About

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, manager, label, publisher and songwriter in London and New York.

The hard work and vast experience paid off in November 2022 when Deborah Mannis-Gardner asked her to join DMG as a consultant. Happy and proud doesn’t even begin to describe how she feels.

Stacey delivered her first webinar on music rights in NFTs and metaverses this year and is part of the group drafting the licensing agreements and royalty formulae for Web3 music licensing with Deborah - Web3 Music Rights Group and Register One DAO.

She’s also CLO of SyncLodge Ltd, Founder of SHHH Media, Inside Baseball Music Publishing, FoxPin Artist Management and The Music Firm, and Co-Founder of IAFAR Ltd.

As a legal and business affairs consultant she advises multiplatinum superstars to emerging artists and has previously advised billion pound brands in the use of music in their marketing and advertising, and global icons in their contract negotiations as part of two well-known but no longer existing City firms. Favourite negotiation - music client’s appearance on The Simpsons. Favourite client communication - Christmas card from David Bowie.

Memberships inlcude the New York State Bar Association, American Bar Association, Music Supervisors Guild, British Phonographic Institute, National Union of Journalists, Society of Authors and Crime Writers Association.  

Stacey co-presents the podcasts Money In The Air, Two Gone Blondes, and Empathy Sucks, presents the YouTube channel Sex, Food & Rock n Roll, and co-hosts the TV talk show Girls Talk.

Stacey is the co-author of The Plain & Simple Guide to Music Publishing UK Edition (co-author with Randall Wixen and Naomi Asher), Sports vs Music – Sponsorship Showdown or Perfect Combination (co-author with Fraser Reid).