Music Business Lecture Series: Bruce Pilato
Schedule
Wed Oct 08 2025 at 02:30 pm to 03:45 pm
UTC-04:00Location
78 Washington Ave., Schenectady, NY, United States, New York 12305 | Schenectady, NY
Free and open to the public.
Bruce Pilato is a music industry veteran who began his journey in 1976. He spent nearly 40 years as an acclaimed music journalist for the likes of Variety, USA TODAY, AP, MIX, and Gannett News Service. He has interviewed and written about 1,100 music celebrities including three of The Beatles; The Rolling Stones; Led Zeppelin; to Stevie Wonder; Adele; and Drake. His management company has guided the careers of Emerson Lake & Palmer, ASIA, and The Tubes, and he has worked on PR projects for Foreigner, Sex Pistols member Glen Matlock, Meat Loaf, Little
River Band, YES, and Whitesnake. In 2001, Pilato was invited to work on ex-Beatle Ringo Starr’s All Starr Band tour. He is a 25-year voting member of The Recording Academy and The Grammy Awards.
