In this episode, Gavin chats with Dario Nikzad.

Dario has always had a deep interest in the creative aspects of business and an enduring love of the music industry. That's taken him from growing up in his family business, selling holly wreaths in a local market at the age of 8, to tour managing a platinum selling artist across 4 continents at 31.

He's had a varied and entertaining  career, that has allowed him to work with and learn from some incredible people in some unusual and testing environments around the world.

He's now responsible for defining the strategy and goals of a business in it’s 51st  year of trading as well as constantly refining and evolving the business model that goes with that. Simultaneously he manages, tour manages, consults with and advise artists and musicians at all levels as he seeks to work in the grey area where art and commerce overlap and try to help those artists find the sweet spot where both are mutually beneficial to each other.

He still plays guitar with just about anyone who’ll have him, and one time he had pizza backstage with The Foo Fighters and Anthrax!