The Manager’s Playbook 035: Dan Gonzalez - Business Managers vs. Artist Managers, Catalogs, Royalties, Taxes & Wealth Strategy
In this episode of The Manager’s Playbook, Mauricio Ruiz sits down with his own business manager, Dan Gonzalez, to uncover the financial backbone of an artist’s career.Dan explains why business manage...
19 Aug 20251h 56min
Inside the Playbook: Hit-Boy & Nima Nasseri on Breaking Contracts, Momentum & the Music Biz Today
Hit-Boy has leveled up, not just as a producer, but as a person.In this conversation, he talks about upgrading his lifestyle and workspace to unlock peak creativity, balancing fatherhood with a relent...
18 Aug 202514min
Inside the Playbook: Hit-Boy & Nima Nasseri on The Hidden Truth About Record Labels, Streaming & Artist Leverage
Ownership isn’t just a buzzword. It’s the difference between building a career you control and one that controls you.In this clip, Hit-Boy, his manager Nima Nasseri, and I break down the mechanics of ...
17 Aug 202515min
Inside the Playbook: Hit-Boy & Nima Nasseri on The Dark Side of Music Publishing Deals
Hit-Boy spent 18 years locked in one of the toughest publishing deals in the music business, a contract built on outdated MDRC terms that kept him working without a clear finish line.In this conversat...
16 Aug 202515min
Inside the Playbook: Hit-Boy & Nima Nasseri on Setting Healthy Boundaries in Music and Family
Grammy-winning producer Hit-Boy is building more than music; he’s building worlds.In this conversation, he talks about his shift from making beats to creating immersive film experiences, the hard less...
15 Aug 202516min
The Manager’s Playbook 034: Hit-Boy & Nima Nasseri - Breaking Free from an 18-Year Publishing Deal & Building an Independent Empire
Grammy-winning producer Hit-Boy opens up about escaping an 18-year publishing deal, one of the most restrictive contracts in music, and the lessons learned along the way. He shares the mental toll of ...
13 Aug 20251h 35min
Inside the Playbook: Chris Taylor on The Record Label That Saved Metric’s Career
Chris Taylor takes us inside Metric’s improbable rise, from repeated label rejections to breaking through as one of Canada’s most influential indie bands. In the early 2000s, after failed demo deals w...
11 Aug 202513min
Inside the Playbook: Chris Taylor on His Biggest Mistake with Last Gang Records
Chris Taylor’s path has been anything but linear: lawyer, label founder, and music executive with a global footprint.In this clip of The Manager’s Playbook, he shares how he scaled a thriving legal pr...
10 Aug 202516min
