1. I’m a musician…

  2. I’m an entrepreneur…

    • I co-founded “decisiondesk”, the first multimedia-enabled online application for colleges, in use at thousands of universities worldwide. acquired by embark.

    • I founded “wifi music school”, an online marketplace for private music lessons via Skype with some of the top musicians and educators in the world. acquired by flint hills music.

    • I was listed as one of Bloomberg Businessweek’s Top 25 entrepreneurs for my work starting “CitizenGroove” (later renamed to “DecisionDesk”)

    • 2024: my main entrepreneurial focus is a project I created called “Beast”, which is a bespoke a.i. that completely rethinks music marketing. currently in use for both independent and major-label acts.

  3. I’m a professor…

    • I teach at nyu’s Clive Davis institute of recorded music

    • sometimes creating art, sometimes creating business plans; I get to blend my interests in music and entrepreneurship and teach students to architect sustainable (and hopefully profitable) careers in the music industry

    • a conversation series I host at the university has brought in some of the most influential names in music, technology, and business, including Jack Dorsey (co-founder of Twitter & Square), Scooter Braun (manager to Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Kanye West), Ryan Holiday (best-selling author), Theo Katzman & Jack Stratton (Vulfpeck), Rostam (Vampire Weekend), Rob Moose (Phoebe Bridgers), Merck Mercuriadis (founder of Hipgnosis songs fund), Jack Conte (co-founder of Patreon, band-member in Pomplamoose, and Scary Pockets), Sylvan Esso, Herb Alpert, and many more.

    • my students have gone on to write number-one hit songs, launch new music festivals, win grammy awards, and, most importantly, make what they want to make on their own terms

in wanting to avoid Survivorship bias; you should remember that people don’t generally list all of their failed efforts, but that doesn’t mean there haven’t been many :-)