Kick-off Talent 2025 with an electrifying session that draws lessons from Nashville's renowned music industry. Join a panel of Nashville music insiders as they unveil the secrets to discovering, developing, and sustaining world-class talent. Experience a blend of thought-provoking insights and live music performances that showcase how the principles of mentorship, skill-building, and perseverance apply to your organization’s talent strategy. Let Music City show you how to hit the right notes in workforce development!
UnDesked
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Overview
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Monday, Mar 24
3:00 p.m. Monday, Mar 24
Speakers
Amber Anderson
Co-Host
Country Heat Weekly Podcast
Florida native Amber Anderson followed her love of country music to Nashville over 12 years ago. She brings experience on the business end of both the sports and music industries through her marketing and organizational work that ranges from time with the NBA’s Orlando Magic, The Grand Ole Opry, and SMACKSongs, a music publishing and management company. She is currently one of the co-hosts of Amazon Music’s flagship global country music podcast, Country Heat Weekly. In addition to the podcast, she and her co-host Kelly Sutton serve as hosts for some of the largest events in the genre such as the 3 day Stagecoach livestream on Prime Video, the ACM Awards Red Carpet and CMA Fest. When she’s not co-hosting and listening to all of her country music favorites, you will find her taking in any sporting event, thrifting and running her clothing resale business, on a road trip, or crafting and needlepointing.
Shawn McSpadden
Range Media Partners
Shawn McSpadden was born in Ft. Worth, Texas, but considers Nashville home. A standout athlete and student leader at Franklin Road Academy, he went on to study at Liberty and Belmont University. While at Belmont, he co-founded McSpadden Music Group with his father, Gary McSpadden, developing and publishing artists and songwriters. The company grew into McSpadden-Smith Music, managing a catalog of over 3,500 songs, including 30+ Billboard #1 hits recorded by Faith Hill, Vince Gill, Amy Grant, and more. In 1998, after the company was acquired, Shawn became VP/GM of Word Music Publishing and later SVP of A&R for Word/Warner Bros. Records, working with Randy Travis, Sixpence None the Richer, MuteMath, and others. He transitioned to artist management in 2004, partnering with Greg Hill and later joining Red Light Management in 2006, where he helped develop its Nashville division. In 2023, Shawn became Managing Partner at Range Media Partners, a global entertainment company representing talent in music, film/TV, sports, and digital media. He has served on multiple industry boards, including the Academy of Country Music, where he chairs Lifting Lives. A Leadership Music alum, he remains active in philanthropy, supporting Habitat for Humanity and other charities.