LAUNCH Dallas 2024

A member of The CI Companies, Mike is the Director of Media & Marketing at CI Records, CI Productions, LAUNCH Music Conference & Festival, and more. He has been the lead on artwork creation and marketing for a number of albums, live events, and tours. 

Gabi is a Business Development Representative at SET, based in Dallas, Texas. Since April 2022, she has been working on the SET team, providing artists and their teams with a variety of different tools (SET.Live, SET.Fan, SET.Bio) to better know, own and grow their fanbases. Her... Read More →

Laura Catana is a passionate advocate for independent artists and a trailblazer in the democratization of the music industry. She co-founded Cuba's first urban indie music label where she played a pivotal role as artist & label manager, marketing strategist, and creative producer... Read More →

When it comes to the music industry, Mike Ziemer is a man of many hats! Starting in 2002, Ziemer began interviewing bands and reviewing albums for online magazines in order to get into shows for free and meet his favorite artists. After building up a large list of contacts, he was asked by a local band to manage them. The band’s first request was for Ziemer to help them put together a concert in the suburbs, the rest was history.In March 2004, Third String Productions was born at The Plano Centre where Ziemer would hold shows... Read More →