The Smartest People In The Room®
Joey Carvello and Jellybean Benitez
Joey Carvello is a legendary radio promo and A&R executive who became one of the most popular and successful club DJ's in Boston during the disco era. He has just published a memoir entitled "The Boston Hustle - the Hairspray, the Cologne, the Disco & the Betrayal". And as the title infers, the guy who wrote the book is one of the most colorful and interesting characters you will ever meet.
Jellybean Benitez is a musician, songwriter, DJ, remixer, and music producer. He has produced and remixed artists such as Madonna, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson and the Pointer Sisters. He was later the executive producer of Studio 54 Radio.
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.