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Deborah Mannis-Gardner
Owner/President, DMG Clearances, Inc.
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Deborah Mannis-Gardner is the go-to expert for global music rights clearances, whether for samples for recordings; song usage in movies, television, and video games; or innovative applications such as the history of hip-hop Google Doodle. DMG Clearances, Inc., is known for clearing difficult copyrights from artists such as Led Zeppelin, Beatles, Prince, and AC/DC, as well as intricate multi-song mash-ups. Whatever she is working on, Deborah’s first goal is to educate the client about the value of music rights, and she takes great pride in aiming for the fairest deal for all parties involved.
After working for Diamond Time and RCA Records in the early 1990s, Deborah started DMG Clearances, Inc., in 1996, based out of Delaware. Her sample clearance skills quickly became legendary, and she has cleared releases for artists including Frank Ocean, Jay-Z, Macklemore, DJ Khaled, Kendrick Lamar, John Legend, Black Eyed Peas, Drake, Lil Wayne, Lady Gaga, Eminem, Rihanna, The Notorious B.I.G., U2, Nicki Minaj, Mariah Carey, Yela Wolf, and Beyoncé. She also handled Grands Rights clearance for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway sensation “Hamilton.”
Deborah’s featured film music clearances include Martin Scorsese’s “The Aviator”; Curtis Hanson’s “8 Mile,” “In Her Shoes,” and “Lucky You”; The Coen Brothers’ “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”; Richard Linklater’s “School Of Rock”; and Josh Fox’s “How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change.” She was the overall music supervisor for Allen Hughes’ HBO documentary about Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine, “The Defiant Ones,” for which she won the 2018 Best Music Supervision in a Docuseries or Reality Television award from the Guild of Music Supervisors, as well as the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Music Film.
She is an advisor to the new FOX music competition TV show “The Four: Battle for Stardom” and has also cleared songs for the network’s programs “Empire” and “Star.” Some of the many broadcast specials facilitated by DMG include concerts by Yolanda Adams, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Shakira, Beyoncé, and Rihanna as well as the HBO docuseries “G String Divas.” DMG has handled numerous projects for BET, including “Monica: Still Standing,” “Trey Songz: A Moment in Time,” and “The Michael Vick Project,” as well as their awards programs Sunday Best BET Awards, BET Hip Hop Awards, and BET Honors.
DMG also works regularly with Rockstar Games, Inc., clearing music usage for video games such as Grand Theft Auto V, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, The Warriors, Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition, Red Dead Redemption, LA Noir, and Max Payne. In addition, she helped bring designer Marc Eckō into the world of video games by clearing the music for “Marc Eckō’s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure” as well as 4mm Games’ “Def Jam Rapstar.” DMG has also acted as a consultant for other video game companies such as EA Entertainment and Activision.
Deborah has also been responsible for a variety of high-profile music syncs in major ad campaigns in the U.S. and around the globe. She has cleared music from Frank Sinatra for Ciroc’s campaign featuring Sean “Diddy” Combs; Nicki Minaj for Kmart’s Super Bowl spot promoting her fashion collection; Eminem, Lady Gaga, will.i.am, Robin Thicke, and Far East Movement for a series of Beats by Dre commercials promoting the company’s headphones, with one also premiering Eminem’s single “Berzerk”; and Common for a Lincoln Navigator commercial in which the rapper takes viewers on a tour of his Chicago hometown.
Deborah has begun to explore additional business opportunities, and in February 2018, she was announced as a partner and advisor to the Swedish digital music startup TrackLib.
Deborah has spoken at SXSW and CMJ, as well as at Temple University and Widener College. She was also named 2016 Entrepreneurial Woman of the Year by the New Castle County Chamber of Commerce (NCCCC) in Delaware. She is a graduate of Emerson College, where she studied stand-up comedy (one of her professors was Denis Leary). DMG Clearances, Inc., is a dog-friendly office, with Deborah’s own Dakota and Peyton leading the pack. She loves to explore new places, both within the U.S. and internationally, meeting the locals and collecting art as she goes.Janice Shreve
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Having been a teacher for over 20 years, Janice was frazzled and ready for something completely different. When offered the chance to become part of the DMG team in 2009, she quit her lifelong career and delved into the music sample clearance business! She has found a new home at DMG, though certainly not an unfamiliar one, as Deborah and Janice have known each other since early childhood. Janice’s attention to detail serves her well in contract administration and sample licensing. And, she has been pleasantly surprised that an old hippie-at-heart can love so many different genres of music!
Rachel Lefkowitz
Rachel earned a Bachelors Degree in Photography from the Art Institute of Boston in 2004. While photography is her first love, she decided to pursue other avenues while looking for a career. After bouncing around the Publishing industry for 9 years, Rachel was given an opportunity to join DMG in 2014, and has never looked back. In addition to photography, Rachel loves music, Halloween, adventures, laughing, and most of all, her dog, Loki.
Deborah Evans
Deborah Evans began working in the music publishing business in 1998 for Beebe Bourne at Bourne Co. representing a prestigious catalogue of standards such as “Me and My Shadow,” “Here’s That Rainy Day,” “Unforgettable,” and “When You Wish Upon a Star.” She later joined the staff of The Harry Fox Agency for several years, working in both the synchronization and the mechanical licensing departments. In 2002, she moved to Helene Blue Musique Ltd. as Director of Copyright and Licensing, managing all areas of copyright, licensing, and royalties for the company. Deborah later took on the responsibilities of Director of Publishing for Stray Dog Music, a Brooklyn-based company handling a growing and diverse catalogue of indie-rock, alt-country, rock-a-billy, jazz, pop, and hip-hop. She is now an independent music publisher of her own, having started Della Music Publishing LLC in August 2007, and represents Latin dance, R&B, and hip hop artists such as Vein, Redman, and Faith Evans. In 2009, Deborah Mannis-Gardner and DMG Clearances came into her life and since then, the fascinating and challenging world of clearing music for diverse projects such as films, tv, internet streaming, video, art installations, album compilations, and classical pieces sampling other music or literary works, became incorporated into her workday. A musician herself, Deborah holds a Master’s Degree in Harpsichord Performance from Montclair State University and also spent many years teaching piano and performing. She resides in New Orleans with her husband Joe and daughter Gianna.
Nicolle Johnson
Born and raised in Los Angeles California, Nicolle got her first start working on various music videos, films and popular sitcoms such as Brandy’s Moesha while attending Hamilton High performing arts academy. After graduation, Nicolle continued her education at California State University Northridge earning her Bachelors Degree in Communications, Cinema & Television. She landed her first career position in music publishing in 2005 with Universal Music Publishing Group. She gained a great deal of experience and knowledge assisting in various departments such as A&R, Royalties and ultimately accepting a permanent role within the Film & TV music clearance department as Coordinator, Music Clearance. In 2014, Nicolle started her new position at Warner Chappell Music as Manager, Synch Licensing, negotiating and licensing music clearance for very high profile writers and artists under the Warner catalog. Nicolle’s duration at UMPG and Warner was an unforgettable experience. Working on projects for Viacom Networks, Sony Pictures, NBC Universal, BET, Disney, Intl. commercials, various Films and TV productions. She frequented music awards, live tapings, concerts and met many talented artists along the way. After 13 years of working with two of the largest music publishers, Nicolle and her family took a leap of faith and moved across the country to South Florida. Here is where she decided to take her Music Industry expertise and open up her own Music Consulting office, NJ Music Clearance in 2018. In 2019, Nicolle was given an amazing opportunity to work with Deborah and her team as a consultant at DMG utilizing her passion for music and love for the industry. She currently resides in Sunny South Florida with her family, enjoying the beautiful beaches, art and music festivals, exploring the many different Caribbean foods and spending time with her family and friends.
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You have only one option: to convert the DMG file into.IPSW format.You simply cannot remove “DMG” extension from the file and replace it with “IPSW.” It doesn’t work that way — I have tried renaming DMG to IPSW extension which resulted in nothing but a waste of 25 minutes.
Music Clearance Consultant - Nicole Passon
Nicole Passon began her journey at DMG Clearances, Inc in November 2014 and is tremendously grateful for the incredible opportunity that she has encountered here! She has previously worked independently in the Wellness and Fitness Industry for over 17 years, the last several of which she has used as a catalyst to support her true passion, which is serving others through the power and beauty of music. Nicole manages two outstanding recording artists who have been working together for years creating a sound quality as well as a lyrical content that is foundationally unique and universally inspiring. Nicole still continues to work independently, sharing her concept, Simplicity of Self, (www.simplicityofself.com) where she works with individuals from all over the country by phone sharing simple concepts that support an individual's ability to relax into themselves, through self awareness, meditation, integrity and self acceptance.
Intern - Dani Friedman
Dani is so excited to have joined the DMG Clearances team in the summer of 2019. She is currently in her second year as a Music Business student at New York University, where she is a board member of the program and helps to keep it as one of the best in the country. She is also a member of the NYU Program Board, which organizes events and concerts on campus for the students and community. When she isn’t working at DMG, Dani loves going to concerts, booking shows around the New York City area, and spending time with her friends. She hopes that she can use her experience at DMG to really figure out what she wants to do in the music industry.
Intern - Victor Ogbuehi
Victor joined the DMG Clearances team at the end of 2018. In 2017 he graduated from Rutgers University, with a major in criminal justice and a minor in political science, before being accepted to Widener University Law School that same year. In his free time Victor enjoys writing poetry, boxing, and listening to music. He is the treasurer of his school’s Intellectual Property Society as well as a general body member of the Black Law Student Association. Victor plans to use the skills he gains during his time at DMG Clearances to become a successful lawyer in entertainment law and Intellectual property.
Intern - Reinier Smit
Reinier joined staff in the Summer of 2018 and enjoys coming into work every day! He spends his free time with friends hiking, going to concerts and relaxing. Reinier is in his final year at Delaware Law School and recently became staff editor on Law Review. He is the president of the Intellectual Property Society on campus and organizes several events on campus. Before law school, he graduated from Temple University in 2016 with a B.S. in mechanical engineering and a concentration in bio-engineering. In 2018, while working as a research consultant, Reinier filed a patent application with the USPTO and was listed as a co-inventor. He hopes to use all the experience at DMG Clearances to further increase his credentials and become a successful intellectual property lawyer.
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Peyton, Dakota, Kramer, Lexi, and Loki are our loyal companions, whose responsibilities include sleeping, barking at neighbors, getting belly rubs, and receiving treats. The beagles are particularly good at sniffing and monitoring the perimeters of the property to make sure there are no breaches, while Peyton and Dakota excel at snatching anything unattended on our desks - especially lunches and electronic devices, and Loki takes her job as a bird-chaser extremely seriously. DMG would be a lot less adorable without them.
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Deb's dog Charlie prefers to eat used Kleenex rather than food and for fun he frolics on the Mississippi River levee. Deb just frolics around Nola with her husband Joe and daughter Gianna when not working hard for DMG or playing her harpsichord.
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