Master of Music, 5/04 Major: Music Business and Entertainment Industries, Relevant Courses
-Music Copyright & Publishing -Music Industry Agreements -Foundation of Marketing Management -Record Industry Operations -Royalties in the Music Industry -International Music Licensing -International Marketing & Promotion -Accounting for Decision Making in Record Industry & Financial Statement Analysis
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Major: Communication, 6/01-5/02
Relevant Courses -Communication in Organizations -Introduction to the Internet -Survey of Mass Communication -Interpersonal Communication
Kunitachi College of Music, Tokyo, Japan
Bachelor of Music, 3/01 Major: Musicology,
Dissertation Semantic and Semiotic analysis of Luciano Berio’s text composition in his vocal music
[EXPERIENCE]
-Music Publishing Company, New York, NY 8/04- Japanese Liaison / Administrative Assistant
Core operations:
-Researching and acquiring talented potential Japanese artist for the song writers / producers currently singed to the company as a liaison between the company and Japanese record labels, artists and music publishing companies through close communication and contractual and legislative negotiations.
-Responsible of supporting the company’s embankment, establishing business relationships and maximizing the business opportunities in Japanese market in connection with contractual and legislative negotiations with companies in Japanese music industries.
-Researching, analyzing and reviewing registration status of songs administered by the company in connection with ASCAP and BMI, or performing rights societies, and Harry Fox Agency, or mechanical license society.
-Tracking the registration status of commercially released but unlicensed songs and recovering copyrights of songs which had entered renewal terms but had not been claimed by original writers / publishers or were wrongly claimed by others.
-Coordination of collection of payment for mechanical and synchronization licenses from licensees via email, fax, telephone and letter to ensure overall timely and effective collection of payment through proactive collections.
-Music Publishing Company, New York, NY 6/04- Intern for synchronization licensing operations:
-Worked closely with A&R Senior Director to establish and develop the business relationships with Japanese major publishing companies and record labels.
-Acquired several Japanese Hip-Hop/ R&B artists to give American song writers/ producers opportunities to work with them, and charged all contact with presidents, artists and coordinators of Japanese record labels and publishing companies.
-Proposed several ideas to maximize the business opportunities in Japanese music industries.
-Worked closely with Managers of synchronization license and administration to assist in researching status of mechanical license of songs on NMPA’s Poliplus system and Right Track as well as organizing catalogs and files and emailing to licensees.
[PRACTICAL RESEARCH & ANALYSIS]
-Marketing research and effective strategies for U.S. record companies entering the Japanese market.
-Performed analysis and data extraction from a variety of recording, publishing and management contracts.
-Performed analysis and data extraction from a variety of music licenses, including mechanical, synchronization, transcription, performance and videogram.
[HONORS] Kunitachi Scholarship; a fund for research abroad Scholoarship from School of Music (University of Miami)
[SKILLS] Fluent in Japanese Microsoft Word, Microsoft Access, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, HTML Poliplus, Right Track Excellent analytical and organizational skills