Tastemakers Family with Skitbags Crew at Startup Grinds Hollywood, California event!

Tastemakers Family with the crew from Skitbags celebrate after CEO’s Ian McDonell + Emil Garner are interviewed as the feature speakers at Startup Grinds Hollywood, California event.

How to Produce + Monetize Content for Podcasts and Digital Radio with Tastemaker

Tastemakers Media is a full-service production company, bringing A-list and rising broadcast talent to radio. Having tremendous growth after signing on to produce Kevin Hart's Sirius XM talk show “Straight From The Hart” on Laugh Out Loud Radio, founders Emil Garner and Ian McDonell will share their creative process of creating branded content to monetize their Dash and Sirius platforms.

SPEAKERS
Emil Garner - Emil Garner is co-founder of Tastemakers Media and hails from Westchester County, New York. Prior to his current role as a media entrepreneur and producer, Garner held positions at Paradigm and Lions Gate. Garner also launched IDES Entertainment, a film fund & production company with Lithium Werks co-wner and investor Petter Kleppan and feature film producer Scott Seegmiller.

Ian McDonell - Ian McDonell, co-founder of Tastemakers Media, also serves as an investor and advisor for Club Monarch in his native home of San Francisco. AKA DJ Havoc, Ian was the tour DJ for The Cataracs, Dev, and The Pack. Mainstream success with songs Bass Down Low, In The Dark and Like A G6 led him to perform and tour globally with the likes of Kesha, Usher, LMFAO, Black Eyed Peas, Bruno Mars and T Pain.