About me
Brian Wilkins is a manager, educator, technologist, and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in the music, education, and technology. Brian has held executive and creative positions at major record labels (Sony Music Entertainment/Sony BMG/Universal Music Group), broadcasting/live entertainment companies (Clear Channel/SFX), higher education institutions (Frost School of Music/University of Miami) and music technology companies (NUSIC/Lark42).
Brian brings a track record of creating new opportunities and new revenue streams for artists, partners, and clients. He has been at the center of music technology intersections including creative artist funding, direct-to-fan mobile gaming and generative AI creation that continue to revolutionize the modern music industry.
His music management roster of artists and producers have included world-renowned superstar, Rihanna, multi-platinum selling producer/label head Alex da Kid, and 18-times number one hit songwriter/producer, Sean “The Pen” Garrett. Collectively his clients have more than 40 Grammy nominations, over 8 billion streams, 500 million sales including writing and producing credits for such acts as Jay-Z, Madonna, Eminem, Beyonce, Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Imagine Dragons, Shawn Mendes, Selena Gomez, SZA, Pharrell Williams, Kanye West, Camila Cabello, Travis Scott, and countless others.
Among his current initiatives, Brian is focused on bridging the modern music industry with higher learning to provide creators with current and future opportunities while enhancing the real world experience of music education.
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