On this double-header podcast episode, Leland sits down with two interesting and important music industry players at two very different stages of their careers. The first, a seasoned and I mean SEASONED professional in media and entertainment, Steven Fong, of Chinese Music World and a young, up and coming, go-getter, Li Gao, of Love Survive and the President of Berkelee's Chinese Music Industry Club.

Show Notes:

Steven 1:

0:00 - Intro to Steven & Li

2:37: Events overview. Why is it important that people experience music in the form of live events? Business Overview - Cruises, Live Events, Dance

6:34 - Thoughts on Chinese Music Market and Reflections on how that reflects culture of today

8:07 - Impacts of regulatory and cultural protections on music creation.

9:02 - Where is China headed in terms of music production?

9:51 - Why is it important that US and China share music, media, and culture with each other?

10:33 - END STEVEN LI INTERVIEW

10:33 - START Li

10:54 - Artist MGMT

11:49 - Why Have hold a China-US Music summit?

12:47 -Why is it important that China-US share culutre, and why is it important that is contextualized in music?

13:47 - What are the hopes for this summit, this year and moving forward?

14:13: How artists learn from others.

15:09 - Advice for musicions who want to make music that resonates with people?

16:24 - What else is he working on?

16:43 - What do you think defines music as Chinese music?

17:40 Sign Off