Brooke Wentz is a Billboard Music Award–winning music producer, music supervisor, and former radio host who founded Seven Seas Music and the Rights Workshop. She is a leading expert on music copyrights and former ESPN music director. Her books include Hey! That’s My Music: Music Supervision, Licensing, and Content Acquisition (2007) and Music Rights Unveiled: A Filmmaker’s Guide to Music Rights and Licensing (2017).
Since her WKCR radio show in the eighties, Brooke Wentz has been an inspiring explorer of global music and has also remained a devoted and curious fan, always looking for new sounds in diverse countries and cultures. Her excitement vibrates on every page of this engrossing read. Enjoy Brooke’s journey! -- Chris Watson, founding member of Cabaret Voltaire The avant-garde artists Brooke Wentz so adeptly interviewed in the 1980s reveal how music of that decade defied genre limitations and categorization, introduced fresh perspectives and explored sounds as no one had before, truly transfiguring not only New York, but creative culture worldwide. There are rich stories here, informing how we listen today. -- Howard Mandel, author of <i>Miles Ornette Cecil: Jazz Beyond Jazz</i> and <i>Future Jazz</i> This book is a one-of-a-kind account of one of the most exhilarating and inventive periods for art and culture in New York City's history. * NYS Music * My mind was blown on almost every page of this engaging, near-exhaustive collection. -- Mat Smith * Further *