FINNEAS O’Connell
Keynote by multi-Academy® and GRAMMY® Award-winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and composer FINNEAS O’Connell. Moderated by Diallo Riddle.
Behind the Credit: Getting the Job, Closing the Deal — A Live Mock Negotiation
PANELISTS:
ERIC ROBLES - Showrunner & Executive Producer
JEFF JERNIGAN - Manager, Range Music
RACHEL RICHMOND - Producer, Stranger Things: Tales from '85
STEVEN GIZICKI - Music Supervisor
Moderated by: KRISTINA BENSON - Founder, Sweet On Top Licensing Agency and Publishing Company
How much can you ask for? When can you push, and why? What are the financial incentives and perks that you can negotiate for if there is no flexiblity in the budget? Watch an agent and production company lawyer go head-to-head in a live mock negotiation, followed by a Q&A session. Watch how creative priorities, legal frameworks, and budget realities collide and align in real time. This interactive session offers a rare, practical look at the strategies, tensions, and compromises that shape the deals behind the scenes.
FOG Breakout Room: How to Talk to Supervisors and Get Your Music Heard
PANELISTS:
DOM JONES - Artist & Music Executive
RASHAD RICHARDSON - Music Supervisor & Founder of Madden Flow Entertainment (MFE)
ROMERO MOSLEY - Music Supervisor
RYAN SVENDSEN - Head of Music, Angel (Film Studio)
TASHA PETER - Music Supervisor, Bad Sneakers
TIA PARCHMAN - Artist / Songwriter / Actress
ROBYN BOOKER - Vice President, Film & TV Creative Licensing @ Interscope Records
Moderated by: A.D. JOHNSON - Head of Sync, Mass Appeal
Join the Guild of Music Supervisors FOG Breakout Room: How to Talk to Supervisors and Get Your Music Heard — an interactive session designed to help sync executives, artists, managers, and music professionals better navigate the sync world. The room will kick off with a live “music supervisor” to “sync executive” reenactment highlighting key green flags and red flags when pitching music, followed by an open forum discussion with conversation leaders including music supervisors, sync executives, and industry professionals sharing real insight, advice, and best practices for building meaningful sync relationships.
Future-Proofing Your Music Supervision Career
PANELISTS:
ANDREW KAHN - Music Supervisor & Founder, Good Ear Music Supervision
ROB UBALDO - Head of Music Supervision, Sphere Studios
SCOTT VELAZQUEZ - Music Supervisor & Founder, Frisson
Moderated by: ALLISON WOOD - Music Supervisor & Founder, Vibrant Ground Music
The media production landscape is shifting, and the music supervision industry is evolving right along with it. It’s time to move beyond working in a single medium and embrace the versatility today’s market demands. How can your experience—whether in trailers, documentaries, video games, or other content—translate to new sectors? Join us for an insightful discussion on leveraging your strengths, pivoting to new markets, and expanding your client list. Let’s turn these industry shifts into your next career breakthrough.
Sound Off: Clearance Blockers and How to Fix Them
PANELISTS:
DONNA ROSS-JONES - Founder, Transition Music Corporation
JAYLEN THOMPSON - Manager of Film Music, Universal Pictures
LINDA OSHER - President, LJO Music Consulting
NYIKO BEGUIN - Senior Manager, Music Licensing at Amazon MGM Studios / Prime Video
Moderated by: CAROLYN OWENS - Music Business Executive
From disputed ownership claims and missing publishing shares to international rights conflicts, social media restrictions, metadata failures, and last-minute licensing surprises, music clearance can quickly become one of the most complex—and costly—stages of getting music into media. In this candid and solutions-focused conversation, a leading music supervisor, clearance experts, and industry stakeholders will share real-world clearance challenges they've faced(anonymized to protect those involved), and teach the lessons learned, with strategies that ultimately got projects across the finish line. Through case studies, cautionary tales, and practical guidance, panelists will unpack common clearance blockers, explain how evolving rights landscapes are impacting productions, and offer actionable approaches for avoiding delays, minimizing risk, and creating smoother pathways to approval. Whether you're a music supervisor, coordinator, rights holder, publisher, label representative, attorney, songwriter, artist, or content creator, you'll leave with a deeper understanding of today's music clearance ecosystem and a toolkit of best practices for navigating even the most challenging licensing situations.
The Entry Point to Music Supervision
PANELISTS:
CHERYL WANG - Music Supervisor, Redfive
DYLAN KANE-RITSCH - Music Coordinator, Neophonic
ALLYSON ARANEZ - Music Supervisor, Aspect
LANA BUI - Founder, Happy Goose Productions
Moderated by: KRISTINA BENSON - Founder, Sweet On Top Licensing Agency and Publishing Company
There is no single path to becoming a music supervisor. Join us for a conversation with music coordinators and supervisors who will share the unique journeys that led them to careers in music supervision, highlighting their diverse backgrounds, experiences, and opportunities that opened the door to the field. Designed for aspiring supervisors, music creators, and industry professionals, this conversation will explore various ways to break into the profession, challenge common misconceptions about the "traditional" route, and offer practical insights for building a career in an industry where every path looks different.
"Heard" Listening Session
PANELISTS:
JASON GRANT - Licensing Executive & Founder, audiovybez.com
JUSTIN FELDMAN - Head Music Supervisor, Hit The Ground Running
PHILIPPE "P" PIERRE - President, Create The Odds
YVETTE METOYER - Music Supervisor & Emmy Nominee, "The Boys"
Moderated by: DR. LAMARCUS MILLER - Music Supervisor & Professor, Berklee College of Music & EMONI ESCOBAR - Music Supervisor & CEO, Blaze Unlimited
Scoring Up - 2026 Emmy-Nominated Composers
PANELISTS:
DAVE PORTER - Pluribus, Apple TV
KRIS BOWERS - Spider-Noir, MGM+ / Prime Video
MICHAEL DEAN PARSONS - Spider-Noir, MGM+ / Prime Video
JEFF BEAL - All Her Fault, Peacock
AMANDA JONES - Murderbot, Apple TV
MICHAEL ABELS - The ’Burbs, Peacock
Moderated by: RONIT KIRCHMAN - Composer
Commitment To The Craft - A Conversation with 2026 Emmy Nominated Songwriters
PANELISTS:
ANDREW BIRD - The Pitt, HBO Max
GAVIN BRIVIK - The Pitt, HBO Max
CARLOS RAFAEL RIVERA - Hacks, HBO Max
DAVID STAL - Hacks, HBO Max
ANDREW WATT - Wednesday, Netflix
HENRY WALTER RUSSELL (Cirkut) - Wednesday, Netflix
DAVEED DIGGS - The Boys, Prime Video
WARREN OAK FELDER - Spider-Noir, MGM+ / Prime Video
Moderated by: ANGELA SHEIK - Artist / Composer
Music Forward! 2026 Emmy Nominees for Outstanding Music Supervision
PANELISTS:
MICHELLE JOHNSON - The Boys, Prime Video
YVETTE METOYER - The Boys, Prime Video
MATT BIFFA - Hacks, HBO Max
MANISH RAVAL - Nobody Wants This, Netflix
NORA FELDER - Stranger Things, Netflix
TOKO NAGATA - Widow’s Bay, Apple TV
Moderated by: MIGUEL GANDELMAN - Music Director, The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny