June 17, 2025
Bianca Nour
Day-to-Day Manager, Volara Management
Nour played a key role in bringing MARINA’s Coachella 2025 mainstage moment to life—a career high that synced with the artist’s biggest solo single yet and the announcement of a new album. She also helped coordinate the launch of HAIM’s “Relationships,” their strong return after a four-year break. Lately, she’s been focused on MARINA’s latest album, PRINCESS OF POWER, which arrived 6/6, and is prepping for HAIM’s 6/20 release, I quit. Nour speaks fluent English, Armenian and Farsi—and has told us to get lost in all three languages.
William Gamble
Digital Marketing Specialist, Primary Wave Music
From working with Bell Biv DeVoe, CeeLo Green, Donny Hathaway and Count Basie to cooking up marketing campaigns, Gamble lives and breathes the culture. He’ll never forget marching behind BBD’s float at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade while they performed their new single, “Act Like You Know,” before their hit “Poison” blasted down 5th Ave—just one part of a 35th anniversary celebration that kicks off this summer with the Boston Pops. Outside of work, Gamble’s exploring global cuisine or hanging with his Goldendoodles. Which reminds us: Our flea collar needs adjusting.
Katherine Firsching
Director of Commercial Partnerships, Warner Music Nashville
Firsching went from attending Stagecoach in high school for a friend’s birthday—while burning CDs to study the lyrics before—to repping WMG artists like Ashley McBryde, The Castellows, Avery Anna, Austin Snell, Dasha and Maddox Batson on the very same festival grounds more than a decade later. These days, she’s been busy working with YouTube on the premiere of Anna’s let go letters short film, which was timed to the 5/16 album release. If you’re lucky, she might make you one of her coveted salads. We’d like to try one, but we’re violently allergic to fresh produce.
Mike Greene
VP, Artist & Label Services, ADA
Greene’s career highlights include bringing Big Freedia to millions during the 2020 Grammys with a nationwide Facebook campaign and turning Dropkick Murphys’ St. Patrick’s Day livestream into a global event at the start of lockdown, drawing 10m views in a week. Now, Greene’s team is focused on powering new releases from Kesha, Lil Tjay and The Rose while riding TikTok wins from Yves and Jack Black, plus amplifying Mau P’s remix of Tame Impala’s “The Less I Know the Better.” This former Massachusetts state tennis champ has a killer serve. The best we can do is a double fault.
Lauren Goldberg
VP, D2C Marketing & Communications, Rhino Records/WMG
Goldberg has created content for Radiohead’s AOL bot, shot B-roll on Green Day’s American Idiot set, interviewed Andy Rourke, been called “Sugar Puddin’” by Percy Sledge and road-tripped through Florida with Gene Simmons and Ace Frehley. Now, she’s leading D2C marketing, overseeing fan-favorite drops like the “Rhino High Fidelity” series—made from original master tapes and pressed on 180-gram vinyl—and Enjoying the Ride, a 60-CD Grateful Dead box set. Belle & Sebastian once pulled her onstage at the Hollywood Bowl. We're banned from most venues.
Dañiel Paz Alexich-Duran
Director of A&R, EMPIRE
Alexich-Durán once watched 15,000 fans rap along to an unreleased Pouya track and served as tour manager for Kxllswxtch’s debut European run—his first-ever trip abroad. Now, as Director of A&R, he’s helping expand All But 6’s distribution machine and working closely with Terrace Martin to roll out a series of his executive-produced Sounds of Crenshaw projects, including an album with Kenyon Dixon that’s due this summer. Before all this, he was a professional cook. We own a chef’s knife, but it’s stayed in the drawer since “the incident.”
Alexa Disney
A&R and Studio Lead, Duetti
Disney once helped mass-produce Travis Scott’s Rodeo action figures and saw Bobby Shmurda do his viral dance on an Epic conference table. She’s since gotten a personal thank-you from Iggy Pop, been shouted out mid-set by 2 Chainz and more. Now at Duetti, she’s leading the buildout of the company’s first L.A. studio and helping artists own their futures through life-changing catalog deals—part of her mission to make Duetti the most artist-empowering brand in music. Disney asked Ali Shaheed Muhammad to teach her to DJ. We’re still trying to unmute ourselves on Zoom
Danny Silverman
Head of Music Legal Affairs, Riot Games
ilverman’s got a front-row seat to music and gaming. He steered negotiations that helped Riot Games secure Linkin Park’s return for the League of Legends Worlds 2024 Anthem at the O2 Arena, and NewJeans and virtual artist HEARTSTEEL gracing the Worlds stage in Seoul. His dealmaking also supported Riot’s all-original Arcane Season 2 soundtrack featuring Twenty One Pilots, Stromae, d4vd and more, plus the Coldplay feature on “Ma Meilleure Ennemie.” A legal mind with a foodie’s heart, he’s the go-to man for deals and restaurant recs alike. Our calls go straight to voicemail.