How To Get Started in the Music Business with Neil Jacobson

Neil Jacobson is the Senior Vice President of A&R for Interscope Records who has worked with some of the biggest artists in the music biz including Avicii, Robin Thicke, and Kanye West but his journey to getting there started out of very interesting means. He knew he wanted to be in the Music Business ever since he was in high school and pursued a degree in college at the Berklee College of Music. He even started his own record label in college as an experiment but couldn't find a job to save his life after graduating college. This led into an interesting path as a Carpet Salesman and as a Caddy, which he used to sharpen his networking abilities along with his ability to sell. Through his connections, Neil was able to finally get the attention of the right person to finally put him into the Music Business. Listen to Neil's crazy path of how he became a top A&R executive here!