Haulix LIVE! is your chance to learn from and engage with the greatest minds in music publicity today.
With Coronavirus making music conferences and festivals impossible, Haulix LIVE! is here to fill a void in the entertainment business. Twice a month, Haulix brings together the greatest minds in music publicity and promotion to share their knowledge with anyone hoping to hear it. These events are 100% free, and they are open to everyone.
Join us on Thursday, July 16, at 2PM EST for a free PR roundtable with special guests Katy Irizarry (Season of Mist), Jon Asher (Asher Media Relations), and Natalie Camillo (Napalm Records). The event will cover the evolving role of publicity in music promotion, emerging trends in the field,, and advice for people hoping to work in music PR. Viewers will also have an opportunity to ask our guests questions. Click here to register.
About the panelists:
Katy Irizarry is an NYC native who currently lives in Philadelphia. She started her music career in 2007 as an intern and eventual writer for Metal Edge magazine. Since then, she has worked for Sirius XM, Eddie Trunk, Skateboard Marketing, Freeman Promotions, Revolver Magazine, Loudwire, Minus HEAD Records, and many others in which she has done production, journalism, marketing, social media, and publicity. Currently, she is employed full time with Season of Mist as North American publicist where she works with a variety of bands from extreme metal to folk music, such as Abbath, Heilung, Archspire, Rotting Christ, Gorguts, Solstafir, and more. Ever the over-achiever, she also still contributes to Loudwire, produces Eddie Trunk’s podcast, and co-hosts the “Last Words” podcast via The Pit. She is also a proud cat mom who loves traveling, pin-up culture, horror movies, and of course, heavy metal!
Jon Asher, known for being a regular fixture on the Montreal music scene, founded ASHER MEDIA RELATIONS in September 2007 to aid bands and labels in celebrating their headbanging tunes to the world. A musician himself, and a McGill University graduate in public relations, Jon had his epiphany – to help out the struggling artists and help them gain the attention they need to support their music. He has worked with a number of independent and established artists such as Annihilator, Gene Hoglan (Testament, Death, SYL, Fear Factory), Quo Vadis, Fuck The Facts, Striker, Psychostick, Necronomicon, Hibria, Titans Eve, Kill Devil Hill ft. Rex Brown (Pantera) + Vinny Appice (DIO, Black Sabbath)), Drum Wars (Vinny Appice vs. Carmine Appice), Nephelium, Ninjaspy, Scythia, All Else Fails, Auroch, Fatality, Sanktuary, Mutank, Planet Eater, Vesperia, Rockshots Records, Wacken Metal Battle Canada/USA, Armstrong Metal Fest, Loud As Hell MetalFest, Calgary Metalfest, Metalocalypstick Fest, Obscene Extreme America Fest and many more. He has also guest lectured at McGill University on Music Publicity for the public relations program plus has spoken on panels for Alberta Music (Calgary), Indie Week (Toronto), Noctis Fest (Calgary), Halifax Pop Explosion and mentoring sessions at SXSW (Austin, TX).
Philadelphia born and Maryland raised, Natalie Camillo began her music industry trajectory during her studies at York College of Pennsylvania, majoring in Communications with a focus in Music Industry/Recording Tech and radio. As Program Director and reporting Metal Music Director at her college radio station, WVYC, she attended/networked at several CMJ and Intercollegiate Broadcasting System conferences. By mingling with industry professionals at said events, she secured internships with radio promotions firm Heavy Hitter Inc., Relapse Records and MetalSucks. She also interned in the sales/marketing department at WCYR 98.5 The Peak, an classic rock format FM station based in Hanover, PA, took part in onsite “street” marketing for The Syndicate and published news clips for Metal Insider, all before graduating in 2009. Upon graduation, Natalie took a position as a publicist at renowned boutique PR firm Adrenaline PR, and along with the team led by PR icon Maria Ferrero, represented artists such as Lamb of God, Dethklok, Motorhead, Ronnie James Dio, John 5, Twiztid and more, and massive events such as the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival and Alternative Press Music Awards. After departing the company as Campaign Manager/Senior Publicist after 10 amazing, formative years, she accepted her current position as North American Public Relations Manager at esteemed Austria-based international rock and metal record label Napalm Records. Alongside her PR teammates in North America and Germany, Natalie currently represents premier artists such as Dee Snider, DevilDriver, Jinjer, Alestorm, Life of Agony, Candlemass, Mushroomhead, Warbringer and many others. Outside of her work at Napalm, she also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Great South Jersey Chorus, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, singer-managed organization. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time in nature, playing video games (PlayStation Nation), listening to a questionable amount of electro-pop and binging costume dramas, can be found spending countless hours scoring deals in thrift/consignment shops, and considers herself a certified RuPaul’s Drag Race superfan. You betta work!
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