Andy Sharpe's Page

How are you involved in the meeting and events industry?

Association Planner

What is your company, assocation or affiliation?

Song Division - global leader in interactive songwriting experiences, from conference energizers for thousands to team building & exeperiential marketing

What is your position?

Founder

How long have you been in the meetings and events industry?

5-10 years

What is your favorite meeting or event destination?

Sydney, Australia! (My home town, I'm biased...)

What is your funniest event or meeting planning experience

With the help of our world-class band we got 300 of Microsoft's business partners to write and record a song at 7am in the morning in Microsoft's carpark (all themed to look like a 'garage band') to kick-off a three-day education program called "turn up the volume". 7am in a company carpark isn't normally very rock n roll, but the BP"s wrote a great song and recorded it live with the band. Everyone getting down and dirty, led by Dave Marselis from The Divinyls ("I touch Myself" fame). Hilarious.

Activities and Interests:

Professional Songwriter/Producer;
http://www.myspace.com/andysharpeproducer
Surfing
Bikram Yoga (Hate it but love it)

About Me:

My Australian high-school band got signed to AC DC's label in the UK. After four years and a text-book break-up I returned to Australia, accidentally working in sales and finance for IBM..
After 10 years and an MBA, I decided to combine my two loves, music and business, resulting in the birth of Song Division 5 years ago. Song Division now has offices on Australia, US, UK, Canada and Dubai, holding sessions all over the world. Our clients include Coca Cola, PwC, Virgin, KPMG, and our musicians have played with the likes of David Bowie, Aretha Franklin, Sex Pistols and Queen. I am currently based in NY with my wife.

I am a member of:

MPI

Website:

http://www.songdivision.com