On today’s podcast, I will be speaking to Dr. Ulf Oesterle. Ulf teaches classes focused on music business, media industry and emerging technology for Syracuse University as a faculty member within The Bandier Program of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.  He completed his doctorate from SU in 2007 before joining the faculty ranks where he became the Music and Entertainment Industries Department Chair for four years, was the Interim Director for The Bandier Program and Interim Director for the Audio Arts Masters program.  Ulf is an educator and practitioner, spending time operating a small record label and artist management company while teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.  For two years, Ulf also spent time as a radio programmer and host of a commercial specialty radio program on KRock (WKRL) Syracuse. He has extensive speaking experience with solo and panel presentations at SXSW, the Music and Entertainment Industries Educators Association (MEIEA) Summit, Launch Music Conference, CMJ, Vegas Music Summit, University of New Mexico Mentoring Institute and others. He currently serves on the Music & Entertainment Industry Educators Associationboard. His graduates have taken on roles in all aspects of the music industry.