A professional musician since his teens, Paul Anthony Troiano grappled early with the often opaque business side of the music industry. As Troiano pursued his passion for composition, film scoring, and music production (Sarah McLachlan, George Clinton), he discovered he was equally drawn to artist-centered, technology-driven approaches to the music business. He closed his first licensing deal at 18, and later founded Rumblefish as a boutique licensing firm, only to bet on the burgeoning digital licensing space and microsync (a word Troiano coined). Since the company's first deal with YouTube in 2008, Rumblefish under Troiano's guidance as CEO has continuously pushed the boundaries of music licensing, creating new platforms (the first online marketplace for pre-copyright cleared music) and partnerships (Shutterstock, Animoto, SocialCam) to enable the maximum number of musicians to find the maximum number of licensing opportunities.

CD Baby’s Director of Marketing, Kevin Breuner, has spent over 14 years working in the music business, both as an artist and an industry professional. A San Diego native, Kevin went East to attended Belmont University in Nashville, TN where he studied Music and Music Business. After college, he joined the Atlanta based band Smalltown Poets who later signed a recording contract with a major label under the EMI umbrella. Their self titled debut album received critical acclaim selling over 200,000 copies and landing the guys with a Grammy nomination plus multiple Dove Award nominations. Kevin now lives in Portland, Oregon, home to great coffee, independent thinking, and 5 months of rain. He stays active in the music industry, managing CD Baby’s marketing efforts and hosting their popular DIY Musician Podcast, as well as within the local music scene. His band Smalltown Poets (smalltownpoets.tv) just celebrated the release of their sixth studio album titled Under The New Sun.