Media Industry Guru

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...

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 managem...

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...

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 opti...

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 dig...

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...

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 tes...

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 interes...

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 cowork...

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 h...

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 st...

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 strea...

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 fil...

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...

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 W...

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 gro...

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...

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 M...

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 professiona...

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...

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...

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 W...

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...

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 l...

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...