Bruce Lundvall

most significant.

It was being run by an extraordinary man called Bruce Lundvall.

Bruce was such a music fan, and she went in to do a demo for him with just a Brandon Ross on guitar and a violinist.

And he loved it.

It's, I mean, you got the talent, but then it's all about how do you build, how do you, how do you, um, create a story around this artist, you know? I was there when Norah Jones was discovered.

I mean, I was literally in the room when she came to meet my boss, Bruce Lundvall, and played her little demo tape, and I was in the studio with her when Arif Mardin recorded her CD that became, like, a big, big hit obviously.

Right.

Um, um, but all of that is, it's...

I wanted, I actually had this idea of myself of going like I was a coordinator.

The next I wanna be, I was an international marketing manager, then I wanna become a director, then I wanna become a vice president.

And first I thought, like, "Hmm, I don't wanna be an executive assistant," but it's Bruce Lundvall.

Mm-hmm.

Like now it's so normal to have a million subsidiaries.

This guy named Bruce Lundvall.

Bruce

Lundvall.

My father and Ian Ralfini, another music executive, were looking to do something after my father left Atlantic.

And Ian runs into the great Bruce Lundvall, and Manhattan was his label back in the day.

And he says, before you do anything with Arif, please come and see me.

So they do.