Sunday Sep 17, 2023
S3 E14: Charles Levan on his career working at EMI/Capitol Records, and becoming a licensing agent for independent artists.
https://nuancespod.com/2023/09/17/charles-levan/
GUEST BIO
Established in 2002, Charles Levan, C.E.O/Owner of Blue Buddha Entertainment, LLC specializes in sync placement for independent artists and labels, serving as a premier conduit for contemporary groundbreaking artists and repertoire. Past sync placements include: Shrinking, Found, All American, This Is Us, Supreme Models, & Grey's Anatomy to name a few. With over 27 years of experience in the music industry, Charles' passion in the sync space is coupled with a focus on artist development, helping artists hone their musical craft in an ever-changing entertainment world. Starting out at The Right Stuff/EMI-Capitol Records (North America), in the Marketing & Radio Promotions Department. Charles’ most notable work includes marketing Al Green’s platinum-selling Greatest Hits album and other high profile reissues. Charles balances his work life through an extreme passion for music, basketball, working out and mediation to stay spiritually grounded. .
DEFINITIONS
- Wet behind the ears: Lacking experience/immature
- AAPI: Asian American Pacific Islander
- Sync: Synchronizing music to another medium such as video or even podcasts.
- Music supervisor: A music expert who typically offers music suggestions to be used in a scene, and is also responsible for clearing the licenses from all stakeholders for the song to be used.
MENTIONED
TAKEAWAYS
- Even in industries that are white dominated, there are some good mentors out there who can actually shield you from a lot of the discrimination. So make every effort you can to find those supporters who will use their privilege to back you when you need them to!
- When you have the opportunity to work with a mentor, showing up and developing that relationship makes it more rewarding for both parties. As someone who has been mentoring podcasters and music producer, I 100% agree with that.
- Because East Asians often have baby face, they are often assumed to be younger and less experienced than they actually are. So if you find yourself thinking an Asian colleague is likely too young or too inexperienced, it's good to quickly check yourself and make sure you haven't been fooled by the genes we stole from the fountain of youth.
- We’re not a monolith so our experiences vary widely. That’s expected and one does not invalidate the other. Charles, as an Asian American cis-straight man, has a different experience from Tonie (S1E3) who is non-binary, or Summer Swee Singh (S2E6) who's a woman, or Dani Saldo (S3E5) who is a disabled woman. We exist across a broad range of experiences.
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