Q&A WITH ARTIST MANAGER JAKE GOLD (THE MANAGEMENT TRUST) - e411 - EP 19

On this episode we have two special appearances. Our Guest is Jake Gold of The Management Trust and our Guest Host is Nick Krewen, journalist for the Toronto Star, SOCAN andd FYI Music.
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OUR GUEST
JAKE GOLD - THE MANAGEMENT TRUST
Jake Gold is one of Canada’s most successful artist managers, and for its 6-season run, a judge on the national television hit Canadian Idol. In 1981, Gold started his artist management company, The Management Trust, through which he is best known for his role in establishing and transforming The Tragically Hip into a national icon.
In 2020, Gold reunited with the band to direct their legacy in Canadian music history; he also manages acclaimed pop rock band The Pursuit of Happiness, and music producers Moe Berg,Laurence Currie, and Russell Broom, and co-manages the quickly rising Pop R&B act Ethan Surman alongside Ryan Hefford.
Gold has been recognized by the annual Canadian Music Industry Awards as Manager of the Year in 1991, 1993 and 1994. In 2009, Gold was elected to the board of CIMA (CIRPA) and had been Vice‐Chairman of CIMA for 10 years.
Jake was also a board member for the MMF (Music Managers Forum), and was instrumental in starting the organization in the 90’s. In 2013 he was the recipient of MMF Honour Roll Award for his lifetime work in the field of Artist Management.
In 2023 CIMA awarded Gold the “Change” award (formerly the builder award), for his many years of service to the board. Later that same year, he was also honoured along with his clients, The Tragically Hip, with the Founder award from Warchild Canada for their continued contribution to the charity. In 2024 Jake was inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame.
Jake currently sits on the Connect Music board as well as the Re:Sound board.
WEBSITE: mgmtrust.ca/
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YOUR GUEST HOST
NICK KREWEN - ENTERTAINMENT JOURNALIST - THE TORONTO STAR
Based in Toronto, Nick Krewen is a prolific and award-winning globally published Canadian journalist with more than seven dog years of experience who specializes in music and the music industry.
A regular contributor to The Toronto Star, SOCAN Words & Music and FYIMusicNews, he is the co-author of Music from Far And Wide - Celebrating 40 Years Of the Juno Awards in 2011 (Key Porter) and served as contributing author to 2012’s Routledge Film Music Sourcebook and Elements of English (McGraw Hill). Books that have sourced his work for inclusion or mention include Prince on Prince: Interviews and Encounters; Nicholas Jennings’ recent biography bestseller Lightfoot!, Paul Myers’ Long John Baldry biography It Ain’t Easy - Long John Baldry and the Birth of the British Blues; Rush, Rock Music and the Middle Class: Dreaming in Middleton by Chris McDonald (Indiana University Press, 2009), Martin Popoff’s Rush: Updated Edition, the Unofficial Illustrated History and the unauthorized Shania Twain biography Shania.
A former rock critic for The Hamilton Spectator and the Kitchener-Waterloo Record, he has written for The Globe and Mail, NOW, The Ottawa Citizen, Southam News, The Arizona Republic, GRAMMY.com, Billboard, Country Music, Country Weekly, Maclean’s, Saturday Night; Brunico publications Realscreen, Playback, Media In Canada and Strategy. He’s also contributed liner notes to Bachman Cummings - The Collection, Klaatu’s 3:47 E.S.T., FM’s Black Noise and has interviewed everyone from Aerosmith, Prince, Bob Dylan and Stevie Wonder to Kate Bush, Five Finger Death Punch, Carlos Santana, Pat Metheny and The Weeknd.
Krewen likes all types of music except opera, so don't ask him to sing opera. In fact, don't ask him to sing at all, if you value your windows and glassware.
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