Getting discovered by music supervisors

As a musician, how do you get a music supervisor to give you the time of day? Film producer/director and music supervisor Jonathan McHugh and Songtradr's SVP of Global Platform Sales Nick Woollard discuss the importance of doing your research before writing a pitch, giving context to your music, and just how much a referral from a trusted source is worth.

ABOUT OUR GUESTS

Jonathan McHugh
Producer / Director / Music Supervisor

Jonathan McHugh is a documentary film director/producer and music supervisor. A former label & film executive who has held high ranking A&R/creative and marketing positions at top companies like New Line Cinema/Warner Films, Jive Records/Sony Records, Island Def Jam/Universal Records.

For the last eight years McHugh has been producing and directing pop culture and musical based films while music supervising many projects. He has produced over thirty films and TV shows including “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never" and has music supervised seventy-five films & TV series including the Cinemax/HBO TV series “Jett.”

McHugh is a former Grammy Trustee and President of the LA Grammy Chapter, Producers Guild Documentary jury member and Secretary and board member and co-founder of the Guild of Music Supervisors.

Nick Woollard
SVP, Global Platform Sales | Songtradr

Nick is a music and technology expert with 15 years experience of building scaled, global licensing solutions for advertisers, brands and television producers. He has experience running global sync teams, bringing new products to market and working as a senior executive, in high-growth music businesses. Prior to joining Songtradr he studied at the renowned Swedish Creative Business School, Hyper Island, completing an MA in Digital Management. His most extravagant lock-down purchase was a Roland Jupiter-XM, which has led to numerous lost weekends learning how to twiddle knobs.

Moderator: Victoria Wiltshire CXO, Songtradr

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