Once upon a time

Music was still in the background

We started out as a technical provider of background music for restaurants and spas. Music didn’t remain ‘background’ for long. Two decades of working with music has attracted brilliant music thinkers and creatives to our company. Today, we are a leading music consultancy in North America, helping clients across the globe create distinctive sensory experiences through strategic and creative use of music.

A giving spirit

At the heart of our company is a mission to elevate the human experience. It is evidenced in what we do for clientele, how we care for people, and why we contribute to local community, including these amazing organizations and initiatives:

• Alzheimer Society Toronto
• Canadian Blood Services
• Canadian Cancer Society
• Canadian Music Therapy Fund
• Ceol Kids
• Chai Lifeline Canada
• Charity: water
• City of Hope (through The Cheesecake Factory Oscar and Evelyn Overton Charitable Foundation)
• Community Music Schools of Toronto
• Creative Visions
• Daily Bread Food Bank
• Diabetes Canada
• Dixon Hall Neighbourhood Services
• Doane Uschool
• Don’t Furry, Be Happy Animal Rescue
• Harmony Project
• MusiCounts
• Optimist
• Rancho Relaxo
• Right to Play
• The Daily Bread Food Bank
• The 482 Collective
• Unity Charity
• Yonge Street Mission

audio iconDigging deeper

455

years of industry experience

25

% female board of directors

17

charities supported

15

awards

3

office locations

1,282,450

artists & counting

100,144

labels & counting

23,567,486

songs & counting

132

weekly clementines consumption

52,837

pieces of jigsaw puzzle connected

Hearts & minds marching to one beat

Glorious like a completed jigsaw puzzle

Our diverse team is united by boundless enthusiasm for music, unwavering desire to create deeper experiences through music, and insatiable thirst for new sounds. The mutual love and knowledge of music is evidently woven into everything we produce, including passion editorial projects such as RX Music Editorial – an online music magazine.

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Our people

 

Music Programming Clerk
Aaliah Frazer

Favourite lyrics

You will find peace of mind if you look way down in your heart and soul. Don’t hesitate ‘cause the world seems cold. Stay young at heart and you never will grow old

Personal anthem

That’s The Way Of The World - New York Voices

Aaliah Frazer

Licensing Administrator
Alex Baigent

Favourite lyrics

My lifestyle determines my deathstyle.

Personal anthem

Plainsong - The Cure

Alex Baigent

Managing Director
Alex Rizhanovsky

Favourite lyrics

I got a letter from the government the other day. I opened and read it. It said they were suckers.

Personal anthem

Don't Believe The Hype - Public Enemy

Alex Rizhanovsky

Senior Software Developer
Ali Hus

Favourite lyrics

It was a big big world, but we thought we were bigger.

Personal anthem

Maybe Tomorrow - Stereophonics

Ali Hus

Senior Project Manager
Allan Lindsay

Favourite lyrics

If you want to change the world, shut your mouth and start this minute.

Personal anthem

High Hopes - Pink Floyd

Allan Lindsay

Support Technician
Allen Forth

Favourite lyrics

Sweet bitter words, unlike nothing I have heard. Sing along mocking bird, you don't affect me.

Personal anthem

Little Too Close (feat. Veronika Redd) - WRLD

Allen Forth

UX Designer
Alona Meleshko

Favourite lyrics

And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it’s sinking

Personal anthem

Something Just Like This - Coldplay

Alona Meleshko

Project Coordinator & Support Technician
Alvin Aranas

Favourite lyrics

Then one day you find, ten years have got behind you. No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.

Personal anthem

Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

Alvin Aranas

Quality Assurance Analyst
Amir Zarafshan

Favourite lyrics

Look into my eyes you will see, what you mean to me. Search your heart search your soul and when you find me there you'll search no more.

Personal anthem

Unforgiven ll - Metallica

Amir Zarafshan

Graphic Designer
Andre Grant

Favourite lyrics

I've been hard in the paint, not a single assist.

Personal anthem

Obstacle 1 - Interpol

Andre Grant

Senior Music Consultant
Annie Hemming

Favourite lyrics

What you gonna do now? Whatever I want to do. Gosh! It's cool now.

Personal anthem

Modern Girl - Sleater Kinney

Annie Hemming

Director of Music Programming
Ben Birchard

Favourite lyrics

Gotta kick at the darkness 'till it bleeds daylight.

Personal anthem

Wildflowers - Tom Petty

Ben Birchard

Project Manager
Ben Figueiredo

Favourite lyrics

Sun is shining, the weather is sweet. Make you want to move your dancing feet

Personal anthem

We Don’t Know What Tomorrow Brings - The Smile

Ben Figueiredo

Chief Information Officer
Brian Binstock

Favourite lyrics

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Personal anthem

Iron Man - Black Sabbath

Brian Binstock

Support Technician
Carlos Claro

Favourite lyrics

Look at the sky tonight, all of the stars have a reason. A reason to shine, a reason like mine, and I’m fallin’ to pieces.

Personal anthem

Star Shopping - Lil Peep

Carlos Claro

Director of Finance
Carrie J.E. Messineo

Favourite lyrics

Drove me like a magnet... to the sea.

Personal anthem

Free - Rudimental feat. Emeli Sande

Carrie J.E. Messineo

Senior Account Manager
Chris Muttart

Favourite lyrics

When the chips are down, I'll be around with my undying, death defying love for you. Envy will hurt itself. Let yourself be beautiful. This time we go sublime. Lovers entwine, divine divine. Love is danger, love is pleasure. Love is pure, the only treasure.

Personal anthem

We Are The Champions - Queen

Chris Muttart

Head of Programming
Craig Clemens

Favourite lyrics

The best song wasn't the single, but you weren't either.

Personal anthem

Still Got A Way To Fall - Nicole Willis

Craig Clemens

Senior Audio/Video Editor
Dan Gassner

Favourite lyrics

The same adults who told you to fill your heart with dreams as a child, as you grow older, they nag you repeatedly to face reality. Don't let the bastards who can't believe in anything but the commonplace ideas in their own heads lead you on a dance. Dance how you want.

Personal anthem

Portrait of Tracy - Jaco Pastorius

Dan Gassner

Senior Accountant
Elsie Zhang

Favourite lyrics

Don't give up. Be proud of who you are.

Personal anthem

Don't Give Up - Peter Gabriel

Elsie Zhang

Chief Financial Officer
Ely Kleiman

Favourite lyrics

I've been waiting for this moment all my life.

Personal anthem

Mr. Saxobeat - Alexandra Stan

Ely Kleiman

Music Programming Administrative Assistant
Emily Blaney

Favourite lyrics

Oh there ain't no love no, montagues or capulets. Just banging tunes 'n' DJ sets 'n' dirty dance floors and dreams of naughtiness!

Personal anthem

5 Minute - Beoga

Emily Blaney

Purchasing Manager
Eric Leung

Favourite lyrics

Imagine all the people living life in peace.

Personal anthem

Lean on me - Bill Withers

Eric Leung

Director of Software Engineering
Evgeniy Levakhin

Favourite lyrics

La la la la la la la na na na na na.

Personal anthem

Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd

Evgeniy Levakhin

Audio/Video Editor
Favian Velastegui

Favourite lyrics

You desire the better things in life, otherwise you wouldn't be listening to this record.

Personal anthem

Can't Stop Dancing (Original Mix) - Outcold

Favian Velastegui

President & CEO
Gina Awdish

Favourite lyrics

And you know that she's half crazy, but that's why you want to be there.

Personal anthem

(Don’t) Give a Hate a Chance – Jamiroquai

Gina Awdish

Music Curator
Isabel Ross

Favourite lyrics

People talk so much s*** about me at barbershops, they forget to get their hair cut.

Personal anthem

When You Were Young - The Killers

Isabel Ross

Director of Business Development
Jake Yakobi

Favourite lyrics

Never you take natty meekness for weakness; if it were an eye for an eye, half the world would be blind.

Personal anthem

Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder

Jake Yakobi

VP Finance
Jamee Mouro

Favourite lyrics

Living is easy with eyes closed. Misunderstanding all you see.

Jamee Mouro

Music Consultant
Jamie Gemuend

Favourite lyrics

Nobody feels cold in the winter gardens.

Personal anthem

Messages From Her - Sabrina Claudio

Jamie Gemuend

Senior Music Consultant
Jonathan Knox

Favourite lyrics

Well you can keep tomorrow, after tonight we're not gonna need it.

Personal anthem

This is a Call - Foo Fighters

Jonathan Knox

Business Development Associate
Julian Rizhanovsky

Favourite lyrics

Last name "ever", first name "greatest".

Personal anthem

All Star - Smash Mouth

Julian Rizhanovsky

Software Developer
Kevin Farmer

Favourite lyrics

Na na na na, bop shoo wop shoo wop.

Personal anthem

Nice ‘N’ Neat - The Boomtown Rats

Kevin Farmer

Music Programming Administrator
Kyle Grounds

Favourite lyrics

I spend my days with all my friends. They're the ones on whom my life depends. I'm gonna miss them when the series ends.

Personal anthem

Sound Chaser - Yes

Kyle Grounds

Office Administrator
Laura Carinci

Favourite lyrics

I want to say I lived each day until I die, and know that I meant something in somebody's life. The hearts I have touched will be the proof that I leave, that I made a difference, and this world will see I was here.

Personal anthem

I Was Here - Beyoncé

Laura Carinci

Technical Support Manager
Leo Khramtsov

Favourite lyrics

What I've felt, what I've known, never shined through in what I've shown. Never be. Never see. Won't see what might have been.

Personal anthem

Nothing Else Matters - Metallica

Leo Khramtsov

Music Consultant
Lindsay Bell

Favourite lyrics

There ain’t no party like my nana’s tea party

Personal anthem

Back In The Day – Erykah Badu

Lindsay Bell

Junior Developer
Lucas Boulanger

Favourite lyrics

Well, the years start coming and they don't stop coming.

Personal anthem

You Make My Dreams - Hall & Oates

Lucas Boulanger

Music Programming Clerk
Marite Tshani

Favourite lyrics

It’s a miracle, we can breathe

Personal anthem

Video - India Arie

Marite Tshani

Music Consultant
Matt Lipson

Favourite lyrics

Let’s go for a drive, and see the town tonight. There’s nothing to do but I don’t mind when I’m with you.

Personal anthem

Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright – Bob Dylan

Matt Lipson

Music Consultant
Megan Griffith

Favourite lyrics

Blessings all pon mi life and Mi thank God fi di journey, di earnings a jus fi di plus (yeah) Gratitude is a must (yeah)

Personal anthem

Famalay - Skinny Fabulous, Machel Montano, Bunji Garlin

Megan Griffith

Music Programming Clerk
Michael LoRe

Favourite lyrics

Now everything I'm not, made me everything I am.

Personal anthem

Make the Road By Walking - Menahan Street Band

Michael LoRe

Music Consultant
Michael Primiani

Favourite lyrics

London bridge is safe and sound, no matter what you keep repeating Nothing's gonna drag me down, to a death that's not worth cheating

Personal anthem

Reckoner – Radiohead

Michael Primiani

Operations Manager
Ping Woo

Favourite lyrics

Now I know I have met an angel in person and she looks perfect.

Personal anthem

Perfect - Ed Sheeran

Ping Woo

Production Manager
Regan McDonnell

Favourite lyrics

We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one.

Personal anthem

Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy - The Kinks

Regan McDonnell

Senior Support Technician
Richmond Bugyei-twum

Favourite lyrics

Don't settle for less. Even the genius asks his questions be grateful for blessings, don't ever change, keep your essence the power is in the people and politics we address always do your best, don't let the pressure make you panic.

Personal anthem

Raindrops - Simple Life Gang ft. Andre Marc

Richmond Bugyei-twum

Vice President, Sales
Ron Hynning

Favourite lyrics

We will keep on fighting to the end because there is no time for losing.

Personal anthem

Fat Bottom Girls - Queen

Ron Hynning

Product Manager
Ross Logan

Favourite lyrics

It's hip to be square.

Personal anthem

Purple Rain - Prince

Ross Logan

Office Administrator
Sachia Leon

Favourite lyrics

The truth is you're beautiful, beautiful.

Personal anthem

Diamonds - Rihanna

Sachia Leon

Music Programming Manager
Sam Applebaum

Favourite lyrics

One good thing about music, when it hits you feel no pain.

Personal anthem

With A Little Help From My Friends - The Beatles

Sam Applebaum

Music Consultant
Sam Dharmasena

Favourite lyrics

I bottle up and then spill it in verses / One day, I'm wordless, next day, I'm a wordsmith.

Personal anthem

Recharge - July 7

Sam Dharmasena

QA Tester
Sasha Graber

Favourite lyrics

Don't change the way you are.

Personal anthem

Playboi Carti - Long Time (Intro)

Sasha Graber

Senior Support Technician
Sean Soroka

Favourite lyrics

Reach for the stars so if you fall you land on a cloud.

Personal anthem

Take On Me - a-ha

Sean Soroka

Music Consultant
Sena Cheung

Favourite lyrics

Your name is a triangle, your heart is a square.

Personal anthem

The Boss - Diana Ross

Sena Cheung

Senior Music Consultant
Steve Panacci

Favourite lyrics

This world is rough, and if a man's gonna make it, he's gotta be tough.

Personal anthem

Born Free - Kid Rock

Steve Panacci

Software Developer
Taha Mirza

Favourite lyrics

You are impossible, but I'm caught up in the fire, wedged between the wires.

Personal anthem

Champion of Destruction - Naoko Mitome ft. Chika Sekigawa

Taha Mirza

Music Consultant
Tia Andriani

Favourite lyrics

Who said that every wish would be heard and answered, when wished on the morning star? Somebody thought of that and someone believed it. Look what it's done so far.

Personal anthem

Conga - Gloria Estefan

Tia Andriani

Support Technician
Tony Jiang

Favourite lyrics

Hey, You know it's not too late for us to make a change. You gotta listen to your heart what does it say?

Personal anthem

Out of Time - The Weeknd

Tony Jiang

Support Technician
Travis Bradbury

Favourite lyrics

Long-head ice-cold beer never broke my heart.

Personal anthem

Midnight Train To Memphis - Kid Rock

Travis Bradbury

Vice President, Business Partnerships
Uri Burstein

Favourite lyrics

It's the eye of the tiger. It's the thrill of the fight. Rising up to the challenge of our rival. And the last known survivor. Stalks his prey in the night. And he's watching us all with the eye of the tiger.

Personal anthem

Forever Young - Alphaville

Uri Burstein

Senior Account Administrator
Vincent De Jesus

Favourite lyrics

I don't like how serious they take themselves, I've always been me I guess I know myself.

Personal anthem

Sky's The Limit - The Notoroius B.I.G.

Vincent De Jesus

Support Technician
Vincent Lau

Favourite lyrics

You'll find another life to live, You'll get over it.

Personal anthem

Ric Flair Drip - Offset

Vincent Lau

Senior Music Consultant
Zack Mcnair

Favourite lyrics

You want it all, but you can't have it.

Personal anthem

Everlong - Foo Fighters

Zack Mcnair

Account Administrator
Zoe Rizhanovsky

Favourite lyrics

Burn bright, burn fast.

Personal anthem

Sweet Disposition - The Temper Trap

Zoe Rizhanovsky

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