Tough Love: Adventures In Artist Management
Have you ever wondered who the people are that are guiding the careers of your favorite artists? We’re here to shine a light on artist managers and learn who they are, what makes them tick, and hear stories and insights from their various adventures. Join Chris Moon (an artist manager for over 25 years) as he chats with a wide range of artist managers exploring these topics and more!
Episodes
April 24, 2024 • 63 mins
Keith Hagan - MNRK Music Group
For today’s episode, we chat with Keith Hagan, a longtime manager who had worn many different hats within his career in music, including stints at record labels, as a publicist, and ultimately, coming together in artist management. Keith currently is VP Management at MNRK Music Group based in New York.Keith takes a very strategic approach with his artists, which allows for a lot of creativity and ...
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January 31, 2024 • 69 mins
Dick Huey - Toolshed
For today’s episode, we continue to veer off script and join my friend Dick Huey for a chat. While Dick started out as a musician, then an artist manager, before wisely pivoting over into digital marketing, at the dawn of digital media in music, his fierce advocacy of artists and their rights, mirrored with supporting independent labels as they entered the digital landscape provides for many illuminating s...
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May 29, 2023 • 66 mins
Ken Weinstein - Big Hassle Media
For today’s episode, we’re once again going off script and chatting with someone who, while not a manager, is someone who is an ally to artists and their quest to find an audience and make meaningful connections.
I was lucky enough to be connected with today’s guest, Ken Weinstein, right as he was starting Big Hassle Media with fellow publicist Jim Merlis. I’ve always admired Ken’s ability to ad...
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January 31, 2023 • 61 mins
Piers Henwood - Amelia Artists/Recordings
For today’s episode, I’m thrilled to get a chance to chat with Piers Henwood of Amelia Artists. Piers started out as a musician, playing in the band Jets Overhead before, as so many artist managers eventually end up doing, crossing over to the dark side of artist management. All kidding aside, Piers’s vantage point on management is uniquely rooted in his time as a musician; informing ...
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September 26, 2022 • 56 mins
Paul Crockford - MMF UK 30th Anniversary Edition
For today’s episode, I had the pleasure of collaborating with the Music Managers Forum - UK, in celebration of their 30th anniversary as an organization, creating community and acting as advocates for managers on a large number of important policies. One of their early champions was Paul Crockford, who we speak with today.Paul has had a rather illustrious career, first as a prom...
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August 17, 2022 • 64 mins
Josh Sundquist - Middle West Management
For today’s episode, I get the chance to chat with a friend of mine, Josh Sundquist at Middle West Management, who just so happens to manage one of the biggest indie artists of the last several years, Justin Vernon, and his project Bon Iver.
We chat about his origins at the start of Middle West Management, and how his critical role in developing Bon Iver into an area/amphitheater act. Ev...
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February 28, 2022 • 58 mins
Ali Hedrick and Erik Selz - Arrival Artists
For today’s episode, we have a first in Tough Love history: Not just one, but two distinguished guests: Ail Hedrick and Erik Selz, from Arrival Artists.
Co-founded with a coalition of booking agents in the wake of the pandemic, Arrival Artists heralds the return of the boutique booking agency, after years of consolidation within that area of the industry. With a rich and diverse musi...
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January 25, 2022 • 63 mins
Hannah Boren -
Red Light Management
As we enter a new year, I thought we’d refine some aspects and the overall approach to what we’re doing here with this podcast.
When I first envisioned this, I thought taking a seasonal approach to it would work best, coming up with topics such as “Origin Stories” and “Pivots”, but as it began to unfold, I’ve come to realize that each artist manager’s store is so unique and inspiring in its own ...
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December 1, 2021 • 73 mins
Tom Osborn
As in life, seasons change, and life gets the best of us at times, so my apologies for the unscheduled break in new episodes these past few months, but as we revamp and begin to record new, future episodes, I thought it would be nice to revisit a few of our favs as we approach the end of the year. One of the joys of doing this podcast is the excuse it often provides for me to catch up with old friends, and getting t...
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October 5, 2021 • 68 mins
Michelle Cable
In this episode, we have the pleasure of chatting with Michelle Cable, founder of Panache Management.
Panache started out as a zine, which lead Michelle into promoting shows, then booking shows, on a national scale, and then eventually into artist management; working with artists such as Mac DeMarco, Ty Segall, Rodrigo Amarante, and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.
We chat about Michelle’s series of pivots and h...
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September 1, 2021 • 74 mins
Laurel Stearns
In this episode, we chat with Laurel Stearns. I first met Laurel when she was doing A&R at Capitol Records, having signed such interesting and eclectic artists such as The Decemberists and Fisherspooner. She pivoted into artist management over the years, working with a wide range of artists including GWAR and Father John Misty, eventually landing at Primary Wave where she currently manages U.S.Girls, Red Fang, and ...
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August 3, 2021 • 66 mins
Michele Fleischli
In this episode, we chat with Michele Fleischli. Michele has crossed paths with a handful of our previous guests and I really enjoyed the opportunity to connect with her here. Michele currently owns Like Management, working with Tenacious D and Karen O of the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, among others.
Throughout her history, she’s worked with an array of amazing talent, including Bad Religion, Rage Against The Machine, ...
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July 6, 2021 • 55 mins
Justin Becker
In this episode, we talk with Justin Becker, founder of Murmuration Music. Prior to stepping out on his own, he worked at Ekonomisk Management with Andrea Troolin, where he helped steer the careers of artists such as Andrew Bird and Margot and the Nuclear So and So's. We chat about the many challenges, and opportunities, that were born out of the pandemic, and how the need for community offered a path to new cre...
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June 15, 2021 • 73 mins
Justin Little
In this episode, we connect the dots with our last episode, where I spoke with Jordan Kurland of Brilliant Corners by chatting with Justin Little of Bailey Blues.
Justin worked with Jordan at the start of his career. After another stint with Ben Dickey at Constant Artists, he settled in at Bailey Blues, managing The Midnight and working with K Flay, Donna Missal, Your Smith and Jake Etheridge.
We discuss the import...
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May 18, 2021 • 63 mins
In this episode, we chat with Jordan Kurland, co-founder of Brilliant Corners Artist Management, home of Death Cab for Cutie, Soccer Mommy, She & Him, and many others. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Jordan a few times in the past, and I was thrilled when he reached out to chat.With this past year as a backdrop, we discussed how the pandemic has created both challenges, and opportunities, for artists and artist managers. Several...
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April 27, 2021 • 56 mins
Nick Stern - Stern Management
In this episode, we chat with Nick Stern of Stern Management.
Nick got his first taste of the music industry at age 15, interning at an indie record label, Zero Hour. From there, he gained more experience working as a publicist at Atlantic Records, before pivoting into the world of artist management with his first client, Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah. Today, Nick works with The Black Angels, Phosphore...
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March 16, 2021 • 65 mins
Tim Husom -
Redbird Music
In this episode, we shift gears a bit and explore the world of film/TV composers with my friend Tim Husom, who’s Redbird Music represents some of today’s top composers, including Dustin O'Halloran, Colin Stetson and the estate of Johann Johansson, to name a few. We discuss how his early days managing indie rock and electronic bands, married with the economic downturn of 2008, inspired him to lean into...
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February 16, 2021 • 73 mins
Tom Osborn - Easy Eye Sound
In this episode, I share a spirited conversation with my friend Tom Osborn, the GM of Easy Eye Sound, a record label founded by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys.We chat about Tom’s history in marketing at several labels, including his time at Artist Direct, one of the first label services focused companies, on through stints at Anti-, New West and how he found his way to Easy Eye Sound, which ties toge...
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January 26, 2021 • 78 mins
Lazerbeak
For our first episode of 2021, I’m excited to share a lively and inspiring conversation with Lazerbeak, member of the hip-hop collective Doomtree, GM and manager of Doomtree, Heart Bones, solo artist and musical collaborator and producer of Dessa, among others. Beak wears a lot of hats, and juggles them all in fine form.
We chat about that juggling act, switching between his artistic endeavors while balancing business...
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December 30, 2020 • 55 mins
Lightning Round Questions
To round out 2020, we thought it would be fun to compile a collection of our “Lightning Round Questions'' which we first introduced at the top of this season. Think of it as a list of some of our “Favorite Things”.
We hope you enjoy revisiting these with us and thanks, as always, for listening in!
To give you further context, here's a list of our "Lightning Round" Questions:
What's the first album ...
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