For The Record: The Best In The Music Business Tell It Like It Is
About this ebook
The book contains a foreword by Roger Brown (President, Berklee College of Music) and exclusive one-on-one conversations with Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees (in one of the last interviews before his untimely passing), Kelly Rowland, Wyclef Jean, Ali Campbell of UB40 and executives such as Julie Greenwald (Chairman/COO, Atlantic Records) and John Paul DeJoria, the co-founder of Patrón Tequila and Paul Mitchell.
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About the author
An accomplished entrepreneur, C-suite executive, multi-faceted consultant, advisor and deal maker, author Jan Kluth possesses unique experience, success and insight into the intersection of music, entertainment, media, technology and consumer goods in the Americas, Europe and Asia.
He conceived, initiated and was conduit for a $100+ million deal between a unit of a European media conglomerate and a U.S. multi-channel network and talent management company.
As JV partner and head of business development, Jan was instrumental in the domestic and international expansion and subsequent sale of a U.S. music/marketing/merchandise/e-
As the first non-Asian senior executive for a leading Asian music and entertainment company, Jan was at the forefront of the continuing globalization of the K-Pop movement and successfully conceptualized and/or executed projects with pan-Asian superstars such as the Wonder Girls, 2PM and Rain -- the three-time winner of the TIME Magazine 100 poll in which readers were asked to rank who they think are the world’s most influential people.
He was also an integral part of building the branded entertainment unit for a leading European media conglomerate before becoming partner in an award-winning content marketing company where he conceptualized, initiated, negotiated and/or executed numerous successful projects with clients such as Samsung, Toyota and Bacardi.
Educated in Germany, USA, UK and Spain, Jan holds three business degrees from colleges and universities in the UK and Germany and is fluent in four languages.
Jan’s two-decade long international experience in the most important areas of the music business (touring/live, brand partnerships, merchandise, publishing, recorded music) has given him an in-depth understanding of and perspective on the global music industry. As both an observer and participant of the business and culture of this art form, having cultivated deep ties with leaders across genres, he is uniquely tuned in to tell its story: past, present and future.
Samantha Marshall is a Miami-based freelance journalist and writer with more than 20 years’ experience reporting for top business and news outlets around the world. A former staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong and Vietnam, the Pulitzer-nominated journalist has co-authored and edited 20 non-fiction books, two of which were New York Times bestsellers. All have had stellar reviews.
Currently she is working on inspirational non-fiction books with Hollywood vocal coach Denise Woods and USTA Chair Katrina Adams for HarperCollins.
Samantha holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Western Ontario in Canada and earned a Master of Arts degree in English Literature, with Distinction, from University of London’s Royal Holloway and Bedford New College in England.
Throughout her extensive career, the range of topics Samantha has covered has been so diverse it’s hard to categorize her as one kind of writer. But her varied repertoire is precisely what makes her stand out. Whether she is covering “fox dung” coffee in Vietnam or Hip Hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs’ take on 360-degree marketing in the music industry, she has one rule that never changes: “Always tell a good story.”
