CRAFTING THE TUNE

CRAFTING THE TUNE

• Week 1: Feb 1
  Justin Kamps, Nick Keenan and Sami Posner: Introductions (Thursday Feb 4th 4pm - 6pm PT)
  Share your work and get to know others in the group
  Research the TV shows and ads mentioned (we’ll share resources)
  Decide which music supervisor you’d like to work with
  Find your team or teams!!
• Week 2: Feb 8
  GUEST - Lindsey Ray: Writing with sync in mind and staying authentic
  Feb 8, Mon, 11am PST
  Split sheets, work for hire contracts and backend deals
  Choose a lyrical theme and reference songs
  Start writing the song
• Week 3: Feb 15
  GUEST - Nick Phelps: Modern sounds and production techniques
  (New Time!) Feb 17, Wed, 10:00am PST
  How to use a reference track but still make it your own unique song
  Share song demo for group feedback
• Week 4: Feb 22
  GUEST - Rosie Howe - Both the business and creative sides of clearance (rescheduled)
  Feb 23, Tuesday 4pm - 6pm PST
  Feedback from music supervisors
  Work on revisions
• Week 5: Mar 1
  GUEST - Hunter George  - Building connections & relationships
  Mar 3, Wed 5-6pm
  Production feedback
  Registering your song
  Continue working on revising the tracks and developing the production
• Week 6: Mar 8
  GUEST - Alexi Rabadam (Finessed Media): Entrepreneurship and business
  Guest Topic: Entrepreneurship and business
  March 10, Wed 10am - 11am PT
  Metadata
  Disco
• Week 7: Mar 15
  GUEST - Tamara Bubble - The art of pitching (How to get your emails/DMs opened)
  March 15, Mon 11am - 12pm PT
  Guest Topic: Emails, subject line, general tips
  Sync events / Networking
• Week 8: Mar 22
  Final listening session with Music Supervisors
  Discussion about agencies/publishers and other deals
  Closing party

Music Supervisor #1: Justin Kamps

TV SHOWS

Monster Sector Music Supervision is Music Supervisor Justin Kamps who has been working in the Film/TV Music Industry for over 10 years. In 2009, Justin joined Alexandra Patsavas and the team at Chop Shop Music Supervision as an intern and worked his way up from there. During his time at Chop Shop Justin earned credit as Music Supervisor on the shows Lucifer (Netflix), Another Life (Netflix), and Insatiable (Netflix), Co-Music Supervisor on the film A Futile and Stupid Gesture (Netflix), Music Coordinator on Z: The Beginning of Everything (Amazon), and uncredited work on a wide variety of projects like Scandal (ABC), How to Get Away With Murder (ABC), Supernatural (CW) and Council of Dads (NBC) amongst many others.

Prior to working at Chop Shop, Justin earned a Masters degree in Arts Management with an emphasis on Music Business from Columbia College Chicago. Outside of work he keeps his musical background alive by performing with multiple choirs in the Los Angeles area.

TV & Film

Sami Posner is a music supervisor and songwriter from Los Angeles, CA. After attending Berklee and graduating top of her class from CSUN, Sami quickly found a place for herself in the world of music supervision working with veteran music supervisor and Guild of Music Supervisors President, Joel C. High at creative control entertainment.

At creative control, Sami has worked on a wide range of projects from TV to film to theater, including the Netflix record breaking film, “A Fall From Grace”. Currently, Sami is working on Tyler Perry’s new television series, “Sistas”, “Bruh”, “Ruthless”, and “The Oval” as well as the Nickelodeon series “Young Dylan” and Hallmark film “Christmas in Vienna”. She recently completed work with Joel C. High on the soon to be released blockbuster “Emperor” featuring the song “The Otherside” by Diane Warren and performed by Emeli Sande.

In addition to her supervision work, Sami works for the Guild of Music Supervisors, overseeing their six craft committees and helping host a mission to Los Angeles with CIMA including Canadian artists, songwriters, labels, and publishers.

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Nick Keenan is an independent Music Supervisor and co-founder of Untitled Collective, an independent artist collective and incubator.

 Previously, he served as the founding Head of Music for VMLY&R’s North America offices, responsible for overseeing creative music execution, music supervision, music production and deal negotiation across the agency network and client roster including Gatorade, New Balance, Wendy's, Brisk, Tennessee Department of Tourism, Electrolux/Frigidaire, Tyson, NAPA, Verisign, and many more.

 Before joining VML, Nick was Music Producer for Leo Burnett, where duties included music supervision and music production across global clients Samsung, Marlboro, P&G, McDonald's, and others.

 Career achievements include uniting brands and artists such as Samsung & Sylvan Esso, Hillshire Farm & John Denver, McDonald’s & SOPHIE, and Nintendo & Louis The Child, many pieces of which have been recognized by top-tier publications such as AdAge, Adweek, Ads of The World, SPIN, Billboard, Pitchfork, Fast Company, The Guardian, Pigeons and Planes, and many others. His work has previously received awards and shortlists across major industry shows including Cannes, the AAA, One Show, ADDYs, AICP, and AMP awards.

As an industry voice, he has led music and advertising panel discussions and workshops at numerous industry festivals including Nashville Film Festival, Durango Songwriters Expo and was selected as an Official Juror of the 2018 Clio Music Awards.

Prior to finding himself at the intersection of advertising and music, Nick was an independent artist with original releases and remixes via Columbia Records and French electronic music label, Kitsuné (Bloc Party, Phoenix, Boys Noize, La Roux).

In addition to Nick's work in the advertising and music community, his free time is spent working with emerging artists, writing and producing music.