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Building, Consolidating, and Selling the Entertainment Industry With Summer Watson (Part 3/3)

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Building, Consolidating, and Selling the Entertainment Industry With Summer Watson (Part 2/3)

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Building, Consolidating, and Selling the Entertainment Industry With Summer Watson (Part 1/3)

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Conquering the Canadian Music Biz with Darryl Hurs (IndieWeek, CD Baby, Downtown Music Group) - Part 3/3

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Conquering the Canadian Music Biz with Darryl Hurs (IndieWeek, CD Baby, Downtown Music Group) - Part 2/3

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Conquering the Canadian Music Biz with Darryl Hurs (IndieWeek, CD Baby, Downtown Music Group) - Part 1/3

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Building Success as a Talent Agent with Joe Atamian of Wasserman (Lumineers, Big Gigantic, Agent Vs Promoter) - Part 3/3

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Building Success as a Talent Agent with Joe Atamian of Wasserman (Lumineers, Big Gigantic, Agent Vs Promoter) - Part 2/3

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Building Success as a Talent Agent with Joe Atamian of Wasserman (Lumineers, Big Gigantic, Agent Vs Promoter) - Part 1/3

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Pioneering the Music Industry in Web3 with Spottie Wifi (Part 3/3)

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Pioneering the Music Industry in Web3 with Spottie Wifi (Part 2/3)

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Pioneering the Music Industry in Web3 with Spottie Wifi (Part 1/3)

13

What's to Come for Fandom in the Music Business featuring Bryce Carr (BandsinTown, Fender, Rally) - Part 3/3

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What's to Come for Fandom in the Music Business featuring Bryce Carr (BandsinTown, Fender, Rally) - Part 2/3

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What's to Come for Fandom in the Music Business featuring Bryce Carr (BandsinTown, Fender, Rally) - Part 1/3

16

Establishing Your LinkedIn Network with John Kraski (Part 3/3)

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Establishing Your LinkedIn Network with John Kraski (Part 2/3)

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Establishing Your LinkedIn Network with John Kraski (Part 1/3)

19

Touring as a Merch Manager and PA with, Jessica Sands (Billy Talent, Beabadoobee and more!) - Part 3/3

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Touring as a Merch Manager and PA with, Jessica Sands (Billy Talent, Beabadoobee and more!) - Part 2/3

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Touring as a Merch Manager and PA with, Jessica Sands (Billy Talent, Beabadoobee and more!) - Part 1/3

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Writing & Producing with Bob Kushell, television writer of the Simpsons, 3rd Rock from the Sun, the Muppets (Part 3/3)

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Writing & Producing with Bob Kushell, television writer of the Simpsons, 3rd Rock from the Sun, the Muppets (Part 2/3)

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Writing & Producing with Bob Kushell, television writer of the Simpsons, 3rd Rock from the Sun, the Muppets (Part 1/3)

25

The Music Industry Inside the Metaverse With Music Producer, Dominique Mitchell (Lil Bitcoin, Crypto Money Records) - Part 3/3

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The Music Industry Inside the Metaverse With Music Producer, Dominique Mitchell (Lil Bitcoin, Crypto Money Records) - Part 2/3

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The Music Industry Inside the Metaverse With Music Producer, Dominique Mitchell (Lil Bitcoin, Crypto Money Records) - Part 1/3

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Understanding Web3 in the Music Industry with Nick Merich of Mint Songs & SongLink (Part 3/3)

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Understanding Web3 in the Music Industry with Nick Merich of Mint Songs & SongLink (Part 2/3)

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Understanding Web3 in the Music Industry with Nick Merich of Mint Songs & SongLink (Part 1/3)

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Breaking in as an Audio Engineer & the New Music Business with Daniel Rowland (Oscar Winning, Grammy Nominated) (Part 3/3)

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Breaking in as an Audio Engineer & the New Music Business with Daniel Rowland (Oscar Winning, Grammy Nominated) (Part 2/3)

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Breaking in as an Audio Engineer & the New Music Business with Daniel Rowland (Oscar Winning, Grammy Nominated) (Part 1/3)

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Shifts in the Music Landscape with Dmitri Vietze (Part 2/2)

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Shifts in the Music Landscape with Dmitri Vietze (Part 1/2)

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Technological Disruption in the Music & Entertainment Industry with, Vickie Nauman (CrossBorderWorks) - Part 3/3

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Technological Disruption in the Music & Entertainment Industry with, Vickie Nauman (CrossBorderWorks) - Part 2/3

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Technological Disruption in the Music & Entertainment Industry with, Vickie Nauman (CrossBorderWorks) - Part 1/3

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Entrepreneurship in Music x Web3 with, SofarSounds & WithOthers Founder Tom Lovett (Part 2/2)

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Entrepreneurship in Music x Web3 with, SofarSounds & WithOthers Founder Tom Lovett (Part 1/2)

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Using Digital Marketing to Engage Your Audience with Lorena Garcia Waheibi, Audience Engagement at XX Artists (Part 3/3)

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Using Digital Marketing to Engage Your Audience with Lorena Garcia Waheibi, Audience Engagement at XX Artists (Part 2/3)

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Using Digital Marketing to Engage Your Audience with Lorena Garcia Waheibi, Audience Engagement at XX Artists (Part 1/3)

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Songwriting & Getting Your Music Placed with Michele Vice-Maslin, Emmy Award Winning, #1 Hit Music Producer, Arranger, Songwriter & Publisher (Part 3/3)

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Songwriting & Getting Your Music Placed with Michele Vice-Maslin, Emmy Award Winning, #1 Hit Music Producer, Arranger, Songwriter & Publisher (Part 2/3)

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Songwriting & Getting Your Music Placed with Michele Vice-Maslin, Emmy Award Winning, #1 Hit Music Producer, Arranger, Songwriter & Publisher (Part 1/3)

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Breaking in in the Bay Area with Music Industry and Technology Executive, Dawson Ludwig (Part 3/3)

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Breaking in in the Bay Area with Music Industry and Technology Executive, Dawson Ludwig (Part 2/3)

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Breaking in in the Bay Area with Music Industry and Technology Executive, Dawson Ludwig (Part 1/3)

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Start Ups, Funding & Going to Market with Ryan O’Connor (Part 3/3)

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Start Ups, Funding & Going to Market with Ryan O’Connor (Part 2/3)

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Start Ups, Funding & Going to Market with Ryan O’Connor (Part 1/3)

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Career Strategy, Fan Engagement & Monetizing Your Digital Presence with Jason Spitz (Part 3)

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Career Strategy, Fan Engagement & Monetizing Your Digital Presence with Jason Spitz (Part 2)

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Career Strategy, Fan Engagement & Monetizing Your Digital Presence with Jason Spitz (Part 1)

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Entrepreneurship and Music Analysis with Sung Cho, founder of Chartmetric (Part 3)

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Entrepreneurship and Music Analysis with Sung Cho, founder of Chartmetric (Part 2)

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Entrepreneurship and Music Analysis with Sung Cho, founder of Chartmetric (Part 1)

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How to use Digital to Build Community around Talent with Alec Steinfeld, MBA, Artist Manager & Product Manager @ Spotify (Part 3/3)

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How to use Digital to Build Community around Talent with Alec Steinfeld, MBA, Artist Manager & Product Manager @ Spotify (Part 2/3)

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How to use Digital to Build Community around Talent with Alec Steinfeld, MBA, Artist Manager & Product Manager @ Spotify (Part 1/3)

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Inside the Day-to-Day of Kevin Scott, Tour Manager for Dayglow (Part 3/3)

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Inside the Day-to-Day of Kevin Scott, Tour Manager for Dayglow (Part 2/3)

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Inside the Day-to-Day of Kevin Scott, Tour Manager for Dayglow (Part 1/3)

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A Shift in Artist Services with Megh Vakharia, Co-Founder of Integral Studios & SymphonyOS (Part 2/2)

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A Shift in Artist Services with Megh Vakharia, Integral Studio & SymphonyOS (Part 1/2)

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Music Marketing & Brand Partnerships with Sam Sklover, Primary Wave (Part 2/2)

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Music Marketing & Brand Partnerships with Sam Sklover, Primary Wave (Part 1/2)

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Music Marketing, Release Strategy & Connecting Fans to Artists with Jennifer Bonita, Senior Manager of Artist Relations @ Yousician (Part 3/3)

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Music Marketing, Release Strategy & Connecting Fans to Artists with Jennifer Bonita, Senior Manager of Artist Relations @ Yousician (Part 2/3)

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Music Marketing, Release Strategy & Connecting Fans to Artists with Jennifer Bonita, Senior Manager of Artist Relations @ Yousician (Part 1/3)

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The Ins & Outs of Being a Talent Agent with Wilson Zheng, High Road Touring (Part 3)

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The Ins & Outs of Being a Talent Agent with Wilson Zheng, High Road Touring (Part 2)

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The Ins & Outs of Being a Talent Agent with Wilson Zheng, High Road Touring (Part 1)

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Mini-Clip: More on Networking & Developing Skills to Shine in the Entertainment Business

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Crushing the Interview & Landing your Dream Job with Rohan Raj, Artist and Content-Creator Consultant (Part 2)

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Crushing the Interview & Landing your Dream Job with Rohan Raj, Artist and Content-Creator Consultant (Part 1)

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Mini-Clip: Keeping Up Momentum After You Land An Entry-Level Job in Entertainment

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Building a Entertainment Technology Company from the Ground Up with Darshan Kaler, Founder & CEO of Tradable Bits (Part 2)

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Building a Entertainment Technology Company from the Ground Up with Darshan Kaler, Founder & CEO of Tradable Bits (Part 1)

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Mini-Clip: How to Build Your Network During Your Internship

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Navigating the Music & Content Space with Sam Tall, Studio 71 (Part 2)

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Navigating the Music & Content Space with Sam Tall, Studio 71 (Part 1)

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Mini-Clip: How to Get Experience When You Have No Experience

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Turning Your Love of Music into a Job with Portia Sabin, President of Music Business Association (Part 2)

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Turning Your Love of Music into a Job with Portia Sabin, President of Music Business Association (Part 1)

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Mini-Clip: Harry Shares Vision Behind Podcast | Entering the Job Market in Entertainment

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Mini-Clip: Harry Shares Vision Behind Podcast | Why to Always Provide Excellence

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From Bartender to Talent Manager with Dougie Bohay, manager for Steve Aoki

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Building Sustainable Disruptive Businesses with Pascal Pilon, Founder & CEO of LANDR

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Building Your Career as a Writer & Producer with Tim Chan, Rolling Stone & Billboard Magazine

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Post-Covid Music Industry: The New Wave of Audience Interaction with Mandolin's Mary Kay Huse

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Finding Your Niche With Career Whisperer Jonathan Tesser

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The intersection of media, entertainment and NFTs with Jesus Martinez

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Building Your Career as an International Music Marketing Executive with Carole MacDonald (Virgin Records, EMI Music)

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Escaping the Pigeon-Hole with Katie Kramer, music manager

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Peeking Behind the Curtain of Publicity with Rebecca Shapiro, SVP at Shore Fire Media

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Creating your gravitational pull with Chris Lakey, SVP Creative Synch @ Kobalt Music Publishing

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Interview with Mike Ceglio, Head of Digital Distribution at Repost by Soundcloud

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Inside Warner Music U with Karlie Keaveney