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Jay Stolar (US)

Artur — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 05:29:12 +0000

Jay Stolar is a multi-platinum, gold, and diamond-certified producer, songwriter, and executive producer with over 500 million streams and hundreds of sync placements across film, TV, sports, and games, including the Super Bowl, Olympics, League of Legends, and Fortnite. A multi-instrumentalist, Stolar has shaped songs globally for Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, G-Eazy, Aloe Blacc, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Jaxson Gamble. In Greece, he has worked with Konstantinos Argiros, Eleni Foureira, Sakis Rouvas, Marina Satti, Marseaux, and Solmeister, co-writing and co-producing Satti’s Eurovision hit “Zari” and Evangelia’s viral 2025 and 2026 hits “Vále” and “PARÉA”.

As Evangelia’s executive producer since 2019, he co-created her sound, built her catalog, and brokered her major label deals. Stolar is also co-founder of Hume, a creative studio building virtual artists with fair-use, human-led AI. He built DEATHPIXIE and Angel Baby from zero to over 700,000 combined monthly listeners and brokered deals with mau5trap, 10K Projects, and Create Music. DEATHPIXIE performed at Red Rocks alongside deadmau5 in the first virtual artist electronic concert. Now based between Athens and Los Angeles, Stolar leads creative direction across Hume’s roster and FATE RECORDS’ development as a label bridging the US and Greek industries.

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Evangelia (GR/US)

Kiki — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:52:05 +0000

Evangelia is a multi-platinum Greek-American pop artist redefining what it means to be a global Greek voice. As Spotify’s first Greek Global EQUAL Ambassador, she was featured on billboards in Times Square. She became the first Greek artist to headline a U.S. tour with Live Nation, has performed for over hundreds of thousands of fans across Europe and the U.S., and appeared at major U.S. festivals including SXSW, Summerfest, and Dusk Festival. In just three years, she has become one of Greece’s most-streamed artists, amassing over 200 million streams, with chart-topping hits including “Fotiá” with Eleni Foureira, “Alitheia?!,” “Páli,” “Vále”, and “Vradia,” which debuted at #1 on the Spotify charts. Her Greek Eurovision National Final performance of “Paréa” emerged as one of the competition’s standout moments, earning strong chart performance, viral momentum, and widespread acclaim for the song. Raised between Crete and New Jersey, her bilingual upbringing shapes a vibrant fusion of modern pop and traditional Greek sound. That fusion crystallized on her debut album Peproméno, a 13-track bilingual journey released ahead of her performance and nomination at the MAD VMAs. She is currently performing in an Athens residency at Fantasia alongside Petros Iakovidis and is preparing for her world tour. A former elementary school teacher, Evangelia carries that chapter into her artistry, making mental health awareness and education core to her values and advocating for both on and off the stage.

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Eric Reithler-Barros (US/FR/BR)

Artur — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:59:11 +0000

Eric Reithler-Barros is a New York media and technology executive with 30+ years at the intersection of music, creative industries, and digital infrastructure, known for navigating industry transformation.

He held senior international roles at Fortune 50 companies including Verizon, Level 3 Communications, Edgecast, and Johnson & Johnson, delivering infrastructure, cloud, and media services to clients such as Sony Music, News Corp, and 20th Century Fox.

In music and live entertainment, he served as Global VP of SFX Entertainment, helping scale a $1.4B platform that acquired brands including Tomorrowland and Beatport. He was previously Managing Director and Chief Commercial Officer of A2LiVE/STORM Festival in Shanghai.

A serial builder, he launched Art Revolver in China and later became cofounding partner and CCO/CSO of RCRDSHP, an early Web3 music platform.

Today, Eric is cofounding CEO of Fold Artists, focused on ethical AI to protect rightsholders in the age of generative AI, and a visiting professor at Berklee College of Music.

He also mentors entrepreneurs and remains an active music creator with 200+ releases and four indie labels.

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Jim Varounis (GR/US)

Fani — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 08:57:09 +0000

Jim is a record label executive at Universal Music Group in Greece, official blogger for Lady Gaga, founder and president of the “Be You (Antibullying) movement” in Greece and ex radio producer. He was born in the United States of America and raised in Greece! In his earliest ages he built his fan website for Lady Gaga. Two years later, the official team of Lady Gaga verified Jim as an official web partner for her and since then Jim is the owner and administrator of one of the biggest official worldwide Lady Gaga web news sources, http://dreamofgaga.com . Soon after he started working with some major pop artists in Greece too, sharing with them his creative marketing and promotion skills. Highlight collaboration is the one with Katerina Stikoudi. During the last 7 years, he has been working with the world’s leading record label Universal Music Group (for territory Greece), for the international Marketing.

Links: https://www.instagram.com/monstermanager/

https://www.facebook.com/jimvarounis

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Albert Torres (US)

petrosadmin — Thu, 09 May 2024 09:25:08 +0000

1994 to 1999, PR and Intl. A&R for BMG Music Spain. Then K Digital, a Barcelona indie. In 2005 joined The Orchard as Regional Manager for Spain and Portugal, adding Greece and Italy in 2009, Mexico in 2015 and Latam in 2022. From 2020 to 2023 he has been recognized by Billboard as Latin Power Player and in 2021 as Intl. Power Player.

Links:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/albert-torres-moline-3913354/

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Rodney Branigan (US)

petrosadmin — Wed, 01 May 2024 14:48:23 +0000

Texas-born troubadour Rodney’s adventurous, boundary-breaking guitar playing – earning him the title “The Two-Guitar Man” – has led to performance invites across America, Asia, Africa and Europe.

This is one of the few artists to receive a personal invite from Sir Michael Eavis to perform on the Acoustic Stage at the Glastonbury Festival. Described by BBC Radio 2 as one of the World’s Greatest Guitarists.

Links:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rodneybranigan/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rodney.branigan

Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkmIUkNOZTo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt4Vo0aJEdE

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Andrew Apanov (PL/US)

petrosadmin — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 08:42:52 +0000

Andrew Apanov, the “Music Growth Engineer,” is the founder of Dotted Music, a digital marketing agency for music artists and brands. He’s also the creator of a growth training and community platform for musicians called WeSpin, and the host of the Music Growth Talks podcast. Andrew has been in the industry for over 18 years, as editor-in-chief of Ultimate Guitar, live events promoter, drum & bass DJ, consultant, blogger, and speaker.

Links:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewapanov/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dottedmusic/

Websites: https://agency.dottedmusic.com

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A. Apanov (PL)

phoebe — Tue, 17 May 2022 16:13:24 +0000

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