Genres they love

  • Afrobeat/Afropop
  • Alternative rock
  • Country music
  • Dream pop
  • Film music
  • Hip-hop
  • Latin music
  • Latin Pop
  • R&B

Genres they’re also open to receiving

  • Chill/Lo-fi Hip-Hop
  • Classical music
  • Cloud Rap/Hip Hop
  • Hardcore
  • Indie folk
  • Modern jazz
  • Neo/Modern Classical
  • Rap in English
  • French rap
  • Reggae
  • See all +4

Main opportunities

  • Offer artists a publishing deal
  • License or represent artists’ tracks for image/video sync

They want to receive music similar to…

  • Gorillaz
  • LCD Soundsystem
  • The Vaccines
  • Fela Kuti
  • El Alfa
  • The 1975
  • The Beths
  • Bleached
  • Bleachers
  • Colter Wall
  • The Wombats
  • Davie
  • Childish Gambino
  • The Weeknd
  • Hozier
  • Bon Iver
  • Little Simz
  • BADBADNOTGOOD
  • HAIM
  • Arlo Parks
  • See all +16

Attributes they love

  • Available on Spotify
  • Composer
  • On stage experience
  • International potential
  • Strong social media presence
  • Supported artist
  • Unsigned artist
  • Upcoming project
  • Young talent

Attributes they’re also open to receiving

  • Early project

Matt Swedo @ HD Music Now

Publisher, Sync Supervisor

  • High sharing rate

Founded by music supervisor, Jody Friedman in 2008, HD Music Now is known as a go-to resource for music supervisors, producers, & editors around the world to find the right music and sound design solutions to serve their projects. As an independent catalog, owner, music publisher and music creator, HD Music Now represents today's best talent, labels, publishers, composers, and producers as well as some classic catalogues and popular artists. Content Operations & Asset Manager Matt Swedo features a background in music performance, composing, and over 6 years of experience in the sync licensing industry. Matt has played drums since the age of 9 and attended Berklee College of Music with a focus in Music Business, and Contemporary Writing and Production, and certified in Film Scoring from UCLA. Matt aims to foster an inclusive artist community as "a rising tide lifts all boats" forever working to plug artists that he believes in. HD Music Now helps artists develop their music with a focus on sync placements across all types of media. We act as a label and publisher to represent artists and distribute albums worldwide.

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