Here is Lindsey Solomon, founder of Lindsey Media and focuses on PR in Fashion and in the cultural arts. Initially when he started his career he will talk about how he worked at Happy Socks where he worked with artists including Pharrell, Snoop Dogg, and Robert Rodriguez. We are going to get to hear about PR and Lindsey growing up in the Big Apple and all the advice that he shares with his interns that he got from his professional colleagues.

Here is Kailyn Hooten, a business administration major where she looked around USC and stumbled upon a music industry minor. She had a few internships in PR, the live events space, and marketing. Currently, she is doing a FT position as a Marketing Coordinator at Veeps Media. Veeps is a subsidiary of Live Nation and she will talk about her day-to-day responsibilities including social media management, ticketing data analytics and tools she acquired at USC for her day-to-day job. She also works part-time as a VIP Concierge where she has worked for the Greek Theatre in LA. She will talk about what it's like to work in the virtual setting curating livestreams and also an in person concert experience at the Greek Theatre. Kailyn will wrap up talking about mentorship programs and wisdom she gives to rising music industry professionals. She will talk about the types of books she reads about the business, her upcoming goals including traveling to Spain, Denmark, and Vietnam.

Meet Aidan Adler who grew up in Kansas City, MO. Went to college at Tulane and double majored in Political Economy and Music of the Gulf South. He is currently working full-time at The New Orleans Jazz Museum as a Program and Production Coordinator. He is also a guitarist and has performed with George Porter and students at Loyola University in New Orleans. He is going to provide some advice about the music industry and his ventures working in the music industry. We will also get to hear about his guitar experience performing at NOLA venues.

In this episode, I’m bringing on that smooth jazz voice because you know why. I have to introduce a Jazz expert on my podcast, Lydia Liebman. She is the Founder and President of Lydia Liebman Promotions and was featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Music in 2020 during the Pandemic. This is woah!!! She is a publicist by trade and has a huge roster of R&B, soul, and jazz clients. She is always optimistic and never stops working and is an associate professor at RocNation School at Long Island University. Let’s now welcome Lydia Liebman to the Media Industry Guru Podcast.

https://lydialiebman.com/

I'm here with Bad Crystal Art AKA Tara Demers. She does the lights, camera, and action in the music industry, not talking about film. She is a digital artist and designs content for artists to create fan engagement. She has also done a ton of photography stuff at iHeart Radio and got even recognized by John Mayer. Now we will learn about Bad Crystal Art's projects and her latest endeavors into digital media and fan engagement.

Have you wanted to study the music industry and learn more about the guide to being a great songwriter? Mike Errico is the author of a new book entitled “Music, Lyrics, and Life: A Field Guide for the Advancing Songwriter.”  He is both a recording artist and a professor at Yale, Wesleyan, the New School, and NYU as well. And he’s here with me now to chat about his songwriting experience, his publication, and his advice to music industry professionals. 

I'm thrilled to introduce you to Joey Vreeland. She has a unique background in the live theatrical performance space from currently pursuing her MFA at Tulane University to even managing a tattoo parlor to even performing in a folk band. We will learn about the different theatrical terminology and what it's like from Joey's perspective to be a stage manager and run the whole show. We will also test her theatrical knowledge and play trivia.

Here today Remy Ozer has a very special story. She started playing guitar then transitioned to being an artist manager while attending USC studying Communications and then after she took a few music industry courses and managed artists on the side. She landed an internship at Warner Chappell and this changed her vision of what type of career she wanted to pursue in the music business. It's interesting how one class and one internship can change your career endeavors. Now she is a licensed attorney for a big music publishing firm. She graduated with her law degree in 2 years. After that she passed the bar during COVID and now is working full-time. We are going to talk about her experience, the advice she gives and then we will quiz her on her music industry experience in law. 

Lights, camera, and action. We are going to talk about all things film. When you start your first job anywhere, regardless at some entry-level standpoint even before that you work at an ice cream parlor, a cashier, etc. I focused mine on entertainment. My first semester after college I worked at a movie theatre cashier and ticket taker. It is such a good way to talk to people including your coworkers and people who come in to the theatre. Joe Berke and I worked together back at Regal Entertainment and here he is today to talk about himself, his background at CSUN. He interned at a variety of different places including in music or Interscope Records for Studio71 and reality TV. We are able to talk about his goals working in the entertainment business where he aspires to be in 5-10 years, what his day-to-day is like as an office PA for Disney and what the different between an office PA and a set PA is.

Here is April Bredael who is a 21-year-old rising music industry professional. She got her start in high school as a journalist. She has had many different internships within the music industry and just wrapped one up at Warner Music in Nashville. The work that she has put into her professional career and helping out artists is outstanding. Taylor Swift is her inspiration and motivation. She has had internships in social media management, A&R, and marketing. She also interned 2x at WMG in summer of 2021 and summer of 2022. She is a part of the Warner Music college marketing program where she is a marketing rep promoting Warner Music to college students on campus at UW Madison. She also wrapped up her first-ever tour experience for Ethan Jewell's Lonely Together tour where she drove across the country gig after gig after gig. She is also responsible for booking and and marketing artists on her college campus's music club. Friends and family call her Girl Boss.