Creative Minds Speaking

Maria Jose Guzman Basilis is a product manager at Interscope Records. In this episode, MJ talks about her experience working for the major music label, tells how she started an artist management company Boombox Management, shares her thoughts on reggaeton, and more.

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Alex Edwards is a Content Protection Representative at UMG, based in New York City. In this episode, Alex shares how she landed a job at one of the most competitive cities, tells what it is like to work for a major music label, explains a little how online content regulations work, and more.

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Rea Shena is the founder of Rreash Entertainment, an artist and producer management company. In this episode, Rea talks about her passion for A&R, shares how she discovers up-and-coming talents and builds an artist-manager relationship with them, gives valuable pieces of advice to the aspiring professionals, and more.

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Cristina Nadal is an Associate Digital Account Manager at Interscope Records. In this episode, Cristina shares what it is like to switch careers and go back to studies, how to successfully land a job in the music industry, talks about her current role, and more.

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Nicole Casino is the CEO of 92 Creatives, an LA-based artist development company. In this episode, Nicole talks about her journey in the music industry both as a musician and as a music business professional, shares why she decided to leave the corporate side of the industry behind and focus on her own business, tells how LA as a city creatively affected her growing up, and more.

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JJ Connor is the founder of Faceless Management, an artist management company based in Los Angeles. In this episode, JJ talks about the pros and cons of being an independent manager, shares his experience of working for mtheory as Digital Marketing Associate, and explains that every opportunity, however small, can be an opportunity to learn and grow professionally.

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Annelise Rivera Rivero is a paralegal at Rimas Entertainment and a Regional Vice Chair of Communications for Women in Music Puerto Rico. In this episode, Annelise talks about the importance of lawyers in the music industry, difficulties of getting a job and ending up at the dream company, slavery artist contracts, Women in Music community, and more. 

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Constanza Rivera is a Digital Account Specialist at Sony Music Mexico. In this episode, Connie tells what are the biggest struggles of starting a career in the music industry, talks about her passion for A&R and how she discovered the artist she is currently managing,  shares her thoughts on the Mexican music scene, and just gives a lot of useful pieces of advice throughout the conversation, so tune in!

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Nicole Otero is a Press and Digital assistant at Decca Records (UMG). In this episode, Nicole shares what it’s like to work at the major record label, what are her responsibilities in the current role, what skills and experience helped her to land a job in London after graduating from Berklee, and more.

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Alejandro Jon Sabillón is a founder of Aigg, the world's first record label for robots, and a producer of Rey1, an AI artist that creates beautiful songs that you'd never think were made by a robot. In this episode, Jon talks about his journey in the music industry, tells about his DJing workshops, shares his thoughts on AI music, and much more. 

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