Javier Portugués
Specialty
Music Industry, Artistic Direction for Record Labels and Publishing.
Training
Bachelor of Laws, Specific courses in interpretation of Music contracts and Intellectual Property, Courses in Leadership Techniques and Public Speaking, Course in audiobook direction.
Career path
Professional musician between 1988 and 1998. A&R (art direction) in both publishing and recording since then at companies: BMG Ediciones Musicales Ariola SA, Warner Music Spain, Columbia Records España (Sony), Universal Music Publishing Spain and in the last two decades: Sony Music Entertainment España SL
Member of the Board of Directors of the General Society of Authors and Publishers (SGAE) and of the Spanish Music Academy.
Subjects and workshops
MABUS – Master in Music Business. Music Industry. Curriculum design of the entire master, directly teaching the modules of Record Label and Publishing Management, Music Rights, Label Copy Creation, Artistic Management…
Research lines
Collective Management of Rights related to music.