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Consulting & Investment Advisory
Palisady Asia Pacific is a creative consultancy offering investment and specialist advisory services in the areas of music rights and digital business. With over 20 years experience, Palisady possesses unique insights into the current workings of the digital music industry.
NEWS
Palisady Attends Singapore’s Music Matters
Great to be involved in conversations and gain actionable insights around Publishing, Streaming/Platforms, Marketing, Live/Touring and Artist Management plus Web3/NFT, only at All That Matters 2022! In its 17th year, All That Matters returned with thousands of delegates and fans connecting with 180 speakers appearing on 5 stages in 2 [...]
Palisady presents at NSW Govt Sparkfest
Great to be involved with the Australian Institute of Music - iHUB and NSW Govt's Sparkfest last night, moderating a panel on new industry models for developing artists and alternative startup ideas. The panel did a great job in; - contrasting old and existing models around signing to labels and [...]
What the Music Industry can Learn From the Startup Sector
Imagine an artist, manager, publisher and label as co-founders of a company - startup style. The incentives of all players are aligned. Equity vests over time as it's earned. Everyone's mindset is growth or valuation focused rather than cashflow driven. What a different world! This is only one of many [...]
Australian Music Startup Amplifier
Super excited to let you know the first ever Australian Music Startup Amplifier was a big success this week. A huge thank you to those of you that were able to be part of it – Alli from Jaxsta, David from Dolby, Matt from LiSTNR, Jaddan from Unified and Side [...]
Gavin Parry appointed Partner in Bell Partners Music Investment
Very excited to announce my appointment as a Partner at Bell Partners from 1 May 2022. Bell Partners is Global Music and Entertainment investment company based out of Sweden, which recently partnered with Courage Capital out of Nashville. With a unique business model, Bell Partners also provides a range of [...]
FIREFLY ENTERTAINMENT PARTNERS WITH TSX ENTERTAINMENT IN NEW YORK
Palisady provides strategic advice to Firefly Entertainment, recently dubbed the most powerful instrumental label globally. The future is here, and we are proud to announce Firefly Entertainment as one of the partners and investors of TSX Entertainment in New York, one of the most exciting and innovative happenings in the [...]
ABOUT
Palisady Asia Pacific is a creative consultancy offering investment and specialist advisory services in the areas of music rights and digital business.
Headed by Gavin Parry, a Senior Digital Music Executive with over 20 years experience in the Asia Pacific region, Palisady offers unique insights into the disrupted, dynamic and agile music industry.
ABOUT GAVIN
Gavin has extensive experience in the music industry having worked with Sony Music for 20 years. He recently held an Executive Vice President Role with Sony Music in Asia Pacific for 9 years leading large teams for both Digital and Business Development across the region in Middle East, Subcontinent, Greater China, Korea and Southeast Asia.
He has strong knowledge of the Asian region and has been involved in music licensing, mergers and acquisitions, business development, digital marketing and finance at a senior level. He created and established the joint venture label with Tencent Music called Liquid State and has closed numerous deals for Sony Music across Asia including the widely publicised acquisition of Korean label KQ Entertainment. He is a regular speaker and panellist at such significant industry events such as Spikes Asia and All That Matters.
He was employed by Ernst & Young early in his career working in business and corporate finance divisions in Australia and Eastern Europe.
Currently a partner in Music Investment and Digital Advisory Palisady Asia Pacific, Gavin has an MBA qualification from the Macquarie Graduate School of Business, holds a Bachelor of Commerce, and is a member of the Australian Chartered Accountants.
Gavin also held the position of Chairman of the Digital Committee for the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for a period of eight years.