No matter where you are in your career, you’ll benefit from listening to 3Q. 3Q provides a window into the careers of some of the best in the music business. Every episode is an insider's view of the realities of life as a music executive. Topics include issues of empowerment, uncertainty, trust, finances, etc; issues that will impact you both personally and professionally. The executives we interview represent every aspect of the industry including but not limited to A&R, Marketing, Music Supervision, Artist Management, Promotion, and more.
About Jeff:
Waxmgmt founder Jeff Bowers has over 20 years of experience breaking down barriers to forge new paths for music artists. Bowers got his start on the major label circuit, working in A&R and catalog management for Warner Bros. Records, Atlantic Records, and Rhino Records. There, he managed creative, marketing, product and licensing strategy for seminal catalogs such as Nirvana, Sonic Youth, John Coltrane, and Miles Davis, and new alternative artists like Paramore and Portugal. The Man while helping drive the vinyl revival. After a brief stint managing licensing strategy for crowdfunding platform Pledge Music, Bowers began his career in artist management, founding Waxmgmt in 2015. In collaboration with Waxmgmt CEO and fellow manager Janis Shen, Bowers has struck unprecedented equitable deal structures that foster long-term success for artists. Bowers has a knack for identifying trends before they pop, having been an early adopter of TikTok as a music discovery tool. Bowers represents cross-genre artists while specializing in the Soundcloud community, working with Freddie Dredd, 1nonly, LLusion, and more.