Frank Handy is VP of Catalog Royalty Administration at peer music. In short, he makes sure that peer music and its affiliates are accurately compensated for the use of its music globally. Catalogue administration is one of the most complex aspects of the entire business, and Frank has spent the past 20+ years of his career chasing that money. He is also President of the LA Chapter and National Board Chair of the Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP).

Janishia Jones is founder and CEO of ENCORE, a modular, tech-driven rights management suite built to give creators, publishers, and music companies full control over their catalogs. She is also an accomplished author and podcaster. Her book, Getting The Bag: Rights & Royalties Management in Today’s Modern Music Economy, was an Amazon bestseller. She also hosts the Pub Royalty Queen Podcast, and produced the groundbreaking research study A Seat at the Table: A Perspective on Women of Color in the Music Business.

The Smartest People In The Room^® is a series of one-on-one conversations between music industry executives and personalities hosted by Tom Truitt, Managing Director of the Music & Live Entertainment practice. These hour long conversations draw an audience of hundreds and feature every type of global music industry executive, including agents, managers, attorneys, business managers, promoters, publishers, working musicians, songwriters. The audience is global, with strong concentration in music business centers like New York City, Los Angeles, Nashville, London, Toronto, San Francisco, Austin and more.

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