Wendi Putranto

Wendi Putranto (Indonesia) is a music and media industry practitioner from Jakarta, Indonesia with more than 25 years of experience. His career spectrum ranges from journalist, editor, critic, music promoter, band manager, booking agent, publicist, TV host, lecturer, to venue owner and museum management.

He is the Co-founder and CMO of M Bloc Group (PT Radar Ruang Riang), a holding company that owned leading creative placemaking and small-scale music venues in Indonesia such as M Bloc Space (South Jakarta), Pos Bloc Jakarta (Central Jakarta), JNM Bloc (Yogyakarta) and Lokananta (Solo). In addition, he is currently the Personal Manager of Seringai, one of the biggest heavy metal band in Indonesia and also the CEO for Lokananta, an Indonesia music heritage destination in Surakarta. He used to be a freelance lecturer in the Music Business Program SAE Jakarta. Previously, he was a former journalist for Rolling Stone Indonesia magazine for 12.5 years who has written various music events in the the world and interviewed many international superstars such as Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin), Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden), Megadeth, Slash (Guns N 'Roses), Alice Cooper, etc.