Register for the 2025 Blue Buddha Entertainment Virtual AAPI Panel
5/22/2025, 11 A.M. PST
(*Register before May 10th and receive a playback stream)
Join us for a live conversation about current issues facing Indie Artists + Navigating the Entertainment Industry
Panelists Include:
Lava Hong: Music Supervisor, Trailer Park
Teoderico Berberabe: Music Supervisor, Wild Card Creative
Allyson Aranez: Music Supervisor, Aspect Ratio
Rachel Lautzenheiser: Music Supervisor, The Playtone Company
Elaine Sir: Head of Sync, V.P., Sync & Partnerships, SoStereo
Brittany Douziech: Independent, Music Supervisor
Join us for an inspiring and insightful panel in celebration of AAPI Month, where we spotlight the voices and stories of our esteemed panelists.
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From the Blue Buddha: AAPI Archives
Presented and Moderated by Charles Levan, President, C.E.O,
Blue Buddha Entertainment is a boutique music licensing firm.
Blue Buddha Entertainment specializes in sync placement for independent artists and labels, serving as a premier conduit for contemporary groundbreaking artists and repertoire. Blue Buddha’s diverse catalog is current, hit-driven, and reflects the highest level of artistry and production, providing One Stop Rep. music with a global tastemaker appeal.
Past sync placements include: Shrinking, Found, All American, This Is Us, Supreme Models, Lost, Atlanta, 4400, All American Homecoming, Criminal Minds, Chicago P.D, Grey's Anatomy, New Amsterdam, Las Vegas, Dirt, One Tree Hill, Smallville, Party of Five, NCIS- Los Angeles, Californication, The Fosters, Pivoting, Good Trouble, The Sinner, Bull, Kung Fu, Vanderpump Rules, To All The Boys, Shameless, Charmed, Royal Pains & others.
With over 27 years of experience in the music industry, Charles' passion in the sync space is coupled with a focus on artist development, helping artists hone their musical craft in an ever-changing entertainment world.
Starting out at The Right Stuff/EMI-Capitol Records (North America), in the Marketing & Radio Promotions Department, Charles worked on the marketing and promotional campaigns for the back catalogs of Hi Records (Al Green, Ann Peeples); Philly International Records (Lou Rawls, Teddy Pendergrass); and Solar Records (The Whispers, Lakeside). Charles’ most notable work includes marketing Al Green’s platinum-selling Greatest Hits album and other high profile reissues from Nils Lofgren, Harley Davidson Road Songs, and Ringo Starr. In addition, Charles helped sync songs for Natalie Walker, Lenka, Flora Cash, Skyler Stonestreet and others who went on to sign Major label/Publishing deals.
Links to Mentorship | Scholarship Programs
Universal Pictures
As part of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group’s (UFEG) overall commitment to increasing diversity, equity and inclusion within all areas of production, the Universal Composers Initiative (UCI) is set up to find artists from traditional as well as non-conventional backgrounds who possess unique perspectives that they can translate into distinct musical expressions.
This two-year initiative, in partnership with Universal Film Music, provides participants with unparalleled access to the studio process, while increasing awareness of this new generation of talent among NBCUniversal’s vast network of executives, producers and directors including Universal Pictures, Dreamworks Animation and Universal Studio Group.
Participants will be provided with creative and professional development opportunities.
Participants may also have the opportunity to pitch for NBCUniversal scoring projects.
Netflix Mentorship Program
Coming Soon
Spark
We create connections for members of the entertainment marketing community who want to get involved, at any level, with organizations working to educate, elevate and empower young people from under-represented communities.
Pinays Rising
The Pinays Rising Scholarship, a program created by rapper and scientist Ruby Ibarra, and San Francisco State professor and founder of Pin@y Educational Partnerships (PEP) Dr. Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales, was originally founded in 2018 to promote the continuation of higher education while excelling in the areas of arts (visual, performance/music, conceptual, etc.) and/or community service and activism.
In 2020, the Pinays Rising scholarship attracted 115 self-identified Pinays/xes applicants across the United States who would be attending an institution of higher learning, full time, in the Fall 2020 semester. The program raised over $16,000 in donations in just a few weeks.
