Next Thursday (November 14) at Cafe Istanbul in New Orleans from 6-8:00 p.m. and next Saturday (November 16) at the Acadiana Center for the Arts in Lafayette from 3:00-5:45 p.m., the Catahoula Music Exchange, the Recording Academy Memphis Chamber, the New Orleans Video Access Center (NOVAC) and the Southern Screen Film Festival will host Inside the World of Music Supervision: Placing Music in Visual Media, a free panel discussion focusing on the placement of music in film, television and commercials. The panelists include music supervisor Andrewa Von Foerster; music supervisor, DJ and Grammy nominated producer Thomas Golubic; branding and advertising expert Josh Rabinowitz; and music supervisor Joe Rudge. Composer, producer, conductor, arranger and orchestrator Jay Weigel will partake in the New Orleans panel, and bluesman CC Adcock will join the Lafeyette panel.

Inside the World of Music Supervision: Placing Music in Visual Media comes to New Orleans on November 14 and Lafayette on November 16.

Music supervisor Von Foerster’s work over the last decade spans multiple mediums and formats, notably the independent smash (500) Days of Summer, the White Stripes documentary Under Great White Northern Lights and MTV’s Run’s House. Fellow supervisor Golubic’s credits include AMC’s The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad and The Killing. Golubic is also a DJ know for his decade spent at Los Angeles’ KCRW and his SYNCHRONIZE project, where re-scores the soundtrack to classic films live. In 2002, he was nominated for a Grammy for the soundtrack to HBO’s Six Feet Under. Joe Rudge, another longtime music supervisor whose recent credits include Blue Valentine and Beasts of the Southern Wild, focuses on independent films. Ad man Josh Rabinowitz has written or produced more than 7,500 tracks for brands worldwide. He has worked with the Black Eyed Peas, Rihanna and Harry Connick Jr. in addition to many other musicians. In 2008, he founded Pantene/Grey Music, the first imprint to release music as a joint venture between an advertiser and its agency. Prior to his career in advertising, Rabinowitz, a trombonist, was a street musician, a public school teacher, and freelance arranger and producer. Esteemed, New Orleans-based composer Jay Weigel has provided scores and soundtracks for television and film for more than 25 years. His recent credits include the films the Green Lantern and I Love You, Philip Morris. Weigel, who has also composed several operas, was previously head music preparatory for Terence Blanchard. Guitarist Adcock — in addition to steering his own outfit, the Lafayette Marquis, and leading swamp pop all-stars the Lil’ Band O’ Gold — has composed music for HBO’s True Blood and Treme as well as the film Killer Joe.

Cafe Istanbul is located at 2372 St. Claude Avenue (map), and Acadiana Center for the Arts is located at 101 West Vermilion Street (map). Inside the World of Music Supervision: Placing Music in Visual Media is open to the public and free to attend.