Can’t Keep This Secretly Quiet
• Secretly welcomes several new additions to its A&R teams — following the recent promotion of Eddie Sikazweto become the company’s first-ever Sr. Director of A&R, Secretly Publishing announces the hire of Trinity Hood as A&R Associate and Tony Messina-Doerning as A&R to its Los Angeles office.
Both Hood (left) and Messina-Doerning (center) report to Sikazwe, who said, “I’m thrilled to welcome Tony and Trinity to the Secretly Publishing family as part of our A&R team. Their addition is another display of our commitment to providing first-class service to our writers. After multiple conversations with Tony and Trinity, I have no doubt that they’ll bring exciting and unique concepts to the team.”
SoCal native Hood joins Secretly Publishing from the Music Touring team at United Talent Agency (UTA), and a stint with GRAMMY-winner Derek “MixedByAli” Ali‘s Noname Studios. Messina-Doerning served as an A&R across the label roster of Ricky Reed‘s Nice Life Recording Company for the last four years.
On the label side, Secretly Group recently welcomed Laura “Lau” Frías (right) as the newest Brooklyn-based A&R Director for Dead Oceans, Jagjaguwar, Saddest Factory Records and Secretly Canadian. Having moved from Lima, Perú ten years ago, Frías joins Secretly Group after six years at Kobalt Music Group, where she worked on global initiatives across Synch Licensing, Publishing A&R and, most recently, Records A&R at AWAL.
Frías reports to Jon Coombs, Secretly Group’s VP of A&R, who said, “Lau has been an incredible addition to our A&R team here at Secretly. We’ve long admired her ability to find, champion, and develop future-thinking artists who are driving culture forward. She’s the perfect addition to the team and I look forward to her witnessing future successes at Secretly Group.”
