Rob Schwartz
Music Entrepreneur, Public Speaker, Mentor, & Disruptor
Rob Schwartz is a music entrepreneur who focuses on music tech, film/TV, distribution, and education. He is the owner of WHO?MAG Multimedia which consist of multiple sub-companies. He also is the Governor and Co-Chair of Education and Professional Development for the Recording Academy (Grammys) for the Philadelphia Chapter.
International Speaker – spoke worldwide about the music industry including South Korea, Bulgaria, Barcelona, Rome, London, Scotland, Toronto, SXSW, Cinequest (San Jose, CA), Sync Summit (Santa Monica, CA), MONDO (NYC), AES (NYC), Tulsa Music Awards, NOLA Musicon (New Orleans), as well as many colleges and universities.
Speaking Engagements
Sofia, Bulgaria
SoAlive Music Conference - Spoke on "Media Metrics: Evaluating Radio, TV, & Press impact on Music Careers"
Barcelona, Spain
Future Music Forum - Spoke on 2 panels - ""Crafting an Unforgettable Business & Personal Brand" and "Early Bird Mentor"
Seoul, South Korea
Hip Hop Union/Peace Summit - Spoke to 50,000 people at the largest world peace conference
Rome, Italy
HipHop CineFest - spoke at a hip hop music film festival as well as judged multiple catagories
Toronto, Canada
Canadian Music Week (CMW) - spoke 2023 & 2024 on "Fan Analysis" and "Music Distribution"
London, England
I directed/produced a movie (Bullied) in Kent, UK (near London) and mentored artists & actors.
SXSW -Austin, TX
LabelCoin - spoke on the LabelCoin stage at SXSW about "Gear for the New Generation".
Glasgow Scotland
PITCH Music Conference in Glasgow, Scotland as Key Note Speaker interviewer and mentor
New Orleans, LA
NOLA Music Con - Spoke on the "Fan Engagement" panel in New Orleans music conference.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa Music Awards - spoke at the "Tulsa Music Awards" and "Up Next Fest".
Tampa, Florida
It's More Than Music - Keynote Speaker at music conference in Florida
Elm City, CT
Spoke at Elm City Music Fest in Connecticut on a music industry panel
Morgan State U, Maryland
Spoke twice including panel with hip hop artists Prodigy & Freeway
San Jose, California
Speaking at Cinequest Film Festival - San Jose, CA
Santa Monica, California
Speaking at Sync Summit LA in Santa Monica, CA
Syracuse, NY
Syracuse International Film Festival - spoke on a "Film and Music Distribution" panel
New York City, NY
AES-NAB at Jacob Javits Center - Spoke on a "Sync Licensing/ Music Supervisor" panel
New York City, NY
Spoke on panel with Jesse Jackson and Master P for Rainbow Push Coalition
Rob Schwartz is the Founder/CEO of WHO?MAG Distribution which is distributed through The Orchard (SONY). WHO?MAG Distribution started in 2010 and currently has over 1,000 artists, 350 labels, and 20,000 songs. He also has a Grammy Award winning album, multiple #1 charting albums, and many music legends.
Rob Schwartz is the founder and CEO of Distro Fest, a music conference and festival which features the top speakers and best performers for a multiple day conference. Distro Fest initiated in New Jersey, but is starting to travel the world.
Rob also is the owner, director, editor, and producer of 3 music TV program with over 3,000 combined interviews and 200 half hour episodes. WHO?MAG TV is his hip hop/R&B TV show. DMTV (Dance Music TV) is a EDM/Dance music TV show, and Video Vision is a music video program. They have all aired worldwide on broadcast TV, satellite, and Smart TVs/OTT worldwide
Rob owns the film company Chetown Films. He has directed, produced, and edited the TV Shows “Dancin’ On Air” (FUSE TV), casted for “The Four on Fox”, edited for “The Goldbergs” (ABC) and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC).
– He also has about 68 million YouTube music video views as a director/producer (including The Hu ft Jacoby Shaddox of Papa Roach, Chill Rob G ft Treach, Force MDs, and many more).
– Rob won Best Documentary (Pocono Film Fest), BET.com Award (Best Music Video), Award of Excellence (Best Commercial), and more. He directed a film “Bullied” in the UK which was nominated in “Philly Indie Film Fest”, and worked on “The Retaliators” (Better Noise Music), “A Party To Die For” (Lifetime/Marvista), “Finding Christmas” (Philly Born Films), “Silver Star” (premiered in France), “Leaving Circadia”, and more.
– As a music supervisor, Rob as worked on 16 films ant TV shows. He is also a member of the Guild of Music Supervisors.
