Signing up to speak with Greg Katz is highly recommended if you're interested in music publishing, songwriting, artist development, management and A&R.

Greg runs A&R for indie publisher Defend and manages producers and songwriters. He has brought Defend classic songs including Kanye West’s “Monster,” The Davenports' “5 Steps” (theme song of long-running TV show “Intervention”), and the catalog of funk cult heroes Vulfpeck. Greg also manages producer/songwriter Rogét Chahayed, whose credits include songs for Halsey, Travi$ Scott, Calvin Harris, Miguel, Kesha, G-Eazy, DRAM and Lil Yachty. Greg owns indie rock label New Professor as well.

You can see Greg’s full bio on his speaker page.

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