Bios: Music Sync and Placement form Film/Television
MODERATOR:
Joel Moya, Director of Artists and Label Relations, Remezcla
A&R expert with over ten years of experience building and maintaining strategic relationships to foster new talents and contribute to the music industry’s development. Specialized in the Latin music landscape.
Throughout my career, I’ve grown great devotion to discovering new music and this has allowed me to work alongside the best and brightest artists, pushing their boundaries of creativity to build together opportunities that help them thrive. Often I combine analytics and my strong relationship-building skills to assess and develop editorial initiatives tailored to specific artists’ needs while using my current workspace’s leverage as a platform where their voices and compelling stories can be shared.
As a curator, I’ve collaborated with Apple Music’s curators program and Spotify via Nuevo Noise, a co-developed series spotlighting new and emerging artists from the US, Latin America, and Spain. These partnerships allowed me to jump in the early beginnings of Cuco, Omar Apollo, Myke Towers, Jessie Reyez, and other notable artist’s careers.
I’m highly committed to sharing my knowledge with emerging musicians looking to add value to their careers and provide insightful information that connects them with the path for their success. This interest has given me the amazing opportunity to participate as a speaker at a myriad of festivals all over Latin America and Europe. To mention some of the most relevant: Hermoso Ruido, Monkey Week, BOMM, Corriente, and other conferences around the globe.
Music conferences are a vital component of my learning and growth as a professional. Through these experiences, I’ve been able to keep my mind open for new perspectives, and establish strong ties in the music industry.
While I’m seeking for new opportunities, I’m currently set out to lay the first stones of my projects within the music industry to fulfill my dream of developing and connecting talents in the Caribbean and Latin America.
SPEAKERS:
James Zavaleta is an experienced and versatile singer, songwriter and executive producer with credits that range from performing alongside some of the biggest names in Latin Music, singing live on ABC’s "Dancing With The Stars", to Voice Over work on the Academy Award winning film, Pixar’s Coco.While he is an expert entertainer, James was drawn to the world of music for advertisement in 2012. Butter Music + Sound were one of the first music houses that he had to opportunity to work with for a major brand campaign.
Alih Jey is a Dominican musician, singer, songwriter and producer. She was the first Dominican nominated for a Latin Grammy in the category of Best Rock Solo Vocal Album for her album “Necia.” Alih reached number 16 on the Billboard Latin Charts with her first single “It’s Ok,” and has received glowing reviews for her albums over the years from Billboard Magazine, KCRW and NPR. Alih has penned songs for Ricky Martin, JLO, Wisin, Gloria Trevi, Jessica Simpson, David Bisbal, Paulina Rubio, Jarina De Marco, Dulce María, Ednita Nazario, Maité Perroni, Los Rakas, and more.
Janet Lopez is a thriving Music Supervisor, an LA native, marketing and economics business graduate from Cal State University Los Angeles, who applied her love of music towards music business. For over a decade, she's collaborated on over 50 films/mini-series/television series with numerous studios at various budgets, including pilots for both network and cable studio distribution. Janet has worked with some of the most respected and exciting filmmakers in the industry including Gillian Flynn, Jordan Peele, Amy Lippman, Greg Yaitanes, Armando Iannucci, Dee Rees, Gina Rodriguez, Ilana Peña, Spike Lee, and more. She also maintains and develops relationships within the extended film and TV community, ranging from major/independent labels and publishers to artists, musicians and songwriters.
