When I was in high school, my dad and I went on a college roadtrip across the midwest, stopping in Cleveland along the way at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I was a mere rock music novice at this point, dabbling in the popular John Hughes film soundtracks my parents loved. I left the museum inspired, with many photographs and excited to dive into all of these new artists I just spent the entire day learning about. This trip inspired me to take my favorite class in college: History of Rock Music and led to graduating with an area certificate in Rock Music History.

Jampol Artist Management, more commonly known as JAM Inc., preserves and expands on the stories of rock and roll legends into modern media. I was fortunate enough to pursue and hone my passion for rock music through a summer internship at JAM. Being my first time ever in Los Angeles, I felt as though as I got to experience the industry and its happenings first-hand after COVID: a lot of Zoom meetings. In all seriousness, I familiarized myself with Dropbox and multiple photo archive websites and practiced preserving a brand’s voice through social communications.

As a kid, I loved going through our old family photo albums. When I learned that I got to look through the photo archives of rock music photographers, I was ecstatic! Utilizing Dropbox, I organized these photos and kept track of what photos were used via an Excel spreadsheet. I learned the importance of maintaining a social calendar through deep research of importance dates in rock history and scheduling posts for them. With these content calendars, I got to curate captions that told the story behind each photo in a voice balancing professional and rock culture.

A big way to continue promoting legends who have passed on is through merchandise. Lucky for me, California summers never had a rainy day, so I was able to capture multiple product shots for online stores reaching millions of followers. I did research on fashion brands like Kith and experimented with my camera angles to truly show off the products. I even got to use a guitar from Robby Krieger himself to showoff this classic Doors snapback.