Music Under Management (Mum)™ has been organized to provide:

Rich holds a Master's degree in Music from the Eastman School of Music and has built one of the most complete careers in the American music industry as a working songwriter, arranger, orchestrator, studio musician, and producer with hundreds of credits, and as a music supervisor for film and television. His executive career spans Aldon Music, ASCAP, Columbia Records, EB Marx Music, Elektra Records, and Satellite/Stax Records. The through-line of that career is rare: Rich has always been both the artist and the administrator, the creator and the strategist.

Steven is an attorney at law specializing in copyright and tax law, with extensive experience in the international representation of music rights. He has authored published legal books and articles on music law and film law, and teaches intellectual property law at Zeppelin University in Germany. As a musician himself, Steven brings to the legal dimension of MuM's work an understanding that goes beyond statute and precedent: he knows what creators stand to lose when rights are mismanaged, and structures every agreement accordingly.

Mitch holds a Master's degree in Music from the University of North Texas and came to the business side of the industry as a practitioner: a working arranger, producer, and studio musician who understood production music from the inside before he began building the institutions that would define it. He is the co-founder of X-Ray Dog Music and served as Senior Vice President of BMG Production Music — two of the most significant roles in the production music genre's history. At MuM, he brings an unmatched commercial network and a musician's instinct for what makes a catalog endure.

Deborah is a working songwriter as well as a seasoned music executive — and that dual perspective is central to how she works. With more than 25 years of experience in music licensing, original music creation, and new business development, she is the commercial engine of MuM's sync practice and the driving force behind a client roster that includes some of the world's most recognized brands. When Deborah champions a placement, she does so with the understanding of someone who has also been on the creative side of that conversation. Her work has been recognized with Clio Gold, Shots Americas Gold, and LIA Gold awards, among others.

The week he turned 16, Weston Pagano walked into the radio station of a local university he did not attend and signed up to DJ his own show. Now based in New York, he brings a decade of music supervision, production, and licensing experience from both sides of the industry, with previous roles at Leo Burnett, BMG, and Marmoset.