Rob Schwartz

Rob Schwartz is a music entrepreneur who focuses on music tech, film/TV, distribution, and education.  He is the owner of WHO?MAG Multimedia which consist of multiple sub-companies. He also is the Governor and Co-Chair of Education for the Recording Academy (Grammys) for the Philadelphia Chapter.

• Distro Fest (Founder/CEO) – Music Conference and Festival in NJ/NY with over 100 speakers and 130 performers (distrofest.com)
• Recording Academy (GRAMMYS) – Governor and Co-Chair of Music Education and Professional Development for the Philadelphia Chapter
• WHO?MAG Distribution (Founder/CEO) – Grammy Award Winning Music Distributor with over 350 sub-labels, 1,000 artists, and 20,000 songs (distributed through The Orchard-SONY) (whomagdistribution.com)
• WHO?MAG TV/DMTV/Video Vision (Founder/CEO/Director) – owner of 3 music TV shows with close to 3,000 celebrity interviews & 200 half hour broadcast TV shows that aired worldwide on broadcast, satellite, & cable. (whomagtv.com)
• MISC FILM/TV – director & editor of national music TV show “Dancin’ On Air” (aka “Dance Party USA”) & “Saturday Morning Fever” (FUSE), casting for “The Four on Fox” (FOX), and edited segments for “The Goldbergs” & “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC).
• WHO?MAG Networks (Founder/CEO) – WHO?MAG Network, iFame TV, Video Vision Network –1st network to air hip hop, R&B,& dance music on OTT’s (Roku in 2012). (whomagtv.com)
• The Beat 105.1/The Shore 93.5 (Co-Founder/Music Director) –The Beat 105.1 is a MediaBased Hip Hop/R&B Station and The Shore is Dance/EDM/Top 40. (thebeat1051.com & www.theshore935fm.com)
• Chetown Films (Founder/Director)– 68 million combined YouTube music video views as director/producer, won Pocono Film Fest (Best Documentary), BET.com Award (Best Music Video), Award of Excellence (Best Commercial), and more. He directed a film “Bullied” in the UK (Philly Independent Film Fest) & worked on “The Retaliators” (Better Noise Films), “A Party To Die For” (Marvista), “Finding Christmas” (Philly Born Films), “The Allnighter” & many others.
• PLAY Music Conference (Co-Founder) –Philly music conference w/ over 50 music industry speakers & 20 performers (playmusicconference.com)
• MusicSups (Co-Founder) –18 films and TV shows as a music supervisor (musicsups.com)
• International Speaker –including Bulgaria, Barcelona, Rome, London, Scotland, Toronto, South Korea, SXSW, Cinequest Film Fest (San Jose, CA), AES (NYC), Mondo (NYC), Sync Summit (Los Angeles) Tulsa Music Awards (Tulsa OK), NOLA Musicon (New Orleans), and more
• Advisor Board for Colleges – Rowan College (Burlington County) & Atlantic Cape County College
• Advisory Board for Companies– Recording Academy (Grammys), MMF (Music Managers Forum), FRAME (film company) BUBBL (Air BNB style company for entertainers)
• Also a former Wall Street exec with 10 years experience in Risk Management between Merrill Lynch, Bear Stearns, and JP Morgan