Once tagged by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the music industry’s leading experts, Stacey has 30 years’ experience as a music industry executive in London and New York. Currently the Founder of InsideBaseball Music Publishing, FoxPin Artist Management and The Music Firm, Stacey advises multiplatinum superstars to emerging artists. She has previously advised billion pound brands in the use of music in their marketing and advertising while working with Resilient Music and global icons in their contract negotiations as part of the music team of a well known (but no longer existing) City firm. Favorite negotiation at that firm was for a music client’s appearance on The Simpsons. Stacey is Co-Author of: The Plain & Simple Guide to Music Publishing UK Edition and Sports vs Music – Sponsorship Showdown or Perfect Combination; her training began as the protégé of Mark Stephens CBE at Stephens Innocent and her work continued in-house at labels and publishers.
She is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Music Managers Forum, the National Union of Journalists and the Society of Authors; she has co-founded the Caribbean Brewing Authority microbrewery and created the slate of programming for the African Caribbean Network cable network. She owns Hope & Plum Book Publishing and is producing theatre.
As a co-founder of IAFAR Ltd., Stacey is educating the world on neighbouring rights, the most important untapped revenue stream in today’s music industry.