Music Business Podcast

In this episode, we sit down with industry veteran Jason Jordan. Jason’s career started at the age of 12 years old co-founding the legendary hardcore and punk rock label Watermark Records and his own boutique music publishing company. Earthprogram Music. Over the course of 30 years his career has ranged from, A&R Director at Columbia Record, VP A&R Hollywood Records/Disney Music Group, President of Imagem Music Publishing, and in 2016 Republic Records/Universal Music Group as Senior Vice President A&R. Today Jason co-manages Palm JUKE ROSS, manages the daily operations of earthprogram, and consults for a variety of artists, private companies, and global media entities.

In this episode we discuss..

• How the process of finding & developing talent has changed
• How Jason feels that the relationship between distributors and record labels has changed in the digital age?
• How has he seen the role of a record label evolve? How he think it’ll develop in the coming years/decades?
• What does a music publisher do?
• As someone that has worked with lots of artist teams what he sees as the traits that separate the good from the great?

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In this episode, we sit down with Lionel Marciano, artist manager for Black Coffee, Virgil Abloh, Blondish, and a variety of other House DJs. Lionel started his career in the music industry as a talent buyer, promoter, sound engineer, agent, label owner and a record digger.

Today he is walking us through his journey and sharing with us his soul and a bit of his craft and vision.

In this episode we discuss...

-The value of artists who take the time to have clear visualizations of their dreams and the role managers play in mirroring and supporting those aspirations

-Building momentum utilizing quality content across social media platforms

-Strategizing the bookings that make the most sense for an artist at different points in their career

-The importance as a manager of refining the process of presenting clear options to an artist

-How managers should compose and balance their relationships when working with top tier artists.

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In this episode, we sit down with entrepreneur, manager, and Grammy-nominated producer Will Dzombak. Will is best known for being Wiz Khalifa’s longtime manager and co-founder of label and management company Taylor Gang Entertainment (Ty Dolla $ign, Juicy J, Chevy Woods, TM88, and more). In addition to Taylor Gang Ent, Will additionally runs management company The William Gerard Group (Wiz Khalifa, Stan Sono, Chelsea & Cole DeBoer, and Alexander King).

In this episode, we discuss Will’s journey from the beginning of his relationship with Wiz, to running the empire he does today. Throughout, we additionally discuss his most important lessons in the music industry so far that helped him achieve longevity both professionally and personally with Wiz and his artists, when it makes sense to branch out your or your artist’s personal brand into a business, the importance of good relationships and mentors, and much more.

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Check out Will’s website here: http://willdzombak.com/

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In this episode of the podcast we sit down with Mike Boyd, Artist Relations Manager and Music Strategist for Gary Vaynerchuck and Vaynermedia. Having developed a progressive ear in music Boyd has played a vital role in bringing the biggest names in the industry into the Vaynermedia office to chop it up with Garyvee. Boyd’s role also involves brokering partnerships between artists and Vaynermedia's extensive list of clients. For the past six years he's also been a co-manager for Atlanta based producer Richie Souf.

In this episode we discuss...

• Brokering Brand Deals including the feature of Meg Thee Stallion in the recent Sabra Superbowl commercial
• Tips for Networking in the Music Industry
• What are the unique aspects of managing a producer
• His thought process when curating the Monday to Monday Playlist
• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/052XtM0s4GQ8n8xXp60ryw?si=w6RTM52wTNiYbPFtiQqEFA
• Takeaways from interviews on his own Podcast interviewing Artists Managers and Producers at different stages of their career.
• https://open.spotify.com/show/5DORbVsW89msEFcwab12In?si=IOE4Q-OCRwCkF57cbJaqmw

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Today on the Music Business Podcast, we invite ScoreMore Co-Founder Claire Bogle. Alongside Co-Founder Sascha Stone Guttfreund, ScoreMore quickly became a premiere promotion and booking agency, securing acts including J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, and Wiz Khalifa for their first shows in Texas. In tandem with the success of these artists, ScoreMore would level up to put on their own music festival JMBLYA, along with J. Cole's Dreamville Music Festival, and Travis Scott’s ASTROWORLD festival.

With us, Claire discusses how she got started in live show production and what goes into creating these unique experiences for artists and their loyal fan bases. We also dive into the implications of COVID on the live event space, including the shift into virtual experiences such as the recent Travis Scott x Fortnite concert. 

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