Date/Time
Date(s) -

03/08/2023

Location
Zoom

Questions? Email is at questions@theccc.org

Biographies

Debra Delshad | Senior Director, Synchronization and Music Licensing, Angry Mob Music

Debra Delshad is Senior Director for Synchronization and Music Licensing at Angry Mob Music where she places music in television, films, streaming services, commercials and video games. She interacts with A&R, music supervisors, ad agencies, publishers, and labels, oversees all licensing and negotiations, and advises the creative and acquisition departments on possible deals. Debra has worked in the music industry for 20 years, including at EMI Music Publishing, Anthem Entertainment and for DreamWorks Music Publishing. She is a frequent speaker at music industry events including the Billboard Music Conference, the Nashville Film Festival, ASCAP Expo, BMI, Musicians Institute, AIMP, Los Angeles College Of Music, and Women in Music. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree at the University of Southern California and a law degree from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. Variety recently featured Debra’s work in connection with the soundtrack for the hit Netflix series “Bridgerton.” When she’s not working, Debra enjoys taking photographs, traveling, hanging out with her two children, Jonah and Skyler.

Maureen Crowe | Independent Music Supervisor

Maureen Crowe is a true pioneer, leader and one of the most powerful voices in music supervision today. She continues to challenge the entertainment industry landscape to evolve and inspire, while preserving the integrity of music design supervision in all media. Recruited by The Recording Academy, Crowe was elected as the first female President of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Recording Academy and National Trustee, where she advocated for music supervisor voting rights and award status. She also brought together leading music supervisors to form the Guild of Music Supervisors and created the Guild of Music Supervisor Awards, while advocating and securing membership in the music branch of The Television Academy. This led to the creation of an Emmy Award for music Supervision in addition to increasing the representation of woman winning Emmys.

As the Founding President of the Guild of Music Supervisors in 2008, Crowe made incredible strides towards rights advocacy, fostering colleague relationships, educating future professionals, promoting her peers and their work. Plus, she was responsible for driving the many vital initiatives that have created a strong foundation for the Guild membership, governance, advocacy and sponsorship development.

As a music supervisor, Crowe is known for her exceptional musical design, casting, original song creation, on-camera performance and marketing acumen and has been called upon to come in and “redesign” the musical style of a film. Crowe has spearheaded some of the most groundbreaking achievements in the field, most notably the creation of the best-selling soundtrack album of all time. With 45 million copies sold worldwide, The Bodyguard soundtrack includes the chart-topping single “I Will Always Love You,” which Crowe pitched to producer and star Kevin Costner. During her speech accepting the GRAMMY Award for The Album of the Year, Whitney Houston thanked Crowe for her “ears” in suggesting the song.

Crowe’s passion for music began growing up in a family that loved musical theatre. Piano, guitar, glee club and musical performance from elementary through college acted as her training ground. As a journalism major at Marist College, she interned and was hired at CBS News Radio 88. Transferring to Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Communication, she worked for The Associated Press for the Lake Placid Winter Olympics and eventually was on-air talent and producer for a local New York PBS TV series called “Upstate Travels,” where she featured contemporary music as score.

Her recent projects include, I Wanna Dance with Somebody, the Whitey Houston biopic produced by the Houston family and Clive Davis; “The Ms. Pat Show” for BET+, Jordan Cooper, Brian Grazer and Lee Daniels-produced; HBO documentary “Steven Van Zandt”; Apple Skydance Animation project; Kristin Chenoweth and Kenny Ortega’s Broadway Boot Camp; PBS American Masters “Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It,” produced by Norman Lear, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Michael Kantor

Crowe is a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The Television Academy, The Recording Academy, and The Guild of Music Supervisors.

Justin Kamps | Monster Sector Music Supervision

Justin Kamps has been working in the film/TV music industry for over 10 years and just recently launched his own independent music supervision company, Monster Sector Music Supervision. Since then, he has supervised “Bridgerton” (Netflix), “Lucifer” (Netflix), “Nancy Drew” (CW), “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC), “Resident Evil” (Netflix), “The Winchesters” (CW), “Rebel (ABC),” “Another Life” (Netflix), “Supernatural” (CW), and the upcoming film Perfect Addiction (Constantin).

Kamps started his career in 2009 when he joined Alexandra Patsavas and the team at Chop Shop Music Supervision as an intern and worked his way up from there. During his time at Chop Shop, he earned credit as Music Supervisor on the shows “Insatiable” (Netflix), Co-Music Supervisor on the film A Futile and Stupid Gesture (Netflix); Music Coordinator on “Z: The Beginning of Everything” (Amazon); and uncredited work on a wide variety of projects like “Scandal” (ABC), “How to Get Away with Murder” (ABC), and “Council of Dads” (NBC), among many others. Kamps recently received a Guild of Music Supervisors Awards nomination for his music supervision work on season 2 of “Bridgerton.”

Loren Parkins | Senior Director, Music & Media Licensing, Showtime Networks Inc.

Loren Parkins is the Senior Director for Music & Media Licensing at Showtime Networks Inc. where he sources, negotiates and licenses music for all of Showtime’s promotional content. Prior to working at Showtime, Parkins was an SVP, Executive Music & Radio Producer at the iconic advertising agency, BBDO/NY, where he produced thousands of tracks and songs for clients such as, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, AT&T, and GE, among others. Parkins earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Composition at Berklee College of Music and a Master’s Degree in Communications from Emerson College in Boston. Born and raised in Detroit, MI, Parkins credits his exposure to Detroit’s vibrant music scene as an ongoing inspiration to his work.

With over a decade of wide-ranging experience in the music industry, Brian Vickers has been able to make a name for himself in front the camera as well as behind the scenes. Vickers’s extensive career experience ranges from music performance and audio engineering to music supervision and licensing. He has held positions with an array of familiar companies in the entertainment industry that include The Recording Academy (NARAS), Bunim / Murray Productions, BMG Production Music, Hidden Beach Recordings, and one of Hollywood’s top trailer houses, Trailer Park, Inc.

As a performer, Vickers performed with the group Afro-Blue on Season 3 of the NBC show “The Sing-Off”—finishing fourth place behind the GRAMMY Award-winning group, Pentatonix. He has also performed alongside such musical legends as Smokey Robinson and Bobby McFerrin.

Currently, Vickers works as a Music Supervisor for The Walt Disney Studios’ in-house theatrical marketing team, The Hive. He’s worked on a number of blockbuster film campaigns that include both Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, Star Wars: The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker, and more recently, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Avatar: The Way of Water, Turning Red, Encanto, and many more. Brian Vickers is a proud native of Birmingham, Alabama and a proud alumnus of both Howard University and Full Sail University.

Booking Tips:

• Members, please log in to your CCC account before registering.
• Because we are having issues with our payment gateway, non-members may use this LINK to register and pay (members, use the usual form, below).  
• Please note, mid-level business members have up to 5 webinar registrations per webinar and corporate members have up to 10 webinar registrations per webinar. Both mid-level business and corporate membership account owners must login to their CCC membership account and register their employees for each webinar.
• Please note, Zoom webinar links for this webinar will be emailed to you separately and directly from Zoom after registration.

Bookings