Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, MusicOn the latest episode of Variety‘s Strictly Business podcast, how the role of a music manager has changed in recent years.To help us understand today’s artist representation game, we speak to Mark Gillespie, who co-founded the company Three Six Zero and has been instrumental in guiding the careers of Calvin Harris, Frank Ocean, Will Smith as well as Willow and Jaden Smith.A native of Birmingham in the U.K., Gillespie paid his dues in local dance music clubs, which led him to Calvin Harris some 15 years ago.
Today, Gillespie calls the intersection of tech and music his passion and has invested his own funds into such companies as Outdoor Voices, Stance and Ember Technologies.
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