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Jed Brewer

PresidentGood Loud Media

Chicago, IL

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Jed Brewer is the founder and President of Good Loud Media, a nonprofit record label that uses music as a messaging tool for public health applications. Jed is a skilled media professional with twenty years of experience in music, video, and audio production resulting in millions of plays and views online and tens of thousands of hours of airtime on traditional media. Jed creates media that audiences love across a huge range of styles, genres, and applications. Jed also has fifteen years experience in the nonprofit sector serving at-risk young people, returning citizens, people experiencing homelessness, and more. Jed is dedicated to using media to meet the needs of those who need it most.

Published content

What an Online Troll Taught Me About the Power of Choosing My Advisors

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How do we choose an advisor, and then get quality advice from them?
I suggest considering three key questions.

Six Tips for Using Social Media to Enhance Your Networking Efforts

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Being intentional with social media can help you build the connections you need to succeed. With professional platforms like LinkedIn — and even more casual ones like Instagram and X — offering a vast pool of potential collaborators, clients and industry influencers, it’s never been easier to reach a wide audience and build your network. However, it takes more than just a well-maintained profile to leverage these platforms effectively. Understanding how to engage authentically and strategically can be the key to transforming virtual interactions into real-world opportunities. Whether you’re a casual social media user or are looking for simple ways to refine your approach, the business leaders of Rolling Stone Culture Council have key advice for any professional in the culture space looking to use social media to supercharge their networking efforts. Discover how to strengthen vital network connections and advance your career by being more intentional with your social media presence.

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To unleash their creativity, you have to give them the right environment to do so. Culture, trends, music, art — all exist because of the creative efforts of those passionate about pursuing them. When harnessing this creativity for business, you may need to approach management in a different way. Whether it’s giving them the space they need to exercise that creativity or balancing that with the right rules and restrictions, leading creative talent should be given special thought if you want them to achieve their best work. Whether it's marketers, musical artists or any role in between, the business leaders of Rolling Stone Culture Council know not only what it means to be creatives but what it means to manage them as well. Consider their best advice below to lead creative talent well and unlock all the talent these employees have to offer.

10 Considerations for Leadership in the Era of AI

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Artificial intelligence can change the way people lead teams and organizations, but it's important to maintain a uniquely human approach to leadership. The impact of AI in business extends beyond automation and efficiency — it’s also influencing leadership and mentorship. As AI tools become more integrated into decision-making, workflow management and strategic planning, leaders must consider how to balance technology with human connection. Below, the members of Rolling Stone Culture Council share their perspectives on technology's evolving role in leadership, as well as key considerations leaders should be mindful of in the age of AI. Their insights highlight the opportunities AI presents, the risks of overreliance on it and the human qualities that will always be essential for guiding teams.

Eight Ways to Scale Your Business Without Abandoning Your Target Niche

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Growing your business shouldn’t come at the expense of your current customers. In business, increasing sales — and, thereby, your customer base — is a natural goal for any entrepreneur. However, scaling too quickly or expanding into the wrong areas can risk alienating the niche market that helped establish your business in the first place. Losing these key customers could mean losing the stability, trust and feedback that acts as the backbone of your current success. For this reason, it's essential to find a balance between reaching new audiences and preserving the unique value proposition that attracted your target market to begin with. To help, experienced business leaders from Rolling Stone Culture Council share their insights on scaling the right way — a way that allows for healthy growth and expansion without losing sight of the niche market that made your business success possible.

Six Ways to Grow Your Brand Without Losing Your Local Roots

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Honoring "where you came from" can be the key to your business expansion success. As businesses expand beyond their hometown markets, maintaining an authentic connection to their local roots can become a challenge. Growth — especially on a national or global scale — often brings pressure to standardize messaging, streamline operations and appeal to a broader audience.  Staying true to the community that shaped your brand’s identity can be the key to deeper customer loyalty and differentiating your business from competitors. Below, Rolling Stone Culture Council members share strategies for businesses looking to scale while preserving their hometown authenticity.

Company details

Good Loud Media

Company bio

Good Loud Media is a nonprofit record label that creates music and video content with and for at-risk people and historically under-resourced communities. Our music is designed to make life better for our audience members. We do this by combining guidance and insights from physicians, psychologists, and social workers with the world-class talents of Grammy-winning performers, platinum-selling producers, and legendary recording engineers.

Industry

Music

Area of focus

Health Care
Music Label

Company size

Myself only