As the Senior Director of Music & Entertainment at Berk Communications, Morais has successfully spearheaded nationally and internationally-renowned publicity campaigns such as:- Spearheaded the international “Free Meek” PR campaign that resulte

Didier Morais — The Publicist Behind Meek Mill, REFORM Alliance, Roc Nation and More

Sep 30th, 2020 18m 11s

Epic Records Senior VP of Promotion Sandra Afloarei — How To Surround Yourself With The Right People

Sep 8th, 2020 42m 10s

Sandra Afloarei is the Senior VP of Promotion at Epic Records. She has been selected to Billboard 40 under 40 for her outstanding work. We hope you enjoy this episode. For visuals from each episode, don't forget to follow us on Instagram @came.

Universal Music Publishing Co-Head of A&R Walter Jones —From Being An Underdog To Becoming A Grammy Award Winning Publisher

Aug 26th, 2020 37m 55s

Walter Jones is the Co-Head of A&R at Universal Music Publishing Group. We hope you enjoy this episode! For visuals from each episode, don't forget to follow us on Instagram @came.a.long.way. For any questions, feedback and comments you can ema

LVRN Co-Founder Justice Baiden — Remove The Ego and Never Look Back

Aug 19th, 2020 38m 40s

Justice Baiden is the Co-Founder of LVRN a record label and artist management company currently housing artists such as 6LACK, Summer Walker, DRAM and Boogie. We hope you enjoy this episode! For visuals from each episode, don't forget to follow

Warner Chappell Music Senior Director of A&R Wallace Joseph — Overcoming Your Biggest Fears On The Road To Success

Aug 12th, 2020 45m 1s

Wallace Joseph is the Senior Director of A&R at Warner Chappell Music. We hope you enjoy this episode! For visuals from each episode, don't forget to follow us on Instagram @came.a.long.way. For any questions, feedback and comments you can emai

Warner Records Executive Vice President Chris Atlas — Adapt Quickly & Never Stop Learning

Jul 29th, 2020 36m 32s

Chris Atlas is Executive Vice President of Urban Music and Marketing at Warner Records.We hope you enjoy this episode! For visuals from each episode, don't forget to follow us on Instagram @came.a.long.way. For any questions, feedback and comme

EQT Co-Founder Henny Yegezu — Find A Purpose That's Bigger Than Yourself

Jul 23rd, 2020 42m 24s

We hope you enjoy this episode! For visuals from each episode, don't forget to follow us on Instagram @came.a.long.way. For any questions, feedback and comments you can email us at [email protected]

Artist Manager & Creative Entrepreneur Paris Cole — Stop Worrying and Start Trying

Jul 9th, 2020 49m 24s

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Atlantic Records President of A&R Pete Ganbarg — How To Deal With Conformity and Believe In Your Own Talent

Jun 30th, 2020 38m 10s

Pete Ganbarg is a Grammy Award winning music business executive who is currently President of A&R for Atlantic Records. We hope you enjoy this episode! For visuals from each episode, don't forget to follow us on Instagram @came.a.long.way. For

Def Jam SVP of Marketing Jeff Burroughs — How To Make Yourself Valuable and Take Action Against Systematic Racism

Jun 18th, 2020 56m 53s

Our guest this week is Jeff Burroughs, SVP of Marketing at Def Jam. An entrepreneur in spirit, Jeff faced many ups and downs throughout his career. After establishing his career at Bad Boy Records, Jeff served as a Vice President at Sony Music

A$AP Rocky's Manager & Entrepreneur John Ehmann — How To Take The Driver Seat In Your Career

May 28th, 2020 37m 26s

Our guest this week is John Ehmann. After establishing a career in the music industry as an A&R executive, he's now a serial entrepreneur also known as the manager of A$AP Rocky.Growing up, John was the go to for new music amongst his high scho

Founder of Right Hand Co. Courtney Stewart — How to Adjust to the Ups and Downs in Business and Working With Khalid

May 20th, 2020 50m 46s

Our guest this week is Courtney Stewart the founder of the artist management and creative consulting house Right Hand Co. The firm's roster includes global acts such as Khalid.During our conversation, Courtney talked about how the age of stream

Island Records President Darcus Beese — How to Make Your Own Luck for a Successful Career

May 12th, 2020 47m 31s

Darcus Beese is a British music executive who is the President of Island Records and one of the most influential figures within the music industry. He is known for signing global artist such as Amy Winehouse and Jessie J. Music Week described B

RCA Records Co-President John Fleckenstein — How Streaming is Liberating the Music Industry

May 5th, 2020 57m 4s

Welcome back! Our first guest for Season 2 is John Fleckenstein, the Co-President of RCA Records. In this episode, we talked about his early days in the industry, projects with stars like Justin Timberlake and how to develop a global mindset wh

Roc Nation Marketing Director Nelly Ortiz — Chill Out and Follow Your Ideas

Dec 29th, 2019 46m 8s

Nelly Ortiz is the Director of Marketing and Partnerships as well as an active artist manager at Roc Nation working with artists such as DJ Khaled and J. Cole. During our conversation, Nelly mentioned how she takes advantage of every day as if

Spotify's John Stein — How to Find Trends in Music and Create New Ones

Dec 18th, 2019 35m 54s

John Stein is Spotify's North American Lead and co-creator of popular playlist 'Pollen'. During our conversation with John, we talked about the process behind building a genre-less playlist that lead to 400,000+ followers and the importance of

4x Grammy Winning Producer Anthony Kilhoffer — What It Takes To Collaborate With Top Talent Like Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Travis Scott and Michael Jackson

Dec 3rd, 2019 47m 11s

Anthony Kilhoffer is a 4 time Grammy winning producer, engineer and songwriter who is also the founder of 1st Gen record label. Throughout his career, Kilhoffer worked on major projects with artists such as Kanye West, Kid Cudi and Travis Scott

Columbia Records Co-Head of Urban Music, Phylicia Fant — The Importance of Emotional Intelligence and Staying Present

Nov 27th, 2019 27m 51s

Phylicia Fant is the Co-Head of Urban Music at Columbia Records. Before her present role, she had worked as the SVP of Publicity & Special Projects at Warner Records. Throughout her career, Phylicia was successful in breaking artists such as Jo

Nigel Talley VP of A&R Alamo Records — How to Switch Your Mindset to 'We' Instead of 'Me'

Nov 18th, 2019 39m 27s

Nigel Talley is The current VP of A&R at Alamo records and has previously worked with artists such as Mase, Waka Flaka Flame, Gucci Mane and more. During our conversation, we talked about the current state of the music industry in the streaming

Def Jam SVP of A&R Tuo Clark — How To Remain Positive Through Darkness

Nov 6th, 2019 20m 38s

Tuo Clark is the SVP of A&R at Def Jam overseeing top iconic talents and he has been a veteran in the industry by being a Grammy nominated producer working on hit records with artists such as Big Sean, Trey Songz and Nicki Minaj.During our conv

Warner Records SVP of A&R Eesean Bolden — How to Seize the Opportunity in Music Business

Oct 4th, 2019 28m 49s

As the SVP of A&R at Warner Records, Eesean Bolden signed some of the most popular artists in the modern hip-hop culture. His current roster includes artists like Lil Pump, and Saweetie. During our conversation, we talked about the important of

Kenny Hamilton — How to Adapt, Change and Reinvent Yourself

Sep 27th, 2019 45m 2s

Kenny Hamilton is a music manager and marketer who is currently the managing partner of CSH Group with his current roster of artists like Rotimi and Ghoss, and along his career he has also worked in top global companies like Apple and Spotify.D

Co-Founder and CEO of Genius Tom Lehman — Embracing Change and Uncertainty On The Road To Success

Sep 6th, 2019 46m 56s

Tom Lehman is the Co-Founder and CEO of Genius. Launched in 2009 as Rap Genius, the website started as a rap lyric annotation platform. Fast forward today, Genius is one of the most followed online media companies with over 100 employees and mi

EMPIRE VP of A&R Tina Davis — The Power of Believing in Yourself

Aug 27th, 2019 30m 9s

Tina Davis is known as one of the most influential executives in the music industry who worked with some of the greatest talents of our generation. Tina worked her way up to become the Senior Vice President of A&R at Def Jam where she remained