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Biography
Jordan Kurland is the founder of Zeitgeist Artist Management, LTD. Zeitgeist Artist Management is a music management company in San Francisco, California. Kurland also co-founded and launched the Treasure Island Music Festival, which was launched in 2007 and nominated more than once as the Music Festival of the Year by the concert industry magazine, Pollstar.Kurland is a partner in the music festival, Noise Pop, which has featured many musicians including, Death Cab for Cutie, The White Stripes, Spoon, The Flaming Lips, among many others.
Background
Prior to the formation of Zeitgeist, Kurland spent 4 years at David Lefkowitz/Figurehead Management which is where he gained experience working with Charlie Hunter, The Melvins, and Primus.
Kurland gained further board experience with Marin Headlands Center for the Arts, the Bay Area chapter of NARAS, and Revolutions Per Minute, an organization dedicated to connecting artists with social causes. He also spent 5 years with a position on the board of directors for the Independent On-Line Distribution Alliance (IODA) which ended in a partial acquisition by Sony in 2009.Kurland currently sits on the board of the Stern Grove Festival and 826 National.
Kurland helped to curate and produce the Future Soundtrack of America CD and “Future Dictionary of America” with author Dave Eggers in 2004. This soundtrack featured artists such as REM, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Tom Waits. Eggers and Kurland also founded the website 90 Days, 90 Reasons in 2012, which featured opinion pieces from contributors including Anne Hathaway, Shepard Fairey, and Ben Stiller who gave their opinions on why they thought President Obama should be re-elected. Using a similar idea, Kurland and Eggers came together in 2016 during the United States presidential election to organize the 30 Days, 30 Songs campaign, which was an effort to bring together musicians to produce protest songs against Donald Trump. A new song was released each day in the last month before the election.
Representation
Past clients that Zeitgeist Management has represented include Elliott Smith, John Doe, & Grizzly Bear.Kurland’s company represents many acts including, Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service, She & Him, Bob Mould, Best Coast, New Pornographers, Josh Ritter, Beats Antique, Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, Dan Deacon, Rogue Wave, Jimmy Tamborello, Gilligan Moss, Little Scream and Ledinsky.