Media Industry Guru

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 r...

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, M...

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 lik...

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, ho...

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!) WTU...

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 responsib...

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 impact and consultancy 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 experie...

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.&n...

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...

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 othe...

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 includi...

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...

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...

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 helpi...

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 comple...

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...

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 t...

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 he...

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...

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 -Smal...

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...

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 peopl...

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...

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 ent...

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 b...