About us

The Music Concierge creative team is headed up by Rob Wood. A record collector since the age of nine, Rob has been lucky enough to combine his passion with his career:

• Over 21 years in the music industry covering music journalism, DJing, and music consultancy
• He is an expert on cutting-edge music and the latest music trends as well as the history of music and back-catalogue releases
• Extremely broad cross-genre musical tastes
• Superb artist, press and music industry contacts

Rob’s experience includes:

• Programming boutique and luxury hotels, bars, restaurants and high-end retail environments
• Music Programming Director of Groove Armada’s Lovebox music festival
• Head Of Content at digital music store TuneTribe.com
• Formerly the editor of music bible Jockey Slut magazine (the first magazine to give front covers to stars such as Daft Punk, The Chemical Brothers and Air)
• Previously deputy editor of Mixmag Update music magazine
• Rob has DJed around the world in boutique hotels, and at clubs such as Fabric and festivals such as V, The Big Chill, Isle Of Wight Festival, Sonar, Norway's Numusic Festival, Miami Music Conference
• Presenting music-based radio shows
• Compilation of numerous CD albums such as ’Mr & Mrs Smith: Something For The Weekend’ series
• Published author of book ’Teach Yourself How to DJ’ for Hodder Headline
• Published journalist in: The Observer, Financial Times, Harpers & Queen, Mixmag, and US music bible XL8R

Leading the rest of the music team is Music Concierge’s Senior Music Consultant Giles Williams:

• A music scheduler and playlist manager with nine years' experience in the music, broadcast and in-store marketing industries
• He joined Music Concierge after being the Talent & Music department head for MTV’s emerging markets division (Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, Africa, The Middle East & India)
• He has extensive specialist knowledge of and passion for music across a wide range of genres including international music
• His experience within the music industry includes playlist design and content supply for international retail and hospitality brands
• Giles’ passion for music has also led him to DJ and train as a musician. He worked within a band as a bass player with publishing and recording deals
• He also has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Commercial Music from Westminster University

All members of Music Concierge’s music team share a natural and vigorous passion for music. Each team member has past experience within music working as classically trained musicians, DJs or radio producers. Music Concierge’s creative team also includes a network of music researchers in the UK and abroad, including leading DJs, artists, and highly-respected music journalists.