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August 20, 2019
10 Questions with ... Mike Jakubow1. What made you want to get into the music business and who were some of your early mentors?
I was fascinated with everything music-related, from the first time I tuned into a cool radio station or first picked up the guitar. I wanted to know about the "behind the scenes" side of things. I got even more curious about radio, record labels and the music industry once high school and college hit. I DJ'd on both my high school and college radio stations. Next up was finding an internship with a record label. Sophomore year of college I landed one. My first internship was with Interscope Records at their Chicago/Itasca location. I had two great bosses during that period who encouraged me. They didn't mind exposing me to the realities of the business and the ins and outs of working with artists and industry folks. All the "behind the scenes" exposure you could ask for.
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