Bruce Lundvall is President of EMI’s Blue Note Label Group and a long-time executive with Blue Note Records. In the course of his career, he has worked with artists such as Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Clifford Brown, Horace Silver, Lou Donaldson and many, many others. More recently he was responsible for bringing Norah Jones to the label.
Bruce Lundvall, CEO of Blue Note Records, discusses the structure of the Blue Note organization and what each department does to help sign, produce, market and sell an artist. He also talks about the decisions that executives make when deciding whether to accept a project proposed by an artist signed to the label.
Bruce Lundvall, CEO of Blue Note Records, talks about where he thinks the industry will be headed in the years to come. He stresses the importance of the artist in determining the direction.
Blue Note President Bruce Lundvall gives advice to people seeking an entry point into the music business, and discusses what it takes to get ahead once in the door.
Bruce Lundvall, CEO of Blue Note Records, talks about the different ways in which an artist can be marketed. Bruce also covers how a marketing team needs a considerable amount of time after a record is completed in the studio until it's released to fully prepare their marketing plan.