During his 20 years in the music business, Rick Goetz has been a major label A&R representative, a music supervisor, an artist manager, a bass player, and the head of a digital record label. Goetz’s diverse experiences have given him insight into the complexities of making music and making a living making music from both the artist’s and executive’s perspectives. He has worked for Lava/Atlantic, and Elektra, and EMI, with artists including Kid Rock, Matchbox 20 and Sarah Brightman, and on television shows including Sesame Street, and Psychic Detectives. Since leaving the major labels in 2007, Goetz has handled music clearances for Mood Media / Musak and major marketing campaigns for a range of artists, from young, local, and aspiring bands, to multi-platinum, international superstars.