AIMP Talks Music Libraries & Money

The Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP) held “Music Libraries Make Money…So You Want a Piece?,” a panel on the current trend of music library acquisitions, on November 20 at the House of Blues in Los Angeles.

BMI Senior Vice President, Performing Rights, Alison Smith moderated the discussion, which included panelists Randy Wachtler, President/CEO, 615 Music; Carl Peel, VP, Production, Killer Tracks; Alicen Schneider, VP, Creative Services, NBC Universal Television; Randy Thornton, CEO, Non-Stop Music, a division of Warner/Chappell Music; Dain Blair , composer, Deal Or No Deal & Extreme Makeover and Music Library, Groove Addicts. Panelists discussed the flexibility and constantly changing landscape of production music; the convenience of production music for media producer and its future growth.