Designing Sound: Sourcing Music for your Next Film
Location: RPFF Studios, Daniels Spectrum | 585 Dundas St. E., Toronto, ON
Finding the right music is a craft in itself and sometimes even seasoned filmmakers can underestimate the value of incorporating music supervisors and composers earlier in the development stage. Join us as Music Publishers Canada breaks down the steps to developing collaborations and finding music regardless of your budget. This panel is part of the OYA Scale up Masterclass series.
Speakers and panelists
Kim Temple Moderator
Kim Temple is Senior Manager of Industry & Member Relations at Music Publishers Canada, the national trade organization for music publishers. She is co-founder and President of High Priestess Publishing, home to a vibrant assembly of artists including Witch Prophet, James Baley, Sun Sun, and Zaki Ibrahim. Kim is also Director of Licensing & Publishing at Six Shooter Records, an independent record label based in Toronto.
Everton Lewis, Jr. Panelist
Everton Lewis Jr. is an industry verteran and the go to music supervisor for the hottest and most dynamic music syncs in the business. Over the past ten years, he’s forged his way as a thought leader and built an extensive rolodex of A List music industry connections.
Rich Brisson Panelist
Rich heads up the sync & licensing department at Cadence Music Group and is also a part of the music supervision team at Eggplant Music & Sound. RIch has placed music in ads for Virgin Mobile, Ford, Bell, McDonald’s + others and in tv shows for NBC, CBS, Fox, Amazon prime, CBC, CTV, Sportsnet and TSN
Steph Copeland Panelist
Steph Copeland is an award winning film composer best known for her work in genre, thriller and dramas (The Retreat, Vicious Fun, The Oak Room). As a producer and singer/songwriter her original songs have been featured in series’ such as Netflix’s Tiny Pretty Things, LA’s Finest, Unreal and more.
