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Peter Jansson is a much-loved NARIP guest, who speaks frequently at NARIP events. Taking piano lessons from the age of 5, Peter graduated from the Conservatorium of Music in Sydney, Australia proficient not only in piano but several other brass, woodwind and stringed instruments.  Classical music soon gave way to rock ‘n’ roll, and a brief but impressive career was spent playing keyboards in small clubs to outdoor arenas with various bands in Australia.  Peter graduated from live performances to studio work and soon became a keyboard session player in great demand in many studios Downunder. Early on, the position of Professional Manager was offered by Festival Music, Australia’s largest independent music publisher.  Dealing with both local and international songwriters, Peter soon developed a rapport with many successful songwriters and artists.  EMI Music Publishing offered the position of Creative Director in 1984 which gave Peter the chance to work with the largest catalogue of songs in the world.  As one of the original participants in the EMI Executive Exchange Program, Peter was given the chance to experience many of the major world music markets first hand by working in numerous EMI offices such as Tokyo, Hamburg, Paris, London, New York, Nashville and Los Angeles. In 1989, PolyGram Music offered a joint venture deal for Peter to set up his own music publishing company, and Janssongs, Inc. was born.  First headquartered in Sydney, Peter moved the operation to Los Angeles in 1996.  Janssongs’ writer roster included an impressive who’s who of Pop/R&B/Country writers including several Grammy-nominated writers and producers.  The company also music supervised many feature films during the course of its operations which enabled the company to draw from its talented pool of writers and composers and ensured activity for their individual catalogues.  Janssongs, Inc. was acquired by a New York investment group in October, 2004. As a Music Industry executive, Peter has represented Paul McCartney, Queen, David Bowie, Kate Bush, A-ha, Foreigner, Cheap Trick, Elton John, Neil Diamond, Roy Orbison, Divinyls, Roxette, Europe, Gilbert O’Sullivan, The Motels, Leo Sayer, Dexys Midnight Runners, Stevie Wonder, George Harrison, Blondie, Laura Branigan, Don McLean, Grace Jones, Juice Newton, Gerry Harrison (Talking Heads), The Wiggles, Little River Band and Ronnie Milsap amongst countless others. In 2004, Peter was a signatory to a Joint Venture agreement with the Chinese Government and was given the historic opportunity of creating the very first “legitimate” music operation in mainland China, representing 65,000 CD masters and 1,757,000 copyrights and developing the infrastructure to China’s emerging national music industry. Peter joined the Disney Music Group in 2016 as Senior Manager, International for Disney Music Publishing and was tasked with protecting and enforcing the global rights and collecting all revenue types for the iconic Disney Music Publishing catalogue globally, ex-USA.  Day-to-day responsibilities include overseeing and managing the relationships with all our global partners, including resolving any and issues at all 187 CMOs globally as well as DSP disputes.  Black Box reports reviewed frequently; suspense and control accounts matched against our catalogue claims; YouTube Disputes and Appeals claim resolution on a daily basis; and international monitoring of Societies’ distributions and income tracking of missing royalties. Peter is a regular guest at music conferences throughout the world, bringing his years of knowledge and experience to many Music Industry panels.  He is also a regular guest lecturer at the UCLA Music Extension course in Los Angeles, and is a frequent guest for many songwriting associations, radio shows and print publications. Peter studied Music Composition and Performance at Sydney University (Australia) as well as audio engineering at the School of Audio Engineering in Sydney.  He is fluent in English and French, and lives with his wife Kristen (also a gifted pianist) in Los Angeles, California.

WHEN Wednesday, December 2, 2020 2:45 p.m. PST – Sign on, networking 3:00 p.m. PST – Program begins 4:00 p.m. PST – Audience Q&A 4:30 p.m. PST - Program ends WHERE