Time Out: NY

It's been nearly 2 months since I've been in the city, and since blog number 1 is dedicated to what's really important in life, music, I've decided to make a new one about my time in New York and next Italy.

I got to the city on a Saturday night, spent the rest of the weekend getting acquainted with the place and where my office was, and started work on Monday. Daunting as it was to move across the country, walking into the building was even more scary--first day of school jitters were in full force. The office is great. A montage of all Jive artists line the elevator entry and all a long the halls are photos of the artists and multiple awards and accomplishments. Such Jive Label Group (JLG) artists include: Ciara, Usher, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, P!nk, Jordin Sparks, David Archuleta, Hot Chelle Rae, Sia, Joshua Radin, Sleigh Bells, Matisse, Metric, and many more. Some of my tasks include printing BDS (Nielsen) ratings for my boss Joe, the VP of Pop Promotions, as well as the CEO of RCA/Jive, Barry Weiss. I highlight the rankings of all Jive and RCA artists and hand out the proper reports to each member of the Promo team, and Barry.



My first week at the office, I met JLS, and went to a showcase for Miguel. The showcase was at Santos Partyhouse, and it was a bit pathetic, on my part. Kacee came with me, and luckily for her it was open bar. Since I took the short bus that day, I assumed I could get all the Diet Coke or Red Bull I wanted, right? Wrong. I ordered my Red Bull after Kacee got her free drink with Ciroc, and the bartender says "$5 dollars." Trick please, I thought, pulled out my money and stood in the corner with Kacee. Miguel came on, did his 5 song set where J. Cole joined him for "All I Want is You." (Pretty decent jam) and then we left. Week 1 = Success.


Some other things that have happened around the office, the likes of Miguel Ciara, and Jay-Z have graced our floor.
-On a day I pulled the BDS reports, apparently a date was wrong-- Big Boo Boo. (Although it wasn't my fault)
-I've made some great friends, intern and supervisors (who have taught me a lot more about the industry and helped steer me in the direction I want to go)
-Attended another showcase this week for Ry Cuming where I was introduced by one of my good supervisors to one of the best in the field of A&R- Teresa LaBarbera Whites, which was such a great experience, especially to talk to someone so successful and inspiring, yet so down to earth.
-Eaten lunch out WAY too much.
- Ran some errands around midtown
-Learned A LOT


More to come on the latest going on outside of the office. Until then--Shalom.


x
Clumsy T