PANEL - Brands and Bands: Presented by Beats+Bytes
Featured Speakers:
Haley Anderson - Head of Partnerships at Cotopaxi
Haley Anderson is the Head of Partnerships at Cotopaxi, bringing 9 years of experience in brand marketing. She's the founder of Haley Rae Studio, a marketing consulting agency, and previously led partnerships at Alo Yoga. Haley specializes in full-funnel talent partnerships and creative brand campaigns. Her recent work includes spearheading the Music For Good Campaign, alongside Nue Agency for the outdoor brand, Cotopaxi. With a proven track record in creating impactful partnerships across various industries, Haley continues to drive innovative marketing strategies that connect brands with their audiences in authentic and meaningful ways.
Antony Demekhin - CEO & Co-Founder of Tuney
In the same way he is known for helping to break artists, he now focuses on building robust strategies and campaigns for big & emerging brands that wish to break into the mainstream zeitgeist. He is known as one of the top deal makers and thought leaders in the music, tech and brand intersection. He writes and curates Beats & Bytes, one of the most influential newsletters in entertainment and the biggest music newsletter on LinkedIn. His writing is published all across the web and Jesse has regular featured appearances on platforms such as Cheddar, Yahoo Finance, NASDAQ and a regular guest on the podcast circuit.
In 2021, Kirshbaum was hired as the CMO of Dreamstage, a revolutionary music live streaming company which sold this year to the French company Deezer. He currently resides in Miami and is back as the CEO of Nue Agency as well as teaching a class at American University’s Business School on The Streaming Revolution.
Antony is CEO & Co-Founder of Tuney, maker of generative music tools for artists and creative teams. A lifelong musician turned entrepreneur, Antony previously helped brands like Coca-Cola, American Express and Nintendo leverage the power of music. He oversaw Coca-Cola’s global music initiatives including executive producing the Sochi 2014 Olympic Anthem. For American Express, he oversaw their digital music streaming platform Unstaged partnering with artists like Kendrick Lamar, Disclosure, Ellie Goulding, Rae Sremmurd and others. As a music supervisor and licensing expert he has placed and executive produced over 100 songs for TV commercials. Antony began his musical journey at the Moscow Conservatory of Music in the early '90s and also has a songwriting credit on the country hit "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy.”
Moderator: Jesse Kirshbaum - CEO of
Jesse Kirshbaum is an American entrepreneur, talent agent, author, executive producer and dealmaker. The multi-hyphenate creative businessman has made his career focused on the epicenter of entertainment, technology and brand marketing. He started his career finding and developing talent and from there has extensive experience securing talent for concerts, tours and endorsement deals for his various clients and brand partners internationally. As an agent, he represented: Pusha T & The Clipse, Wale, Mike Posner, Logic, Asher Roth, White Panda which spawned Gryffn, J. Cole, Big Sean, Action Bronson, Meek Mill and many more.