THE B MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK:
Daniel Savage, President
daniel@bmajorentertainment.com
Daniel Savage has a 20-year history of bridging the creative and commercial worlds, making deals and fostering relationships between them that furthered artists' careers. His unique combination of having formal training in both music and business gives him uncommon insight and allows him to travel easily and effectively in both environments. As General Manager of Madonna's Maverick Records, he worked with such artists as Alanis Morissette, Michelle Branch and Deftones. He was also Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Synergy for the Walt Disney Company's Hollywood Records, working extensively with ESPN, ABC, Radio Disney, Theme Parks, Buena Vista Pictures, and the Disney Channel. He has held executive positions at other major music companies including Island (Elton John, U2), Lava/Atlantic (Matchbox 20, Sugar Ray, Page/Plant), Mercury and PolyGram Group Distribution. He started his music career as Head of Market Research for PolyGram Records, Inc. Previously, he was a Senior Account Executive for Edelman Public Relations' Corporate/Financial Group. His roots in music are as a trained musician, having studied at the Eastman School of Music and as a music journalist. He holds an M.B.A. from Columbia University Business School.
Terry Lippman--T.L.C., Inc.
tlcmuzik@gmail.com
Over the past two decades, Lippman has garnered unparalleled experience and success as a producer manager, developing their creative careers as they made albums for artists such as Prince, Madonna, R.E.M., Guns 'n' Roses, Bruce Springsteen, AC/DC, Cheap Trick, Heart, Alice in Chains, Aerosmith and Collective Soul. His artist management experience includes Matchbox 20's 10 X Platinum debut as well as a Platinum debut for rock band Adema.
Jonathan Baskin--Baskin & Associates, Inc.
Global Brand Stategist, Author, Speaker
Jonathan@baskinbrand.com
Since 2003, Jonathan has led a marketing decisions consultancy based in Chicago, IL, focused on enabling more reliable, profitable, and sustainable marketing and branding through three primary strategies:
o Helping C-Suiters see the value of branding across the business
o Identifying marketing actions based on measures of likely success.
o Empowering entire organizations to plan and then deliver great campaigns.
His proprietary approach is based on his work researching and writing four books on marketing and branding; penning a bi-weekly column on CMO leadership for Advertising Age; creating daily essays for his blogs Dim Bulb and Today in the Histories of Social Media; and speaking to corporate audiences around the world as an advocate for new ways to deliver authentic and truthful communications.
Rick Goetz- RGC LLC
Musician Business Planner and Strategist
A former colleague of Savage's at Atlantic Records, Rick Goetz is a Music and Technology Consultant. Over a fifteen year career, working with artists such as Kid Rock, Matchbox 20, Sugar Ray and Damage Plan, he's done everything from A&R and marketing at Major Labels (Atlantic, Elektra and EMI) to creating low cost SEO and Social Media driven marketing campaigns for independent artists. He's also been deeply involved in the creation and or licensing of vast content libraries for technology companies and advertising platforms. A trained musician, he's played bass for members of the Cult and Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings.