Industry credits: Netflix, Paramount, Nickelodeon, Amazon Prime, Spotify, Youtube, SpinMASTER, Paw Patrol, Hulu, Moonbug, Cocomelon, Blippi, ROBLOX, Sirius FM and more. I've been a music producer for over 15 years. Working out of my own professional studio I've had the pleasure of producing numerous artists and bands, helping them to take their music to the next level. I also hold a law degree and qualifications in project management. In 2021 I was given the opportunity to utilise my music and project management skillset with Moonbug Entertainment, where I progressed rapidly gaining invaluable industry experience in both Creative and Production roles, creating content for Film, TV, Brands, DSP's and more. In 2021 alone, I produced 27 albums for major brands, drawing on my strengths in project management and my music skillset. I have a proven track record of working on the biggest children's brands in the world, managing and steering several core and pilot projects through to successful completion and delivery. Here are a few: * Paw Patrol Music Videos * Cocomelon Albums * Blippi Albums * Nursery Rhymes 123 Albums * Blippi Podcast * Blippi Youtube Music Videos * Blippi Gameshow * Blippi ROBLOX - Gaming Measurable Results as of September 2024: Aggregately, my content has helped to generate; 168.5 billion YouTube views, 2.3 billion Netflix views, reached 5 million Instagram users and 21.4 million Facebook users.* In 2023, my Blippi content alone helped to generate; 39.4 billion YouTube views, 512.8 million Netflix views, 761k Instagram followers.* *Source - Avalon Data Management - Moonbug. In 2024, my music projects for Paw Patrol have seen an 80% increase in organic non-advertisement led YouTube views alone. I've been extremely fortunate to have worked with and built an extensive network of composers, engineers, writers, executives, artists and industry professionals. I'm looking forward to the next challenge! Thanks for taking the time to read about me. Rich…

Richard Smyke

Industry credits: Netflix, Paramount, Nickelodeon, Amazon Prime, Spotify, Youtube, SpinMASTER, Paw Patrol, Hulu, Moonbug, Cocomelon, Blippi, ROBLOX, Sirius FM and more. I've been a music producer for over 15 years. Working out of my own professional studio I've had the pleasure of producing numerous artists and bands, helping them to take their music to the next level. I also hold a law degree and qualifications in project management. In 2021 I was given the opportunity to utilise my music and project management skillset with Moonbug Entertainment, where I progressed rapidly gaining invaluable industry experience in both Creative and Production roles, creating content for Film, TV, Brands, DSP's and more. In 2021 alone, I produced 27 albums for major brands, drawing on my strengths in project management and my music skillset. I have a proven track record of working on the biggest children's brands in the world, managing and steering several core and pilot projects through to successful completion and delivery. Here are a few: * Paw Patrol Music Videos * Cocomelon Albums * Blippi Albums * Nursery Rhymes 123 Albums * Blippi Podcast * Blippi Youtube Music Videos * Blippi Gameshow * Blippi ROBLOX - Gaming Measurable Results as of September 2024: Aggregately, my content has helped to generate; 168.5 billion YouTube views, 2.3 billion Netflix views, reached 5 million Instagram users and 21.4 million Facebook users.* In 2023, my Blippi content alone helped to generate; 39.4 billion YouTube views, 512.8 million Netflix views, 761k Instagram followers.* *Source - Avalon Data Management - Moonbug. In 2024, my music projects for Paw Patrol have seen an 80% increase in organic non-advertisement led YouTube views alone. I've been extremely fortunate to have worked with and built an extensive network of composers, engineers, writers, executives, artists and industry professionals. I'm looking forward to the next challenge! Thanks for taking the time to read about me. Rich…

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Industry credits: Netflix, Paramount, Nickelodeon, Amazon Prime, Spotify, Youtube,
SpinMASTER, Paw Patrol, Hulu, Moonbug, Cocomelon, Blippi, ROBLOX, Sirius FM and
more.

I’ve been a music producer for over 15 years. Working out of my own professional studio I’ve had the pleasure of producing numerous artists and bands, helping them to take their music to the next level.

I also hold a law degree and qualifications in project management.

In 2021 I was given the opportunity to utilise my music and project management skillset with Moonbug Entertainment, where I progressed rapidly gaining invaluable industry experience in both Creative and Production roles, creating content for Film, TV, Brands, DSP’s and more.
In 2021 alone, I produced 27 albums for major brands, drawing on my strengths in project management and my music skillset.
I have a proven track record of working on the biggest children’s brands in the world, managing and steering several core and pilot projects through to successful completion
and delivery. Here are a few:

  • Paw Patrol Music Videos
  • Cocomelon Albums
  • Blippi Albums
  • Nursery Rhymes 123 Albums
  • Blippi Podcast
  • Blippi Youtube Music Videos
  • Blippi Gameshow
  • Blippi ROBLOX - Gaming

Measurable Results as of September 2024: Aggregately, my content has helped to generate; 168.5 billion YouTube views, 2.3 billion Netflix views, reached 5 million Instagram users and 21.4
million Facebook users.*
In 2023, my Blippi content alone helped to generate; 39.4 billion YouTube views, 512.8
million Netflix views, 761k Instagram followers.*
*Source - Avalon Data Management - Moonbug.

In 2024, my music projects for Paw Patrol have seen an 80% increase in organic non-advertisement led YouTube views alone.
I’ve been extremely fortunate to have worked with and built an extensive network of composers, engineers, writers, executives, artists and industry professionals.

I’m looking forward to the next challenge!

Thanks for taking the time to read about me.

Rich

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Senior Music Executive - Brand Partnerships at Moonbug
November 11, 2023 - March 16, 2025
In the Brand Partnerships wing of Moonbug I manage our contract with SpinMASTER. This is a large project which requires management of several pipelines and brands running simultaneously. My main duties include: * Managing an in-house team of creative executives to deliver projects. * Overseeing all aspects of content at production stages. * Establishing communication processes between internal/external teams. * Ensuring quality standards of deliverables. * Creating schedules and setting timelines/scope for content delivery. * Overseeing contracts/castings/budgets. * Interpreting client briefs for the music production team. * Attending senior meetings with clients. * Maintaining client relationships. * Driving projects forward to meet deadlines. This is a multi-faceted role which requires me to be both client-facing and work with multiple internal/external teams
Senior Music Executive at Moonbug Entertainment Ltd
June 16, 2026 - Present
Music Executive at Moonbug Entertainment Ltd
November 10, 2021 - January 5, 2023
The promotion to Music Executive encompassed my previous duties on the Cocomelon and Blippi brands and extended them to work on our Nursery Rhymes 123 and Mia's Magic Playground brands, where I was also involved in: At this time, music strategy was heavily driven by increased cadence which enabled us to outsource more work, this enabled me to further develop skills managing and maintaining 3rd party and stakeholder relationships, cross-team working, budget management and contract negotiation. My role and responsibilities on the Blippi brand also continued to develop and I was given the opportunity to develop the sound of a spin-off brand - Meekah. This involved leading composers to refine a specific sound bank that we would use
Music Production Co-ordinator at Moonbug Entertainment Ltd
February 2, 2021 - November 10, 2021
I was hired to work on our two biggest brands - Cocomelon and Blippi My role was to manage the music production process for these brands within Moonbug's newly formed partnerships with Spotify and other DSP's This was a development role and my initial projected cadence was to produce 5 to 8 songs per week however, as the true workload was quantified my cadence very quickly rose to production of 160 songs per week By the end of 2021 I had produced 27 albums for Moonbug My daily duties included: I also managed our in-house talent base for audio related matters such as: •Writing creative briefs for songs Meeting with Senior Creative Leadership and Music Label Leadership to plan/ideate upcoming content delivery and correlate release strategy of songs and albums • • Developing skeletons and lyrics for composers Managing the music production process including; creating music 'skeletons', directing composers and feeding back to them on composition/arrangement/lyrics/appropriateness/brand awareness, directing vocal sessions, comping and audio editing, providing direction and feedback to mixing/mastering engineers, quality checking and approval of final music masters • • Planning/scheduling of albums and artist availability to record • Assigning artists to record songs including individual song lines/sections • Directing vocal sessions • All Payments and invoicing Alongside the Creative duties of this role, I was also responsible for all of the Production duties, this included: Allocating budget • to freelancers •Managing freelancers contracts and rates of pay Handling all communication with freelancers and all third parties as the main point of contact • Use of Airtable to input metadata and all necessary information and music assets for the Label Team and Senior Creative Team • Airtable - used to update metadata (PRO's, lyricists, composers etc) on an ongoing basis • • Airtable - used to track progress and update Production and Creative teams alike • Also used to deliver assets to the Label Team Creating multiple trackers and schedules to monitor progress of music projects by song/album and weekly/monthly/annually • • Netsuite - used to create PO's for freelancers Creation and management of Google Drive spaces to create folders for all music projects both ongoing and completed • • This is where I would store and handle all music related and audio assets.
Music Producer at Richard Emberstone Music
February 2, 2005 - February 1, 2021
I have been producing music for 15 years + and have worked with artists/bands across multiple genres including; Pop, Urban, House, Dance, R&B, Soul, UK Garage etc as a songwriter/producer/composer. Being a singer definitely gives me an edge when working with vocalists and trying out new ideas or working out how a song should be phrased - I've also found that this makes the artists feel more comfortable and confident. Some of my clients include; The Arts Council, Dancebites Ltd, UDS dance company. DAW/Software use: Logic X. I hold an advanced diploma in Logic Music production and use this for all of my recording and production. I'm proficient in Native Instruments software and Waves, Izotope, Output, and Fab- Filter plugins, Rekordbox and most Pioneer DJ equipment. I operate from my acoustically treated home-based studio and can therefore operate remotely if need be. TRAINEE SOUND ENGINEER
DJ at Subbass Academy
June 16, 2026 - Present
DJing at clubs, public venues, private events. Providing music experiences for corporate events. Hosting private parties. Open format DJ, fully mobile with Pioneer decks, speaker system and lighting.

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