. Ariel developed her platform, Cyber PR®, to automate much of the traditional PR process and maximize client placement with new media makers. Ariel didn’t just provide the platform; she made it her mission to educate artists on how to take advantage of the new digital world. Her efforts have been lauded by artists and industry professionals alike. Ariel’s bi-weekly newsletter and YouTube series “SoundAdvice” has attracted over 20,000 subscribers, and she has penned over 100 articles to date. Ariel is also the author of two successful books on PR and new media: Music Success in Nine Weeks and Musician’s Roadmap to Facebook & Twitter offer artists a step-by-step plan to create a profitable and sustainable business from their art. Ariel’s message is so compelling she has been invited to speak at festivals and conferences in twelve countries, including SXSW, CMJ, ASCAP’s I Create Music, The Future of Music, Canadian Music Week, APRA’s Song Summit (Sydney), You Are In Control (Reykjavik), The ECMAs, NARAS, Grammy Camp, and The Taxi Road Rally. In the Fall of 2011, Middle Tennessee State University began offing an official Cyber PR® Class based on principals used in Ariel’s day-to-day business. She and her staff led students in a rigorous Cyber PR® accreditation process that included hands on experience working on active Cyber PR® Campaigns. The course was so popular that 2 section and an advanced Cyber PR® class has now been added. Having pivoted her business once successfully, Ariel is now exploring the universal applications of her Cyber PR® philosophy and platform, to public relations campaigns at large. This is why Ariel Publicity has represented over 1,700 clients in the seventeen years since its inception: knowledge, passion, talent, innovation, and the sort of luck born of hard work. These qualities are embodied in Ariel Hyatt.

As the Sr. Director , Artist Services, Leeloy oversees the Nashville operations for Topspin Media; responsible for proactively developing deep, consultative business development relationships with key artist, management, label and ecosystem partners in the Country, Americana and Christian genres and educating clients and self serve artists on the best practices inside the Topspin platform and marketing in the direct-to-fan channel. In 2011, he realigned the Nashville office into a full service boutique agency and now helps brands and bands grow awareness, build community, market directly, create revenue and use actionable data to inform their efforts. He moved to Nashville, TN to launch Ticketmaster’s custom marketing and sales division, Music Services, and was responsible for Artist / Industry relations and business development and project management of large-scale sales and marketing campaigns for national touring artists like Keith Urban, Taylor Swift, Rascal Flatts, Jason Aldean and many more. After the Live Nation /Ticketmaster merger, Leeloy resurrected Foundation Music Group as an “Artist Development” consultancy – focusing his efforts in building solid relationships between artists and fans and growing business for independent artists, labels and brands looking to partner with music. His success helping artists build their Direct To Fan business drew the attention of several D2F platforms looking to plant a footprint in Nashville and brought him to Topspin Media.

Marcus Whitney believes in the power of small groups to solve big problems. That’s why, as a technology pioneer and start-up mentor for business in Nashville and beyond, he uses his rare combination of focused vision, energy and magnetism to be an effective thought leader in his fast-moving areas of expertise. Marcus, a Brooklyn native, is at the center of the social commerce revolution at Moontoast, which offers clients (ranging from musicians to retailers) a seamless social media and e-commerce platform to maximize customer acquisition and revenue. It’s at Moontoast that he’s demonstrating his conviction that it’s an important time for business owners to understand and take advantage of social commerce. As co-founder and CTO of Moontoast, Marcus directs product development and helps customers design and execute marketing and merchandising strategies that deliver results leveraging the power of the engine. In addition, he’s helped Moontoast expand operations to Boston, also a thriving technology start-up community, while maintaining a strong Nashville presence. A co-founder of Jumpstart Foundry and former partner at Emma, Inc., Marcus has demonstrated his commitment to positively shaping the universal digital landscape and—closer to home—growing a vibrant and fertile technology business environment to match Nashville’s world-famous music and healthcare industries. He’s a Managing Director at the aforementioned Jumpstart Foundry, a seed-stage mentor-driven microfund that selects and matches entrepreneurs to established advisers in their respective fields. Marcus is also a co-founder of BarCamp Nashville and PodCamp Nashville, popular “un-conferences” that bring together professionals focused on the future of digital enterprise. He serves as an active member of the Entrepreneur Center, which provides resources for aspiring entrepreneurs, and Leadership Music, which supports music business leaders and promotes them to action.

@DavidMRoss founded Nashville’s MusicRow magazine which he sold in 2008 after a successful 30-year reign as Publisher/CEO. A self-professed “geek,” he successfully transformed the publication from print to digital by pioneering many of the email/social media techniques revealed in his new book, Secrets Of The List. Still one of Music City’s most-read industry analysts, Ross continues to cover the intersection between music and technology with local, national and global perspectives. Ross received the Canadian Country Music Association's Leonard T. Rambeau Award for International Achievement in 2003 and the CMA President's Award in 1998. He also hosted the first CMA Awards Internet simulcast in 1997. Currently Ross serves on the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Board and Chairs its Sales & Marketing committee; he also serves on the Board of the Country Music Association; Leadership Music Alumni. His current interests outside of family and work include, physical fitness and technology and fine cigars.