EPISODE · Oct 31, 2019 · 1H 3M
Achieving Longevity in the Music Industry with Jason Jordan
from The Business of Talent · host Sam Hysell & Jordan Williams
In this episode, we sit down with industry veteran Jason Jordan. Jason’s career started at the age of 12 years old co-founding the legendary hardcore and punk rock label Watermark Records and his own boutique music publishing company. Earthprogram Music. Over the course of 30 years his career has ranged from, A&R Director at Columbia Record, VP A&R Hollywood Records/Disney Music Group, President of Imagem Music Publishing, and in 2016 Republic Records/Universal Music Group as Senior Vice President A&R. Today Jason co-manages Palm JUKE ROSS, manages the daily operations of earthprogram, and consults for a variety of artists, private companies, and global media entities. In this episode we discuss.. How the process of finding & developing talent has changedHow Jason feels that the relationship between distributors and record labels has changed in the digital age?How has he seen the role of a record label evolve? How he think it’ll develop in the coming years/decades? What does a music publisher do?As someone that has worked with lots of artist teams what he sees as the traits that separate the good from the great?As always never hesitate to leave a review or reach out to @musicbusinesspodcast Instagram with any feedback or ideas. Thank you for listening!
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In this episode, we sit down with industry veteran Jason Jordan. Jason’s career started at the age of 12 years old co-founding the legendary hardcore and punk rock label Watermark Records and his own boutique music publishing company. Earthprogram Music. Over the course of 30 years his career has ranged from, A&R Director at Columbia Record, VP A&R Hollywood Records/Disney Music Group, President of Imagem Music Publishing, and in 2016 Republic Records/Universal Music Group as Senior Vice President A&R. Today Jason co-manages Palm JUKE ROSS, manages the daily operations of earthprogram, and consults for a variety of artists, private companies, and global media entities. In this episode we discuss.. How the process of finding & developing talent has changedHow Jason feels that the relationship between distributors and record labels has changed in the digital age?How has he seen the role of a record label evolve? How he think it’ll develop in the coming years/decades? What does a music publisher do?As someone that has worked with lots of artist teams what he sees as the traits that separate the good from the great?As always never hesitate to leave a review or reach out to @musicbusinesspodcast Instagram with any feedback or ideas. Thank you for listening!
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