Here at Sonicbids, we love music. At last count, the Sonicbids team included 4 drummers, 7 guitar players, 1 bassist, 1 DJ, 3 vocalists, 2 saxophonists, 1 trombonist, 1 lyricist/rapper, and an extremely wide variety of music lovers. In this crazy online world it's easy to forget that there are real, flesh-and-blood people behind all those Web sites. In our case, we're talking about real, flesh-and-blood people who care about music. So take a few minutes to read on and learn more about our growing team.
And speaking of our growing team: If you'd like to join it, check out our job openings here.
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Panos Panay
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
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Panos is the founder of Sonicbids. His childhood dream of being alternatively the next George Best or the next George Benson came to an end when each canceled the other out. The idea for Sonicbids came to him while reading the book "Blur" and decided to go for it in September of 2000. Before that, he worked on the “dark side” of the business as an international talent agent. Panos hails from Cyprus and is a self-described "voracious" reader, usually traveling with more magazines than clothes (that’s a LOT). He graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1994 with a degree in Music Business. In 2005 Panos was named as one of Fast Company Magazine's "Fast 50" entrepreneurs and is currently serving as co-chairman of CREATE Boston, an initiative launched by the Mayor of Boston to bolster the creative economy in the city. He is a diehard supporter of English football club Arsenal and by last count he owns over 25 jerseys of “The Gunners” dating back to 1983. He loves his coffee extra strong and blames Elvis for his lifelong fascination with America.
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Marc Allenspach
European Business Development
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Marc grew up near Basel, Switzerland, where he started his first band at the age of 17. It's been 10 years since he swapped life as a performer for the role of someone devoted to building up talented newcomer bands. Two years ago, he founded his own management, label and publishing agency. He met Panos and ran across Sonicbids at several international music industry trade shows. He's been using Sonicbid's services as a manager, agent and festival promoter ever since. Marc joined Sonicbids in 2008 and is responsible for European business development. He is looking forward to working with various European festivals, hosts and organizers and booking agencies. He takes great care to help bands from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the rest of Europe to effectively and cheaply promote themselves for as many opportunities in the industry as possible
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Tom Bucchere
Listing Services Representative
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Tom grew up in the small town of Rochester, MA known for its lack of traffic lights (not one) and close proximity to the Cape. Tom escaped the boredom of small town life by drumming his way through childhood. It has been said that his mother recorded in his baby-book that he was banging on the kitchen table from age 2 and would most definitely become a drummer. Tom spent his college years interning at companies like Live Nation and Viacom. Now a graduate of Northeastern University’s Music Industry program, Tom has returned home to Boston and is taking care of Bids-ness with the Listing Services team.
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Stephen Canfield
Online Account Manager
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Stephen grew up in Williamsburg, Virginia with good friends, great family, and even better crab cakes. As an outlet for the pain of being a Baltimore Orioles fan, he picked up a guitar at age ten and began writing about the despair the failing franchise brought to his near-perfect existence. Ten years later he bought an incredibly thick jacket and headed up north to study frostbite and Music Business at Boston’s Berklee College of Music. Obsessions include, but are not limited to: Carolina basketball, everything Bob Dylan or The Band ever touched, and his own quest to write that perfect song. He hates: high scores on the golf course, watching the Tar Heels lose in the NCAA tournament, New England’s lack of Waffle Houses, and most everything that’s “fergalicious.”
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Mike Caulo
Member Relations Representative
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Mike knew it was time to get a real job when he was sitting on his couch eating Bugles for breakfast and watching The Price is Right for the 4th consecutive day. Bob Barker was about to step away from daytime television, Mike saw this as a sign and did the same. With previous experience working for a promotions company, a record label/management firm, a deep space project, a fledgling music festival, and more, he decided to put it all down on a sheet of paper and show it to Sonicbids. When they realized Mike loved helping artists as much as the company does, he was asked to do it for a living. When not doing just that, Mike can be found wearing too much flannel, having too much fun with delay pedals, and loving the Boston music scene.
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Cassandra Crawford
Web Developer
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Fortunately for Cassandra, her true talent is in software development. Her musical talent almost exclusively includes being the person next to you in traffic singing in her car and looking crazy. She does have a degree in Computer Engineering from Texas A&M, though, which was her ticket in the door at Sonicbids. Outside of work, Cassandra is an avid sports fan who attends every Celtics game (over 43 per year!) and reserves over ten hours each Sunday to watch NFL games during football season. She was a multiple sport athlete in high school and her list of favorite teams includes the Dallas Mavericks, Boston Celtics, Texas Rangers, and Dallas Cowboys. Cassandra’s other interesting skills include the ability to make homemade guacamole, operating television broadcast graphics machines and driving in Boston traffic.
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Tess Cychosz
Member Relations Representative
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It wasn’t easy for Tess to leave her exotic homeland of Waukesha, WI (the very town that produced the legendary Les Paul!) in the fall of 2004. Nonetheless, her work at Emerson College and WERS – 88.9FM has provided her with the tools to achieve her ultimate goal: ruling at life. In addition to graduating early in the Audio/Radio program with a minor in Business Management, Tess is able to further achieve her goal by participating in super-cool activities such as painting flowers, scrap-booking, and reading classic literature. In other matters, her idea of heaven is a concert featuring Queen, David Bowie, and Michael Jackson. You agree with her…yes, deep down you truly do.
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Jennifer D'Angora
Member Engagement Manager
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By day, Jennifer is the mild-mannered Marketing Manager at Sonicbids. At night you can find her in dark nightclubs, unleashing minimal chords with maximum volume on a white Italia guitar. With over 15 years of sales and marketing experience in the music industry at Strawberries Records & Tapes, Rounder Records, Distribution North America, Sub Pop, Joyce Linehan Artist Management and Berklee College of Music, it's easy to assume that Jennifer’s work happens strictly behind-the-scenes. Don't be fooled — Jennifer turns
marketing savvy into rock fury in Boston bands The Downbeat 5 and The Dents. The result? Marketing fury at Sonicbids.
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Robert DeVaughn
QA Analyst
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Bob is from Baltimore, the land of lacrosse, but he was brought to Boston by Berklee College of Music. A Music Business major, he is also an avid ukulele player and fan of such stylistically diverse bands as Yes, Steely Dan, Jay-Z, and Andrew Bird. Bob loves getting lost on his motorbike, but he also enjoys a few quieter activities such as fishing and reading. Bob is John Galt.
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Ben Donohue
Manager of Development
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As a member of the engineering team, Ben loves creating ways to make life easier for the global music community. While music and technology are two of his passions, he does manage to emerge from his desk occasionally, staying active both in and out of the city limits. A weekend warrior that likes to make the most of those precious hours between Friday and Monday, you can often find him in northern New England hurling himself down snow/ice covered mountains with a board strapped to his feet. This bi-dimensional persona began to take shape while at St. Lawrence University in upstate NY, where he worked in the school's IT department and majored in Environmental Studies and Philosophy. After graduating, Ben followed his nose to the home of Fenway Franks and Sam Adams and has been living in the city and working in technology ever since.
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Emily Duffy
Senior Accountant
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An Aqua Net Jersey girl at heart, Emily landed
in Boston to pursue a degree in Business at Northeastern University. After completing her MBA and rocking it at a few haunted Castles, she
now calls Sonicbids home. Although counting beans is truly tantalizing, she
also enjoys meandering through insurance policies and strategizing the future
of Sonicbids. When she’s not formulating a spreadsheet, you can
find her in a half moon pose, wandering through open houses or building sand
castles with her son.
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David Ellis
Promoter Relations Account Manager
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When Putnam Valley, NY’s seminal punk band The Imaginary Friends disbanded in 1999, the world was turned upside down. Legions of fans were left craving more. All three band members released solo records but none of them could achieve the success of TIF’s only studio record, “Getting Rid of the Evidence”… except one.
When David Ellis released his first solo album "Tell Us David Ellis" in 2000, he achieved more critical and commercial success than the Zack Attack or even Wyld Stallions, the rock band that changed the world. After spending a grueling 5 years on the road, recording 47 subsequent platinum albums and a VH1 “celebreality” show, showbiz life became too much for David and he settled down in Boston where he now works for Sonicbids in the Promoter Relations Department. Although he no longer misses the flash bulbs of the paparazzi, David misses the fans and wants to assure them that the comeback tour is on the way!!
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Ford Englander
Chief Operating Officer
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Ford joined the Sonicbids team in late 2004 after serving as Chief Operating Officer at Musictoday, a leading provider of online merchandise, ticketing and fanclub services for the music industry. After spending 8 years at Musictoday he moved to Boston as a player to be named later in the Nomar Garciaparra trade. Ford is a 1997 graduate of the University of Virginia and a lifelong devotee to the Hoos. In between seasons, he operates a very small and very independent record label called Transaction Records to record and release homemade music with several co-conspirators. Originally from Texas, he hearts great Mexican food, weird music and space travel.
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Matt Gillette
Product Manager
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Matt comes from the land of 1000 Islands dressing, the second largest river in North America, and Blue Oyster Cult. He's a developer by trade who found that the world of Product Management better suits his true wants and desires. He likes reptiles, sports (he can still tell you a lot of stats about the 1988 Oakland A's -- the best team that didn't win a World Series), and long walks along the Number 9 pier with his Fat Angel wishing Blind Faith upon a world that definitely needs some more Humble Patience.
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Jeff Goodman
Business Development Representative
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Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area where it's never below 40 degrees and rarely above 80. Jeff moved to Boston because of his love for shoveling snow and humidity. Jeff has acquired some new knowledge since starting at Sonicbids in April of '06. First, a goalie is not a goalie it's a keeper. Also, a cappuccino machine can increase your productivity by at least three times. These Bands are great: http://sonicbids.com/thedents (the Dents) http://www.sonicbids.com/JetsOverhead (Jets Overhead) http://soncibids.com/franksmith (Frank Smith)
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Brandon Green
Member Relations Representative
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Brandon grew up in a small Connecticut town named after a fruit and/or some rich British guy. He grew up on classical piano, 90s rock and cheesy reality TV. After being convinced that you actually CAN make a living doing something you love, he decided to attend Northeastern University and study music. This brought him to the Artist Relations department at Sonicbids, where he spends his days trying to make sense of this seemingly dysfunctional music industry. In his spare time, you can find him rocking out on the bass and writing music for his instrumental progressive rock band, Bushwhack. Run into Brandon and be prepared to talk about your favorite recent albums, what it’s like being just about the only Mets fan in Boston. Or just repeat some hilarious movie quote to get him going. Fun fact: he’s really an Eagle Scout!
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Brian Hatfield
IT Lead
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Once upon a time, Brian was the stereotypical computer geek. Overweight and awkward, he preferred to spend his time in his lair (read: bedroom at parents' house) gathering knowledge and fiddling with computers late into the night. This turned into an outright passion, the peak of which saw him as a coordinator for Massachusetts' two largest LAN parties - setting up equipment and taking pictures of hundreds of computer geeks who showed up to play video games in one huge room. However, times have changed. He is now 31% slimmer and prefers to spend his free time out-of-doors - running, hiking mountains, climbing on things around the country and riding his bicycle or motorcycle. Fortunately, Brian uses the knowledge hoarded in his lair (see previous) for the good of Sonicbids: He's the IT guy, here to improve things, keep things running or fix them when they break. And, though he may no longer have his lair to hide in, he's still a geek at heart.
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Tony Hollums
Member Relations Representative
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A recent Graduate of NEIA with a degree in Recording Technology. Antony now spends his days helping artists with their EPKs. However his excellent service during the day is only a cover up. For at night he does his real job, which is hunting dirty zombies. Antony has been fighting the undead scourge for years keeping the public safe in a thankless job. You may not have seen or believe in zombies, but that’s because he’s so good at dispatching them. His hatred for zombies started with the song “She’s Not There” by his sworn enemy; the band “Zombies”. His weapon of choice is Funk. Why not bullets you ask? Because zombies are too stiff to dance, and they explode at the sound of a James Brownish wale, and funk-a-licious bass line. Antony will help you with any questions you have about your Sonicbids account, or the walking dead plaguing you in the night.
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Aliki Ioannides
Marketing Program Specialist
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While other kids were glued in front of their TVs playing Atari, you could find Aliki either sitting in front of her piano practicing Bach and Chopin, or prancing around in her pointy ballet shoes (here’s the part where you go “Awww”). When it was time for her to decide what she would study and ultimately do with her life, it came down to this: should she be a modern day Liberace (minus a few shiny beads sewn on clothes)? Or manage the next Liberace’s career? Well, the business side of music eventually won her over, and off she was from the sunny island of Cyprus (picture mile-long beaches, warm weather and souvlaki shops at each corner) to come to Boston, to study Music Business/Management at Berklee College of Music, where the terms “frostbite” and “frizzy hair” became all too familiar. Just before graduating, she stumbled across the marvelous world of Sonicbids, in which she eventually joined and now lives happily ever after as the marketing coordinator. You’ll get on Aliki’s good side if you (really) like Chopin, cute tops, coffee (preferably served in an IV), pop/dance/electronic music (she is from Europe after all) and post-its.
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Tapani Jussila
Senior Software Engineer
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If Tapani Jussila had not been allergic to hay, he would
never have come to America! Raised on a
small village dairy farm in Finland, Tapani realized early on that his hay
fever would be a career limiting problem, so off he went to study in
Helsinki. He earned a bachelors degree in Telecommunications from
Helsinki Institute of Technology and a Master’s degree in Economics from
Helsinki School of Economics. After 3
years working at Nokia (almost a requirement for Finns), Tapani moved to Dublin
to expand his horizons. About 18 months later he met a man in a pub (of all
places) who offered him a job opportunity in Boston. He arrived here much
as any immigrant does, with one suit, one suitcase, no place to live and only
the promise of a job. Tapani has lived
in the Boston area for 10 years now, where he has worked at many interesting
firms (Virgin HealthMiles, CareKey, LumaPath) in many interesting positions
(Senior software developer, principal consultant). Tapani has fully assimilated to life in
Boston, even becoming a rabid Redsox and Patriots fan. But, his first sports priority is still
Formula 1 (the biggest and most advanced car racing in the world). He has been
to Montreal, Indianapolis and Barcelona to see races.
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Benjy Kantor
Business Development Representative
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When he isn't busy getting recognized on the street (he
is, after all, the Sonicbids Lifetime Handsomeness Achievement Award Winner --
true story), Benjy spends the bulk of his time building relationships with
Sonicbids members. After 3 years as the Manager of the Artist Relations
department, Benjy joined Sonicbids' Business Development team to move towards
his goal of making artists happy by continuing to find unique and interesting
gigs. Benjy's favorite movie from the 1980s is "The Last Dragon," and
the punch line to his favorite joke is, "Some folks just can't tell a
joke." His happy place is the Stax
Museum of American Soul Music, and recommends it to any musician.
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Eric Keating
Marketing Production Coordinator
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About fifteen years ago, you could probably spot Eric selling anything from lemonade to baseball cards from the bottom of his driveway in Reading, MA. Although a career in the lemonade industry certainly was enticing, Eric chose to follow a more musical path; playing guitar in metal bands (RIP Within The Fray) and enrolling in the Music Industry program at Northeastern University. Eric's entrepreneurial spirit didn't falter, though, as it sparked his fun but utterly thankless venture in artist management. While managing a band, attending classes and working at Q Division Records, Eric was able to learn the ropes and eventually land a job at Sonicbids in 2007. Nowadays, if you can't find him being Master of the Marketing Closet, he's probably watching LOST repeatedly or hiking mountains...or managing to do both.
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Andy Kingston
Vice President of New Business Development
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After sitting on top of a billboard high above Boston's Kenmore Square making
paper airplanes out of his resumes, Andy
was finally able to break into the media business. His career has taken him to Boston’s FOX25, WBCN-FM and most recently, the
Phoenix Media Communications Group. As General
Manager of the Phoenix Media Group’s radio stations, Andy led the development
of the FNX Radio Network and made radio history by creating and selling the
industry’s first sustained (6 weeks) commercial-free “radio brandcast” to
Snapple Beverage Company. In 2006, Andy
was elevated to Senior Vice President of the PMCG, overseeing all operations,
sales and marketing of its 10 media outlets including Boston’s legendary alternative rocker WFNX-FM, the Boston
Phoenix newspaper, Stuff@Night
magazine and the PMCG’s online properties at ThePhoenix.com. As a true “Vermonter,” Andy is an avid outdoorsman and passionate
about skiing, golf, fly fishing and mud season. Unfortunately Andy’s quest to
become lead singer of alternative rock band, “How’s Ure Onion” was quickly discouraged by his family given
his lack of vocal talent. In early
2008, having not fulfilled his dreams of skiing in the Olympics, playing hockey
for the Boston Bruins or singing in a rock band, Andy decided to join the Sonicbids team and achieve
much more exciting goals in the years ahead.
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Ellie Krysl
Graphic Designer
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Hailing from the geographic center of America, Ellie had the four points of the compass at her disposal when it was time to pick a new home. Fortunately for Sonicbids, she chose to come East! An artist in love with all things art, for whom music and fashion are always the passion—as well as belly dancing, painting, playing Dutch Blitz and watching movies with her drummer husband— Ellie also likes to pay the rent and eat, which is why she became a graphic designer. If she’s not at work, she is most likely: riding the Superman at Six Flags; not cooking; maintaining her pogo stick mastery; or enjoying a healthy dinner of TCBY and dill pickles.
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Heidi Lasker
Promoter Relations Manager
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Heidi joined Sonicbids in August of 2003 and has had a smile on her face ever since. A fan of anything argyle, Heidi is best known by promoters and colleagues for her particularly loud voice, which an experienced heavy-metal sound technician once called "the most powerful voice I have ever freakin' heard." Heidi has embraced this trait by providing "soulful backup vocals "(Boston Globe, 9/5/04) in the greatest band on earth, EJ Labb & the Free Association (she is also the DJ aka DJ PJ). Before joining Sonicbids, Heidi worked for a bunch of companies and moonlit as a Bar and Bat Mitzvah DJ, often spending her Saturday evenings with 13-year-old kids. Since joining the music industry, she has started spending more time with people her age and now has a much better social life. Heidi graduated from the University of Maryland and enjoys talking sh*t to Ford about how the Terps are better than the UVA Wahoos.
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Emily O'Neill
Listing Services Coordinator
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After a short stint at a producer management firm in Los Angeles, Emily returned to Boston where she had previously attended Berklee College of Music for Business and Management. Her love of all things music (and business) landed her the gig at Sonicbids as the first ever Front Of House Coordinator. In her free time she co-owns and operates I’ve Got Entertainment, an artist development company devoted to discovering great, original artists and helping them become a little better ;). Her main goal in life is to be happy at all times and pay the rent if possible. Luckily, Sonicbids allows her to do both! Emily enjoys Hard Rock, Metal, The Shins, Thai food, cheesy Pop, and indulging in celebrity gossip whenever it’s available.
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Lou Paniccia
Product Manager
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When not rocking out on the drums in one of his bands, Lou is hard at work in the Product Team, helping to develop cool new features for Sonicbids members. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, Lou puts his formal music training to good use as the drummer for the Frank Zappa cover band The Brain Police as well as several other Boston area bands. If you enjoy cyberstalking, feel free to follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/SonicbidsLou.
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Ellenmarie Rhone
Vice President of People and Culture
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Ellenmarie has worked in senior positions at technology companies doing
what others call HR, and is glad to have escaped to the world of People and
Culture at Sonicbids. Although she has traveled and lived far and wide, she is
a born and bred Bostonian and still calls the City of Champions (we hope) her
home. Anyone who needs help with strange local customs; like how best to
navigate a rotary or an understanding of Boston City Council politics can get
answers from her. Outside of work, she has acquired a keen appreciation for fine wines and the
ever-changing local restaurant scene. With two athletically–inclined sons, she
spends her time as an avid fan and follower of various mascots; including the
Hillers, Dawgs, Pelicans, Big Green, Dutchmen and Lord Jeffs.
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Lou Rivera
Director Business Development
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Exposed to a steady diet of Beatles, Stones, Clapton, Allman Brothers and Pink Floyd in his formative years, it’s not surprising that Lou spent a great deal of time during his college years hanging out in live music clubs and recording studios around the D.C. area. After college, Lou made a living promoting punk and “new wave” shows, managing emerging rock bands and even did a stint as a nightclub owner in Baltimore for a few years where he promoted bands like The Ramones, Lord of The New Church and Berlin.
Family, friends and the promise of new adventures brought him to the Boston area in the days before Starbucks and Satellite radio. Lou earned his media stripes at the legendary rock station WBCN at the height of its power and influence. He later became the V.P. of Sales at WFNX when the alternative rock station was defining the format and breaking bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Following an extended engagement at CBS’s owned and operated TV station, WBZ-TV-CBS Boston, Lou immersed himself in the online advertising world at the highly respected Boston.com, where he worked with high profile brands like jetBlue and MGM Grand. At Sonicbids, Lou has finally fulfilled a long held desire to marry his years of media and marketing experience in Radio, TV and online with his passion for discovering and promoting great music.
When he’s not inventing new ways to connect the right audience to the right product, Lou can be found working on numerous unfinished writing projects or wielding a black and white Stratocaster in an attempt to channel the spirit of the great musical giants of his formative years. Lou is currently enrolled in a Master of Fatherhood program conducted exclusively for his benefit by his two beautiful daughters, Ariana and Kristen.
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Jim Schultz
Business Development Manager
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It all started with trash… Who knew that what began as a summer job picking up trash at the Garden State Arts Center in New Jersey, (BTW Jimmy Buffet fans by far drop the most stuff worth picking up at shows!), would lead to a decade and a half career in music, marketing shows for Metallica, and Soundgarden, managing the local marketing program initiatives for a billion dollar big box retailer, and handling artists the likes of Meatloaf, Herbie Hancock, Dar Williams, Los Lobos, and Jewel. Jim has seen this business from all sides, the venue, the tour, the retailer, the distributor, and the artist. As the son of a blues musician, he’s learned in this business what matters the most is the artist. Jim says, “The music business is like politics,” so it’s a good thing Jim holds a BA from Rutgers College in Political Science and an AAS in Accounting. Not only can he represent, he can count too!
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Jessica Sola
Front of House Coordinator
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Jessica sometimes tells people she is from Portugal but don't be fooled. It's just that Connecticut isn't as exciting as the Azores. After graduating high school Jessica moved to Boston to begin her studies at the Berklee College of Music. While studying the music biz she was still able to work as a receptionist by day, rock out on her fender strat by night, help run a student label and intern at Rounder Records. Now a recent graduate, Jessica has found her way to Sonicbids, starting yet another experience in the music industry. In her free time Jessica loves seeking new music and artists to obsess about. Her interests include exploring the greater outdoors, practicing her Spanish, songwriting, watching re-runs of that 70's show, playing tennis, and riding horses.
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Kimberly Thompson
Original Team Member & Marketing Advisor
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Kimberly's musical roots can be traced back to her early childhood when she named all her Barbies "Olivia" for, you guessed it, the great Olivia Newton-John. Those early influences can still be heard while browsing through her iPod - oh the guilty pleasure of an over-produced pop song! Prior to joining Sonicbids in 2002 (we were just three people then!), Kimberly was the Director of Marketing for Oasis CD Manufacturing where she was responsible for developing, planning and executing company marketing programs and business development initiatives as well as overseeing online operations. Kimberly spent the better part of five years running online operations then marketing for Sonicbids prior to moving into her current advisory role. When Kimberly is not helping out here at Sonicbids, she is running marathons and triathlons - one Ironman, two half Ironman’s and two marathons in the last two years alone!
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Emitt Tierce
Original Team Member & Senior Advisor
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A native of Tucson, Arizona and resident old-dude at Sonicbids (it has it's rewards!). Son of a military sergeant, trained to be efficient and organized from day one, Emitt had managed various companies operations for over 20 years including real estate and retail chains before partnering with Panos at an international booking agency for 7 years. They both moved on to Sonicbids with Emitt serving as Chief Operating Officer from 2001 to 2006. Happy to be a Yin or a Yang (depending on the need), but mostly happy to be at Sonicbids.
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Bo Tsang
Art Director and Web Designer
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Bauhinia Tsang is actually a robot who answers to the name "Bo". Unlike the world of Bladerunner, where the robots are evil, Bo's passion for cute t-shirts and being scared at horror movies is truly endearing. She'd rather be surfing in Hawaii, but she's got a job to do, making the world beautiful -- one pixel at a time. Sometimes she organizes her fonts by designer, and sometimes she watches movies just for the title sequences. Her ambitions have driven her to study and wander with exuberance, from the wilds of urban San Francisco she has finally landed in Boston where she continues to develop philosophies of art direction.
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Aimee Weakley
Executive Assistant
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After being voted “Most Likely to Be on Broadway” by her high school classmates, Aimee left her hometown in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch Country to seek her fame and fortune on the Great White Way. 6 months of ballet classes later, she began to have second thoughts. Fast-forward to Berklee College of Music, where her time as a voice major gave her a glimpse of the music business from the inside out. She was hooked, devouring every industry book, magazine, blog and podcast she could get her hands on. Aimee is thrilled to be at Sonicbids, where she can finally put the volumes of seemingly useless information she has collected to use! When not running madly about the office, Aimee can be found watching re-runs of Saved By The Bell, digging classic rock records out of other people's trash, and daydreaming about Stephen Sondheim.
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Todd Willits
Listing Services Team Lead
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Hailing from Solartown USA (Halfmoon, NY), Todd is always up for a challenge. As former lead singer of Low Budget, some would say it was challenging to listen to their music. Todd soon realized that while punk rock was fun, maybe the business end of music was more suited to his skills. During his employment stint at Garden Grove, CA label The Militia Group, he worked tour retail for several artists, including Cartel, Copeland, The Rocket Summer, and Israeli punk rock band Man Alive. Lately, he has been contemplating going to graduate school, not for the education, but merely to delay paying off his mountain of college loans.
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