Jake Udell

Live albums… Are they a lost art… Or a significantly underutilized asset? Freya Ridings was arguably one of the breakout stars of 2018. For the last several months, on the back of a continued effort…

All producers and writer agreements technically should be executed before a project is released. The reality is this doesn’t always happen. In fact, some projects get released before even one…

Before the end of the year, a colleague of mine asked me to hop on a call to help him negotiate terms with an external partner. I did, and believe the call was effective. This week, after…

Cover songs seem to be an underutilised marketing asset for developing artists. They have instant familiarity. If you take a song and flip it in an entirely new direction aligned with an artist’s…

The other day, an artist representative told me they aren’t paid to come up with the artist’s vision for them… “That’s the artist’s job.” I couldn’t agree more… The era we live in requires a bold and…

The following featured in Jake Udell's Art of a Manager newsletter. “Power has shifted in the music industry, and a large share of that power is resting with artist managers. Artist managers are the…