The Smartest People In The Room^®

Joseph Perla and Lars Murray

Joseph Perla is the founder and CEO of Hangout.fm., which is part of Turntable Labs. Previously he's held senior level tech roles at Meta and Lyft, as well as co-founding two other successful tech start-ups. Simply put, he is one of the most impressive people I've ever met.

Lars Murray is well known on this platform and throughout the music industry. An early advocate for streaming, he's held senior roles in major record labels (Columbia and Virgin) and led the partnership team at Pandora. He is currently running his own digital consultancy and produces the Unlimited Supply podcast, which should be part of your daily routine.

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.