Here is Elliott Simon. We are going to chat about the touring space today. He has always had a fascination and passion for the music industry from seeing a tour bus to buying a Blink 182 t-shirt to become a fan he has always wanted to be a part of the music industry in some sort of capacity. After college, he stated in event management and learned about the ropes to work in the music industry. He has worked in numerous positions working for the Grammys, SuperBowl, 4 tours, 9 cruises, and 50 festivals in various roles working with numerous types of personalities and people in the business. We are going to learn about what got him passionate about the events space and his upcoming career and personal endeavors.

We are back on the Media Industry Guru Podcast. We are with an amazing content creator and top-notch A LIST GO GETTERS in the entertainment space. Born and raised in Manhattan, 24 year old who graduated recently with her MS and BS from USC (Fight On!). She is a content creator and developer in the mental health and chronic development space. She has worked with tons of different brands and I had the pleasure of getting to meet her in the TikTok Brand Ambassadorship program. She is a leader in the mental health and chronic illness advocacy spaces. Here now is Gigi Robinson where we will learn about her upcoming goals within the content creator space. 

To learn more about Gigi and her projects: www.gigirobinson.com

We are back on the podcast here interviewing Jimmy Guido. For those that don't know, I initially started off my career in film and TV and met Jimmy through a cool dude s/o to Rylan at Irwin Entertainment. He is a Manager of TV Development at IPC and here he is going to explain all things about what TV Development encompasses, what he does on a day-to-day basis and how he got his start in the film industry by traveling all the way from New Jersey all the way from LA to go to USC (Fight On!). He started his career at WME in Unscripted TV Development. Here, he will explain what working at an agency is like and how he was able to transition from WME to IPC (an Emmy Award Winning television company that has recently become a part of Sony Pictures). Here, we will learn about his day-to-day, his upcoming personal and professional goals as well as a new TV show that his team have launched called The Climb which is released in Jan.

To Learn More About IPC, check out: https://theipcorp.com/

Today we are going to hear from Savannah aka Smallz. Who is Smallz? She is mighty and powerful she started in the hip hop and dance space and worked her way through to becoming an independent hiphop, pop, and R&B artist. Her biggest inspirations and MJ and JB. We will get to take a list to a couple of her songs and the advice she gives on not giving up.

Credits:

CLOSE - Smallztru

ABOUT U -Smallztru

Label: S/R

Production: Hustla

Here we have Brandon Lew a former child actor where his family did a lot of TV commercials. He was also the model for Buzz Lightyear. He studied producing at NYU and transitioned full time to work at Participant Media. Here we will learn about his eclectic background and we will talk about his leadership roles at NYU including the first-ever talk show at NYU entitled "Views from NYU." He served an executive producer, showrunner, and host. Now, he is settling down to use his MBA to work in the entertainment industry. 

Here we are with Tinah Ogalo. She has been super invollved in the entertainment industry space. She has been watching the entertainment tonight show since she was a child. She has been inspired by Oprah, Ryan Seacrest, Britney Spears, and Viola Davis. She is a social media coordinator for Paramount Pictures and has her own freelance podcast called In Your Twenties. It is a great platform for people navigating what they're doing on a social and professional level. We are going to interview her and how has she been featured in Washington post and her advice and her upcoming goals in the media business.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-your-twentys/id1509388156

Here we are with Josh Simons, founder and CEO of Vampr. Vampr is a location based social and professional media platform which helps with music discovery and connects artists with music industry professionals. Josh started this in 2016 and it keeps on growing, growing and growing and his firm has been featured on the Austrailian Financial Times best businesses in 2017. Here, we will chat about the different types of money streams for generating a business from the ground up including crowdfunding and venture capitalism and what it's like to not work a 9-5 job.

https://www.vampr.me/

Random question but do you like theatre and skating. Here, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Mina Kopp who I interned with at Warner Music Group. She has also held an internship at Red Light Management and is very passionate about theatre management. She is wrapping up her last semester at Pace University and is off to law school in the fall at Brooklyn Law School where she aspires to become an entertainment Intellectual Property lawyer. Let’s welcome future lawyer Mina Kopp to the Media Industry Guru podcast where she is going to provide some theatre advice, her skating hobby, and her endeavors in law.

Ari Nisman is the President and CEO of Degy Booking International and Degy World LLC. To share more about his background, he got the music bug as a college student at the University of Michigan. At the time, he was exploring the sports and music industries. He saw that the music side really stood out to him when he was in his fraternity. He managed a band during his college career and signed the band on his roster. This what started Degy Booking International. Degy is responsible for 3,000 events and bookings a year and 30 countries globally. The firm now has 3 separate divisions including a Metaverse department that helps organize digital fan engagement and virtual bookings. Degy Booking has over 150 entertainers and speakers and is one the largest buyers for the military dense, college, corporations, summer camps, and minor league baseball. Some of the company's roster includes: Pitbull, Maroon 5, Imagine Dragons, Train, John Legend, Florida Georgia Line, Charlie Puth, Spike Lee, Tim Mcgraw and more. Ari is going to share his background and the formation of the company Degy. 

https://www.degy.com/