Music publishers are the bankers to the music business.

I spent the day analyzing our royalty earnings from the 2010 year.  This meant that I was entering our royalty earnings into an excel sheet to see how much we earned, and to track who/where our royalties are coming from, and see the trends over the years.  It's a way to see who our major players are, and the typical earnings we receive from licensing.  By organizing and examining the revenue that's coming in, we can see how profitable we are to our clients. 

I also was charged with finding Casey James' manager.  You might recognize him from American Idol, Season 5 - the guitarist from Cool, TX.  David wants to send him some demos so I spent the evening trying to find a contact for him without any avail.