The Smartest People In The Room®
John Raso and Lawrence Peryer
John Raso is the CEO of Audiam, the music publishing digital rights reproduction collection agency which was acquired by SESAC in 2021. Over his 30+ year career, he's held senior executive roles with Harry Fox Agency, Live Nation, Atlantic Records and Bearing Point. Trust me when I say he is one smart dude.
Lawrence Peryer is quite comfortable being the smartest person in any room he enters. His resume reads like no other- from senior roles with major labels and conglomerates such as Amazon, to helping launching successful start-ups, he is truly a "swiss army knife" of skills and experience. He is also one of the most entertaining and well-informed interviewers you will ever see.
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.
