TypeMusic Licensing, Music Supervision, Music Publishing IndustryMusic Industry, Entertainment Industry HeadquartersNew York City, New York Key peopleJonathan Finegold, CEO
David Drucker, Director - Music Licensing
Gary Lubansky, Manager - Music Licensing
Emilee Morgan, Associate - TV Licensing
Roeland Gijsens, European Affairs.
Fine Gold Music is a music firm based in NYC founded in 2002 by Jonathan Finegold.
FGM focuses on music licensing for advertisements, films, TV projects, movie trailers and video games. They also provide music supervision, consultation and A&R capacities in projects ranging from feature films, ad campaigns to Billboard charting albums.
Catalog/Representation
Artists Including:
George Clinton
Funkadelic
Jackie Wilson
The Chi-Lites
Ohio Players
Ellie Lawson
Biz Markie
Hot Hot Heat
Fat Joe
Anderson .Paak
Kid-N-Play
William Onyeabor
Vian Izak
Labels/Catalogs including:
Westbound Records
Ace Records
K-Tel International
Fania Records
Fierce Panda
Greensleeves
Brunswick
Luaka Bop
Sunday Best
Cumbancha
Spinnin' Records
Empire Distribution
Vohnic Music LLC
In the past, Fine Gold's management division represents top Hip Hop, Reggae, Reggaeton, Dancehall and R&B producers both domestically and internationally including Steven "Lenky" Marsden who was a co-writer on Sean Paul's hit Get Busy along with many other notable singles and albums.
Selected placements
TV
Shameless
Fresh Off the Boat
Breaking Bad
Entourage
Hard Times of RJ Berger
Orange is the New Black
Chuck
Gossip Girl
Mad Men
Eastbound & Down
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Homeland
Nashville
Red Oaks
Power
Modern Family
Legends
CSI: Miami
Ray Donovan
Dating Naked
Atlanta
West World
Lethal Weapon
Narcos
Ballers
Film
Boyhood
The Butler
Furious 7
Moneyball
Vacation
St. Vincent
The Wrestler
Zero Dark Thirty
Fury
Scream 4
Fast Five
Friends With Benefits
Arthur (2011) (Trailer)
The Green Hornet
Lottery TIcket
Keanu
The Big Short
Concussion
Advertising
Apple
Miller Lite
Nike
Hyundai
Microsoft
Harley Davidson
Cadillac
DC Shoes
Guinness
Pontiac
Blackberry
Bailey's
Kraft Philly Cream Cheese
Sears
Honest Tea
Ursus Vodka
VINCE
Citi Bank
Google
Jeep
Macy's
Video Games
Crackdown 2
Fifa 2010
Fifa Street
Candy Crush
Saint's Row
Madden 2009
Owner/Founder
Jonathan Finegold has been a NYC club promoter and DJ (The World, Save The Robots, Palladium, MK, Milky Way), and radio host (WNYU), and journalist (CMJ). He was the co-founder and organizer of the New Music Seminar’s DJ & MC Battle for World Supremacy. At WNYU he interviewed acts such as LL Cool J, Public Enemy, X, The Ramones, Mantronix and KRS-One. At The World he promoted shows for the likes of Schooly D, Biz Markie, and Heavy D. In the 1980s he was a fixture on the Manhattan club scene and was responsible for helping bring hip-hop to the Downtown scene.
He is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Clive Davis School of Recorded Music at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and a former instructor at SUNY Oneonta and guest lecturer at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and Baruch College in New York City. Mr. Finegold holds both a bachelor's degree in accounting and finance and a master's degree in arts administration, from New York University (Stern and Steinhardt). He is currently a member of the Dance Music Hall of Fame and is a voting member of NARAS (Grammy).