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Learning how an agency operates. The volume is high, the margin for error is low, and the attention to detail is serious. Getting to witness what white glove client service and operational excellence looks like from some of the best in the business.
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Contract role at Downtown Music processing and validating royalty statements. Seriously data-heavy, QA, cash reconciliation, metadata ingestion across high-volume workflows. Opened up a pretty technical and quantitative side of the industry: how money actually moves from DSPs and PROs through to rights holders at scale.
Excel Airtable data validation financial reconciliation data management -
Interned at Red Light Management supporting a range of artists across day-to-day operations. Got hands-on across a lot of different areas, labels, booking, merch, marketing, and digital, and came away with a real appreciation for how much a single manager can shape an artist's career across all of them.
social audits audience analysis digital strategy marketing coord scheduling -
Got to work with a cool small group of people doing big cool things for music in Philly. Was given lots of trust and independence to book talent across multiple different venues. Helped reinforce organizational infrastructure and develop the business through cross-functional marketing to get more people to see great music.
talent booking negotiation contracting concert production event planning -
Got to see the raw side of how a catalog acquisition actually works, what comes in the door, what's in it, and how you get it organized and into the hands of the right teams. Worked across asset management, metadata, copyright, and quality control. A pretty unique look at the IP side of the music business.
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Started as a concert YouTube channel with my friend Dan. From there it grew into basement shows, a website, a blog, documentary attempts, crappy tour booking, before finally landing on just concert promotion. Became the fastest growing independent promoter in Philly, going from my basement to real rooms with touring talent in about a year. Took the lead on most everything myself, booking, marketing, ticketing, operations, settlement. Had lots of support from friends and cool people to make night of show happen. Booked shows in pizza shops, outdoor raves on the Delaware river, and emo gigs in VFW halls. So much fun and learned a lot about what I like to do.
talent booking negotiation live events marketing ticketing settlement -
Supported the talent buying team at a well-established Philly-area promoter. Helped with booking, research, and general admin, a good early look at how a real promotion operation runs.
talent booking contract negotiation market research data entry -
Did multimedia production work for a great public jazz radio station in Philly. Little bit of everything, audio, video, camera, editing, some web design and branding too.
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My first internship, working for a small video production company run by a guy named Karl who was full of energy and a great example for anyone who wants to own a business. First week on the job he threw me and a friend into filming a documentary following doctors treating unhoused communities in the woods, the film ended up getting shown at two film festivals. He let us get really involved across the board, video editing, camera operation, direction, writing, and interviewing.
video editing camera operation Premiere Pro video journalism interviewing
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Chatting with Emperor X
Chad Methany is a musician whose songs are as eloquent and intricate as they are catchy. Born in Florida and currently living in Berlin, Emperor X makes music that stirs up themes of corrupt bureaucracy, quasi-physics, and the difficulty of being a person.
music
I make music under the name Cliff Nawrocki. You can find it on Bandcamp and follow along on Instagram.
I also played guitar and sometimes sang in Codex County Line.
Played in friends bands Dead Love Triangle, Fair Game, Blood Moon Ball, and for one night played in a 10 member cover band for the greatest rock and roll band ever, The Replacements.
left: photographer unknown · right: photo by Laura Levine, 1984
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