The Smartest People In The Room^®

Mike Pelczynski and Dick Huey

Mike Pelczynski is a digital music polymath who wears several hats in the global music industry. He is Co-founder and Head of Strategy at Voice-Swap, an exciting AI software and rights management company that delivers generative AI voice solutions. He is also EVP of Digital Strategy at Rostrum Pacific, and serves on numerous advisory boards to other companies. Previously he's held senior executive roles at major labels and Soundcloud, where he co-developed the industry's first and only Fan-Powered-Royalties system. And there's a lot more about him that makes him the smartest person in any room he enters.

Dick Huey returns in as the "host with the most" ability to bring amazingly smart guests to this platform. He currently runs his own digital consultancy called Toolshed, where he helps numerous companies navigate the music industry. A very early proponent of the power of digital distribution and streaming, Dick is not only the smartest guy in the room, but also the nicest.

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.