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House music DJ &amp; producer Carlos Cid (known as CID), joined me to talk about sustaining a career in music, starting his new label, and the steps required to be able to perform music in front of crowds around the world. CID is an incredible producer who has put out songs with Kaskade, Don Diablo, Loud Luxury and official remixes for Diplo, Lizzo an Ellie Goulding. He has over 100 million plays on Spotify and his songs are frequently featured on top playlists and radio shows. His music does very well commercially, but he also embraces a more underground sound for some of his touring, playing top house music clubs in addition to his circuit of larger festivals.  In the episode CID talks about:<ul><li>Making his grammy nominated remix of &#34;Audio&#34;</li><li>Balancing producing music and performing as a DJ</li><li>Launching his label &#34;Night Service Only&#34;</li><li>The importance of the right management team</li><li>Building your own fan base in the era of Spotify</li><li>Landing a weekly Sirius XM radio show and how he puts his episodes together</li><li>Relationships drive success in music</li></ul> CID’s beginnings on Will Joy’s Podcast:<a href="https://soundcloud.com/backtobackpod/episode-67-cid" rel="nofollow">https://soundcloud.com/backtobackpod/episode-67-cid</a> CID’s music:<a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/4FCzCS0KEgb0rgySWINItO?si=bMcYDa2ERomKWo6lNPqQUA" rel="nofollow">Spotify</a> <a href="https://soundcloud.com/cidmusic" rel="nofollow">https://soundcloud.com/cidmusic</a> On Google &amp; Youtube, avoid lots of results for an Indian Police Drama TV show by searching, CID Music or cidmusic. For those interested in pursuing a creative, performance-driven career, this Toolkit episode builds on the advice in Ep. 3 Jared Freid.

#5 CID - Making a career in music & starting a label

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Richard Mejia Jr. became a partner the the accounting firm EY in 1983. A new opening at the San Diego office in 1988 catalyzed his transition into working primarily in Life Sciences and Technology. From 2001 to 2008 he headed up the entire Pacific Southwest Life Sciences Practice. Under his leadership, the San Diego office grew from a single partner to a well-structured practice with ~$14 million a year in annual revenue. His extensive experience in securities, debt offerings and M&amp;A transactions earned him board seats on several publicly traded technology companies and Sharp Health, a large hospital system in San Diego. We discussed scaling an organization with good processes, nurturing a talent pipeline, networking, and other essential topics for building a world-class professional services firm.

#4 Richard Mejia - Scaling a professional services firm in a growing industry

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Jared Freid is a NYC Comedian. His comedy is current and reflects the ordinary daily thoughts of millennials and beyond. He’s a regular at the Comedy Cellar, Caroline’s on Broadway, Gotham, Stand Up New York and Comix at Mohegan Sun. He performed at the 2017 “New Faces” showcase at the 35th annual Just For Laughs festival in Montréal. He is a co-host of the &#34;U-up&#34; podcast and host of his own JTrain podcast, which has over 450k downloads a month.I brought Jared on to discuss how he took the leap to start in comedy, what strategies he used to build his audience and what he is working toward.

#3 Jared Freid - Building an audience and starting in comedy

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Since the Coronavirus has created immense challenges across the global supply chain, I wanted to discuss the tools government and industry have to address threats. In Episode #2, Col. Alex Vohr USMC, (Ret.) brings 30+ years of logistics experience across the Marines, Florida East Coast Railway and New Fortress Energy. In his former role as Director for Logistics -J4, he was responsible for directing all operations, engineering, and medical planning and execution for all U.S. Department of Defense activities in South and Central America and the Caribbean. In addition to serving in Operations Iraqi Freedom I, Desert Shield and Desert Storm, he led relief operations in Haiti, the Philippines and Puerto Rico.

#2 Col. Alex Vohr USMC, (Ret.) - Supply chain readiness in crisis and conflict

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Robb McDaniels is a media and technology <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrepreneur" rel="nofollow">entrepreneur</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investor" rel="nofollow">investor</a> and current CEO of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatport" rel="nofollow">Beatport</a>. Beatport is an online record store, founded in 2004 as the principal source of music for DJs. In an era dominated by streaming, Beatport has grown its download sales over the last few years. Robb began his career in finance after graduating from Trinity College in Hartford, CT. He then spent four years at Marsh and MacLennan in their investment banking and structured finance unit. During his tenure at Marsh, he moved to San Francisco where he founded <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INgrooves" rel="nofollow">INgrooves</a> in 2002. He built the company into a full-service distribution and artist services operation. Under his leadership, INgrooves managed North American digital distribution for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" rel="nofollow">Universal Music Group</a>, as well as more than 4 million songs for thousands of artists and labels. As CEO, he grew the company from nothing $130m revenue and nearly 200 employees.Just before becoming Beatport’s CEO, 2016, McDaniels launched Faction Entertainment; technology enabled artist management platform, which he wound down in 2018.  Through discussing his past ventures, Robb provided unique perspectives from across tech, finance and media. His past wins and challenges shed light what it takes to execute an idea from conception to operating at a global scale. Email me at justin@toolkit.fm with any suggestions, comments or questions - I appreciate you listening!

#1 Robb McDaniels - Music industry tech, building INgrooves from $0 to $130m in revenue

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#5 CID - Making a career in music & starting a label

#4 Richard Mejia - Scaling a professional services firm in a growing industry

#3 Jared Freid - Building an audience and starting in comedy

#2 Col. Alex Vohr USMC, (Ret.) - Supply chain readiness in crisis and conflict

#1 Robb McDaniels - Music industry tech, building INgrooves from $0 to $130m in revenue

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