SOLD OUT: NARIP Preditor Pitch Session (Blacklist, World of Dance, Chicago Fire, Amercia's Got Talent): NBC Entertainment Marketing's Chad Mallam
May 7, 2019
NARIP "Preditor" (Producer / Writer / Editor) Pitch Session
with NBC Entertainment Marketing's Chad Mallam
Tue May 7 in Los Angeles - this event is SOLD OUT
Harness the Power of a "Preditor" (Producer / Writer / Editor) to Exploit and Monetize Your Music!
A NARIP Series: Intimate Pitch Meetings with Top Music Buyers including Music Supervisors, Synch Agents, Music Producers, Music Editors and "Preditors" (Producer / Writer / Editors)
Is your music getting to decision-makers - people who can say YES and write a check?
At NARIP’s intimate sessions, you get to meet music buyers including music supervisors, synch agents, music producers, music editors and "Preditors" (Producer / Writer / Editors), and pitch for current placement opportunities, representation and projects, and get immediate feedback.
BACKGROUND
Since 2011, NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions have secured over 1,000 placements in blockbuster films, hit television series, global promotion and advertising campaigns, and major studio trailers for NARIP members. Since inception of NARIP's Synch Agent Pitch Sessions in 2018, 15 NARIP members have signed representation or music publishing deals as a direct result. Other outcomes include collaborations, co-writing, producing and commissioned work.
Topics at NARIP's "Preditor" (Producer / Writer / Editor) Pitch Session:
- Access top, award-winning NBC Entertainment Marketing executive who seeks NEW SOURCES for music
- Pitch for current & upcoming slate of DOZENS of prime-time network shows, specials and up-fronts. Shows include America’s Got Talent, Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Chicago PD, Black List, World of Dance, Ellen’s Game of Games and others.
- Present songs to top television executive who helps source and place music for THOUSANDS of promos PER WEEK across the entire network
- Pitch directly to top executive who knows what works and gets what he wants (no middleman)
- Trends in promotional music: what works, what doesn't and WHY
- Budgets and fee ranges
WHY DO NARIP PITCH SESSIONS CONTINUE TO YIELD SUCH REMARKABLE RESULTS?
- Small, focused NARIP Sessions enable one-on-one time and immediate direct feedback to music presented by participants.
- NARIP Pitch Sessions are limited to 16 people: get to know the guest buyer who gets to know YOU.
- Attendees meet key players, paving the way for placement, representation, collaboration and ongoing opportunities, and giving them an edge in a competitive market.
- 100% practical, no fluff, non-nonsense approach makes NARIP Pitch Sessions "highly effective"
- No blind pitches - get guest buyer's brief of then-current music needs ONE WEEK PRIOR to event date, giving you time to prep best possible pitch.
WHAT TO EXPECT AT A NARIP PITCH SESSION:
PREPARATION IS KEY
NARIP Pitch Sessions are limited to an enrollment of just 16 people. About one week prior to NARIP’s Session, all registrants will get a brief of the guest's then-CURRENT music needs. Each registrant will have a chance to pitch in response to the music briefs provided and get immediate feedback to music pitched. Each participant must submit 6 songs (MP3s only please) 36 hours prior to NARIP’s Pitch Session. Please note that due to time constraints you will only be able to pitch your TOP 3 songs for consideration and immediate feedback (more songs, if time permits). This process takes the mystery out of why a piece of music does or doesn’t fit. On-the-spot feedback enables registrants to re-work tracks and re-submit, which creates a much higher probability to get them picked up or licensed (choose well!).
If you do not have music that matches the current needs of the guest, fear not! You can still attend and present the top three songs in your catalog. Make sure the songs are unique and captivating. This is helpful because a music buyer's needs change constantly and you want your music to make an impression. To optimize impact of music you pitch at NARIP’s Session, we highly recommend that you target the briefs which you will get one week prior to the Session.
In addition to pitching for current opportunities, NARIP's guest producer will consider music pitched for collaboration, signing to his label Hundred Up (in the case of Harvey Mason, Jr.), producing and co-producing.
Good luck and see you there!
BEFORE NARIP’S PITCH SESSION:
- NARIP prepares a one-sheet for each participant including your photo and bio for the guest to use and review at the event, and to take with him after the event. We will request your photo and bio one week prior to the event. In preparing these materials, we recommend you focus on brief career highlights in your bio and have a professional photo available.
- Approximately 5 to 7 days prior to NARIP’s Session, you will be sent a project brief describing several cues needed for a current project(s) of our guest speaker. These often include reference songs or links so that you can hear exactly what he seeks or needs to replace.
- You will submit your tracks with writer, publisher and other rights holder information that will also be supplied to the music supervisor during and after NARIP’s Session.
- You will get submission and meta-tagging guidelines, and mentoring as to how best to prepare your music for submission.
DURING NARIP’S PITCH SESSION:
- You will get to play at least three songs (sometimes more, if time permits) for the guest who will provide feedback to you for each one.
- NARIP moderator asks very specific questions to help participants learn and understand how to modify their tracks to make these more place-able for the guest's specific needs at hand.
AFTER NARIP’S PITCH SESSION:
- NARIP provides guest music supervisor with participant one-sheets and all music from NARIP’s Session, including notes detailing the guest's interest in specific tracks.
- If requested by guest, NARIP conveys additional tracks, remixes, instrumentals etc. to him.
- If approved by guest, NARIP provides his contact details to registrants.
DON'T GET LOST IN THE CROWD: SMALL IS THE NEW BIG
NARIP Sessions are deliberately kept small and intimate, which is just one reason they work so well and why participants have enjoyed over 1,000 placements to date. Limited enrollment of 16 people per session guarantees that registrants meet and get face-time with our guest.
OVER 1,000 PLACEMENTS and 14 DEALS FROM NARIP MUSIC SUPERVISOR SESSIONS
Our small format works! NARIP Session participants have placed over 1,000 tracks as a direct result of NARIP Music Supervisor Sessions. Other benefits include new publishing deals for NARIP members, creative collaborations and co-writes, strategic introductions to other music supervisors and placement experts, new representation for composers and much more.
NARIP'S BIGGEST PLACEMENT TO DATE : VODAFONE
Click here to read about NARIP's biggest placement to date in a Vodafone campaign (Oct 2014) that paid handsomely and launched a career. Other brand placements include McDonalds and AT&T ads, among others.
Placements secured and professional relationships formed through NARIPs music supervisor sessions have earned praise and many placements! See TESTIMONIALS and PLACEMENTS sections below.
ABOUT CHAD MALLAM
Chad Mallam is an internationally recognized television executive with 20 years of top-tier experience at Hollywood’s biggest studios. As a creative leader at ABC, NBC and CBS affiliates, Chad’s innovations in consumer connection have received some of the industry’s highest honors.
His use of music has helped him achieve consistently high ratings, grow audiences and sell programming. Currently a “Preditor” (Producer / Writer / Editor) at NBC Entertainment Marketing, he writes, produces, edits and places music in prime-time marketing materials for the network and affiliated partners. Along with a department of 20 others, the entertainment marketing team sources and places music for thousands of promotional spots per week for the entire network including for America’s Got Talent, Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Chicago PD, The Blacklist, World of Dance, Ellen’s Game of Games, special projects and up-fronts.
“I LOVE music,” he says, “which gives you an emotional connection that you can't describe or put in a deck. When you find that song and make that connection, it just works, then you see people crying and their lives changing on TV. Music drives these spots home and makes them so successful.”
While working on LOST, Chad developed the groundbreaking Web series ‘LOST Untangled,’ generating over 100 million views and $500,000 in sponsorships. With a Henson puppet and storage locker on the Prospect Studio lot, he single-handedly wrote, produced, directed and edited the weekly series which quickly became the most successful short-form content in ABC’s history.
As Vice President of OnAir and Design at the Game Show Network, Chad continued breaking industry records with The American Bible Challenge, the most successful premier in 30 years (done without any show footage). With double-digit growth across all demos and 20 million new viewers, Chad grew the Game Show Network into a marketing powerhouse, making 2013 the Most Watched Year and 2014 the Most Watched Year Ever with prime-time ratings at 10-year highs.
Chad’s passion for branding extends into the arts with online marketing and e-commerce. His gallery storefront uses automation, bots and augmented reality to drive sales. Prints are sold, framed and delivered by third party vendors connected to uncartoonist.com - what began as an experiment is now a revenue-generating brand. An entrepreneur, technologist and marketing expert, Chad’s skill set gives him a competitive advantage in any project with which he’s involved.
TESTIMONIALS
Click here to read what people say about NARIP’s Pitch Sessions.
NARIP PITCH SESSIONS IN THE NEWS,
PLACEMENTS & SUCCESS STORIES
See full list of NARIP placements to date here. For articles in Music Connection, Digital Music News, The Guardian (UK), MusikWeek (UK), Musik Woche (Germany), Taxi Drivers: Cinema e Cultura Metropolitano (Italy), MEOW (US) and other publications, and to read about NARIP members and session participants who have made over 1,000 placements as a direct result of NARIP Sessions, click here.
Read about NARIP Music Supervisor Pitch Sessions in Digital Music News HERE
THANK YOU
Special thanks Justin Allen and to Emerson LA for hosting this event.
WHEN
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 - THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT
6:30 p.m. – Registration and networking
7:00 p.m. – Program begins
8:15 p.m. – Break
10:00 p.m. – Program ends
WHERE
Emerson College Los Angeles Center
5960 Sunset Boulevard
Audio Post Room #254
Los Angeles, CA 90028
CROSS STREETS
Sunset and Gordon Street
PARKING
Free parking, pull into lot. When you arrive, take either North West corner garage elevator or front staircase to 2nd floor lobby. Tell front desk security you're here for NARIP event, they'll direct you to room R254 (see signage). Please bring government-issued ID.
NOT IN LA? PITCH REMOTELY OR VIA SKYPE
If you can't be here in person, at most locations we can accommodate pitching via Skype, or we can present material and provide the guest music supervisor's feedback to you directly. If you have questions about this, please call or email us at 818-769-7007 or info@narip.com.
PER-SESSION, PER PERSON COST
$279 NARIP Members *
$359 Non-Members
* Available to Professional and Executive NARIP Members only (not to monthly members). Members please log in to receive discount. NARIP reserves the right to refuse admission to anyone.
2 WAYS TO REGISTER
1. Online: NARIP.com (just scroll down)
2. Phone: 818-769-7007
Pre-paid admission guarantees seating, NARIP Sessions sell out.
All ticket sales final. No refunds. We appreciate your cooperation.
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QUESTIONS
Call us at 818 769 7007 or email info AT narip DOT com.
SOURCES FOR MORE INFO
Chad Mallam
Chad Mallam on IMDB
NBC Universal
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