An interview with Jordan Gilliam, an audio engineer, DJ, and director of education at Tech25 in Pittsburgh.

Topics:

⭐️ 529 College Savings Plans

⭐️ Heeding financial advice from people you trust

⭐️ Saving for retirement early (yes, even at age 19)

⭐️ Not letting tunnel vision of your ideal career keep you from learning new skills or trying new jobs and experiences

⭐️ Teaching what you know to those around you, because time is always limited so teach what you can when you can for the greater good

Video Version

https://youtu.be/QPMB1EXKYIU

Artistic Finance

https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance

LDI

https://www.ldishow.com/

Ellen Lampert-Gréaux

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellen-lampert-gr%C3%A9aux-2abb351b/

Jordan Gilliam

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanlgilliam/

https://www.instagram.com/youngobama/?hl=en

Tech25

https://www.tech25.org/

https://www.instagram.com/tech25pgh/?hl=en

529 College Savings Plan

https://www.savingforcollege.com/article/529-plan-new-rules-changes

https://www.savingforcollege.com/article/yes-your-529-plan-will-affect-financial-aid#:~:text=Assets%20in%20a%20529%20plan,not%20reported%20on%20the%20FAFSA.

https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc313

Secured Credit Cards

https://www.equifax.com/personal/education/credit-cards/articles/-/learn/what-is-a-secured-credit-card-do-they-build-credit/

Full Sail University

https://www.artisticfinance.com/35.html

RCF - Audio Company

https://www.rcf.it/en

Ableton

https://www.ableton.com/en/

Why I'll Never Make It with Dominic Thrasher

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-hsr3w-20ca8bf8?utm_campaign=w_share_ep&utm_medium=dlink&utm_source=w_share

Jim Jones' Studio

https://vampirelifeent.com/

https://vampirelifeent.com/quarantine-studios

Emmai Alaquiva

https://www.emmaialaquiva.com/

Carolyn Slothour

https://www.carolynslothour.com/

Ben Peters

https://www.ldishow.com/ldishowcom/ldi-show-2024-speakers

Decolonizing Wealth

https://www.artisticfinance.com/151.html

https://bookshop.org/p/books/decolonizing-wealth-second-edition-indigenous-wisdom-to-heal-divides-and-restore-balance-edgar-villanueva/10784512?aid=86693&ean=9781523091416&listref=artistic-finance-books&

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Jordan Gilliam started his career in 2008 at Chung King Studios and subsequently Quad Studios in New York City. He went on to tour as a DJ and traveling recording and mixing engineer for some of the biggest Hip-Hop artists allowing him to share stages and space with artists ranging from Kendrick Lamar to The Chicks to Paul McCarntney. During his travels he also learned videography and started building curriculum for educational institutes in Pittsburgh, PA. In typical audio fashion he found himself learning live sound as a house engineer and helped open a multi-level entertainment complex, landing him on a regional tour circuit with some of Pittsburgh's top bands. The culmination of these experiences are the fabric for Tech25, a non-profit educational institution which provides workforce development programming, teen camps and K-8 in-school programming throughout Pittsburgh Public and regional Charter Schools. From apprenticeships to partnerships with local universities, unions and production companies, Tech25 is paving the way for new pathways for entering the industry and creating a replicable model for cities across the United States

Instagram Handles

@tech25pgh

@youngobama

@ethansteimel

@nicolevsteimel

@ldishow

@live.design

Hosted by Ellen Lampert-Gréaux and Ethan Steimel