About
I began as a fan.
Music was this other world I could step into. I wanted to know what life was like for the people who made it — where the ideas came from, and everything that had to happen for something to find its way into the world and be alchemized into something else.
So I listened to the best and became a musician. I got several record deals, made a couple of records, and crashed and burned.
At 23, I got sober. That was May 18, 1991, and I’ve been sober ever since.
I stopped making music and took an entry-level job at a record company. What began as a way forward became a career spent identifying and developing talent, building creative teams and businesses, and helping ideas move from instinct to execution.
Over time, that work expanded beyond music into film, digital media, technology, fitness and brands. Different industries, but much of the work has remained the same: recognizing potential, understanding what it needs, and bringing the right people together to make something happen.
That’s still the work I’m drawn to.
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
Private Client Advisory (Independent) — Confidential Advisory, 2020–Present
Better Noise Music — Senior Vice President, A&R, 2019–2020
Straight Up Films — Senior Vice President, Production & Creative Affairs, 2016–2018
Barry’s Bootcamp — Strategic Consultant / Advisor to founder Barry Jay, 2014–2016
M.J. Online — Co-General Manager, official digital operation of the Michael Jackson Estate, 2010–2014
WMG / Perezcious Music — President, Warner Music Group venture with Perez Hilton, 2010–2014
J Records — Senior Vice President, A&R, 2005–2010
Wind-Up Records — Senior Vice President, A&R, 1999–2005
Epic Records — Director, A&R, 1993–1999
Lafitte Entertainment — Junior Management Associate, 1991–1993
As a musician, I was signed to Def Jam, Atlantic, RCA, Red Ant and WB/Giant Recordings, and as a songwriter to Rondor Music Publishing.
CREATORS, TECH + BUSINESS
For me, the best ideas often start with something small — a person, an instinct, a conversation. Something appears in the room.
Much of what I do is simply recognizing the potential in that moment and helping give it shape — developing talent and ideas, building businesses, creating partnerships and bringing the right people together around an opportunity.
Doing that across music, entertainment, media, technology, fitness and brands. Sometimes it means building something from the ground up. Other times, it means seeing what’s already there and helping bring more life to it. Either way, the mechanics are much the same, whatever the context.
PRIVATE CLIENT ADVISORY
I grew up in New York and began my career as a recording artist, signing three label deals and working as a published songwriter.
I later moved into executive roles, identifying and developing talent, building creative and executive teams, overseeing projects, staff and budgets, and taking work from initial vision through launch and to market. My work has since extended beyond music into digital media, technology, film, fitness and consumer brands.
Throughout my career, artists, managers, producers, executives, founders and colleagues have turned to me for perspective on consequential professional and personal decisions.
Since 2020, I’ve brought that experience to an independent private-client advisory practice.
Today, I work privately with clients navigating situations where discretion, judgment and an experienced outside perspective matter.
