How to click with Asia?

Distribution, platforms, marketing and finding an audience for your projects

W/ Iichiro Noda (TuneCore, Japan), Jon Chua (Zendyll Records - Studio / Writing Camp, Singapore), Ester Nguyen (POPSWW, Vietnam), Natasha Zainal (Deezer APAC + South Korea, Singapore) and moderated by Priya Dewan (The Orchard / Gig Life Pro, Singapore)

Presented by Le Bureau Export as part of Asia in the Limelight / (From) Home Export Days

Priya Dewan, The Orchard, Gig Life Pro (Singapore)

Priya Dewan founded Gig Life Pro in 2019 to create a community of music industry professionals who want to grow their business in APAC through education, collaboration and transparency. She is also currently the VP of Southeast Asia and South Korea for The Orchard, responsible for signing and managing some of the best independent talent from the region for global digital and physical distribution, as well as working closely with existing and emerging digital services. Dewan also founded Feedback Asia in 2011, a booking agency based in Singapore, directly and exclusively representing artists such as Yuna, CHVRCHES, Flying Lotus, Bicep, Yuna and others for touring in Asia.

Jonathan Chua “Jon Chua JX”, co-founder and creative director of Zendyll Records and Managing Director of Zendyll Productions (Singapore)

Singapore-based, actor and singer. He is one of the members of Singaporean band The Sam Willows and the co-founder and creative director of Zendyll Records and managing director of Zendyll Productions.Zendyll Records focuses heavily on Artist & Repertoire (A&R) development, music publishing, music production, songwriting, as well as branding and marketing to build up a collective of top producers, songwriters and artists that have a place in the global music ecosystem.

Esther Nguyen, CEO of POPS Worldwide (Vietnam)

Esther has founded a number of successful startups and has been working in Vietnam since 2004. In 2007, Esther launched POPS Worldwide. After 11 years of cleaning up and building up the digital music and entertainment industry, POPS Worldwide is the leading digital entertainment company in Vietnam and Thailand and the partner of choice for local and international content providers. POPS has the largest music repertoire, representing 90% of the Vietnam music industry, and works with over 1,500 leading domestic and international partners like Warner Media, NBC Universal, Discovery, TV Asahi, The Pokémon Co, TOEI, VTC, Fap TV and more. Esther has been a key contributor to the Vietnamese startup community and speaks frequently at entrepreneurship events in the region.

Iichiro NODA, CEO of TuneCore Japan (Japan)

Born in 1979. Lived and Studied at Chinese International School of Hong Kong for 1992-1997. Graduated KEIO University [Japan] in 2004. During the University era, worked at Culture of Asia Inc. as music event organizer and designer. 2004 entered in Adways Co.,Ltd. Took office as Media Division Manager, contributed to the Public Listing of Adways. In 2008 founded internet service company Wano Co.,Ltd with passion to cultivate sub-culture and creator of Japan. 2012 founded TUNECORE Japan K.K. as the joint venture with Tunecore.

Natasha Zainal, Head of Label Relations APAC at Deezer (Singapore)

Natasha is an experienced manager, with a demonstrated history of working in the entertainment industry. Skilled in Digital Strategy, Music Management, Event Management, Music Marketing, and Entertainment Industry. At Deezer, she's in charge of overseeing label relationships across APAC, assisting with licensing & rights discussions, building Artist Marketing strategy and managing music industry relationships.

Le Bureau Export

Since 1993, Le Bureau Export has worked to develop popular and classical music made in France on an international scale. Thanks to financial resources from both professional and institutional partners, Le Bureau Export has built a worldwide network aimed at facilitating exchanges between French and foreign music professionals.Le Bureau Export is a member of EMEE-European Music Exporters Exchange.

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