People from the Program

On today’s show, my guest is Mike Greene - Vice President of Artist & Label Services at Warner's Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA), where he oversees strategic digital marketing and audience development efforts for its Label Services partners and independent distributed labels, in addition to leading commercial relationships with TikTok, Meta, Snapchat, and YouTube.  A 13+ year music industry veteran and accomplished multi-marketer, Mike has driven campaigns for Macklemore, Ciara, Big Freedia, Central Cee, Dropkick Murphys, Peter Gabriel, Papa Roach, and more. His work on trending songs from Dixie, Dylan Conrique, and Strange Fruits Music has been featured in Business Insider, Music Ally, and led to panel appearances at the annual A2IM Indie Week conference.

Our guest on today’s show is Clayton Durant, the founder of CAD Management, a music and entertainment consulting firm based in NYC. Clayton is not only a music industry entrepreneur but also serves as an adjunct professor at the NYU Steinhardt School and the Long Island University Roc Nation School of Music & Entertainment teaching music business and artist management. He is also an avid writer having penned bylines for Boardroom TV, Variety, Adweek, and more. Hope you enjoy our conversation!

On today's show I interview Oli Mottola. Based in New York, he works as the Director of Revenue Strategy & Operations and Customer Success at Pex where he touches data, technology, process, customers and product. Prior to moving to the US, he ran a DJ mix and event series, while also working in the film/events industry as a freelance producer. In his free time Oli has built a custom GPT for RevOps, works on a record label, booking agency and loves to experiment in the kitchen.

My guest today is Logan Delgado. He works full-time at the Recording Academy, the non-profit music industry trade organization behind the GRAMMY Awards, and runs operations at Vali Entertainment, a luxury private event entertainment company specializing in music and production for weddings, galas, and other private engagements.  

Andrew "Nitty" Nitirouth is a recent graduate from NYU's Music Business master's program [2023]. He is a professional DJ with over 8 years of experience, having performed at over 60 venues throughout his career with several Grammy nominated and DJ Mag Top 100 artists. Additionally, he is also a music producer and audio engineer, working at Antenna Studios in Brooklyn and Studio Square Recordings in Queens. Nitty is also the Sessions Director for Anti Social Camp - the largest songwriting camp in the world based in the heart of NYC - and will be returning to camp for his third year in summer 2024.

On today's show, our guest is Jackie Paolino Gadigian - Head of Partnerships and Outreach for Mamas in Music and mom to a baby girl named Sophia. She is working on a music project called Womb, which has the intention of helping people heal from PTSD and PPD. She is also a Government Affairs Consultant  at Nushama Wellness and currently helping them expand into the state of Rhode Island and lobbying for their ketamine treatments to become more accessible.

My guest on today's show is Christine Barnum, CRO at CD Baby. Christine has an extensive background in finance and accounting within the music industry, including e-commerce and fraud prevention, royalty reporting and auditing, and M&A activity.  Currently, she brings that experience and leadership to her role as CD Baby’s Chief Revenue Offer, where she is responsible for Business Development & Partnerships, Marketing, Product, and Trust & Safety. Christine has been at CD Baby for almost 18 YEARS, so when I met her during a roundtable at Music Biz 2023 in Nashville I knew I had to have her on the show!

My guest today is Zach Feldman, Lead Software Engineer at Framework. Zach is a technology professional and entrepreneur with over a decade of experience specializing in software/hardware, build tooling, technical training, and start up companies enabled by technology. He's worked in the computer hardware, aerospace, hospitality, education, content marketing, and music industries with a focus on web technology, after starting his career in the music technology industry. Zach has totally pivoted to a career outside of music, but has used his degree from the program in super interesting ways as he's pursued his passions!

Today's show is a big one! We've got a TWO HOUR episode with Xavier Jernigan - the Voice of Spotify as well as their Head of Cultural Partnerships. Now when I say the Voice of Spotify…I mean that literally. X is the voice and personality behind the world’s first AI DJ, Spotify’s newly launched feature that’s already changing the way the world listens to music. And as the Head of Cultural Partnerships, X is also a Spotify executive, as well as their go-to host for Spotify events around the world!

On this episode I talk to Logan Regis a licensing coordinator for the NFL based in NJ. She got her start in the music business as an intern for RCA in their TV/Film soundtrack licensing department. Since graduating from NYU in 2019, she has occupied various roles from PROs to small labels.