People from the Program

On today's show, our guest is Jackie Paolino Gadigian - Head of Partnerships and Outreach for Mamas in Music and mom to a baby girl named Sophia. She is working on a music project called Womb, which has the intention of helping people heal from PTSD and PPD. She is also a Government Affairs Consultant  at Nushama Wellness and currently helping them expand into the state of Rhode Island and lobbyin...

My guest on today's show is Christine Barnum, CRO at CD Baby. Christine has an extensive background in finance and accounting within the music industry, including e-commerce and fraud prevention, royalty reporting and auditing, and M&A activity.  Currently, she brings that experience and leadership to her role as CD Baby’s Chief Revenue Offer, where she is responsible for Business Development...

My guest today is Zach Feldman, Lead Software Engineer at Framework. Zach is a technology professional and entrepreneur with over a decade of experience specializing in software/hardware, build tooling, technical training, and start up companies enabled by technology. He's worked in the computer hardware, aerospace, hospitality, education, content marketing, and music industries with a focus on we...

Today's show is a big one! We've got a TWO HOUR episode with Xavier Jernigan - the Voice of Spotify as well as their Head of Cultural Partnerships. Now when I say the Voice of Spotify…I mean that literally. X is the voice and personality behind the world’s first AI DJ, Spotify’s newly launched feature that’s already changing the way the world listens to music. And as the Head of Cultural Partnersh...

On this episode I talk to Logan Regis a licensing coordinator for the NFL based in NJ. She got her start in the music business as an intern for RCA in their TV/Film soundtrack licensing department. Since graduating from NYU in 2019, she has occupied various roles from PROs to small labels.

On this episode I interview Brittany Holloway. She is currently based in LA works on the Partnerships team at Meta as a Partner Solutions Manager. When she’s not working, Brittany can most often be found catching summer concerts at the Hollywood Bowl, checking out the latest musicals touring in LA, or playing rec soccer!

My guest on this episode is Stephanie Goldberg. She is an Associate Director with Sony Music’s Global Digital Business Partner Development team, working on strategic initiatives across DSP and social partner accounts. Prior, Stephanie led e-commerce and marketing with Sony Music’s merchandising division. At Sony Music, Stephanie also leads the Emerging Professionals employee resource group and sit...

Sam Tall has been an artist manager and creator monetization expert for 12 years. Now, as Senior Director of Music & Content Operations at Studio71, Sam oversees content monetization and platform policy for a network of almost 900 YouTube creators, including some of the biggest names in music on YouTube, such as Boyce Avenue, Postmodern Jukebox, Pomplamoose, Allie Sherlock, Sam Tsui, and many...

On today's show, our guest is Brad Desmond. Brad is an artist manager living in Boulder Colorado. He got his start in the music business founding the Music Director position at Jackson Hole Community Radio in Jackson, WY, before leaving in 2010 to attend NYU for a masters in music business.  Since graduating he’s been a part of 11e1even Management, helping artists at all stages to navigate the mus...

On this episode our guest is Sul Lee, General Manager at JYP Entertainment - one of South Korea’s largest entertainment companies. JYP operates as a record label, talent agency, music production company, event management company, concert production company, and music publishing house. It’s home to notable artists like the groups 2PM, Day6, Twice, Boy Story, Stray Kids, and many more.   Sul has a g...

On this episode I interview Ty McKinnie, a singer-songwriter and self-taught guitarist from Atlanta, Georgia. An Atlanta native, Ty has been singing since the age of 6 years old, and since then, music has been the center of his life. Ty started writing music and uploading songs to SoundCloud and covers on YouTube. Inspired to turn his passion into action, in 2016, Ty moved to New York City to purs...

On my very first episode, I interview Juelan Brown from Youtube. Juelan has a great background in music tech, data and analytics, as well as being a classically trained pianist! At YouTube, as a Music Operations Specialist, she is the lead SME of a product domain where she manages a vendor team to provide scaled support for several features and products across the music platform such as Artist Ana...

On this episode I interview Cassandra Spangler, ESQ - a practicing entertainment attorney of 13yrs who represents a range of recording artists, producers, songwriters, and others clients. We talk about music law, AI, and other topics as we explore Cassandra's career journey!   #music #entertainmentlaw #AI #copyrights #musicindustry #NYU