Solving a Problem

Nov. 15, 2017

Dennis Murcia shares his insights and experiences with innovation and Latin music. He shares how innovation is “solving a problem” and how it creates growing pains in traditional industry sectors.

Guest: Dennis Murcia, Global Business Dev. and Digital Strategy, CODISCOS

Dennis Murcia is an entertainment industry executive and producer with a background in A&R, marketing, and media sales. He has held positions at KRBE radio and Telemundo TV in Houston, and was international production consultant for Caracol radio, a network with stations in Colombia, Chile and France (now CADENA SER from Spain) as well as Clear Channel Broadcasting (now iHeart Media). He was Pop and Rock A&R for Sony Music, where he developed global multi-platinum artist Shakira. Has produced albums for Sony Music, Universal Music, Univision, Codiscos, Fuentes, and many independent artists. He currently holds a position as Global Business Dev. and Digital Strategy for CODISCOS, one of the oldest independent music labels in the America’s. Dennis is also a three-time Latin Grammy nominee as engineer and executive producer.


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