2023 Golden Melody Festival

6 / 28 6 / 29 6 / 30

No. 03

6/29 Thur.13:30-15:00

James FAUNTLEROY - Turning a Listener Into a Supporter

James FAUNTLEROY - Keynote Speaker

Co-Founder, 1500 Sound Academy

From Inglewood, Ca, 4x Grammy Award winner James FAUNTLEROY is perhaps best known for co-writing seven of the songs off of Bruno Mars 2017 multi Grammy-winning album 24K Magic, including Song of the Year, That’s What I Like - having become the first songwriter to ever bring home a Grammy for Album of the Year. Other notable songs/albums FAUNTLEROY has worked on include co-writing Filthy & Young Man off of Justin Timberlake's Man of the Woods 2018 Album, Justin Timberlake's 2018 single Soulmate, Summer from The Carters Everything Is Love Album, half of Chris Brown’s Exclusive album, four Songs off Rihanna’s Anti album, as well as penning 23/24 songs on Justin Timberlake’s hugely successful 20/20 Experience (winning a Grammy in 2014 for co-writing Pusher Love Girl), half of Rihanna's Rated R album, On The Run from Beyonce and Jay-Z’s Magna Carta Holy Grail Album and more.
He has also co-written and/or produced songs performed by Kendrick Lamar, John Legend, Sza, Snoop Dogg, Chris Brown, Ty $, Joe Jonas, Jordin Sparks (No Air), Britney Spears, Brandy, Kelly Clarkson, Frank Ocean, John Legend, Nas, Travis Scott, Chris Cornell, Vince Staples, David Archuleta and many others.

1500 Sound Academy is a trailblazing music education institution that strives to produce passionate sound creators through mentorship, positive mindset, and professional development.
Our state-of-the-art music school in Los Angeles offers comprehensive courses in Music Production, Engineering, Songwriting, Mixing, Music Business, and Artist Branding to aspiring professionals.

No. 04

6/29 Thur.16:00-17:30

Music that Moves - a look at How Asian genres have exploded across the Globe and the Growth and Future of Mandopop

Kossy NG - Keynote Speaker

Head of Music SEA, Spotify.

With 17 years of experience in the music and entertainment industry, Kossy is currently the Head of Music, Asia leading both the Artist & Label Partnerships and Editorial teams across a region with a rich goldmine of musical diversity. Together with her teams, she is responsible for delivering the best in class music experience for listeners through curation on Spotify and building strong partnerships with Artists, Labels, Distribution Partners & the Industry.
Kossy started her journey in the live scene working with concert promoters before kick starting her music career at MTV Asia where she worked extensively promoting artists & discovery spearheaded through local music initiatives & live events. Joining Spotify in the early years back in 2014, she was part of the team responsible for the launch of markets across Asia, developing content localization, artist partnerships and fueling K-pop export.
The ethos from when she started has not changed, and that is to stay curious and keep discovering. The music scene is more vibrant than ever and she’s excited that with more access to music, artists are able to reach audiences and grow fans all around the world, while listeners are able to discover a plethora of music from what they love to what they never thought that they would.

Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasts.
Discover, manage, and share over 100 million tracks, including more than 5 million podcast titles, for free, or upgrade to Spotify Premium to access exclusive features for music including improved sound quality and an on-demand, offline, and ad-free music listening experience.
Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service with a community of more than 489 million users, including 205 million Spotify Premium subscribers, across over 180 markets.
We use our Investors and For the Record websites as well as other social media listed in the “Resources – Social Media” tab of our Investors website to disclose material company information. For more information, images, or to contact the press team, head over to https://newsroom.spotify.com/

Pitt TANG - Moderator

Artist and Label Partnerships (Greater China), Spotify

Pitt TANG has over ten years of experience in digital music content marketing. He joined Spotify in 2017 and has managed strategic partnerships and artist marketing activities for record companies in Mandarin-speaking areas. Before joining Spotify, he worked for many record companies, including BMG, Warner, Ocean Butterflies Music Pte Ltd. (Taihe), Gold Typhoon, and digital music platforms, such as YOYOROCK.

Spotify is a proprietary Swedish audio streaming and media services provider founded on 23 April 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. It is one of the largest music streaming service providers, with over 489 million monthly active users, including 205 million paying subscribers, as of December 2022. Spotify offers digital copyright-restricted recorded audio content, including more than 100 million songs and five million podcasts, from record labels and media companies.

Keynote

Leading figures from the local and global music industries are invited to speak on industry topics such as how to expand into the global market, music and concert production, digital music applications, and ways to increase income.