Media Industry Guru: Recent Episodes
Forbs West
Welcome to the Media Industry Guru podcast. Do you know you want to work in media but not sure where? Are you trying to figure out what you're doing with your life? Are you in college deciding on what clubs you should take part in, how can you volunteer, what to do next? Here, I’ll be interviewing a lot of guests including recent college grads, entrepreneurs, singer/songwriters, record label professionals, film industry execs, to people who work in theatre arts and tech that will give you some professional wisdom so you can achieve your goals.
Wendy Parr, The Holistic Artist Coach + Founder of The Parr Method has spent 30 years in the entertainment industry empowering recording artists to develop their authentic voice with consistency across every platform. She empowers recording artists Melanie Martinez, Regina Spektor, Sara Bareilles, Ballistik Boyz, PVRIS, Qveen Herby, Marc Bassy, + took A Great Big World from 1st vocal session to a GRAMMY.
Compass, her 6 month artist development program takes pro + emerging artists on a deep dive into who they are empowering them to lean into and layer their weirdness, passions, and skills to create a magnetic and authentic brand. Wendy excels at bringing out the truth of the artist, the heart of their story + Uses her coaching skills to elevate, expand and take the artist somewhere new vocally + artistically.
She has been featured at the largest TED community, TEDx Gateway, NAMM, Jump Global, CLIVE DAVIS Institute, NYU, Chiat Day, CD Baby DIY Conference, and MusiCares. We will get to hear more about her programs and courses and basically a crash course 101 on living the life as a potentially successful artist.
Here we are with Steelheart's lead singer Miljenkio Matijevic. He is expanding his artistic footprint with a big-screen debut in the acclaimed dramedy Trust in Love, directed by Mick Davis. The film, already a global festival success with 23 awards, releases in theaters and on VOD in August 2024. Alongside acting, Matijevic is crafting new music with Niclas Engelin of IN FLAMES, delivering a darker, heavier rock sound expected later this year. He will also hit the road with SteelHeart on their 2024 tour, with performances across the U.S.
Here in today's episode we are with Alany Rodriguez. Alany is a conference programmer at SXSW where she oversees the music mentor sessions, workplace track, and assists with new music conference initiatives. Her main role is to curate and showcase inspiring, creative, and forward-thinking content at SXSW by working with top industry professionals from around the globe. At 18 years old, Alany began working in the music industry. She started at Bass Concert Hall on UT Austin’s campus and climbed her way up into gaining invaluable experience working or interning at companies such as Warner Music Group, Live Nation, Pulse Music Group, Orienteer, and her previous role, which was at the Recording Academy working as the Texas Chapter GRAMMY U Representative. During her time at the GRAMMYs, Alany worked on both local and national projects, events, and initiatives, including GRAMMY Week festivities, launching the GU Instagram, GU Social Media lounge at SXSW, Texas Chapter Advocacy Day, GRAMMY Career Day, Up Close and Personal events with artists Leon Bridges and Rico Nasty, GRAMMY U’s national conference, and was a contributing writer for GRAMMY.com. Now in her role at SXSW, she continues to use her experiences in music/entertainment to curate unforgettable and valuable moments that have long lasting impact. We will wrap up the episode talking about her personal and professional goals and what advice she gives to aspiring industry professionals and also artists.
Here we are with Arielle Harris, Founder of RELMORE ENTERTAINMENT. Based in Los Angeles, California, Harris constantly surrounded by the world of music. As her involvement in the music industry expanded, she realized that her passion was in guiding artists and securing opportunities for those who had extraordinary talent and vision. After being taken under the wing of legendary music manager, Trudy Green (Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, to name a few), Harris quickly learned the effective and constructive ways to be a manager in the entertainment industry. She went on to work for talent managers in the digital space to better understand the landscape and eventually apply her knowledge and connections to the music space under her own company. She's been an independent music manager since July 2021 and has had the fortune of working with some of the best industry on both the talent and industry side. She will talk about what it's been like having her own company and her upcoming goals with her clients. She will also wrap up talking about advice that she's taken along her epic career journey.
Here we are with Amanda Sherman, a graduate of the University of Maryland. She developed a profound passion for the music industry during her undergraduate years. She was an active part of her school’s Music Business Society and record label. Amanda gained valuable experience as a Summer 2022 intern for Universal Music Group. Presently, she serves as the Digital Marketing Coordinator at Spirit Music Group, an independent music publisher representing renowned artists like The Who, Chaka Khan, Ingrid Michaelson, and Tim McGraw. Just when she thought she couldn't get enough of creative marketing in music, she is staring an indie record label with her friend Jake! We will wrap up the episode hearing more about her upcoming adventures with her label and what advice she'd like to share that she learned along her journey.
Here we are with Dylan Emmet, music producer and artist. We will get the chance to hear more about his background in music and what got him passionate at such a young age to be an artist. We will get to hear more about his professional background as well mentoring artists on a day-to-day basis. We will wrap up the episode hearing more about his professional goals with producing and songwriting especially his latest upcoming releases.
Here is Chelsea Cankar. She started her career in music by having a music/fashion blog (Stic-of-the-Week). She really had learned the ropes of the industry through her creative mind, and this was pre-Instagram. She then ended up befriending some bookers and venues and covering shows, which then he finally told her she needed to start talking to PR people. Before she knew it she was having more own events/DJing and covering major music festivals like Lollapalooza and Coachella. Doing all this landed her a job at UMG and then Interscope and then forming her own business Cankar Creative. She will get to chat about her advice and the pros and cons of having her own business.
Here is Sean Bucheck. He co-founded a producing studio called Stereogram Sound. We will learn about his musical background and his transition to producing and also pitching music for artists to get sync deals. He is also an in house mixing engineer for Symphonic Distribution. We will hear about what it is like to pay the hours as a producer until it pays off. We will be discussing music and its place in film whether it be composing, pitch writing, or post sound designed certified in Dolby Atmos. Finally, Sean will chat about his upcoming career goals.
Here we are with David Frangioni. He is here to chat about his amazing drum kits with Goldin. He talks about his experience appearing on Netflix’s King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch. David also will chat about the iconic drum kits that he's auctioned as well as other rare music memorabilia. This collection includes legendary kits from Neal Smith (Alice Cooper), Joe Stefko (Meat Loaf), Frank Beard (ZZ Top), and Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick). Finally, he will also share his books that's published as well his upcoming goals with his museum.
Here we are with Stephen Phillips. We will get to hear more about his background in music growing up in Syracuse and what it is like to have a team of musicians that are supporting you along your journey. We will also learn more about his works including "5:17," "Nineteen," and "twenty-two." Finally, we will get to learn more about Stephen's upcoming gigs in NYC and his other newest single coming out in September.
Here we are with Katie Otter. Katie Otter grew up traveling from back and forth from her hometown of Las Vegas, NV to Los Angeles, CA, where her love of Old Hollywood, sitcoms, and filmmaking first began! She has studied screen acting, theatre, and musical theatre for over 11 years.
Since graduating from the USC School of Dramatic Arts and School of Cinematic Arts, Katie has continued to study on set for projects like her most recent two, SUNKISS (@sunkissfilm) and ACTING SCHOOL (@actingschoolfilm). She also takes classes at The Groundlings and is a Studio Tour Guide at the World Famous Universal Studios Tour.
Katie sees working in any capacity as a learning experience, but mainly adores stories about the human experience, finding herself drawn to ensemble and romantic comedies, independent dramedies, and coming-of-age stories. We will also get to wrap up the episode hearing more about her upcoming mockumentaries.
Here we are with Nashville based singer/songwriter, Allison Leah. Here, we will get to learn more about her background working in the music industry starting her career singing jingles as a kid. When she was young, she turned to music when she needed someone to talk to, or when she needed to feel understood. Now, she creates music for that same reason.
Her favorite jingle she did was the "Hess Truck" Commercial and a GE commercial that aired during the 2010 Olympic Games! We will get to hear more about her college journey and her upcoming professional development goals studying the production side of the music industry and also learning about her singles including, "Constellations," "Coffee Cup," and her latest single "Meet Me in the Garden."
Here we are with Natalie Del Carmen. Natalie is a musician, songwriter, and artist from Los Angeles. She has carved a niche in the Folk-Americana genre with touches of Pop. A Berklee College of Music graduate at 20, she debuted with her 11-track album “Bloodline” in Spring 2023, exploring themes of love, diligence, and time, and recorded in Nashville with Brunjo. Her EP “Tandem Songs,” produced by Zack Burke and Brunjo, marks her shift towards Americana. Featured in Medium.com’s “The Five Things You Need To Shine In The Music Industry,” Holler Country’s “10 Upcoming Country & Americana Artists, Nov 2023,” and KCSN 88.5’s “SoCal’s Next Big Sound” competition, Del Carmen is making waves in the country music scene. In 2024, she delves into self-acceptance with “Good Morning From Magnolia” her latest single release. We will get to hear her advice in the music industry and her upcoming goals on touring.
Here we are with Scarlet Fiorella. She began singing at a very young age and always gravitated towards different creative endeavors. As she got older, she merged her love for writing, singing, performing, and theatrics and slowly began to build out an artist persona. Scarlet is a singer, songwriter, and producer. Here, she'll discuss the expenses that come with being a recording artist and how much money goes into funding a project. She will also chat about the imposter syndrome that comes with being a female producer.
Finally, we will get a sneak peak of what is coming up with her professional endeavors including releasing an album in October and releasing 4 more singles throughout the summer.
Here, we are with Mason Edwards. He grew up on the east coast and after college moved to Nashville to pursue a career in the music industry but then turned entrepreneurial becoming a DJ. We will get to learn more about his experience and what it's like being a DJ in the South. We will get to hear his upcoming personal goals with his newest band's single and performances.
Here this week we are with James Jordan. Music has been part of James' life since he was little and singing in church, but but dreaming of becoming a musician felt almost like a guilty pleasure. Then, he landed in New Orleans studying at Tulane University. It was here, surrounded by masters of music, that his dream gained traction including performing at the most popular NOLA festival, Jazz Fest. We will get to hear about her New Orleans experiences and his upcoming goals being a band leader and singer.
Here we are with Nina Musolino. She is a extraordinaire at Page 1 Management. She started at Red Light Management and prior to her experience over there was studying music business at Belmont University. She has worked with artists like BONES UK, Zella Day, Rayland Baxter, and Sure Sure. Now, she’s crafting her own empire at Page 1, representing talents like David Kerckhoff, Isabella Kearney-Nurse, Sayak Das, and Evan Cline. We will hear more about this epic journey from west coast to Nashville and her upcoming personal and professional goals in artist management.
Here we are with Kate Grahn. She has been singing her whole life. She loves writing and recording vocals for other people's projects as well. Kate graduated from the pop program at Thornton School of Music in 2020. She studied a wide range of music from Motown and blues to classic rock and contemporary pop. Here we will discuss what Kate finds interesting to learn what other independent artists are doing as a side hustle. It is incredibly expensive to be a truly independent artist. She firmly believe it's important to know the hustle that goes into pursuing this kind of passion so that the art isn't taken for granted.Finally, we will get to hear about her latest hit "Enemy" which has been featured on Spotify editorial as well as her upcoming gig with Grant Owens at We Found New Music on June 26th.
Here we are with Laura Danae. Artist and producer Laura Danae, hailing from Athens, Greece, discusses her musical journey from her Brit rock influences to her upcoming trip-hop/electronica debut. Laura's unique sound blends diverse cultural elements. Tune in to hear about her debut EP "About Time" and the inspiration behind her new self-produced project and her upcoming personal and professional goals with touring outside of NY. See her perform at Pete's Candy store on June 28th.
Indie-pop artist HAPPIE, known for her soulful voice and heartfelt storytelling, joins here to discuss her new track "Shooting Star," a touching tribute to her father. From her Memphis roots to critical acclaim at Austin City Limits, discover her journey from Eric & Happie to solo stardom. Here the deep dive into her musical world and upcoming personally and professional goals even with her EP.
From center stage to behind the scenes, Mandy’s journey in theater has been a with passion and creativity! Since childhood, she was an actress! When COVID hit, Mandy pivoted from acting to writing, and she hasn’t looked back since. Now, not only molding young minds as an 8th grade theater teacher but also bringing her own visions to life after hours. With a double major in Theater Education and Acting, Mandy debuted their first play, “Arizona Rain,” at the 2023 Hollywood Fringe Festival, marking the birth of Nightmare Lizard Productions! Now, Mandy is excited to announce her next venture: a new play premiering at the 2024 Hollywood Fringe Festival this June!
Here we are with Myles Hoffman. At 15, crashing his first concert, he bribed his way in with his savings and asked the crew on breaking into the music biz. Denied by top programs, he stumbled into Belmont University on a full ride. From there, he hustled—juggling internships across NYC, LA, and Nashville, founding IDENTITY Artist Management. Today, he helms IDENTITY, nurturing talents like Molly Grace, while freelancing for a slew of indie artists. We will get to hear his advice and life on living in Nashville.
Meet Leannie, the 22-year-old sensation turning emotions into addictive alt-pop melodies from the heart of Los Angeles! Singing since childhood, she recently delved into music production in 2021, unleashing her originals to the world just last year. For Leannie, music is more than a passion—it's a transformative force that turns the hideous into the addictively beautiful. We will get to hear more about her TikTok influencer lifestyle and her experience with producing and songwriting including creating Sidewalk Fantasies, Sorry, and her recent track iPad Baby.
Here we are with Lea, the band leader of LOLITSLEA. Here she will chat more about what made her interested in being a singer for a once pop artist to a neon pop punk band leader. We will get to learn about her current vocal experience and what have been some of the professional yet rewarding challenges. We will also get to hear about her experience with one of her first and most popular music videos, "I Guess I Like You Anyway." Finally, we will chat more about her goals and exciting announcements including traveling to LA for NextFest LA's Indie Music Festival and her upcoming album.
Step into the ethereal world of Cherry Park, the dream pop band hailing from the East Coast. Here we’ll be chatting with talents including: Jeremy, Tori, and Emma. This band has swiftly captured hearts with their mesmerizing melodies.In just one whirlwind year, Cherry Park has marked their journey with impressive milestones. Their discography boasts two EPs, ‘Antidote’ and ‘Secret Garden’, which have garnered acclaim for their evocative lyricism and dreamy compositions.As we delve into their musical narrative, Jeremy, Tori, and Emma share insights into their artistic evolution and aspirations. Each member imparts a unique piece of wisdom drawn from their collective experiences. Moreover, they will reveal their ambitious dreams of sharing stages with iconic artists and gracing renowned venues that resonate with their vision.
Here we are with DJ and guitarist in Nashville, Brendan McLenaghan. He took a number of music and music business courses at Tulane University before joining the industry. Here we going to here more about his gigs in Nashville and what it takes to be a DJ in Nashville versus in cities like Miami, NYC, or LA. Finally, we will get some career advice with Brendan and here about his upcoming residency.
Here we are with Rachel Rose. Connecticut-born, Austin-launched, and Brooklyn-based indie folk/rock singer/songwriter Rachel Rose, known for her rich, nostalgic sound blending soul, folk, rock, and pop. Her debut EP "100/10/1" dropped in 2020, followed by the second EP "And One More Thing," produced by Charles Myers. Collaborations with industry heavyweights like John Alagia and Tyler Chester underscore her rising prominence. With sold-out shows at Rockwood Music Hall and Babys All Right, Rachel's career soared when she opened the Hootenanny Sessions at Cafe Wha? post a 50-year hiatus. A recent 3-month residency at The Bitter End and a slot as a featured artist at SXSW 2024 cement her status. She's shared stages with Juliet Ivy, Theo Kandel, and more, even gracing The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
Her original track "Back To The Beginning" made waves, landing in NPR Tiny Desk's Top Shelf Segment. Rachel's brand partnerships, including AEA Microphones and Virgin Hotels, showcase her versatility, while her performance of the national anthem at a Rangers MSG game underscored her impact beyond music.
We will get to hear about one of the biggest risks--quitting her full-time job to pursue a full-time career in music. She will be performing at the Brooklyn Bowl on May 9th.
Here we are with Mama B, the musical enchantress behind the whimsical world of "Imaginology," her debut album set to release on May 10th, just in time for Mother’s Day. Drawing inspiration from the imaginative tales of childhood, Mama B's music blends contemporary production with timeless songwriting, creating a magical experience for listeners of all ages.
With her latest single "Unicorn," Mama B showcases her talent for storytelling, weaving tales of mythical creatures and nocturnal adventures that captivate the imagination. This release follows the success of her collaborative project "Zoology," which garnered over 55 million streams and 14 million YouTube views.
Mama B brings over two decades of music expertise to "Imaginology," having worked in songwriting, pop artistry.
Raised in a musical household in Newport Beach, California, Mama B's childhood was steeped in the sounds of rock n' roll, soul, and Motown, laying the foundation for her passion for creating music that transcends generational boundaries.
Here we are with Natalie Lane, founder and owner of Gloom Management. She will chat with us first and foremost about her experience being a child actress in commercials and then pivoting into management in her career without working at a big management firm. Natalie will share what it is like working with clients and helping them launch their endeavors on a professional and personal level. We will get to hear about her advice to rising music industry professionals and also students who are inquisitive to learn more about the management side on the industry.
Here, we are with Casii Stephan. She will chat with us about her experience living in Tulsa, Oklahoma and what the music scene is like there. We will also get to her about her accolades including songwriting awards and performances at SXSW. We will also get to her about her tips and tricks for being an indie artist expanding across genres including one of her biggest tips: NETWORKING and being kind and respectful! Finally, we will wrap up the episode and discuss Casii’s upcoming goals including her upcoming single release.
Here we are with Sabrina Monique, a New York City-based alt-pop singer-songwriter, who has embarked on a courageous journey to artistic autonomy, marked by her upcoming debut album, "It’s Not Me, It’s You."
From a tumultuous upbringing in White Plains, New York, to navigating the pressures of the pop music industry and overcoming living with 12 women in an apartment, Monique's narrative is one of resilience and self-discovery. Rejecting formulaic norms, she channels her experiences into poignant yet catchy songs, characterized by radio-ready hooks and unvarnished lyrics.
With a background in skipping school for auditions and living in a crowded Manhattan apartment, Monique's path to success is filled with adventure and determination. Now, empowered and liberated, she emerges with a collection of songs that serve as battle anthems, giving voice to women's struggles against sexism and outdated industry stereotypes, all while asserting her role as the captain of her artistic journey. We will wrap up our episode hearing from Sabrina's detailing her advice for aspiring singers in NY and hear more about latest single, "It Was Always You."
Here we are with Sara Hells. She is a rising artist and is going to share about her eclectic experience and what it's been like growing up in a music business household and then going to college at Tulane and experiencing the music industry scene down in Louisiana. She is also going to chat about her big break performance and also her business experience working at a major talent agency.
Here we are with Benjy who is a Social Media Content Creator at Vinylbenjy. We will get to learn more about his hobby, passion, and work for collecting vinyls and what initially inspired him to do so. We will also get to hear more about his upcoming goals as a content creator and his biggest tip on being a collector and pursuing your hobby and transforming it into a career endeavor.
Here we are with Lila Forde. We will get to hear about her life growing up in Seattle and pursuing a career in music studying at USC's Thornton School of Music. Lila will also share her musical journey performing as a contestant on The Voice and placing in the Top 5. Lila will wrap up our episode sharing her career advice and her upcoming personal and professional goals especially with her EP encompassing her song performances from The Voice and her new Album.
Here we have a bonus episode. We are with Ava Della Pietra.
Ava Della Pietra, a 19-year-old singer/songwriter and former Broadway performer, has swiftly emerged as a standout talent in the pop music landscape, amassing over 3.2 million streams and 450K social media followers. With a diverse musical arsenal including piano, guitar, bass, violin, and ukulele, she's penned over 130 songs to date, showcasing a keen ability to connect with audiences on topics ranging from personal experiences to broader societal issues.
Here, Ava will talk about her background growing up on Broadway and her impressive catchy track like "happy for you" exploring unrequited love.
As she gears up for future releases and performances, her journey from Broadway stages to pop stardom continues to captivate audiences, promising even greater heights for this rising star. She just released her latest single and music video "Sick" and will be performing at Sofar Sounds in Boston on Saturday, March 30th. Ava is currently attending both Harvard studying Neuroscience and Berklee School of Music for Songwriting.
Here we are with music industry analytics professional Shannon Landers-Booker. Shannon talks about her first time ever seeing the Foo Fighters. This is what sparked a passion for working in the music business. Shannon worked at Endeavor on the analytics team. There she mostly supported the WME agency teams with insights on talent and other properties. She worked very closely with the music team there and helped build out data support for the agents. Before that, she took a side step from entertainment and worked in fitness for a few years. Before the fitness work, she worked as a recording studio technician, where she set up equipment for studio sessions and fixed broken equipment. She has worn a few different hats over the years and we will get to hear her journey and her career advice in terms of how to align skill sets with different sectors of an industry.
Here we are with Jo Mcakenzie from Kansas who moved to LA to pursue a career in music. Jo MacKenzie first discovered her love for music when her dad played Elton John’s “Crocodile Rock” in her childhood home in the suburbs of Kansas. Immediately inspired, she began writing music at age 7. Quickly enamored by production, she began teaching herself how to produce at age 11. Her indie-pop sound has morphed over the years, but she’s always been inspired by Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff, and Lorde. Her music has been featured on Hulu, The CW, and an Amazon-charting podcast. MacKenzie’s newest self-produced single, “So Much More,” unabashedly celebrates the joy of young love and the universal feeling of wanting “so much more” than just friends. Jo will further chat about her upcoming professional goals as an artist including her campaign for her newest music video, Newly Fallen Snow. Check it out here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/newly-fallen-snow-music-video#/
Here we are with Cody Doss, Chief Mixing Engineer at Stereogram Sound. He is one of 3 co-founders of Stereogram Sound. Cody is "fluent" in Dolby Atmos mixing. He is also the in-house Dolby mixer for Midcitizen Ent., as well as in-house mixer for Symphonic Distribution. Here, we will learn more about the audio producing side of the music industry and what it is like to also network out on the golf course to meet music industry professionals.
Here we are with indie rock band Powers and The People based in Nashville. Here, we will get to learn about each of the band member's unique stories and how they got to form this collective band. We will get to hear more about their experiences creating songs including If It Ain't Broke, Big Man, and Places We Go. Finally, we will get to learn about their upcoming endeavors and goals in Nashville and who their dream artist would be to perform/headline for.
Here we are with Sandra Dib Biochemist turned to Artist Manager. She has always had an interest for working in the music industry and decided to take a leep of faith and fly out from Chicago to Los Angeles to pursue a career. That is where she stumbled into Artist Management and currently represents Lea The Leox. We are going to talk about her unique career path and her story of living life now out in LA and what skills she learned from science that transfer to the music business.
Here we are with the Pinktastic Plastixx. Here we will get to learn more about how they formed the band and we'll be chatting with two of the band members including lead singer Kitten Kay Sara and guitarist Celinda. We will get to learn about some of their favorite Hollywood venues experiences and they will share their career advice if you want to form a band.
Here we are with Lea Kraft. She has a very unique story to tell with her industry background. She did an internship at Atlantic Records in A&R. Then upon graduating college she landed a job in the Business Development department for Disney doing strategy for mergers and acquisitions. Afterwards, she landed a role at Spotify in the Artist Research department. However, one of her biggest patterns within the industry is helping and seeking out talent. She also does artist management and represents Tim Atlas who she found at a Sofar Sounds concert. She will be sharing her story, her educational experience, and pieces of advice that she has taken along her career journey.
Here we are with the Brooklyn-based band Boys Go To Jupiter. Here we will get to learn how the band met on a dating app. The band members will talk about each of their roles and how they contribute to the band collectively and will share some of their experience creating their biggest hits including: Last Last Time, Overconfident, and Wall St. We will get to learn about their upcoming 13 gigs and their album.
Here we are with Andrew Adams, producer, mixer, and live sound engineer. Here, we will get to learn about his experience growing up in Ohio and then moving to Queens to work in NY. He has worked almost 30 years in this space and he will give us a day in the life of what's it like and some great resources for aspiring mixers.
Here is Katelyn Richards. Singing has always been a passion of hers and she finds fulfillment in the creative and the business aspect of music. She is the sole proprietor of her independent music entertainment business as an artist. She has a bachelors degree in liberal arts but that plays little into her music profession. She is a self employed gigging musician, also a recording artist with an independent publishing company/name. Here, we will get to learn more about the life of a gigging artist and her experience and the advice she gives to those that want a career like hers.
Here we are with music industry professional Jake Diamond. He grew up playing in garage bands with my friends and just always wanted to do something in entertainment. He is the Marketing Director for Union Stage Presents in Washington D.C. Union Stage Presents is a concert promotions and venue management company overseeing a portfolio of 5 venues and promoting 850+ events a year in the Washington, DC area. He is going to be sharing his career journey, his advice for aspiring musicians and what it's like to even get a licensing deal!
Here we will learn from Chad Gobar, independent filmmaker. We will get to hear about his upcoming latest projects for the new year and what it's like to move from the east coast to the west coast. Chad will also talk about his goals getting his works into indie film festivals.
Here we are with Courtney Cloud, licensed music industry attorney and artist manager. She grew up playing clarinet and with my dad playing music. She always knew she wanted to do something in music, but she tried a few different avenues.
She started in music education, then business, then law, and then she interned with a music publisher and the rest is history. Currently, Courtney is the Director of Copyright, A&R at TRO Essex Music Group which is a music publisher. Courtney also started my own management firm called Arioso Cloud Management.
She's been working in music publishing for a little over six years. She worked in law (real estate, landlord/tenant, trademark, and copyright law) for 2 years. Courtney went to Louisiana Tech for a business degree and then got my JD from Loyola College of Law New Orleans. Now she's a licensed lawyer in New Jersey. She handles all rights, agreements, metadata and sometimes royalties for our songwriters under copyright. Here she is going to share on the episode what it is like working in a lot of the different fields in the business and growing up in Louisiana. She will wrap up the episode with some exciting news in her artist management career.
Joseph has always had a passion for filmmaking. It started very young watching a VHS copy of Jurassic Park over and over growing up. He is a Freelance Director of Photography with experience in documentary, unscripted television and narrative. Most of his career has been in Reality TV working my way from a PA to a DOP for an the HGTV series Inside Out. I have a degree in film/tv from DeSales University. He will be sharing some of his wisdom including knowing what specific in the sector of the industry you want to be a part of including any career pivots.
Bronx-born, Brooklyn-based conscious rapper Rich Vysion’s story is one of triumph: How a braggadocious rapper overcame mental health struggles, and, along the way, created a platform that bridges the gap between music and mental health.
His tracks are cinematically musical—often crafted from orchestral pieces, haunting piano motifs, and ominously entrancing basslines. His thought-provoking artistry has garnered favorable comparisons to Mos Def, Talib Kweli, and Common. Vysion’s work has been featured in such esteemed outlets as XXL Magazine, VideoCity TV, Zevo TV, Soul Science Radio Station, Skilly Magazine, American Pride Magazine, Flyah Magazine Site, TrendCity Radio, LUTG Radio, “Next Up Mixtape Volume 295,” “We Workin Mixtape Volume 197,”and Thisis50.com.
Here we will get to hear his interesting music industry story and who are his biggest mentors of all time.
Here we will get to hear from Hugh Ballou conductor and founder. Hugh Ballou is a Transformational Leadership StrategistTM and Corporate Culture ArchitectTM, leveraging 40 years of experience as a musical conductor to teach leaders in various fields how to cultivate purpose-driven, high-performance cultures. He focuses on enhancing productivity, profits, and job satisfaction while reducing confusion, conflicts, and under-performance. Ballou demonstrates how leadership skills akin to those of a conductor can shape dynamic organizational cultures in business or nonprofit settings.
Here we will get to learn from Willy Kuo. Growing up in Taiwan he learned English before he started his passion for singing and songwriting. He looks up to artists including John Mayer and here we will get to learn what it is like to travel to the states and perform his own songs and covers.
Here we are with indie and alt jazz artist Sari Jordan. Here, she just released a new EP where she has an eclectic array of great hits. We will get to her more about her artist career and especially learning more about jazz during her time at Tulane. Finally, to wrap up the episode as always, we will get to her Sari's advice and her upcoming goals including relaxation.
Credits:
Artist: Sari Jordan
Song title: Ceasefire! & Daydreams
Management: Independent
Production: Engineered, Mixed, Mastered by Keenan McRae
Label: Self Release
Here we are with podcaster and Fluency Consulting Founder Norah Jones. With degrees in Cultural Studies, Linguistics, and Education, she has been fortunate over four decades to teach multiple languages both modern and ancient to young people in grades K-16; to advance the role of and advocacy for world languages through leadership in various state, regional, and national organizations; and to write and consult for, and to be the professional learning director of, a number of world language educational publishing companies. Norah's podcast has an audience of many thousands across the world, and has been listed as a resource by the national language and cultural education organization. Croatian by heritage, she lives on a farm in Virginia with my family while connecting with friends, community members, and professional colleagues in the wider global family to which we all belong. Here, we will get to chat with her about language and what it's like to have many viewers listening globally to her podcast.
Here we are with Rem Scobell who is a writer and director. We will get to hear about his unique experience learning more about what it's like to be on the writing side of the short film world and learn more about marketing and branding within the film and digital content spaces.
Here we are with Jordan K. Paul. Here he is going to talk about his unique background on what made him passionate about the film industry and how he got into this business. He is going to talk about his experience being a PA then a writer/director for numerous short films. We will get to hear more about his upcoming projects.
For more information on Jordan K. Paul's work, take a look on IG:
https://www.instagram.com/animalsshortfilm/
https://www.instagram.com/jordankpaul/
Here we are with pop, folk, and R&B artist Brett Altman. He has had a lot of great performances in the NY area and has been recently been completing a residency at The Delancey in the East Village. We are going to learn more about his latest hits My Way Out and Abundance and what his advice is to aspiring pop artists. For more information on Brett Altman's Tour you can get tickets at: https://www.someday.fm/events/444664392088813571
https://linktr.ee/brettaltmanmusic
Credits: My Way Out; Abundance
Artist = Brett Altman (both songs co-written by Brett Altman & Colin Rowe / produced by Colin Rowe / mixed by Paul Kimsal / mastered by Idania Valencia)
Song title = My Way Out; Abundance
Album = My Way Out
Label = self-released
Management = self-managed
Here we are with the jack of all trades, Jarryd Elias. He has worked on numerous projects within the film scoring space and here we will get to learn more about his eclectic experience within the music space starting at Eastman School of Music in Boston and then getting his masters degree in Seattle. Also, we'll get to take a listen to one of his songs called "Sonya's Theme / End Credits" from the film soundtrack The Beverly Hills Exorcist. Finally, we will talk about his major projects, his upcoming endeavors, and what are some of his ultimate favorite soundtracks.
Credits Sonya's Theme / End Credits:
Artist = Jarryd Elias
Album = Beverly Hills Exorcist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Label = Jarryd Elias Music
Music Scoring Mixer = Steven Wayne Thomas
Mastering Engineer = Brendan Byrnes
For more information on Jarryd Elias, visit his website: https://www.jarrydeliasmusic.com/
Here we are with filmmaker, Diego Ramirez. Here he talks about his eclectic experience creating U.S. Citizen, majored in a B.A. of film and media studies. Here, he chats about his scriptwriting process and shooting artist music videos. We'll also get hear some career pointers from him and what it was like to be featured in VoyageLA. His goal is to finish three script by 2023.
For more information on Diego: http://voyagela.com/interview/life-work-with-diego-ramirez-of-los-angeles-ca/
Here, we will hear from GROMKO band leader and singer Serg EF. We will hear more about his time growing in a bunch of different states before heading to Los Angeles and giging out in LA at venues including The Mint and his latest upcoming performance at the Hotel Cafe this Friday October 27th. We will be chatting about Serg's music industry acumen, artist management, and music compensation and royalties.
For more info on GROMKO, check out: https://www.instagram.com/gromko.band/?hl=en
Here we are back with another HipHop artist, Reggie Baril. We will get to hear more about some of his projects including his music videos and what it's like to not only be an artist but to also own his LLC, ToBySeason Creative Services LLC where he writes, records, performs, and produces original music and videos.
Here we are with Erica Wei. She has worked as the EA to the CEO at Rostrum Records where she did a lot of A&R and management responsibilities. Here, we will get to hear her college experience going to Wash U in St. Louis and then coming back to LA to pursue her dreams of working in the music industry.
Here we are with Dylan Kaplan who is a Broadway producer, Tony award winner and MBA candidate at Stern. Here we will get to hear about his eclectic experience starting at NYU Tisch and getting his Bachelor's in Theatre Design and then a Master's in Performing Arts Management. We will also get to hear more about his NYU Stern MBA experience and what it's like to work with Broadway actors. We will get to hear more about his upcoming personal and professional aspirations.
Here today we are interviewing guitarist of The Wonder Years and Host of The Record Process Podcast, Casey. Here, he is going to share his insight into his background growing up in Philly and going to Drexel University and studying Music Business. We will chat about what it's like to be in a band and also be entrepreneurial simultaneously.
More info on Casey's upcoming projects: https://www.caseycavaliere.com/
Here we are with Raquel Rodriguez. Here she will be sharing her experience working as a broadcaster but before we get into things, we will hear about her educational background getting two degrees in Spanish and Journalism. Afterwards she worked for a big 3 affiliate as a news correspondent before transitioning to become more entrepreneurial creating her own marketing consulting firm, R2 Media. Here we will get to hear how her education has been pivotal with her professional endeavors and the advice she shares for aspiring marketers.
For more info on Raquel Rodriguez and R2 Media: https://www.r2mediainc.com/
Here is tech professional David Boyle who has worked across a variety of different mediums within the entertainment tech landscape. We will learn about AI and ChatGPT and how they are being pivotal new forces within the music business.
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We are in the studio interviewing another studio Acoustic Sessions LA Founder, Marco De Santiago. We are going to learn more about his industrial engineering background and what is was like growing up in Mexico and transitioning to the music industry world in LA. We will hear how he got plugged into the music industry thought MeetUp and what his upcoming goals are with Acoustic Sessions LA.
For more information on Acoustic Session LA events: https://acousticsessionsla.com/home
Here, Logan Zutavern shares his experience in the marketing realm of the live events space in the music industry. Here we will hear about his tips and tricks about staying humble in the entertainment industry and what it's like learning from a venue and going to concerts. He just graduated UC Riverside in Marketing.
Jordan Harari grew up in Bay Area and attended University of San Francisco and works in the licensing and clearancing department for a big studio. We are going to interview him tonight and discuss what his day-to-day entails. We will also get to wrap up and hear some advice on his transition from the agency side of the entertainment business to the clearancing side. Jordan will also chat about the article "Music Copyright in the Age of Forgetting" and how it has affected Jordan's work in the business. Jordan will wrap up the episode sharing his advice for those that are new to LA culture and life what it is like to transition to a new city.
https://www.theringer.com/music/2021/9/9/22663301/music-plagiarism-copyright-infringement-lorde-olivia-rodrigo-blurred-lines
We are going to interview Ewa Blecharczyk. She is a music industry professional in New Orleans and is a special events coordinator and the New Orleans Jazz Museum. We will be talking about all things about the live events space and what it is like going to festivals. Eva will also chat about her experiences in weddings and corporate events and we'll get to hear her tips on working in the music business at the intersection of non-profit and live events.
Here is an interview with Hector Meza He is an entertainment music industry professional and has had a lot of experience from the agency side to the marketing side to now being the Director of Operations for an independent label, Guin Records. We will get to learn about Hector's role and how he gets to connect with all departments at the company. We will wrap up this episode by talking about keeping in touch with industry professionals.
Here is an interview with Professor John Snyder. He has been such an influential mentor and a leader in the music business. He helped me create my self-designed coordinate major in music business paired with my mathematics major. He worked at Loyola University in New Orleans as Department Chair for the Music Industry program. We will hear about his experience being an attorney and what drove him to law school and then pivoting to the academic side of the music industry. He will share his tips and tricks taking his intro courses at universities.
For more information on his Tweed Recording Academy Production School: https://tweedrecording.com/staff/john-snyder/
Here we are with a good friend of mine who I met when I took a film summer class in California as part of a humanities core requirement for my Tulane diploma. I had the pleasure of meeting a great friend Kristen Case. She studied film at Cal Lutheran and minored in dance and now is working as a freelancer in the film business doing many different gigs. She is very creative, driven, motivated, and passionate about the film industry. We will get to learn all about her day-to-day and what it is like working as a freelancer covering those crazy 5 AM shifts and sometimes also getting those good gigs too. Kristen will wrap up giving her points on maintaining a positive attitude. Finally, Kristen will wrap up the episode sharing her advice.
We have Professor Lindsay Adler here on this week's episode. She was my professor when I took two music industry courses over at Loyola University in New Orleans. She works in the marketing space and has had a plethora of music industry experience working in the live events marketing space. She graduated from Tulane and works as an adjunct professor also at Tulane teaching entertainment marketing courses. We will get to her about some of her first gigs including working at the iconic venue Tipitina's. We will also wrap up hearing her wisdom about being a professor and the rewarding aspects of being entrepreneurial.
For more information on Social Mint NOLA: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsay-adler-875ba858.
Here we are interviewing Luis Oliart. He has worked with a lot of high profiled artists including The Doors and Fishbone. He is a musician himself and performs with his band called The Hinges. He is signed to Mesa Bluemoon Records. Here, we are going to chat about the A&R side and the digital media landscape of the music industry and what it is like touring as an artist and his upcoming personal and professional goals with his two newest singles called “Hold On To Your Love” and “Sad and Lonely.”
For more information on Luis: https://luisoliart.com/.
Here today we are with Tyler, and Seth, and Masa and they are going to share their upcoming endeavors in the film world. We'll get to hear more about Vanlife which has acquired over 10,000 through a go-fund me page. We will also get to learn about their background and what got them passionate about the film business and who they look up to. We'll wrap up and part ways by hearing their upcoming professionals aspirations.
To learn more about VanLife:
https://www.instagram.com/vanlife_film/?hl=en
https://givebutter.com/vanlife
Here is a New Orleanian with us, Marigny Hemenway. She has a plethora of different paths within the music industry. She is going to school full-time at Berklee College of Music and graduating in May of 2023 with a bachelor's in music business. She is also a singer-songwriter working with a local New Orleans band called Marigny and The Vital Signs. She is the marketing and public relations associate for the New Orleans Jazz Museum. Marigny has worked at The New Orleans Jazz Museum for a couple of years now. We are going to learn about her non-linear day-to-day and what it's like juggling all of these experiences.
For more information on Marigny's band: https://marignyhemenway.com/
For more information on The New Orleans Jazz Museum: https://nolajazzmuseum.org/
Here with are with Chaz Volk founder and CEO of Mr. Thrive Media. We will talk about his background going to film school and working as an audio engineer post college. When the pandemic started, he created his business and we'll get to hear what made him create the name Mr. Thrive and what led him to become passionate about being a podcast producer and marketer for B2B businesses and for cultural outlets. We will also get to chat about his upcoming projects and his personal and professional ambitions.
For more info on Mr. Thrive Media:
https://mrthrive.com/
Here we will learn from one of the first people that I've met in the radio broadcasting business Kris Daniels. How did I get in touch with her you may ask. It takes a lot of hustle to be in the music industry. I cold called a lot of my favorite radio stations growing up. I called Radio Disney and she answered the phone and I got a tour of the studio followed by a meet-and-greet with the Jonas Brothers. It was fantastic!
Now back to the episode,...we will get to hear more about Kris Daniels background growing up doing radio broadcasting as a teen and then going to college and getting a Masters in Psychology. We will hear about what is the difference between a host, producer, program director, and marketing director under the radio umbrella as they as combine to create an eclectic and vibrant radio station. We will get Kris Daniels' pointers on voice tracks and air checks as some of her parting wisdom before we hear more about her personal and professional goals.
We are going to learn about debits and credits and the balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flows, and the statement of shareholders' equity. Here is Matt Gillman, CPA. He went to American University and recieved an accounting degree and got his CPA license too. Prior to the university, he interned twice for his dad learning some of the ropes of the entertainment accounting industry. Now he works full-time as a Senior Analyst and Royalty Auditor over at Gelfand, Rennert, and Feldman. We are going to learn all things about his background and his new personal endeavor creating a travel blog.
Here we have Abbie Wang. She went to NYU and pursued her degree in Music Business and has a lot of great internship experiences within the entertainment industry. We will get to learn what it is like working at one of the largest entertainment marketing firms under the Endeavor brand 160/90. We will also get to her her tips/tricks of acquiring a sponsorship from a big company as an international student and what challenges and pros she has experienced.
Here we are interviewing Amanda Forbes. She graduated from the University of Central Florida in 2021 as an entertainment management major. She is a Florida native and has been working in the hospitality and touring industry since 2019. She has always loved concerts and has been to over 30 countries before she turned 18. Amanda is going to chat about all things about networking and her day-to-day job. She works as a Tour Accounting Assistant for the Dave Matthews Band. Amanda will also talk about her experience working as a freelancer for festivals and cruises. To wrap things up, we will hear more about her tips and tricks on networking and the advice that she shares including it is never to early to start and it is never too late to start.
Here is Alex Bravo, independent Hip Hop artist. He is going to explain what got his passionate about being an artist and who his role models are. We will also get the chance to learn more about his career advice and what upcoming adventures he has as far as producing music and touring.
Here we are interviewing Matt Kuttan. He is the Chief Creative Officer at PeterMayer Advertising in New Orleans. He has 30+ years of marketing experience and is a former columnist for the Chicago Tribune. He also speaks over 6 languages. We are going to learn about the marketing and advertising spaces within the media industry and Matt's upcoming professional goals within the creative enterprises.
Here on the Media Industry Guru Podcast we are going to learn about Shadoe Stevens and what brought him interest to the radio broadcasting world. We are going to learn about his newest endeavors with Mental Radio and we'll get the opportunity to take a listen to some of his voice tracks. Finally, to wrap up our episode we'll get to hear some of his wisdom that he'll share to aspiring radio broadcasting professionals in their 20s.
To learn more:
http://www.shadoe.com/
https://www.mentalradio.net/
Here we have a singer-songwriter, Sadelbia. She is a rising artist. We will learn about his composition background obtaining her BFA at Tulane and what it's like to start from scratch creating a folk and blues song. We will learn about her upcoming album, one of her latest songs "Love Like Loneliness," and the advice she will share to upcoming artists.
Love Like Loneliness Credits:
Artist, Management, and Lyrics: Sadelbia
Production: Sadelbia Music
Label: S/R
Sound Engineer: Hustla at Green Tea Studios
Co-producers:Logan Zutavern and Chris Prinzo
We are back learning and educating one another on the media industry guru podcast. Let's learn more about Lukas Cox. He works at AEG Presents as a Ticketing Manager working on the lifecycle of a concert. He studied music industry over at Loyola New Orleans. Now he resides in New Orleans full-time working the ranks in the ticketing space. We will hear about his favorite festivals and what it is like working for one of the largest ticketing companies globally.
Here is Jeff Pulver. Pulver is going to explain his unique background becoming an entrepreneur and having an accounting degree. He was a DJ in the 80s, establish his own firm for helping independent artists grow from the ground up and is a venture capitalist. He is the owner of Pulver Radio and has a law established in his name called the Pulver Order. We will learn about his unique background, how he is connected independent artists on his Zoom coffee platform and his life living in NYC being an investor for FourSquare and Twitter.
For more information on Jeff Pulver, you can check out his website at: https://www.pulver.com/
Today we are going to learn about NFL. Here we have Bruce Murray, a well-known journalist and sports broadcaster for SiriusXM. He was at Mad Dog Radio from 2006 to 2012 and he has been at SiriusXM NFL Radio since 2012. He had done a nationally syndicated morning show on sports new radio from 1996 to 2006 and started right his career in college radio right at Tulane's radio station (Roll Wave!) WTUL. Here he is going to talk about his experience and his advice on the ever evolving broadcasting industry. He will share his tips and trick to amazing students. He has been an incredible mentor to me and provides great wisdom about broadcasting.
For more information on Bruce Murray, check out: https://twitter.com/BruceMurrayNFL
https://www.facebook.com/brucemurraynflradio/
Here we are interviewing good friend and music industry artist management professional, Joe Upchurch. He has a big passion for the music business and works in curation and editorial for Lyrical Lemonade. He has grown a lot of artists by management them on a personal and professional level including Khi Infinite. He is going to talk about what it's like being an artist manager and the responsibilities that go with it. We will also get to hear more about his experience with Early Rising and Lyrical Lemonade interviewing artists and being a journalist. Khi Infinite will also be releasing a song called "Lights Please" with Pusha T on April 5th.
For more information on Khi Infinite: https://www.instagram.com/khi.infinite/?hl=en
Here we are with a C-Suite Executive, entertainment professional, and MBA candidate. Here name is Sienna Jackson. She is the founder and CEO of Zoran Creative Strategy which is a social media and consultancy impact firm that works with clients to maximize their triple bottom line within the intersection of cause, culture, and capital. She is getting her MBA at UCLA Anderson and has a plethora of experiences within media for over 13 years and in philantrophy. She started college at 14 doing journalism and political news. She then transitioned to film licensing and the music industry. She gives $10,000 advice to current students and recent grads pursuing opportunities in the entertainment industry.
For more information on Sienna Jackson, you can look at her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siennajackson/.
Here we have an independent artist Kid Nozy and here he is going to share what it's like launching your own songs without a label and doing all the hard work while being persistent and hustling. He is featured on the DSPs including Spotify and SoundCloud. He is going to share his advice on pursuing your dreams in the music industry and what it is like being an independent R&B/Hip Hop artist.
Here is Brock Bentley and here he is going to share what it is like working in the tour and events space as well as going on cruise ship to cruise ship being a DJ. He has had a plethora of experiences being a DJ. He is going to share his wisdom and his actionable personal and professional goals. We will also get to hear some of the quotes he has in the back of his mind keeping his mind fresh and optimistic with enthusiasm. He has a very grateful mindset in regards to garnering opportunities in the music industry and now let's hear more about his wisdom that he shares with others and his eclectic background.
Here we have Parde Bridgett, the Creative Director at 9Rooftops. He has a unique background working as a writer in TV News and now he works in digital marketing working with a plethora of different brands including: AT&T, McDonalds, Disney, car deals, and hard seltzer. He is going to talk about media campaigns and what goes into a marketing plan and all the tips and tricks he can share to others. He is going to share his advice to people in their 20s and how to build their portfolios.
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Here we are with Andrew Portwood. He grew up in Colorado working at concerts and festivals sneaking into Red Rocks. He has had a lot of professional mentors along the way. He went to Belmont in Nashville and worked at the Ryman Auditorium and then moved to NOLA to work at the Joy Theatre under Winter Circle Productions and AEG Presents as the GM. He has worked at a number of venues in NOLA including MKTG, DBA, and the Howlin' Wolf. We are going to also learn about his experience and his music entrepreneurial journey as the founder of Fox Pocket where he does music industry consulting.
To learn more about Fox Pocket and Andrew Portwood: www.foxpocket.co
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Here is writer and director for Ela Road Films and proud member of the Writers Guild of America, Colin Francis Costello. He has many accolades incuding writing many episodes for PBSKids. He's been nominated for a Midwest Emmy award. He has written and directed short films including "Dreamwisher" which has won ten awards and "The After Party" which has played in 25 festivals internationally and has won five. Colin’s writing has gotten the attention of Spike Lee (whom he helped launch an ad agency with), Michael Bay, Dr. Maya Angelou, Reginald Hudlin, Tim Burton, Jan DeBont, Marcus Nispel, Pam Thomas, Disney, ABC, Netflix and The Montecito Picture Show Company. We are going to learn about his writing background and also his passion for helping others as an educator and advocate for aspiring writers. Colin volunteers for Young Storytellers, helping Latinx and Black 5th graders develop their screenwriting voices. He also teaches screenwriting at UCLA Extension and is a freelance journalist for Reel 360 News, an online outlet that covers advertising and entertainment.
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Here today we have a singer-songwriter Sasha Salk. Here today is going to talk about his new EP called "Red Shirt" as well as his new upcoming works entitled "Useless Commentary" which has been released in mid-January. We will learn about his life growing up in Chicago and then graduating from Tulane (Roll Wave!) studying music. Sasha is going to explain his tips and tricks on working in the NOLA music industry.Credits:Red ShirtArtist: Sasha SalkManagement: Sasha SalkProduction: Mixed and Mastered by John Abbey at Kingsize Sound Labs (in Chicago, IL)Engineered by Sasha Salk, Jack Miele, and Adam KeilRecorded at The Music Shed (in New Orleans, LA)Label: S/RShoes // Worn DownArtist: Sasha SalkManagement: Sasha SalkProduction: Mixed and Mastered by John Abbey at Kingsize Sound Labs (in Chicago, IL)Engineered by Sasha Salk, Jack Miele, and Adam KeilRecorded at The Music Shed (in New Orleans, LA)Label: N/A--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
We are back with Melissa Brogan. She is a music industry touring professional. She is going to chat about her eclectic experience working for Prodigy Artists working for a handful of clients that she does day-to-day artist management for. She also does nightlife advocacy for Four4Consent which is a company that focuses on making dance spaces safer. Melissa also does hospitality advancing and helping run artist relations for Groove Cruise along with any sort of additional freelancing on the side for different productions so my day to day look is hardly ever the same. We are going to learn about three different sectors of the music industry: the artist touring side, the management side, and the non-profit side.
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Here is Sabrina Li and she is very knowledgable about the artist side of the music industry. She grew up in Hong Kong born and raised, went to school in the UK and recently moved to the US. She lived for a plethora of years in the UK working with artists and helping them with their endeavors. She was involved in social and professional clubs within the music industry at her school. She also completed a certificate at UCLA Extension in Music Business. Today, we are going to learn all things about the artist management side working with R&B artists and what it's like to get mentorship within the music industry.
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Here is Elliott Simon. We are going to chat about the touring space today. He has always had a fascination and passion for the music industry from seeing a tour bus to buying a Blink 182 t-shirt to become a fan he has always wanted to be a part of the music industry in some sort of capacity. After college, he stated in event management and learned about the ropes to work in the music industry. He has worked in numerous positions working for the Grammys, SuperBowl, 4 tours, 9 cruises, and 50 festivals in various roles working with numerous types of personalities and people in the business. We are going to learn about what got him passionate about the events space and his upcoming career and personal endeavors.
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We are back on the Media Industry Guru Podcast. We are with an amazing content creator and top-notch A LIST GO GETTERS in the entertainment space. Born and raised in Manhattan, 24 year old who graduated recently with her MS and BS from USC (Fight On!). She is a content creator and developer in the mental health and chronic development space. She has worked with tons of different brands and I had the pleasure of getting to meet her in the TikTok Brand Ambassadorship program. She is a leader in the mental health and chronic illness advocacy spaces. Here now is Gigi Robinson where we will learn about her upcoming goals within the content creator space.
To learn more about Gigi and her projects: www.gigirobinson.com
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We are back on the Media Industry Guru Podcast with Alex Norocea and here he chats about the DJ and live events space. Here we are going to talk more about his background as Alex working in finance for about fours years before transitioning to the music world. He worked for a ticket start-up in addition to going full-time within the events space. He started as a DJ for a resort brand along with helping start other companies in Florida. He has a lot of tips and tricks within the entertainment industry and definitely has the entrepreneurial mindset. Here, we will learn what got him the music industry bug and we will get to hear more about Club Med Turks and Caicos which will occur March 27-March 31, 2023.
We are back on the podcast here interviewing Jimmy Guido. For those that don't know, I initially started off my career in film and TV and met Jimmy through a cool dude s/o to Rylan at Irwin Entertainment. He is a Manager of TV Development at IPC and here he is going to explain all things about what TV Development encompasses, what he does on a day-to-day basis and how he got his start in the film industry by traveling all the way from New Jersey all the way from LA to go to USC (Fight On!). He started his career at WME in Unscripted TV Development. Here, he will explain what working at an agency is like and how he was able to transition from WME to IPC (an Emmy Award Winning television company that has recently become a part of Sony Pictures). Here, we will learn about his day-to-day, his upcoming personal and professional goals as well as a new TV show that his team have launched called The Climb which is released in Jan.
To Learn More About IPC, check out: https://theipcorp.com/
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Today we are going to hear from Savannah aka Smallz. Who is Smallz? She is mighty and powerful she started in the hip hop and dance space and worked her way through to becoming an independent hiphop, pop, and R&B artist. Her biggest inspirations and MJ and JB. We will get to take a list to a couple of her songs and the advice she gives on not giving up.
Credits:
CLOSE - Smallztru
ABOUT U -Smallztru
Label: S/R
Production: Hustla
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Here we have Brandon Lew a former child actor where his family did a lot of TV commercials. He was also the model for Buzz Lightyear. He studied producing at NYU and transitioned full time to work at Participant Media. Here we will learn about his eclectic background and we will talk about his leadership roles at NYU including the first-ever talk show at NYU entitled "Views from NYU." He served an executive producer, showrunner, and host. Now, he is settling down to use his MBA to work in the entertainment industry.
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Here we are with Tinah Ogalo. She has been super invollved in the entertainment industry space. She has been watching the entertainment tonight show since she was a child. She has been inspired by Oprah, Ryan Seacrest, Britney Spears, and Viola Davis. She is a social media coordinator for Paramount Pictures and has her own freelance podcast called In Your Twenties. It is a great platform for people navigating what they're doing on a social and professional level. We are going to interview her and how has she been featured in Washington post and her advice and her upcoming goals in the media business.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-your-twentys/id1509388156
Here we are with Josh Simons, founder and CEO of Vampr. Vampr is a location based social and professional media platform which helps with music discovery and connects artists with music industry professionals. Josh started this in 2016 and it keeps on growing, growing and growing and his firm has been featured on the Austrailian Financial Times best businesses in 2017. Here, we will chat about the different types of money streams for generating a business from the ground up including crowdfunding and venture capitalism and what it's like to not work a 9-5 job.
https://www.vampr.me/
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Random question but do you like theatre and skating. Here, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Mina Kopp who I interned with at Warner Music Group. She has also held an internship at Red Light Management and is very passionate about theatre management. She is wrapping up her last semester at Pace University and is off to law school in the fall at Brooklyn Law School where she aspires to become an entertainment Intellectual Property lawyer. Let’s welcome future lawyer Mina Kopp to the Media Industry Guru podcast where she is going to provide some theatre advice, her skating hobby, and her endeavors in law.
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Ari Nisman is the President and CEO of Degy Booking International and Degy World LLC. To share more about his background, he got the music bug as a college student at the University of Michigan. At the time, he was exploring the sports and music industries. He saw that the music side really stood out to him when he was in his fraternity. He managed a band during his college career and signed the band on his roster. This what started Degy Booking International. Degy is responsible for 3,000 events and bookings a year and 30 countries globally. The firm now has 3 separate divisions including a Metaverse department that helps organize digital fan engagement and virtual bookings. Degy Booking has over 150 entertainers and speakers and is one the largest buyers for the military dense, college, corporations, summer camps, and minor league baseball. Some of the company's roster includes: Pitbull, Maroon 5, Imagine Dragons, Train, John Legend, Florida Georgia Line, Charlie Puth, Spike Lee, Tim Mcgraw and more. Ari is going to share his background and the formation of the company Degy.
https://www.degy.com/
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Here is Lindsey Solomon, founder of Lindsey Media and focuses on PR in Fashion and in the cultural arts. Initially when he started his career he will talk about how he worked at Happy Socks where he worked with artists including Pharrell, Snoop Dogg, and Robert Rodriguez. We are going to get to hear about PR and Lindsey growing up in the Big Apple and all the advice that he shares with his interns that he got from his professional colleagues.
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Here is Kailyn Hooten, a business administration major where she looked around USC and stumbled upon a music industry minor. She had a few internships in PR, the live events space, and marketing. Currently, she is doing a FT position as a Marketing Coordinator at Veeps Media. Veeps is a subsidiary of Live Nation and she will talk about her day-to-day responsibilities including social media management, ticketing data analytics and tools she acquired at USC for her day-to-day job. She also works part-time as a VIP Concierge where she has worked for the Greek Theatre in LA. She will talk about what it's like to work in the virtual setting curating livestreams and also an in person concert experience at the Greek Theatre. Kailyn will wrap up talking about mentorship programs and wisdom she gives to rising music industry professionals. She will talk about the types of books she reads about the business, her upcoming goals including traveling to Spain, Denmark, and Vietnam.
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Meet Aidan Adler who grew up in Kansas City, MO. Went to college at Tulane and double majored in Political Economy and Music of the Gulf South. He is currently working full-time at The New Orleans Jazz Museum as a Program and Production Coordinator. He is also a guitarist and has performed with George Porter and students at Loyola University in New Orleans. He is going to provide some advice about the music industry and his ventures working in the music industry. We will also get to hear about his guitar experience performing at NOLA venues.
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In this episode, I’m bringing on that smooth jazz voice because you know why. I have to introduce a Jazz expert on my podcast, Lydia Liebman. She is the Founder and President of Lydia Liebman Promotions and was featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Music in 2020 during the Pandemic. This is woah!!! She is a publicist by trade and has a huge roster of R&B, soul, and jazz clients. She is always optimistic and never stops working and is an associate professor at RocNation School at Long Island University. Let’s now welcome Lydia Liebman to the Media Industry Guru Podcast.
https://lydialiebman.com/
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I'm here with Bad Crystal Art AKA Tara Demers. She does the lights, camera, and action in the music industry, not talking about film. She is a digital artist and designs content for artists to create fan engagement. She has also done a ton of photography stuff at iHeart Radio and got even recognized by John Mayer. Now we will learn about Bad Crystal Art's projects and her latest endeavors into digital media and fan engagement.
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Have you wanted to study the music industry and learn more about the guide to being a great songwriter? Mike Errico is the author of a new book entitled “Music, Lyrics, and Life: A Field Guide for the Advancing Songwriter.” He is both a recording artist and a professor at Yale, Wesleyan, the New School, and NYU as well. And he’s here with me now to chat about his songwriting experience, his publication, and his advice to music industry professionals.
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I'm thrilled to introduce you to Joey Vreeland. She has a unique background in the live theatrical performance space from currently pursuing her MFA at Tulane University to even managing a tattoo parlor to even performing in a folk band. We will learn about the different theatrical terminology and what it's like from Joey's perspective to be a stage manager and run the whole show. We will also test her theatrical knowledge and play trivia.
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Here today Remy Ozer has a very special story. She started playing guitar then transitioned to being an artist manager while attending USC studying Communications and then after she took a few music industry courses and managed artists on the side. She landed an internship at Warner Chappell and this changed her vision of what type of career she wanted to pursue in the music business. It's interesting how one class and one internship can change your career endeavors. Now she is a licensed attorney for a big music publishing firm. She graduated with her law degree in 2 years. After that she passed the bar during COVID and now is working full-time. We are going to talk about her experience, the advice she gives and then we will quiz her on her music industry experience in law.
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Lights, camera, and action. We are going to talk about all things film. When you start your first job anywhere, regardless at some entry-level standpoint even before that you work at an ice cream parlor, a cashier, etc. I focused mine on entertainment. My first semester after college I worked at a movie theatre cashier and ticket taker. It is such a good way to talk to people including your coworkers and people who come in to the theatre. Joe Berke and I worked together back at Regal Entertainment and here he is today to talk about himself, his background at CSUN. He interned at a variety of different places including in music or Interscope Records for Studio71 and reality TV. We are able to talk about his goals working in the entertainment business where he aspires to be in 5-10 years, what his day-to-day is like as an office PA for Disney and what the different between an office PA and a set PA is.
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Here is April Bredael who is a 21-year-old rising music industry professional. She got her start in high school as a journalist. She has had many different internships within the music industry and just wrapped one up at Warner Music in Nashville. The work that she has put into her professional career and helping out artists is outstanding. Taylor Swift is her inspiration and motivation. She has had internships in social media management, A&R, and marketing. She also interned 2x at WMG in summer of 2021 and summer of 2022. She is a part of the Warner Music college marketing program where she is a marketing rep promoting Warner Music to college students on campus at UW Madison. She also wrapped up her first-ever tour experience for Ethan Jewell's Lonely Together tour where she drove across the country gig after gig after gig. She is also responsible for booking and and marketing artists on her college campus's music club. Friends and family call her Girl Boss.
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Ruchi Parikh is currently a manager at 3V Method, a management company that represents a diverse roster of artists, writers, and producers. She got her start in the industry in college where during her 4 years she interned for many entertainment companies including Live Nation, Patriot Management, Scooter Braun Projects, and CAA. She started to independently manage some of her friends at USC to start immersing herself in the world of management and was able to land a job at 3V Method post-graduation where she continues to become more involved in the field.
Credits:
Track: Best Dress
Artist: 19&YOU
Label: 3V Records
Track: New Year's Eve
Artist: OSTON
Label: 3V Records
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I’m super excited to share with you a guest that I’ve known post college. She is a singer/songwriter from Breaux Bridge Louisiana who was involved in Choir and Acapella at a very young age. She just recently moved to LA and works full-time at Junk Food Clothing while also working on her singer-songwriter endeavors. She has recently released her newest single Living in Technicolor that can be streamed on Spotify. She is also a freelance photographer and creates such high quality photos for graduations and weddings galore. She is enthusiastic, is resilient, and always determined to succeed. Here she is…drum roll please for Cassidy Louis.
Credits:
Hideaway
Artist: Cassidy Louis
Management: Self
Label: Self-release
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Today we are going to talk about the world of film and TV. Sam Bussell has his own podcast called The Sam Bussell Podcast on Ambigious Solutions. He originally studied film and tv at Hofstra University but then wanted to explore different areas of the media industry and tried out in radio broadcasting and enjoyed it. He was a host and producer for The Screening Room which interviewed people in film and tv. He aspires to be the next editor-in-chief for AMC. Currently, he works at ABC News on the side while developing his podcast. He aspires to be the next journalist in TV and entertainment.
https://ambiguouspodcastsolutions.com/the-sam-bussell-podcast/
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I’m here with an outstanding guest who has been involved within the media entertainment industry at such a young age. She has worn many hats from being an actress, a college DJ radio broadcaster, director of theatrical productions and singer/songwriter. She has just released her EP called To Me with the band Sound of The Fury. She has also garnered internships at major music industry professional companies and now works at A+E Networks. I introduce to you outgoing, driven, and ambitious Amanda Marino where we will chat about her career path, her advice, and her industry background. Finally, we will get to take a listen to one of her band's songs. The band is called Sound of the Fury and the song is called Worst Thing to Do.
Worst Thing to Do
Credits:
Music and Lyrics: Amanda Marino
Audio Production: Tim Enny
Mastering: Andy Greatorex
Distribution: Distrokid
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Here is Evan Shapiro. He is a very special guest who is the former president of National Lampoon and has been an executive for IFC and Sundance TV, NBCU, and The Public Theatre. He currently is an Executive Producer, Professor at NYU and Fordham & Media Cartographer. He describes himself as a Neoist and has his own newsletter called Media War & Peace. He is also an Emmy and Peabody Award Winner. Here, he is going to share his advice that he gives to his students and his eclectic film experience. Let’s welcome Evan Shapiro, creative executive to the podcast.
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Here we are going to talk about the film side of the industry and how to promote and market a film. We are going to learn about brand partnerships and marketing. I have an entertainment executive who is the Executive Vice President, Global Partnerships and Brand Strategy and Head of Location Based Entertainment at Sony Pictures Entertainment. He is responsible for the studio's continued global growth and extension of its brands including Uncharted, Spider-Man, Ghostbusters, Hotel Translyvania. We are going to learn about his marketing strategies and his initiatives, his personal background coming from Tulane to study film. We will also get to hear about one of his first jobs working in media working on big projects as a Field Manager for films including Ghostbusters and Karate Kid.
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Here we are with Sofia Gillani. She is a singer-songwriter who started singing around 10 years old. She got inspired by listening to my dad play guitar and discovering particular songs in the car. Sofia is inspired by artists such as Sia and Adele. We are going to learn more about her background growing up in London and one of her debut songs including "Ain't A Game." We will listen to a couple of her songs including "Flames" and "Water Run Dry" as well as her advice for rising artists.
Credits:
Flames:
Artist: Sofia Gillani
Management: Asif Gillani
Production: Dr Kane Beatz
Label: Sofia Gillani
Water Run Dry:
Artist: Sofia Gillani
Management: Asif Gillani
Production: Dr Kane Beatz
Label: Sofia Gillani
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Welcome back to another episode. Today we will be speaking with Michelle Yuen and her transferability of unique skills towards the music industry. She currently works at Chartmetric as a Business Intelligence Analyst. Michelle doesn't really have a background in data analytics. She studied psychology with minors in BEMT (Business of Entertainment, Media and Technology) and Child & Adolescent Mental Health Studies at NYU. She took a statistics course in college and become more inquisitive of analytics. She wears many different hats at Chartmetric including: developing strong business relationships and partnerships, working with trade associations, helping out the educational college sector especially increasing awareness about the platform, and finally developing a stronger client base by supporting the CCO with larger/key accounts. Michelle has also developed two key initiatives for Chartmetric including Make Music Equal, as well as Chartmetric's academic initiative. She is going to explain the initiatives she developed, her experience transitioning from an intern to a full-time employee, and her background and what it's like to live in Amsterdam.
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Welcome back to another episode on the coolest most educational way to break into the Media Industry podcast. Have you heard of the company Patreon? They are a subscription based platform that allows content creators to set tiers to their fans to give them great perks such as exclusive content, merch, and many more awesome items. With me is Todd Tuchek. He is a tenacious media industry professional who works at Patreon as a Creator Partnerships Rep. Interesting side fact, he was also involved in the national tour of Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief, one of my favorite middle school books of all time. He is always striving for ambitious outcomes and he is always working very hard to keep on growing the creator economy. Here now we will get into Todd’s story and his involvement in the theatrical and content creator side of the media industry.
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Here is Carla Bennahmias. She works at Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment the Director of Brand Partnerships. At UCLA, she interned at Primary Wave Entertainment in publishing, Universal Pictures in Sync, and Sony Music in Sync. Here, she will talk about how she broke into the biz, what her advice is, as well as what her day-to-day responsibilities are in the intersection of sync and brand partnerships.
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Here is Sofia Zemser. We conducted this interview during Mardi Gras season. If you don't know what it is Google it now. Here I'm with a Tulane alumnus who I've know through many organizations in the music industry, academics, and cultural organizations. She graduated with an English degree and is currently exploring programmatic ad sales at iHeart Media. We are going to learn more about her day-to-day in ad sales, her life in NOLA before and after college. Finally, to wrap things up, we will also learn the difference of contextual targeting and third party cookie targeting.
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Here we are with Jennifer Alvarado. She is country and rock singer whose songs come from her love for Christianity. She has returned to her country roots where she released her first EP titled “Playing with Fire.” Her latest singles which we will hear include Rock This Way and Curious. She was named “One to Watch” by Nashville Songwriters Association in Spring 2021. Her songs “IDWYB” and “Filthy Water” were Top 10 Finalists for “Best Pop Song” and “Best Modern Country Song” for the Spring and Summer 2021 World Songwriting Awards. She also received an accolade by Indie Star Radio. Let’s welcome her to the podcast where we will learn more about her songwriting process, her tips and tricks to songwriting and her experience and advice working in the legal side of the entertainment industry as a paralegal.
Credits: "Curious" and "Rock This Way": Artist - Jennifer Alvarado Management - Bsquared Mgmt Producer - Ricky Rodriguez at Bombhouse Recordings in Morganton, NC Label - unsigned Publisher - Jennifer Alvarado Music
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Happy Tuesday again and welcome to the Media Industry Guru Podcast for those that are aware of it welcome back and for those that aren’t this podcast will change how you can pursue your endeavors within the media industry. Today I’m here with a music industry professional who is a marketing manager for The Joy Theatre and promoter for Winter Circle Productions. He is also a realtor and husband and father. He is also a drummer and DJ. Let’s call in Austin Thompson to hear more about his experience in the music industry in the South.
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Can anyone define for me what an artist manager does? A lot of people get the terms agent and manager confused so today I’m bringing on a guest who works at Red Light Management as an Executive Assistant and Day to Day Manager. She wears a lot of hats within the management side of the music business and manages a few emerging artists as well. She is also a trained vocalist. Here Lauren what it's like to work at one of the biggest artist management firms in the music industry, her goals for her developing artists, and where she thinks the industry is headed in artist representation.
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Here is Sam Tall. He works at Studio71 as the Director of Music & Content Operations. He is a 10-year digital media veteran with a demonstrated history of revenue creation for independent and major label music artists. He makes sure that all of the copyright, monetization, and platform management functions are handled properly and proactively for the roster of over a thousand content creators and artists. Here he has helped several independent artists quit their day jobs. He is analytically driven and research oriented. Now we will learn more about the Studio71 brand, his experience in NYC and in LA and all about artist management and content operations.
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Here we will learn from Riley Nunes about creator partnerships. She is a young executive in the music industry who went to film school and now works at Whalar as the Creator Partnerships Executive. Whalar is an entertainment firm that intersects between creator partnerships for content creators, technology and brand partnerships within the music industry. She has such a unique background and has had experiences with fan engagement, digital marketing with TikTok experience. We are going to learn more about her personal and professional background and her upcoming short-term and long-term goals which include reading more (hoping to read 10 books by the end of this year), continuing to sharpen her leadership skills, and securing a position as a C-Suite executive in a decade. Here's Riley on the podcast!
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Have you ever wanted to be a singer/songwriter and have to record your own works or have someone else record it for you, master it, mix it, edit it, engineer it? Barry Rosenblum runs Green Tea Studios out of Los Angeles. He moved from New York, was originally from Chicago, and has written publications for Lyrical Lemonade, Rap Fiesta, and many more.
Also, Green Tea Studios has been featured in Voyage LA. Barry is the Co-Founder, CEO, and Director of Marketing for Green Tea Studios. Barry is going to share his wisdom on what is the difference between mixing and mastering, his advice to people that want to get into the audio engineering industry, the challenges he faced. We will also learn how he developed and ran a fried chicken business in college and how his sales and marketing experience led him to develop a recording studio. He connected his fried chicken business to the recording industry.
Finally, we will hear about Barry's upcoming goals as he aspires to expand his business to Chicago.
https://www.greenteastudios.com/
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Here we are with Sydney Oberholtzer. She is the host and producer of a Music Podcast called The Set Up. The Set Up helps you navigate new techniques in tech, music, entrepreneurship with the most disruptive professionals in the industry. It is available on DSPs including Spotify.
Sydney is also a marketing consultant by trade and works independently to create awesome experiences for her clients, artists, tech companies, and brands. She has worked at Rolling Stone Magazine and AEG Presents and just recently transitioned from the corporate route to the entrepreneurial route.
We will learn more about Sydney’s story, her development of her podcast and her firm, and the wisdom and support she provides to other rising entrepreneurs who want to create a podcast or start their own business.
https://www.thesetupseries.com/
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Anyone into doing the renege on TikTok or what’s your favorite dance. Feel free to DM me on instagram @mediaindustryguru. Would love to hear. I’m here with a TIkTok creator, influencer, who I worked with in college when I was a TikTok rep. He has interned at tech startups within the media industry and has worked for a big advertising agency based out of NYC. He has accrued over 1.1 million followers on TikTok and has just launched his own podcast. He is also pursuing his masters in media at The University of Tampa. He also was interviewed and got the opportunity to take part in the TikTok Billboard Awards. Here he is, Adam Barrera aka @adamtheflop on TikTok.
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We are going to learn more about the record label side of the music industry as well as PR, what defines PR and all things about it. We will also learn about digital marketing and fan engagement. Jamie Roberts is the founder of For The Win Media. She is a publicist and marketing professional and she has a lot of clients in the alternative rock and metal spaces. She has been featured on Thrive Global, GH Strings, and Hypbot for interviews regarding her work in the music industry. She is going to give great wisdom on how to break in the business (She also gives these tips/tricks to her interns.). She got her start in college radio in New York. We will learn about her eclectic background working for numerous record labels including RoadRunner and many more.
https://www.forthewin.media/
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We are going to learn from Amanda Mester, PR and journalism professional. She is an entrepreneur, an academic, a writer, and a scholar. She has worked with a plethora of musicians in the NOLA music industry community especially the hip hop space. Amanda also went from living in NYC to discovering the music culture in NOLA. She is going to provide great advice and we will quiz her on hip hop trivia and we will learn more about music industry journalism. Right now, she is also pursuing her PHD in the creative arts at the University of New Orleans. Amanda is the founder of Under The Sun, a creative agency, The Gentilly Agency and co-founder of Jazz Crawl, a live event and digital media company.
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Welcome back Media Industry Guru Fanatics on another epic episode. Today we are going to learn all things about film. Here I am with Yolanda Macias and she is the chief content officer and head of sales and marketing for Cinedigm. Cinedigm is an entertainment film company that specializes in digital cinema, streaming channels, content marketing, and distribution. She grew up in sunny Los Angeles from a bilingual and bicultural family, went to public school, and received her MBA from Northwestern University. Yolanda is also on the Board of Directors for Sketchers. We will talk about her greatest achievements both personally and professionally and the advice that she gives to 20-year-olds navigating the entertainment business. We will hear all this from a C-Suite executive. We will also get to learn about her philanthropic work, her goals, and her advice that she gives to aspiring media professionals who want to be entrepreneurial like herself.
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Today I have an MBA graduate who prior to pursuing his MBA he started working at CAA, then went into artist management and then into booking and touring at APA. He started his MBA in fall of 2020 due to COVID and has been very open minded and inquisitive. He is also an artist on the side and grew up on an island. Here, Gabriel Berenson will describe what it's like going to business school, his tips and advice on being a generalist and his experience working in the agency world and transferring his skills in tech.
In this episode, I’m here with a music industry professional who works in the events operation space at festivals including Buku and EDC the Electric Daisy Carnival in Vegas, venues such as the Republic while even interning at Lib Management. He is an extreme formula 1 race car fan, is “type five”, alert, and curious to learn. One of his inspirational artists is G-Space. Here, Devyn will explain his background growing up in Louisiana studying the music business and then going from festival to festival working on event production and learning every single part about the operation side of a festival.
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Have you heard the artist Sara Bareilles' most iconic song Love Song. I’m not gonna sing it since I haven’t warmed up my vocal cords and I’m not a professional singer but I’m here with an artist whose inspiration is Sara Barellies. She also looks up to Carly Pearce and Carole King. She is an independent singer/songwriter and we went to the same high school (Go Chargers!) She has performed at one of the most well-known venues called the Canyon Club in the sunny Agoura Hills area where even artists such as Pat Benatar, Smash Mouth, Linkin Park have performed there. Some of her songs have over 100,000 streams on Spotify and 34,000 monthly listeners and is very proactive as an artist. Let’s welcome Sami Siteman where we will hear about her songwriting process and we'll get to the opportunity to listen to one of her popular songs, Body Heat.
Credits:
Body Heat:
Artist, Management, and Lyrics: Sami Siteman
Production: Vittorio Iuè, Sami Siteman
Label: Self-released
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Here is Aaron Raus. He just started his career as a music professional in the music industry but is a creator and founder of the non-profit called THE FAM, a music industry platform. He started this as a class project and then he took the idea and made it into a club. Now THE FAM has 501c3 status. He is also a Junior Account Manager at Top Drawer Merch, working in a multitude of hats within the music industry and held 4 internships while at USC (including at Live Nation). We are going to hear his college experience, his creation of THE FAM, and his inspiration for being entrepreneurial and the tools and tips that he has given to members of his organization to be creators, leaders, and pioneers in the music industry.
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Here he is, the brother of Bruce B Godorn (Season 2, Episode 8 –https://bit.ly/3PV8ve7). He has been involved in the creative side of the music industry, as a music producer, singer, songwriter, saxophonist and entertainment executive. He has worked at Sony/BMG and also played on 4 Gold records with Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio on Arista). He was born in Detroit & mentored by an NBA Hall of Famer, Dave Bing before moving to L.A. This is where Andrew Woolfolk of Earth Wind and Fire & Ray Parker Jr. mentored him. He also appeared in Prince’s Partyman video. Now, we will get more insight about his day-to-day life, what he says about the DSP (Spotify, Apple Music, etc.) side of the music industry, and his eclectic experience working with some iconic artists. We will also hear two of his songs that he co-produced and sang including Every Day & Night & A Woman.
Everyday & Night
Artist: Horatio Gordon
Management: Horatio Gordon
Production & Songwriters: Darryl Rainey, Bruce B. Gordon, & Horatio H. Gordon
Label: Unreleased
A Woman
Artist: Horatio Gordon feat. Kacey the Songbird
Management: Horatio Gordon
Production & Songwriters: Horatio H. Gordon and Bruce B. Gordon
Label: Unreleased
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Hello, hello, hello. Are you looking for career resources ways to break into the entertainment industry and especially the music industry? Here I have a guest with me who has had her CNA license for over 7 years and has worked in a Pediatric Oncology Unit. She has transitioned to the music industry and has landed a job through her creating a career platform and building a community of like-minded individuals called Music Industry Entryway. She is a 2020 graduate from Florida Golf Coast and was formerly the Assistant to the CEO at Degy. Here, she will provide wisdom and a plethora of resources to others about the music industry. She been featured on numerous industry panels and podcasts sharing tips on how to break into the industry.
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AND...another great episode of finding your path within the Media Industry hosted by Forbs West. Today we are going to chat about the non-profit side of the music business especially in New Orleans. I have an entrepreneur on the line who connects creatives with resources to pursue their dreams in music. She has secured 501c3 status for her business and received a major grant from both the Jazz and Heritage Foundation and the State of Louisiana to help local musicians rebound professionally from COVID-19 setbacks. By the way, she has not one, not two, but three incredible businesses entitled Love Notes Music Group, Love Notes Music & Arts Foundation, and The Little Brown Basket, a customized gift baskets business for her music clients. We are going to hear about how to get grants for non-profits within the music industry, her educational background, and the advice that she gives to people in their early careers who want to work in the entrepreneurial non-profit side of the music industry.
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BONUS EPISODE! Want to learn more about the live events space? Here is Gabriel Tejada and he has been working in the live events arena for over 7 years. He is working full-time as a Back of House Operations Manager at Insomniac Events. Here, he deals with everything the fan does not see. Staffing Relations, Load in/out operations, credential operations, Staff Catering Operations and as well as dealing with our entire Artist World Operations (Artist Relations, Artist Hospitality, Artist Transportation). Prior to working full-time at Insomniac, he has worked at numerous festivals including: Rolling Loud, Dirtybird, Vibra Urbana, Imagine Music Festival, Baja Beach Festival, and insomniac events. We are going to learn about his experience working in the live events space, the pros/cons, and his advice that he can give to college students or people in their early 20s wanting to find their craft within the entertainment industry.
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Hello what is up Media Industry Guru fanatics. We’re back again with another episode. Ever thought about how and why is a specific song played in this film. Ever wonder how a song gets placed into a film. Here with me today is Mia Ziedler. She is currently working at NBC as a Sr. Music Licensing specialist. She formerly worked at Masterclass as an editorial professional and coordinator. During her college career in Santa Cruz, she held multiple internships within the music industry and participated with me as an extern at Warner Music. She is persistent, hard-working, and likes to create sound design projects and videos in her free time. Let’s welcome Mia now where we will learn about her eclectic background.
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It’s once again Tuesday on The Media Industry Guru Podcast. This week we’ll be talking about film scoring and licensing within the intersection of film, music, and TV. Virgil Thomas is a media executive helps bring music based IP to life on screen and help artists get their talent works into tv shows that you see. He is from the SF bay area and remains grounded and determined in a very competitive industry. Here is caring, charismatic, and helpful to others. His favorite song is Turn Your Lights Down Low by Lauryn Hill and Bob Marley. We are going to hear all about his advice on what is the difference between supervision, licensing, and editorial and what his day-to-day is like as a Manager of Music Creative at Endeavor Content, an independent film production company under the talent agency William Morris Endeavor (WME).
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Here we are going to be shooting a feature film, ahhh not today, but here with me is Trevor Romeo who is the CEO at TrevRomFIlms and the Founder of Young Entertainment Professionals. He is a senior graduating in June from UC Irvine in Business Administration. He was head of video production at EC Hispanic Media and has interned for major film studios including Gunpowder & Sky, Blumhouse, and was also an extern at UTA. During the pandemic he founded a great LinkedIn community called the Young Entertainment Professionals to educate and help people get entry level jobs in the entertainment industry. Here, we are going to learn about why he created this LinkedIn community and how it is benefited him with his personal and professional endeavors in the film business.
Young Entertainment Professionals Join Now:
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Today is an amazing day for learning about film production and TV development. Here is Peryn-Reeves Darby. She is currently working at Endeavor Content as the Manager of Film Development and Production. She oversees the distribution of many different film projects from IP to scripting to packaging to the finished product. She grew up in Mississippi and went to Harvard and studied Economics and Film. Then she transitioned to work on a desk as an Assistant at WME and now Endeavor Content. Peryn is also the founding programmer of the Social Justice Now Film Festival which is a global showcase of content that confronts the social and economic issues facing the United States’ in the DEI space. She has created a ton of events in this community and a coalition spanning to amplify voices of marginalized groups. She also ran a non profit at Harvard for a few years too and being a part of theater. We are going to learn all things about her involvement in social justice, film, philanthropy, and more.
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Here is Zack Rosenberg. Here is a media, tech, and entrepreneurial professional who was among one of the first employees to work at Buzzfeed and Keywee in advertising and sales and left to become an entrepreneur and start his own firms including DoGoodBuyUs, Six Degrees with ZR, and his newest venture CatapultX. CatapultX is an on-stream video advertising firm that using programmatic AI technology to create new engaging formats for consumers. Zack will char about his start at Buzzfeed, his entrepreneurial mindset, and the steps he took to creating his firms. He is going to share somme great advice for people in their 20s who don't know what sector of the media industry that they want to work in.
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Harrison Goldstein is a producer and founder of the podcast The First Act Podcast where he interviews music industry professionals. He is also a tech professional. Harrison is residing in Canada. He has worked a multitude of hats in the music industry for over 7+ years including in touring, brand partnerships, data science, and has a degree in management and accounting. Harrison also has a masters in software engineering. He has a such a creative and analytical background and we are going to hear about his experience working in the music industry for CRUSH Music a music management company to creating his own podcast. He will share the tips and tricks about how to try out different things working in the music business.
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Here is a very special guest. THIS IS AMAZING! Greg "G-Moe" Moore, legendary guitarist. He has gold platinum records from the legendary Artista Records from Clive Davis. He has performed with Earth Wind and Fire and the guitarist. G-Moe has also performed with Maxwell, Stevie Wonder, Barry White, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, Anita Baker, The Crusaders, Vanessa Williams, The Emotions, Patrice Rushen, Brian McKnight, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Shanice, The Emotions, Cheryl Lynn, The Temptations and MORE! He has performed with these artists and bands on Dick Clark's New Year's Eye Show, Jay Leno Show, VH1, The Tonight Show, MTV Movie Awards, Steve Harvey, and the Bernie Mac Show. He has performed at big special events including at Liza Minnelli and David Gest's wedding. We are going to talk about all this in the episode, his background moving from Detroit to LA, the wisdom that he has received from these fellow artists and his bandmates. We will hear all about his experience working with these high-level artists as he too is also a high-level artist.
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EPISODE 8 of SEASON 2 on TUESDAY! Bruce B. Gordon is a Consultant/CEO/Director, Producer, Songwriter and Actor for his firm Bruce Gordon Media. He started in this industry while attending UCLA studying economics and interning at Columbia Pictures now Sony and shadowing VPs and executives. He has also worked for Warner Bros. Entertainment. Bruce has also done a number of acting supporting roles, including the ABC prime-time miniseries “Roots: The Next Generations,” produced by David Wolper and the “Partyman” video for legendary Warner Bros. recording artist Prince. Before starting his firm and after graduating he has working in Accounting at Aaron Spelling Productions he has also written comedic scripts and sold them to iconic comedians including Joan Rivers. Furthermore, one of his short films that is well-known “Whole Nother Level” was selected in the Festival de Cannes Short Film Corner in France. We are going to learn more about his background and the advice he gives to students, recent graduates, and people in their 20s who are navigating the film business. https://www.brucegordonmedia.com/Consulting/
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Here is Sisi Gospodinov and she is a Music Industry Professional. She is the Digital Marketing & Partnerships Manager at Virgin Music, a distributor and label services company under Capitol Music Group under Universal Music Group. She is going to talk about her college experience in Florida at Florida International University. Afterwards, she obtained her Masters at USC in Music Industry. Her experiences have been geared towards event production at festivals including Florida SuperCon, The Hard Rock Miami Beach 100 Birthday Celebration, III Points Festival, Rolling Loud, South Beach Wine & Food Fest. She hustles, hustles, and hustles. We are going to talk about all things about her experience, the tips that she gives to students on how to take on leadership opportunities. Sisi is going to provide great wisdom into how to network. We’ll also get to hear about her favorite artist Lil Wayne and Electric Daisy Carnival. Everything about brand partnership and marketing!
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Want to know learn more about the sports industry or sports broadcasting. What is your favorite sports team? Here I’m with a broadcasting professional Ari Temkin who is the host on the Dallas Cowboys Radio Network, and the Host on SiriusXM’s College Big 12 Radio Channel (Channel 375) and ESPNU Radio Channel (Channel 84). He also is the director of video production and content for Orangebloods (orangebloods.com) which creates news content for the Texas Longhorn fanatic. He is a husband and father of two sons and lives out in the Dallas, TX area. Here, he is going to talk about how he is always working on multiple projects, what got him passionate about sports, and his advice for aspiring broadcasting professionals. YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/AriSports Twitter: https://twitter.com/arisports
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AND...REPORTING LIVE! Do you love telling stories and sharing them with the world? Do you like talking about what’s going on in the world with the weather, news, that famous celeb? Here today, I have a very special guest who has her own YouTube channel The Amanda Exclusivo (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQhBnu0HumNqJWL9wBWY1Qw), AKA Amanda Geffner. She is a New Jersey native and graduated from Hofstra University. In college, she has interned at big broadcasting companies, has worked for News 12 in NJ and now works full-time as a Digital Producer at WABC. Side fact, she is a Disney fanatic, a go-getter, and always determined to have fun. We are going to learn more about her eclectic broadcasting experience and the tips she shares tips and tricks to building a broadcasting resume.
Amanda Exclusivo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQhBnu0HumNqJWL9wBWY1Qw
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Get ready for CRASH COURSE 101 with Rick Barker. He is a music industry executive and the former artist manager for Taylor Swift. He is a keynote and motivational speaker for rising industry professionals who want to break into the music or entertainment industry. He is the author of $150,000 Music Business Degree, https://rickbarker.com/. This book is relatable to people who want to pursue the music business route or the artist performance route. He is also the host of The Music Industry Blueprint podcast, https://rickbarker.com/welcome-to-the-music-industry-blueprint-podcast/. He provides tips to rising industry professionals and artists. We will hear about his experience growing up in Santa Barbara, CA to working at KISS FM (one of LA's biggest radio stations) to working at Big Machine Records and managing and making Taylor Swift the artist who she is today.
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Here we are going to talk about all things Nashville! Have you been to Nashville? There is so much to do in the city you are never bored. You can always explore something new, hiking, music, culture, sports. The food is amazing (My favorite restaurant is Pemrose. Highly recommend if you like seafood). We are here with Kristen Westerbeck. She graduated 10 years ago from Belmont University studying the music business. Her first job out of college was working at CAA, one of the largest and most-premiere talent agencies. She then transitioned to working as the Marketing Director at a local brewery. After working there, she is now graduating in May with her MBA from Vanderbilt University and will be moving to Oregon work in the sports industry at Nike. We're going to hear about all things Nashville, her music industry experience, her MBA experience, and the advice that she gives to aspiring sports or entertainment professionals.
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Have you always wondered how to join virtual conferences within the music industry to connect with professionals and learn more about music tech, artist management, and fan engagement? Here with me is KitKat Fisher (very cool name!). She is a recent Chapman grad who is working full-time at Finessed Media, a global music media company that started as a e-learning hip-hop platform that transitioned to the live event space with the fundamental goal of music education. They are devoted to helping find independent artists globally as well as host weekend Saturday virtual events for complex topics that are hard to understand within the music industry. It has expanded, expanded, and expanded, and she is the general manager for the company managing 11 women, artists, and interns. She is a professional fangirl turned professional. She is going to talk about her experience being an artist at Chapman, interning in different hats in the media industry, and landing a gig right out of Chapman with Finessed. We will get to hear all about the webinars that she curates and hosts. Let's welcome courageous leader KitKat to the podcast.
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Welcome to the first episode of SEASON 2 on the Media Industry Guru Podcast. I know so many people in the music business who have been impacted by one sector in the music industry. RADIO! Radio is so much fun and you get to learn the ins and outs of connecting with the artists, PROs, labels, etc…Today, I have brought on to my podcast Summer Horvath who is the go-to for the radio stations at the record labels and more specifically Atlantic Records. She is the coordinator for the record label in radio and is a self-starter, an innovator. She has also published two books, In It For the Long Run (A Motivational Book) and Adventurebook, the complete guide to adulting, goal planning, and everyday life-Interactive goals journal. She always puts others first before herself and makes people feel like they matter. Here we are going to learn more about here day to day growing up in Vegas, graduating from UNLV while working at Audacy and now working for the past few years at Atlantic Records.
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Have you been scrolling on your FYP? What’s your favorite TikTok meme or song? We’ll today I have a tech expert who works at TikTok in Intellectual Property. She is an awesome mentor of mine and is always determined to succeed. She is from Australia and graduated from Pepperdine in sunny Malibu. Let’s welcome tech professional Jem to the podcast where she will elaborate on her day-to-day experience as well as her side hustle being a media professional in advertising and digital marketing. We will learn about the Web3 tech space, her advice that she gives to college students navigating the media industry as well as her recommendations to travel or study abroad.
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Here in Episode 10 we are with Ryan Svendesen, music executive who is a Music Supervisor at Millennium Media, one of Hollywood's longest lasting independent studios. He is also a professional trumpet player and is a TikTok star. Have you heard of the Cactus Choir on TikTok? Well, that is him on TikTok @musicbefore. He has over 1.1 M followers. He is a champion for the arts and music and is also an educator teaching music supervision at UCLA Extension. Here we will learn more about his experience starting off in the music business, his arts career performing with Lil Nas X on Industry Baby (Trumpet-I told you long ago...) and the start of his TikTok creation, the Cactus Choir.
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For this episode, I'm getting into a calm and relaxing musical state for this episode. Why? Because today I have some awesome guests who created a music therapy app that connects people who need a mental health break and can relax with all types of soothing songs. The platform is called SoundMind and it is a music tech start up that is revolutionizing the field of mental health research, music, and tech all into one. The company is on the forefront of developing a lot of research studies for the app and have already three planned for this year. The app is available on the App Store. Their launch event was at the Recording Academy at the Grammy Museum and have also been featured in Business Insider. Here are CEO and Co-Founder Brian Femminella, CRO Sydney Bracht, and Co-Founder and COO Travis Chen. They are going to share their entrepreneurial mindset, give advice to entrepreneurs and share where the tech and entertainment industries are headed with mental health awareness. They will share their upcoming personal and professional goals as they aspire to expand to high schools, universities, profit, and non-profit institutions.
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Some of my friends are still in NOLA and I treasure that city so much. If you don't know what NOLA stand for by now, New Orleans, LA. One of the best cities hands down in the country for music. If you’re in NOLA and have heard of the Saturn Bar, great venue to go to! My friends went there and saw this indie pop alt rock band called HEY THANKS! My friends said you have got to interview them on your podcast so shoutout to them. I DMed them on IG and was like hey wanna be on the podcast??? A little bit about the band Hey Thanks! emerged from Lafayette. Most of the band members went to school together and have released some singles and an EP called Nothing It Would Change, Nothing I Could Say. They have performed at not only Saturn Bar but the Republic, The Metro, Gasa Gasa, and many more NOLA venues. In this episode, I'll be chatting with the band leader Travis and the guitarist Alex. They are going to share their backstory with the band, their songwriting process, the best experiences as a band to the times where they had to fix their van on the side of the road in Texas. Hey Thanks! has achieved some great accomplishments and announcements including being recently signed to a record label Iodine Records, a new LP coming out Start Living on May 27th. Also, Hey Thanks! is doing a "run" March 11th-14th which will be held at Midcity Ballroom in Baton Rouge. We will also take a listen to two of their songs including This Small Space and From Me To You.
Credits:
This Small Space:
Artist - Hey Thanks!
Management- Hey Thanks!
Lyrics - Travis Opal
Production - Gary Cioni, Brett Romnes, Mike Kalajian
Label- Iodine Records
From Me To You:
Artist - Hey Thanks!
Management- Hey Thanks!
Lyrics - Travis Opal
Production - Gary Cioni, Brett Romnes, Mike Kalajian
Label- Iodine Records
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Here we are going to learn about the film industry for a sec since I have been rambling on with guests about the music industry. Step aside now…Crystal Dozier is one of the most hardworking masters in the film space. I had the pleasure of first connecting with her while she was at NBC on the studio lot! She has won an honorable mention for filming LA temptation. She worked at NBC in the finance department and now she is the CEO of Crystal Spotlight Productions. Crystal was the committee lead for TECHWoman and in the video committee at NBC in 2019. She has a strong background in sales when she started off in the entertainment industry working for a travel agency. She looks up to Oprah Winfrey as inspiration and has exciting new film projects that are in the works this year. Here, we are going to learn about how she got her launch in the film industry by working in her high school's journalism club. Crystal is also going to talk about the tips of networking and her upcoming film debut Favorite Son as well as what was it like to leave her 9-5 job to pursue her dream of having the three letter title, CEO.
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Ever wonder how to create a playlist? We are going to review the ins and outs of playlists and talk about how artists can make money and what are the analytics behind a good playlist? Mike Warner is a music industry professional who works as the Director of Artist, Label and DSP Relations at Chartmetric. He helps independent artists on and off the charts. He has created a book called Work Hard Playlist Hard, https://workhardplaylisthard.com/p/book has his own podcast, and has been participating in a select group for LinkedIn’s accelerator program. We are going to learn about his music business background from starting off being a DJ at a few bars to now being a mentor for the next wave of artists and music business leaders.
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ENCORE! Let’s party on! In episode 6 on the Media Industry Guru Podcast, we will be chatting with Stacey Morales, founder of 1520 Vision and Festivals Assistant at Wasserman. Side fact…Stacey is a die hard K-Pop fan. 1520 Vision provides resources for aspiring music industry professionals with internship opportunities and finding a mentor/mentee in the field. During her college career at UC Irvine, Stacey has worked under VIP Nation under BTS, worked on many street teams for concerts, and now works as a Fairs and Festivals Assistant full-time at Wasserman Music. While also working full-time and being the founder of 1520 Vision, she manages a mid-level band called Foxglove and she creates quality content on TikTok for them. In her interview, we are going to learn more about how she explored the festival side of the music industry, her definition of fan engagement, and her company 1520 Vision. We are going to put her K-Pop Trivia to the test as well!
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Malsi is a singer/songwriter who got inspiration from her parents who immigrated from Bangladesh. She comes from a very artsy background and studied theater in college at Rice University and is currently earning her masters in Education in Learning, Design, and Technology at University of Southern California. She has released over 30+ songs including Honey+M, Wolf Moon which has over 20,000 streams and Still which has over 55,000 streams. Here, she will teaching others about her songwriting process and we'll be taking a listen to a couple of her songs including Honey+M and Wolf Moon. Please welcome R&B and soul electronic singer/songwriter MALSI.
Credits:
Honey+M:
Artist, Management, and Lyrics: Malsi
Production: Simpatico
Label: Simpatico Records
Wolf Moon
Artist, Management, and Lyrics: Malsi
Production: Davix
Label: HRDRV
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Have you ever thought about pitching your idea on Shark Tank? Creating that elevator pitch, saying that valuation 500,000 for 15%? Keithan Hedrick is the co-founder of Candi, a social media platform that allows fans to video chat live with their favorite celebrities and influencers. He grew his brand with only $100 in his pocket with no entertainment connections to start. He is a lawyer and graduated in 3 years with a B.S. in Applied Engineering and with an additional 3 years received his J.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana. He also has provided numerous resources for entrepreneurs and people who want to work in the entertainment industry. They are featured on his website at www.keithanhedrick.com. Keithan has published a book for entrepreneurs called The Dreams Playbook-The Ultimate Guide to Starting Your Dream Business. One of his biggest resources is The Celebrity Email Guide which contains over hundreds of contacts and helps someone craft a great quality email to get celebrities to promote one’s brand. Keithan will chat more about his platform Candi, his background, and his plethora of great resources for aspiring media professionals.
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Ever wonder how a label operates? There are so many different sectors of a label. With me is Jay Gilbert who is the co-founder of Label Logic. You might have also heard him on a few of his own podcasts including Your Morning Coffee Podcast and the Music Biz Weekly Podcast. He has been a previous executive at among the top labels including Warner Music, Sony, Universal and worked as the VP of New Media and Online Marketing at Universal Music Enterprises. He is also a voting member of the recording academy and is a guest speaker for among the top entertainment universities in the country. He also has his own independent professional photography firm. Let’s welcome, Jay Gilbert, entrepreneur, executive, podcaster, lecturer, and music industry professional.
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Have you always wanted to be a creative writer but not sure where to start? Have you wanted to launch a novel and create it into a film? Well here is Nurah Lambert who started worked in the music industry in Nashville at Universal Music Group and is now is a novelist living in New York and working with producers (one of them being a big mentor--her Tulane professor) and streaming services to launch her publication into a TV show.
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Welcome to the first episode of the Media Industry Guru Podcast. Thank you for listening. Here, I’ll be sharing with you a very special guest Emily White who is an educator, entrepreneur, author, and podcaster. She is the founder of iVoted Festival garnering over 450+ artists to her virtual 2020 festival including with artists such as Billie Ellish, Playboi Carti, Jim James, Maggie Rogers, Young The Giant and many more. She has an educational book and podcast entitled How to Build a Sustainable Music Career and Collect All Revenue Streams as well as another publication entitled Interning 101. Furthermore, she is adjunct professor at NYU. Here, we will be talking about her experience in college at Northeastern University to transitioning full-time working in the music industry. She has worn a lot of different hats including in touring and launching her own firm Collective Entertainment. And now, let me introduce to you Emily White, entrepreneur, consultant, podcaster, founder, educator, and artist developer!
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Welcome to the Media Industry Guru podcast. Do you know you want to work in media but not sure where? Are you trying to figure out what you're doing with you life? Here, I’ll be interviewing a lot of guests including recent college grads, entrepreneurs, singer/songwriters, record label professionals, film industry execs, to people who work in theatre arts and tech that will give you some professional wisdom so you can achieve your goals.
Episodes will be released weekly on Tuesdays 6 PM PST/9 PM EST starting on February 22nd. Follow @mediaindustryguru on Instagram for the latest updates. Email mediaindustrygurupodcast@gmail.com for any interviews you would like to hear or any questions you have.
A little about me, I'm a recent college graduate from Tulane University who double majored in Mathematics and Music Business and currently working in multiple hats in the media industry.
Thank you for listening and I look forward to helping you navigate through your journey in the media world.