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Author: ProfessorPhilp
20+ years experience in the entertainment world working for PolyGram Records, the Universal Music Group, New Video (home video distributor of the A&E Network, History Channel & Biography Channel content), The Edge With Jake Sasseville (independent television show), and Greater Media Broadcasting (WDHA & WMTR radio). He is currently the Music Director at the Wayne United Methodist Church and Chief Organizer Guy of YouChoose Music, a live music events company that raises oodles of big dollars for great non-profits. He has one wife and two children.
Rob Light, Head of Music at CAA, speaks about signing artists, the ones that got away, what makes a great manager, and more! Don’t be a fool. Listen hard!
Michael Kelley, of the UTR Agency, is this week’s radio show guest. He’ll talk booking bands and what they need to know to get the best gigs. Listen live!
Red Light Management’s Jonathan Shank talks on this week’s Music Biz 101 & More radio show about his experience with everything from Peppa Pig to American Idol to managing the Smashing Pumpkins and Victoria Justice. Stream it live on Wednesday at 8PM!
Josh Terry, co-founder of the Sad Summer Music Festival, explains how to create a festival, his music biz background, and more. You should click and listen to this fab show!
We know what managers do, but what do they really, really do? On a day-to-day, meta-boring basis, what do they do? Here’s a first snapshot of one up-and-comer!
Danny Goldberg, former Nirvana manager and president of Atlantic, Mercury and Artemis Records, is this week’s Music Biz 101 & More radio show guest. He just published a book about his time managing Kurt Cobain and Nirvana. We’ll talk all about it. Click to listen live!
UTA agent David Galea is this week’s Music Biz 101 & More radio show guest. We’ll talk what it takes to get signed, plus ARIZONA and X Ambassadors. Click & listen!
Have you ever thought about who’s affected when a tour is cancelled? Kind of like the human collateral damage of the U.S./China trade war, there is similar pain for people working a tour. Here we list many who get hurt and why. Click and read.
Ken Fermaglich, UTA agent and partner, is this week’s radio show guest. You’ve got to listen and hear his awesome rise to signing Guns N’ Roses. Click.