David Codikow is a attorney, entrepreneur and brand-consultant most notably known for being the founder of the entertainment law firm 'Codikow, Carroll, Guido & Groffman' (now known as "Carroll, Guido & Groffman") and the co-founder of the Vans Warped Tour.

Early career

In 1987 David Codikow founded the law firm of Codikow, Carroll, Guido & Groffman, a boutique entertainment Law firm specialising in music business law. The law firm represented record labels, music producers, music publishing companies, music business executives and numerous gold and platinum recording artists such as; Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson may refer to:* Marilyn Manson , an American rock musician* Marilyn Manson , the American rock band led by the singer of the same name...

, Nirvana

Nirvana

Nirvāṇa ; ) is a central concept in Indian religions. In sramanic thought, it is the state of being free from suffering. In Hindu philosophy, it is the union with the Supreme being through moksha...

, Patti Smith

Patti Smith

Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith is an American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses....

, Sugar Ray

Sugar Ray

Sugar Ray is a band from Orange County, California. The band, starting off more as an alternative metal band, first gained fame in 1997 with their release of the song "Fly". This song's success, coupled with its pop rock sound that was quite different from the rest of their material at the time,...

, Outkast

OutKast

Outkast is an American hip hop duo based in East Point, Georgia, consisting of Atlanta native André "André 3000" Benjamin and Savannah, Georgia-born Antwan "Big Boi" Patton. They were originally known as Two Shades Deep but later changed the group's name to OutKast...

, Courtney Love

Courtney Love

Courtney Michelle Love is an American rock musician. Love is the lead vocalist, lyricist, and rhythm guitarist for alternative rock band Hole, which she formed in 1989, and is an actress who has moved from bit parts in Alex Cox films to significant and acclaimed roles in The People vs...

, Jay Z, Dave Matthews

Dave Matthews

David John "Dave" Matthews is a South African–born American musician and occasional actor, best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band...

 and Ben Harper

Ben Harper

Benjamin Chase "Ben" Harper is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae and rock music and is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live performances and activism. Harper's fan base spans several continents...

. The firm also represented many internet companies with music business solutions as well as film directors such as Brett Ratner and Baz Luhrmann for their music related projects.

In 1994 Codikow, along with Kevin Lyman

Kevin Lyman

Kevin Lyman is creator of a touring music and extreme sports festival called the Warped Tour, the Taste of Chaos, and the Mayhem tours. He also is a partner at SideOneDummy Records. He owns 4FINI which annually produces the above-mentioned tours as well as produced past tours such as the Down From...

 and CAA

CAA

-Arts:*China Academy of Art, the highest university of art in China which founded in 1928*College Art Association, a professional association in the United States for scholars of art, art history, and art criticism...

, co-created and co-founded the Vans Warped Tour, a musical event which marries the punk rock musical style and extreme sports (i.e. skateboarding and motorcycle jumping etc.). More than 900,000 people attend the tour in 2010 alone, its 16th year anniversary. The Vans Warped Tour has the distinction of being the longest running rock n roll festival in America.

2001 to 2006

In 2001 Codikow left the practice of law and became President of Immortal Entertainment, a full service music and entertainment company.  While at Immortal, among other things, David co-created the “O Brother Where Art Thou Down from the Mountain” musical event in partnership with T-Bone Burnett

T-Bone Burnett

Joseph Henry Burnett , widely known as T-Bone Burnett, is an American musician, songwriter, and soundtrack and record producer.He was a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band on the Rolling Thunder Revue...

 and the Coen Brothers

Coen Brothers

Joel David Coen and Ethan Jesse Coen known together professionally as the Coen brothers, are American filmmakers...

. "O Brother" took artists that performed on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack)

Soundtrack album

A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television program. In some cases, not all the tracks from the movie are included in the album; however there are rare cases of songs in the trailers that do not appear in...

 from the Motion Picture O Brother Where Art Thou, and brought them together performing live on stage across America. The O Brother Tour was named “Blue Grass Tour of the Year in 2002” and the Soundtrack Album sold more than 6 million copies in the U.S.A.

In 2002, Codikow produced the American documentary film Searching For Debra Winger

Searching for Debra Winger

Searching for Debra Winger is a 2002 American documentary film conceived and directed by Rosanna Arquette. It presents a series of interviews with leading actresses who discuss the various pressures they face as women working in the film industry while trying to juggle their professional...

, directed by Rosanna Arquette

Rosanna Arquette

Rosanna Lauren Arquette is an American actress, film director, and producer.-Early life:Arquette was born in New York City, the daughter of Brenda Olivia "Mardi" , an actress, poet, theater operator, activist, acting teacher, and therapist, and Lewis Arquette, an actor and director. Her paternal...

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In September 2004 Codikow joined forces with Dana DuFine to create Highland LLC, a music management and live branded entertainment company. Highland managed the career of multi-platinum recording artist Velvet Revolver

Velvet Revolver

Velvet Revolver is an American hard rock supergroup consisting of former Guns N' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum, alongside Dave Kushner formerly of punk band Wasted Youth. Stone Temple Pilots vocalist Scott Weiland was Velvet Revolver's lead singer from their formation until...

, which has sold more than 4 million albums worldwide. The band have also won a Grammy award and was nominated for two others. Velvet Revolver’s debut album, Contraband (Velvet Revolver album)

Contraband

The word contraband, reported in English since 1529, from Medieval French contrebande "a smuggling," denotes any item which, relating to its nature, is illegal to be possessed or sold....

, entered the Billboard top 200 album charts at Number 1 and entered in the top 10 in eight other countries. Velvet Revolver toured the U.S.A. for several years and has performed more than 200 live shows.

In 2005, Codikow co-created Jamarama Live, an educational interactive musical event for children and their families. Jamarama Live, in its first year, played more than 30 dates in the United States, selling thousands of tickets to families with children ages 2–7. Jamarama Live was also featured in the February 13, 2006 issue of Time Magazine.

2007 to Present

In 2007, Codikow joined the advisory board of BetaRecords.com, a social network/music website, helping the company to create its own Beta Records TV, which features music and lifestyle entertainment targeted to a 13 to 18-year-old demographic. Codikow now co-produces the television show which airs in over 100 markets in the United States, and advises Beta Records on its entertainment strategy, music publishing and rights management.

In 2008, Codikow entered into a partnership with the songwriter Diane Warren

Diane Warren

Diane Eve Warren , is a US songwriter. Her songs have received six Academy Award nominations, five Golden Globe nominations, including one win and seven Grammy Award nominations, including one win. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001...

. Together they created the pop-operatic duo Due Voci. Due Voci performs new, reinterpreted version of Diane Warren's biggest hits. Due Voci's first concert performance took place in Jakarta, Indonesia in March 2010. Due Voci has entered into agreements with Sony Music, Universal Music, Home Shopping Network

Home Shopping Network

Home Shopping Network or HSN began in 1977 as a 24-hour/7 day a week home shopping television network televised via cable, satellite, and some terrestrial channels in the Philippines. HSN can also be shopped online at hsn.com...

 and a host of other partners. The Due Voci CD was releasing United States in 2010 and in the rest of the world in 2011.

From 2009, Codikow has been consulting for Studio One Media, a public company which has created My Studio, a new high definition audiovisual recording studio, and other products for the entertainment business. In particular Studio One has developed new high definition audiovisual/recording studios which are placed in malls around the world and other high traffic areas. Earlier this year Codikow was instrumental in negotiating an agreement with Studio One Media and Simon Cowell

Simon Cowell

Simon Phillip Cowell is an English A&R executive, television producer, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is known in the United Kingdom and United States for his role as a talent judge on TV shows such as Pop Idol, The X Factor, Britain's Got Talent and American Idol...

's television show, X Factor USA. Codikow advises the company on its strategic marketing relationships and other business development opportunities.

In 2010, Codikow started a management and brand consulting company named 'DC Media Ventures'.

Codikow also consults for world renowned jewellery designer Loree Rodkin on various brand extension opportunities, and was instrumental in negotiating Rodkin's "Love & Rock" product line with Home Shopping Network. Rodkin will appear on Home Shopping Network during the fourth quarter of 2011.

Since early 2011, Codikow began managing the international fashion publicist, global television personality and New York Times best-selling author Kelly Cutrone

Kelly Cutrone

Kelly Cutrone is a fashion publicist and the founder of the public relations, branding and marketing firm People's Revolution. Kelly now stars in her own reality drama Kell on Earth...

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Codikow currently consultants and advises on brand strategy with the renowned art/performance musical group Apparatjik

Apparatjik

Apparatjik is a group formed in 2008. The band is a supergroup that consists of bassist Guy Berryman from Coldplay, guitarist/keyboardist Magne Furuholmen from A-ha, singer/guitarist Jonas Bjerre of Mew and producer Martin Terefe. The band's name literal translation is "agent of the apparatus"...

. The band is a supergroup

SuperGroup

SuperGroup is a 2006 reality show on VH1 that follows five well-known hard rock and heavy metal musicians over a 12-day period where they live together in a Las Vegas mansion in order to create, plan and perform a live show together...

 consisting of bassist Guy Berryman

Guy Berryman

Guy Rupert Berryman is a Scottish musician known as the bassist for the groups Coldplay and Apparatjik. Berryman is left-handed but chooses to play the bass right-handed.-Coldplay:...

 from Coldplay

Coldplay

Coldplay are a British alternative rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London. After they formed Pectoralz, Guy Berryman joined the group as a bassist and they changed their name to Starfish. Will Champion joined as a...

, guitarist/keyboardist Magne Furuholmen

Magne Furuholmen

Magne 'Mags' Furuholmen is a Norwegian musician. He is best known as the guitarist and keyboardist of the pop band A-ha.-A-ha:Furuholmen has been the keyboardist with A-ha since their formation in 1982, though he also plays guitar...

 from A-ha

A-ha

A-ha were a Norwegian pop band formed in Oslo in 1982. The band was founded by Morten Harket , Magne Furuholmen , and Pål Waaktaar...

, singer/guitarist Jonas Bjerre

Jonas Bjerre

Jonas Bjerre Terkelsbøl is the lead singer and guitarist of Danish rock-trio Mew. Jonas Bjerre is also a visual artist and creates animated videos for Mew's live shows....

 of Mew

Mew

- Animal lodgings :*Mews, a stable for horses*Royal Mews, in London*Mews , bird pens- Other uses :*Mew, to grub or munch*Mew , from Denmark*Mew , a character in Pokémon media*Common Gull, a medium-sized gull...

 and acclaimed music producer Martin Terefe. Codikow works closely with the group members and with Uta Meta Bauer, MIT professor and artistic consultant to Apparatjik, in helping structure and negotiate various opportunities to extend the Apparatjik brand.