origins: heather mcbee
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Our "Origins" series speaks with Heather McBee, a former vice president at Sony Music/BMG, and operations director at Cumulus who founded her own artist marketing company and now helps others start businesses as a mentor and ops team member with with the Nashville Entrepreneur Center's Project Music tech accelerator. Thank you to MTSU's Jones College of Business for their support of 12th & Broad's entrepreneur coverage benefiting Nashville / Middle Tennessee's young entrepreneur culture.TRANSCRIPT
my first jobHEATHER MCBEE
What was your first job?
Radio Promotion intern at BNA Entertainment
How did you get the job?
I’d packed up and moved to Nashville with my
eye on working in the Music Business. Thanks
to the internship program at Belmont (then
College) University, I interviewed for the
position and got it.
How long did you have it?
I had the internship for 3 semesters, but stayed
with the company, learning and growing, for
another 20 years afterwards.
What did you like about it?
I enjoyed the constant opportunity and encouragement to learn. I was very blessed to have worked with people that mentored me throughout my career. My first real experiences in the music business were with people that taught me how the business worked. I now get to give that back through my work with the EC’s Project Music.
What did you not like about it?
Nothing! I loved it! Well, except that it was
an internship so I had to write a paper ...
Project Music
What did you learn from it?
It was my first big break in the business. What I learned from it was up to me and I learned EVERYTHING I possibly could get my hands on. That was the biggest learning ... to be self motivated and add value to everything I do.