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Team

Every story has a beginning.

 
G. Marq Roswell and TunesMap co-founder Nigel Grainge (in memoriam, 1947-2017)

G. Marq Roswell and TunesMap co-founder Nigel Grainge (in memoriam, 1947-2017)

The TunesMap story begins with a glowing, vintage, Wurlitzer jukebox.

It was the first thing film music supervisor G. Marq Roswell saw in the London home of A & R legend Nigel Grainge the evening the two first met and forged their lasting friendship. Grainge was an enthusiastic and fastidious record collector, and his jukebox was loaded with the greatest singles of all time. As they listened to hit after hit their conversation turned to what inspires songwriters and musicians, and what cultural influences give rise to songs that define an era. It was a discussion that continued over years, and when Grainge decided to digitize his extensive vinyl collection – including all original cover art – along with a corresponding video library, Roswell began to explore ideas on how they might bring to life the rich cultural context of the definitive music anthology Grainge had assembled. Both recognized that music streaming had changed the listening experience, and that context was all but lost in the digital music sphere.

One of the earliest TunesMap wireframes, depicting "Music GPS" of San Francisco in 1968.

One of the earliest TunesMap wireframes, depicting "Music GPS" of San Francisco in 1968.

Enter Erik Loyer, a Southern California digital media artist with a background in cultural technology and a love for music. Through many hours of conversation, multiple rounds of wireframes, mockups, and finally a series of working prototypes, Loyer elaborated the idea of cultural context into documentation, design, and code, demonstrating how it could be realized. Jon Blaufarb, a San Francisco music and tech attorney, provided the bridge to Silicon Valley, establishing key relationships with early supporters like Ty Roberts of Gracenote and providing important business expertise integral to any startup.

The four founders were joined by the team of talented and energized people shown below to realize TunesMap's grand vision.

 

Our Team

 
 

Our Advisory Board

Jack Sullivan

Jack Sullivan has served as Chief Executive Officer of Broadway Video Entertainment since 2001, with oversight responsibilities for all of the company's business divisions and operations. Prior to that, he was the company’s Chief Operating Officer for a number of years. Sullivan has re-focused Broadway Video Entertainment back to its core business, and strengthened the company's licensing operation, specifically in regards to "Saturday Night Live.” These structural revisions have created new opportunities around the world for the company's program library. Sullivan earned his J.D. degree from Pepperdine School of Law and his undergraduate degree in business administration from Tulane University.

Jeff Rosen

Jeff Rosen has spent the past twelve years as President of the Bob Dylan Music Company. He has also worked as an entertainment and marketing consultant for Columbia Records, Sony Music, Sony 550 Digital Ventures, The Artists Network, RCA Records and Time-Life Records. Rosen has also served as a music writer, appearing in such publications as Musician Magazine, Spin, and High Times. He is also the producer of the Peabody and Grammy award-winning television event No Direction Home (Scorsese, 2005).

Ammon Haggerty

Ammon Haggerty is a multidisciplinary technology innovator with a passion for solving difficult problems. With more than 25 years in the interaction design industry, he is able to approach challenges from a holistic perspective, introducing novel and game-changing solutions. As a designer, Haggerty believes effortless functionality is an aesthetic goal. As a developer, he uses creativity and experimentation to achieve innovative solutions. As a team leader, he builds bridges and help coordinate diverse skills and perspectives.

Elizabeth Moody

Elizabeth Moody is of counsel to Counsel LLP. Her practice includes advising digital media companies, record labels, music publishers, recording artists and technology companies. As a digital media executive veteran, Moody has advised digital music and video services including Pandora, YouTube, Spotify, Rdio, Mog, iMeem and MySpace. Most recently, she served as the VP of Global Content Partnerships at Pandora, where she drove content strategy and lead the negotiation and implementation of content partnership deals. Previously, she held Business Development Roles at OnCue (Intel), Grokker and YouTube. Before her business practice, Moody worked with Fred Davis to build Davis Shapiro’s digital media practice, advising digital media services through years of shift in the digital music and video industries.

 

RZA

RZA is a rapper, producer, director and actor who revolutionized hip hop in the 90s as the leader of the Wu-Tang Clan.

Patrick Carney

Patrick Carney is a 4-time Grammy award winning songwriter, composer, producer and drummer, and one-half of the rock band The Black Keys.

Tony Berg

Tony Berg has produced recordings by Bob Dylan, Andrew Bird, Michael Penn, Pink, Aimee Mann, Randy Newman, Lupe Fiasco, Bruce Hornsby, Pete Yorn, Jakob Dylan, and The Replacements. Berg has played guitar with Peter Gabriel, Tom Waits, the Neville Brothers, Smokey Robinson, and Morris Day. As Executive VP of A&R at Geffen and Virgin Records, Berg signed Beck, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, A Perfect Circle, The Blue Man Group, At the Drive-In, Remy Zero, Aimee Mann, and Wild Colonials, among others. 

Carter Little

Carter Little is a music supervisor and soundtrack album producer based in New York and Nashville, who’s credits include PBS' SOUNDBREAKING: Stories From the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music, RZA’s The Man With the Iron Fists, Sony Pictures Classics I Saw The Light (Hank Williams biopic), HBO’s Marina Abramovic: Artist Is Present, and award-winning PBS documentary series Circus, and Half The Sky. Throughout his career Little has collaborated with numerous artists on his soundtracks including The Black Keys, Fleet Foxes, Kanye West, RZA, and Rodney Crowell, among many others. 

Frank Correa

Frank Correa was a business advisor to Michael Jackson, among a number of other prominent entertainers. He has held advisory board positions with companies in both the entertainment and international finance industries, including Sony/ATV.  Mr. Correa has a JD from the University of California, Berkeley and a BS from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

Thomas Henri

Thomas Henri is a successful tech and consumer goods investor. Thomas is TunesMap’s lead investor and on the company’s board of directors, guiding our team on fundraising, strategy, and product.

 

TunesMap Moments

Thank you to all of the curators, advisors, and consultants who have helped shape TunesMap over the years.


 
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Made in Los Angeles. Inspired by artists.

It’s fitting that TunesMap was born in Los Angeles, a city whose cultural diversity is a fusion of music, film, art and fiction. Brought together by the network of freeways that connect its vast creative landscape, our city embraces artistic freedom.

 
 
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