Category: Symphonic News
-
Digital Music News Latest Music Industry Hires: Symphonic
Digital Music News’ Latest Music Industry Hires column included Symphonic’s recent promotions news. Symphonic has announced four promotions, bumping Janette Berrios (part of the team for 14 years) to corporate-marketing SVP; Lane Roney (six years) to finance SVP; and Taylor Garland (nine years) to EVP and CFO.Those professionals are based…
-
A&R Worldwide: Symphonic Promotes 4 Executive Leadership Team Members to SVP/EVP
A&R Worldwide’s recent newsletter included the news from Symphonic promoting 4 team members. Symphonic has announced a series of executive leadership promotions, elevating Janette Berrios to Sr. VP, Corporate Marketing; Ed Poston to Sr. VP, Head of A&R; Lane Roney to Sr. VP, Finance; and Taylor Garland to Executive VP…
-
Music Business Worldwide: Symphonic promotes four executives, with Taylor Garland elevated to EVP & CFO
Music Business Worldwide featured Symphonic’s recent news promoting multiple team members from their executive leadership team. Symphonic has promoted four members of its executive leadership team.The music technology and services company has elevated Janette Berrios to SVP, Corporate Marketing; Ed Poston to SVP, Head of A&R; Lane Roney to SVP,…
-
MUBUTV: Symphonic Distribution’s Ed Poston Unveils “What It Really Takes” for Artists to Succeed in Today’s Global Industry
Symphonic Distribution’s Head of A&R, Ed Poston, joined MUBUTV to discuss the changing role of A&R, what truly sets artists apart, the critical importance of team alignment, balancing data and gut instinct, and more. Watch the full interview on MUBUTV’s YouTube below!
-
Music Business Worldwide Guest Post: Navigating the AI music deluge: a call for responsible streaming practices
This week, Music Business Worldwide published Jorge Brea’s Op-Ed focusing on how the global music business must come together to enforce standardized policies around AI music. Generative AI has unleashed a tidal wave of new music onto streaming platforms. By some estimates, more than 100,000 tracks are uploaded daily, a…
-
Hypebot Guest Post: Independence Isn’t Dead, It’s Just Evolving
Symphonic’s Sander Stijnen wrote a guest post for Hypebot talking about why too many indie artists and labels rely only on themselves, and why building teams is essential. There has been a lot of talk lately about the music industry “killing” independence, but that couldn’t be farther from the truth.…
-
Music Connection: Assignments June 2026: Who Got Hired? – Symphonic
This month’s Music Connection Assignments column included Symphonic’s recent hiring of Michelle Garramone as Head of Strategic Partnerships. Symphonic has hired Michelle Garramone as Head of Strategic Partnerships. In this role, she will lead the company’s expansion into catalog acquisitions and drive strategic partnerships that unlock new growth opportunities for…
-
SoundBreaker Podcast – From Vinyl to Viral: Jorge Brea’s Journey with Symphonic Distribution
Jorge recently joined the SoundBreker Podcast where he discussed the incredible transformation of the music industry over the past two decades. Jorge shares his journey from passionate DJ and vinyl collector to building one of the leading independent music distribution companies in the world, the industry’s evolution from physical media…
-
2026 Billboard Indie Power Players Comments: Jorge Brea & Randall Foster
Symphonic’s Jorge Brea and Randall foster were named to the 2026 Billboard Indie Power Players List, and as part of their inclusion, were asked about their thoughts on multiple parts of the Indie Music Ecosystem. What Excites Them Most About the Indie World Jorge Brea “Independence is no longer the…
-
Jorge Brea & Randall Foster Named to 2026 Billboard Indie Power Players List
Symphonic’s Jorge Brea and Randall Foster were named to Billboards 2026 Indie Power Players List! Jorge Brea, CEO, Symphonic Randall Foster, Chief Creative Officer, Symphonic