Meet the Band Leaders

Andrew Beranbom – Founder & CEO

Andrew is the driving force behind First Tube Media – and brings with him a plethora of marketing experience from Companies like Yahoo!, bit.ly, and Extole (where he was founder)

Scott Hoffman – Founder & COO

Scott serves as the COO of First Tube ensuring that the “trains run on time” Scott has had leadership and/or founding roles marketing heavyweight companies Yahoo, Rocketfuel, Yashi/Nexstar Broadcasting, and Lotame

Ian LaPlace – Head of Programming

Ian serves as the head of programming for First Tube Media where he artfully matches Brand attributes to Band / Artist niche. Ian is the EVP of Communion Presents responsible for over 400 Artist bookings per year from local residencies to Bonnaroo.

Jojo Pennebaker – Head of Creative

Jojo is a producer, director, and cinematographer. You can see his work on Live at the Artist’s Den (longstanding PBS series) which has featured 100s of diverse artists like Cage the Elephant, Alabama Shakes, and John Legend

Brian Davidson – Head of Production

Brian is the head of production for First Tube media. Brian has run the post-production process for a multitude of short and long form content types that have been on HBO, MTV, Spike TV, and AMC for starters.