In this episode of the Music Business Podcast, we interview Jake Posner, SVP A&R at Hallwood Media. In addition to managing artists of his own, Jake specializes in working with artists in the songwriter and producer space.In this episode, we discuss how he discovered A R I Z O N A, the A&R process for finding songwriters and producers to sign, the vetting process for potential collaborations with his artists, goal setting as a producer and/or songwriter, and more. Additionally, because Hallwood Media launched in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, we discuss how that shaped the beginning of Hallwood Media’s strategy and what it may look like post-pandemic.If you liked this episode, please leave a review and follow the Music Business Podcast on Instagram @musicbusinesspodcast and join our Patreon community at https://musicbusinesspodcast.com/community. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.