People from the Program

Episode 5 ft. Brad Desmond - Artist Manager at 11E1even Group

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 music industry and build sustainable careers.

Episode 4 ft. Sul Lee - General Manager at JYP Entertainment

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 great background in music distribution, international business, data, and many other disciplines!

Episode 3 ft. Ty McKinnie - Singer-Songwriter

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 pursue his singing career and enrolled in New York University (NYU)’s Music Business program!

Episode 1 ft. Juelan Brown - Music Operations Specialist [Solutions Manager] at Youtube

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 Analytics, YT Charts, and Shorts. Her career journey from the Program to where she is now is a great story!
 
#youtube #music #data #analytics #operations #nyu #musicbusiness

Episode 2 ft. Cassandra Spangler, ESQ - Entertainment Lawyer

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