Navigating today’s complex and rapidly changing music industry is a daunting task. Mythologies abound on the key steps you need to launch and sustain a music career, but what does it really take to carve out a path that fulfills personal goals and makes the world a better place? Curated and hosted by Matthew Dear, in collaboration with the University of Michigan EXCEL Lab, this virtual seminar investigates those questions through the lens of five leaders who have paved unique, transformative pathways to success.

Over the course of Fall 2021, Matthew Dear interviewed five luminaries who have carved out unique, highly-impactful, and innovative careers that intersect music, entrepreneurship, social impact, and creative storytelling. These interviews propel through the personal stories of each guest to illuminate the complexity of finding one’s path to self-actualization, while framing the circuitous paths that are central to nearly every successful professional arts journey today.

Amaechi Uzoigwe is an NYC-based entrepreneur, executive & investor in creative arts with a history of launching successful careers & companies, while also establishing himself as a pioneer in music, a champion of artists, an award-winning marketer, content creator, thought leader & community builder. Currently, as co-manager & business partner of Grammy-nominated & gold-certified hip hop stars Run the Jewels (Killer Mike & EL-P), Amaechi oversees all aspects of the group’s multi-faceted enterprise including music, film & TV, publishing, touring, marketing, e-commerce & blockchain/Web3, plus their apparel, cannabis, and beverage businesses. In 2021, Amaechi launched Studio A, a venture focused on creators, IP & Web3 from Africa & the diaspora. Clients include the ground-breaking West African rock band Songhoy Blues plus up & coming artists DAP the Contract, Azekel Adesuyi and Kech Phrase. Additionally, Amaechi is an adjunct instructor at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and a partner & executive producer at GRAiNEY Pictures in LA, an award-winning documentary & branded content production company, whose latest film Unzipped tackles the dual crises of homelessness & income inequality in Venice, CA & beyond. A graduate of the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science & the Arts, Amaechi lives in Harlem, NY with his 2 daughters.

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