Executive producer (EP) is one of the top positions in the making of a commercial entertainment product. Depending on the medium, the executive producer may be concerned with management accounting or associated with legal issues. In films, the executive producer generally contributes to the film's budget and their involvement depends on the project, with some simply securing funds and others being involved in the filmmaking process.
Motown is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. It was founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on January 12, 1959, and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. Its name, a portmanteau of motor and town, has become a nickname for Detroit, where the label was originally headquartered.
Artists and repertoire or A&R is the division of a record label or music publishing company that is responsible for scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists and songwriters. It also acts as a liaison between artists and the record label or publishing company. Every activity involving artists to the point of album release is generally considered under the purview and responsibility of A&R.
The Zomba Group of Companies was a music group and division owned by and operated under Sony Music Entertainment. The division was renamed to Jive Label Group in 2009 and was placed under the RCA/Jive Label Group umbrella. In 2011, the RCA/Jive Label Group was split in half. Multiple Jive Label Group artists were moved to Epic Records while others stayed with Jive as it moved under the RCA Music Group. In October 2011 Jive Records was shut down and their artists were moved to RCA Records.
Sylvia Rhone is an American music industry executive. Since 2019, she is the chair and CEO of Epic Records, a label owned by Sony Music Entertainment.
Terry McBride is the CEO and one of three founders of the Nettwerk Music Group, which includes Nettwerk Productions, Nettwerk Management, Nettwerk One (publishing), and Artwerks.
Albhy Galuten is an American technology executive and futurist, Grammy Award-winning record producer, composer, musician, orchestrator and conductor. He has numerous inventions and has produced 18 number 1 singles with songs and albums selling over 100,000,000 copies. He has won two Grammy Awards, a Dramalogue award, and a BMI Citation of Achievement.
John Patrick Boylan is an American music professional, known primarily as a record producer and personal manager, with extensive credits as a musician, songwriter, music publisher, A&R executive, and teacher.
James Diener is an American entertainment and music executive.
Doug Morris is an American record executive. He is the current chairman of 12Tone Music Group. He previously served as chairman and CEO of the Universal Music Group from 1995 to 2011 and Sony Music Entertainment from 2011 to 2017.
Vlad De Briansky, known professionally as Vlad, is an American guitarist, composer and educator. He is also an actor, record producer and a television producer. He plays blues, jazz, rock, and classical music
Kim Yeon-jung, known professionally as Kenzie, is a South Korean songwriter and record producer who signed under SM Entertainment. She has composed, arranged and written mostly songs for SM artists such as BoA, Isak N Jiyeon, Super Junior, The Grace, TVXQ, Girls' Generation, Shinee, f(x), Exo, Red Velvet, SuperM, and NCT, as well as non-SM acts such as Twice, CIX, BAE173, and The Boyz.
Mark Eddinger is an American keyboardist, composer, arranger, music producer, record company executive, and music and entertainment industry consultant. Eddinger is also involved as an executive and consultant in other business sectors unrelated to the entertainment industry.
Christian Cambas is a DJ and producer based in Athens, Greece. He is mostly known for his releases on DJ Umek’s 1605 label and his entry at number 88 of the DJ Mag Top 100 poll in 2005. Besides 1605, he has released records on labels such as Toolroom, Great Stuff, Craft Music, Bedrock and many others.
Greg Thompson is an American record executive currently serving as President and Partner of Big Loud Management and Big Loud Rock record label. He is well known for his previous roles at Maverick Entertainment., Capitol Music Group and EMI Records. Following Capitol's sale to Universal Music Group, he remained with the company during its move to Hollywood, California.
Chad Blinman is an American recording engineer and mixer, music producer, and electronic musician. He has worked with such artists as Face to Face, the Get Up Kids, Saves the Day, Jackson United, Faith and the Muse, Monica Richards, Senses Fail, Moneen, the Deep Eynde and Jarboe, and is a member of the remix/mash-up team the Legion of Doom and recording projects Viva Death and Real Space Noise. He is also on the faculty of the Music Production and Engineering department at Berklee College of Music.
Rich Isaacson is an international music entrepreneur whose influence spans artists such as Wu-Tang Clan, MIKA, Akon, Gustavo Santaolalla, Charles Bradley, Mobb Deep, Melanie Fiona, SafetySuit, and Three 6 Mafia.
THE ELEV3N is an American production, songwriting and multi-instrumentalist team currently based in New York City, consisting of members James G. Morales, Matt Morales, and Dave Rodriguez. Since forming in 2011, the trio has achieved success in production and songwriting for pop, hip hop and R&B acts such as Meghan Trainor, Karmin, Sean Kingston, Cher Lloyd, Jesse McCartney, Bea Miller and the Wanted.
Neil Jacobson is an American music executive and former president of Geffen Records, which was later merged to form Interscope Geffen A&M Records under the ownership of Universal Music Group (UMG). Some of his notable clients while working as an A&R director and international publicist included performers such as Eminem, Snoop Dogg and Black Eyed Peas, as well as notable producers and songwriters, such as Jeff Bhasker, Emile Haynie, King Henry, Bipolar Sunshine, and Alex Salibian.
Meghan Erin Stabile was an American jazz promoter, producer and organizer who was described by the New York Times in a 2013 profile as a "modern Impresario".
