As the founder & principal at mthree | martin music management, Wayne Martin is the strategic architect behind the careers of dozens of successful recording artists and music producers; and as the host of The Small Plates Podcast (with subscribers in nearly 40 countries), he is the expert voice that guides independent artists and their teams through mission critical challenges facing musicians as entrepreneurs. Wayne’s expertise was fine-tuned as an artist development leader through various key roles inside major and independent labels (Warner Bros, Sony Music, Knitting Factory & others) and as an executive managing intellectual property licensing for music publishers and music industry organizations (The Harry Fox Agency / National Music Publishers Association).  He regularly speaks to music industry entrepreneurs on college campuses such as Harvard Law, NYU, and Berklee, and is interviewed as a career development expert by the likes of Billboard, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and others.  Martin is most often asked to speak on mindset as it applies to careers in music and best practices for branding performers and their creative projects.