Art of a Manager – Page 28 – Create Together.

Give, give, give

Thank you to so many of you for your genuine responses over the weekend after the post about commitment. I’m always amazed by the power of our small community which has formed around this newsletter over the last six months. I’ll leave you today with my favorite reply, which came from Esteban Gast –...

Jake Udell

on July 9, 2018

Song Sunday: Reflex by SAINt JHN

It’s tough to only pick one song as Collection One is the best music I’ve heard this year… But I gotta give it to Reflex as it takes a lot to get me dancing in the middle of the street… My and Rachel’s mom’s dance skills pail in comparison to Mette Towley’s last Sunday...

Jake Udell

on July 8, 2018

Commitment

Commitment is striving to achieve what you set out to achieve regardless of circumstance… Like having been in meetings all day and finally finishing at 11:30 PM at night and choosing to write anyway. I’m grateful the last few months have been so good for the music industry. They have been a challenging, transitionary...

Jake Udell

on July 8, 2018

Persistence by Jerry Weintraub

Three years ago today, our world lost one of its most charismatic entertainment figures… A great man… And amazing salesperson… Jerry Weintraub. If you haven’t read his autobiography – When I Stop Talking, You’ll Know I’m Dead – I highly recommend it. It’s one of the most inspiring tales of how to make it...

Jake Udell

on July 6, 2018

Radio’s Role

There may records that play on the radio which are not hits… But there are not hits not on the radio. I’m not talking subjectively, but objectively… Not whether you think the song sounds like a hit or could have been a hit, but whether it is a top-of-the-charts multi-platinum global hit record. In honor...

Jake Udell

on July 5, 2018

Freedom Is…

Freedom is not the right to do whatever we want… But the chance to do what is right. It turns out that if you have the power to make rules, the rules are your responsibility. If you have the freedom to make choices, the choices are your responsibility. But whatever we do, if we...

Jake Udell

on July 4, 2018

Tool Tuesday: Unroll.Me

In today’s world, almost everyone’s email is available. As managers, our emails are highly accessible (often times right on our artists’ social pages). Therefore, your email address is likely to be thrown on various mailings you did not sign up for. Even when I started this daily newsletter, I put 300 of my closest friends...

Jake Udell

on July 3, 2018

3 More Ways to Promote a Single

Last week, I wrote the first 50 ways to promote a single that came to my mind. In just the last few days, there have been multiple tactics I did not mention in the post, which our team has executed. For example, take Run Wild a single collaboration with NoMBe and Thutmose in advance of...

Jake Udell

on July 2, 2018

SamJam Sunday

Today, we at TH3RD BRAIN are presenting a block party festival in Venice with our good friends from Winston House. 100% of the proceeds are going to INNER CITY ARTS! If you’re in LA, come out. Do it for the kids! I still have a few slots left on my list and would love...

Jake Udell

on July 1, 2018

The Story of Two Monks

Yesterday, I wrote about leaving the past behind. You have to be willing to let it go to make space for the present and future. Letting go is a choice, even when it doesn’t feel like one. This brilliant short story of two monks explains the concept better than I ever could. A senior...

Jake Udell

on June 30, 2018