3Q

No matter where you are in your career, you’ll benefit from listening to 3Q.

3Q provides a window into the careers of some of the best in the music business. Every episode is an insider's view of the realities of life as a music executive. Topics include issues of empowerment, uncertainty, trust, finances, etc; issues that will impact you both personally and professionally. The executives we interview represent every aspect of the industry including but not limited to A&R, Marketing, Music Supervision, Artist Management, Promotion, and more.

About Chris:

With over 20 years in the music industry, Chris Lakey heads the global creative synch team at Kobalt Music Publishing.  He and his teams have placed Kobalt music and Kobalt writers in some of the biggest and most notable films, tv shows, advertising campaigns, and videogames.  Chris has been at Kobalt since 2008 and prior to this was in the synch department at Universal Music Publishing.  Chris is a native of Los Angelino and graduated from the University Of Southern California with a BA in Music Industry and a minor in Business.

No matter where you are in your career, you’ll benefit from listening to 3Q.

3Q provides a window into the careers of some of the best in the music business. Every episode is an insider's view of the realities of life as a music executive. Topics include issues of empowerment, uncertainty, trust, finances, etc; issues that will impact you both personally and professionally. The executives we interview represent every aspect of the industry including but not limited to A&R, Marketing, Music Supervision, Artist Management, Promotion, and more.

About Mike:

Michael Caren is an American record producer, songwriter, music publisher, A&R representative, and music executive. He is the current CEO (and founder) of Artist Partner Group. He is also the founder of the Artist Publishing Group and the former President of Worldwide A&R at Warner Music Group. Prior to that, Caren was the Executive Vice President of A&R at Atlantic Records and the co-president of Elektra Records. In addition to his work as a music executive, Caren has also written or produced numerous songs for artists including Beyoncé, Bruno Mars, Kanye West, and others.

No matter where you are in your career, you’ll benefit from listening to 3Q.

3Q provides a window into the careers of some of the best in the music business. Every episode is an insider's view of the realities of life as a music executive. Topics include issues of empowerment, uncertainty, trust, finances, etc; issues that will impact you both personally and professionally. The executives we interview represent every aspect of the industry including but not limited to A&R, Marketing, Music Supervision, Artist Management, Promotion, and more.

About Blair:

Blair Miller is a rising music business executive who is the Founder & CEO of Chaos Creators – an entertainment marketing agency focused on disrupting traditional artist development and fan engagement in the digital space. Before launching Chaos Creators, Miller was the Creative Director of Jonas Group Media, an entertainment marketing agency she founded with Kevin Jonas, Sr. Here, Miller oversaw the marketing strategy for artists and creators such as Frankie Jonas, Lanie Gardner, PUBLIC, Melanie Pfirrman, LIVVIA, and Lucy Cloud. She also launched social campaigns with influencers such as Charli D’Amelio, Bella Poarch, Avani, Lil Huddy, and Madi Monroe. Miller is a featured professional on The Nashville Briefing’s “30 Under 30” list for 2022.

Highlights of Miller’s career include guiding Frankie Jonas’ explosive TikTok growth and limited edition merch drop, capitalizing on PUBLIC’s viral song “Make You Mine,” campaign ideation and execution for Melanie Pfirrman’s single “Suda” featuring Pitbull, and sustaining Lanie Gardner’s viral “Dreams” by Fleetwood Mac cover video and surprise remix release of “Dreams” with David Guetta. In just two years at Jonas Group Media, Miller's clients amassed over 405 million Spotify streams, 2.3 million user-generated TikTok videos, 226 million YouTube views, and 19 million social media followers.

Miller earned her degree in Music Business from Belmont University. During her time at Belmont, she honed her marketing skills through stints with Scooter Braun Projects, Atlantic Records, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Nashville, The Recording Academy, Country Music Association (CMA), and Crowd Surf. After graduating, Miller began her career as a Digital Marketing Manager at Thinkswell where she supported the social media efforts of clients such as Brad Paisley, Chris Young, Vince Gill, Randy Houser, Chase Bryant, and Country Radio Seminar (CRS).

No matter where you are in your career, you’ll benefit from listening to 3Q.

3Q provides a window into the careers of some of the best in the music business. Every episode is an insider's view of the realities of life as a music executive. Topics include issues of empowerment, uncertainty, trust, finances, etc; issues that will impact you both personally and professionally. The executives we interview represent every aspect of the industry including but not limited to A&R, Marketing, Music Supervision, Artist Management, Promotion, and more.

About Jesse:

Jesse Ervin has spent most of his life working in music, starting at the age of 13 when he got his big break working at a record store in Long Beach, CA to today as VP, Fan Engagement and Digital Marketing at Warner Records. In his career, he's worked with some of the biggest artists in the world including Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Snoop Dogg, Neil Young, Deftones, Gary Clark Jr, Anitta and a number of others - providing social strategy and cutting edge marketing ideas.

No matter where you are in your career, you’ll benefit from listening to 3Q.

3Q provides a window into the careers of some of the best in the music business. Every episode is an insider's view of the realities of life as a music executive. Topics include issues of empowerment, uncertainty, trust, finances, etc; issues that will impact you both personally and professionally. The executives we interview represent every aspect of the industry including but not limited to A&R, Marketing, Music Supervision, Artist Management, Promotion, and more.

About Annie:

As Senior Vice President of Publishing Administration, Annie Brinn is responsible for overseeing licensing, rights management, and royalties for Warner Music Group’s U.S. record labels. Since joining the company in 2017, Annie has restructured the organizational design of the Publishing division and curated a team of highly innovative, passionate, and talented individuals who are focused on seeking ways to work more efficiently and develop new opportunities related to the exchange of music data and rights management.

Annie drives change within and outside of Warner Music Group in both her capacity as SVP of Publishing Administration and as one of the company’s most visible cultural ambassadors. Annie’s work within the Nashville and wider Tennessee LGBTQ communities transcends her day-to-day role. She has been the company’s Nashville LGBT Chamber of Commerce delegate for more than three years and joined the Chamber’s Board of Directors in 2022. Her experience in the Chamber led Annie to establish Warner’s first-ever LGBTQ Employee Resource Group for Nashville-based employees, an integral step in advancing the corporate diversity and inclusion strategy. She also serves as the Executive Sponsor of Music City’s Women of Warner and Harmony Nashville Employee Resource Groups. Annie is Co-Chair of the Nashville Fundraising Committee for Victory Fund, an organization dedicated to electing openly LGBTQ people at all levels of government. She steered the company’s stand against discrimination laws in Tennessee, collecting signatures of all executive leadership in open letters to the state legislature that urged Governor Bill Lee’s administration to block bills that posed a threat to members of the state’s LGBTQ community. Furthermore, Annie is an Executive Member of the Board of Directors of the National Independent Venue Foundation (NIVF), a nonprofit organization aimed at creating an emergency relief fund to preserve and nurture the ecosystem of independent live performance venues and promotors. In 2022, Annie was selected as a winner of the Nashville Business Journal's 2022 40 Under 40 Awards.

No matter where you are in your career, you’ll benefit from listening to 3Q.

3Q provides a window into the careers of some of the best in the music business. Every episode is an insider's view of the realities of life as a music executive. Topics include issues of empowerment, uncertainty, trust, finances, etc; issues that will impact you both personally and professionally. The executives we interview represent every aspect of the industry including but not limited to A&R, Marketing, Music Supervision, Artist Management, Promotion, and more.

About Lisa:

Lisa began her HeadCount journey in early 2022 as the Director Of Artist Relations. Lisa spent the previous 20 years at major record labels including Epic Records running the Content Marketing Department and working with artists such as Camila Cabello, Future, Meghan Trainor, Travis Scott, and many more. Lisa is thrilled to combine her music experience with her personal passion for voting rights education and engagement. Power to the people!

No matter where you are in your career, you’ll benefit from listening to 3Q.

3Q provides a window into the careers of some of the best in the music business. Every episode is an insider's view of the realities of life as a music executive. Topics include issues of empowerment, uncertainty, trust, finances, etc; issues that will impact you both personally and professionally. The executives we interview represent every aspect of the industry including but not limited to A&R, Marketing, Music Supervision, Artist Management, Promotion, and more.

About Chris:

Digital disruptor with 20 years of experience and proven success leveraging cutting-edge strategies to drive revenue growth in a continuously evolving industry. Recognized as an ambitious leader with a demonstrated history of harnessing pivotal moments of change in the music landscape to create innovative opportunities that drive impactful results for the business and artists that we serve.

No matter where you are in your career, you’ll benefit from listening to 3Q.

3Q provides a window into the careers of some of the best in the music business. Every episode is an insider's view of the realities of life as a music executive. Topics include issues of empowerment, uncertainty, trust, finances, etc; issues that will impact you both personally and professionally. The executives we interview represent every aspect of the industry including but not limited to A&R, Marketing, Music Supervision, Artist Management, Promotion, and more.

About Cassie:

Cassie Petrey is a social media expert and co-founder of Crowd Surf, a leading marketing and music management firm specializing in transformative campaigns for some of the world’s most recognizable entertainers and brands, among them Camila Cabello, Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, AJR, Leslie Odom Jr., Jimmie Allen, Eric Church, Guns n’ Roses, Duran Duran. Crowd Surf's clients also include tech giants Apple and Google, and numerous record labels, among them UMG, Disney Music Group, Sony, Warner and BMG.

Since 2017 more than one billion fans worldwide have collectively followed Crowd Surf artists on major social platforms. Petrey is also the founder of Crowd Surf's Career Development Program, a first-of-its-kind non-profit education series for students seeking careers in the music business.

No matter where you are in your career, you’ll benefit from listening to 3Q.

3Q provides a window into the careers of some of the best in the music business. Every episode is an insider's view of the realities of life as a music executive. Topics include issues of empowerment, uncertainty, trust, finances, etc; issues that will impact you both personally and professionally. The executives we interview represent every aspect of the industry including but not limited to A&R, Marketing, Music Supervision, Artist Management, Promotion, and more.

About Rich:

Rich currently serves as the Senior Vice President of A&R at Warner Chappell Music Publishing. Prior to joining Warner Chappell, Rich held the role of SVP and Head of East Coast A&R at Sony/ATV where his roster included songwriters like Billy Walsh, Ricky Reed, Sam Hollander, and many others. In addition, he’s worked on several culturally important and commercially successful singles like “Sunflower” by Post Malone, “God’s Plan” by Drake, and “Truth Hurts” by Lizzo.

In his current role, he’s been responsible for signing and developing songwriters like Jenna Andrews, Masked Wolf, Nate Rhoads, and many others. Singles those writers have worked on include “Butter” by BTS, “Astronaut in The Ocean” by Masked Wolf himself, and “You’re Mine Still” by Yung Bleu.

No matter where you are in your career, you’ll benefit from listening to 3Q.  

3Q provides a window into the careers of some of the best in the music business. Every episode is an insider's view of the realities of life as a music executive. Topics include issues of empowerment, uncertainty, trust, finances, etc; issues that will impact you both personally and professionally. The executives we interview represent every aspect of the industry including but not limited to A&R, Marketing, Music Supervision, Artist Management, Promotion, and more.  

About Talya:

As Co-Founder and CEO of Godmode, Talya Elitzer enables artists to alchemize vision into culture. Drawing on label and agency experience, she remains entwined with every aspect of the Los Angeles- based artist development company, record label, music publisher, and management collective. Hailing from Upstate New York, she embraced music as a kid, picking up piano at four-years-old. While attending Brandeis University, she landed an internship at William Morris Endeavor. Upon graduation, she rose through the ranks from the mailroom to a gig as a booking agent with the likes of Alicia Keys, Britney Spears, Grace Jones, and LCD Soundsystem under her purview. Eventually, she moved over to Capitol Records where she worked in A&R on projects such as Beck’s Morning Phase and Katy Perry’s Prism. In 2017, she applied this acumen to the launch of Godmode with Co-Founder Nick Sylvester. The genesis of Godmode can be traced back to popular parties and gatherings in Brooklyn, but it evolved into a dynamic projection of what a modern music company can be. The collective gradually grew as it powered the rise of GRAMMY® Award-nominated Channel Tres and JPEGMAFIA with hundreds of millions of streams, sold-out tours, and widespread tastemaker praise. At the same time, the team introduced the likes of LoveLeo and Yaeji to audiences everywhere. 2021 saw Godmode build its publishing arm in partnership with Hipgnosis Songs Group, signing EMMY at the ground floor. Standing out among a handful of female CEOs in the industry, Talya's own accolades and journey have been chronicled by Variety, Authority Magazine, and Music Business Worldwide.