HELLO MUSIC Taps Diana Turk As Head Of Creative Licensing

OCTOBER 26, 2010

FR:      ALEXANDRA GREENBERG/TODD BRODGINSKI
            MSO

HELLO MUSIC TAPS
DIANA TURK
AS HEAD OF CREATIVE LICENSING

Los Angeles-based online music company HELLO MUSIC has announced Diana Turk as Head of Creative Licensing. In her new position, she will be responsible for the development and growth of the HELLO MUSIC Creative Licensing department.  Focused on creating opportunities for the HELLO MUSIC artist community in film, television, advertising, video games and other media outlets, Turk will increase awareness among the music licensing community to help secure synchronization uses for artists in the HELLO MUSIC system.

“Diana is well respected in the creative licensing world. She is known to have excellent musical taste and a unique talent in matching music with visuals,” said John Boyle, President, HELLO MUSIC. “Her background is perfectly suited to our special platform, giving emerging artists the opportunity to be heard via licensing opportunities.  Diana recognizes the value we bring the music licensing community, and has the vision, and ambition, to lead and build the HELLO MUSIC licensing department, helping many independent artists in the process.”

"I was drawn to the ethos and energy of HELLO MUSIC, and am happy to be part of an endeavor where the goal is to both support indie artists and offer a new slant on the music business model,” said Diana Turk, Head of Creative Licensing, HELLO MUSIC. “There’s a lot of great music that deserves to be heard, and I am excited to provide music supervisors with easy clear, quality options."

Prior to HELLO MUSIC, Turk served as Director of Film, TV & Creative Licensing at Razor & Tie. Additional posts include Director of Film & Television Music at Primary Wave Music Publishing and Creative Director at Right Bank Music. 

HELLO MUSIC is the power tool for independent artists providing valuable insight, resources, exclusive service discounts and career opportunities through its industry contacts and key partners. Artists are able to upload their submissions to HELLO MUSIC for free, and have its experienced team critique and provide feedback.

About HELLO MUSIC
Launched in January 2010, HELLO MUSIC is an online music company that combines technology resources with the art of A&R to identify talented musicians and connect them with career opportunities. Independent musicians can upload their music at www.hellomusic.com for free, to be reviewed by the evaluation team, who will then determine if the music is appropriate for any of HELLO MUSIC’s many partner opportunities.  A sampling of partners include TuneCore, Yahoo! Music, Slacker, Delta Airlines, Topspin, AudioMicro, Getty Images, GigMaven, LyricFind, MediaNet, Next Big Sound, PlayNetwork, The Record Shop Studios, Spiders Studios, Tesla Studios, Gravity Studios, Wind-Up Studios, Chainsaw Productions, Root Music and Balcony TV.  HELLO MUSIC was conceived and incubated by Wilshire Media Group, a digital music product design and development firm founded by Zack Zalon and Brendon Cassidy, and additional $4 million in private equity funding was provided by KVG Partners.  John Boyle is the company’s President. www.hellomusic.com

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For more information on HELLO MUSIC, contact:

MSO   
818-380-0400
Alexandra Greenberg x223, agreenberg@msopr.com
Todd Brodginski x239, toddb@msopr.com

HELLO MUSIC
Karen DeMarco 310-850-5959, karen@hellomusic.com