Thursday, april 10 at the barclays center in brooklyn, new york.
Jewell harassment -- the president of the rock 'n roll hall of fame foundation joins me now.
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I used to work at william morris.
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Let's go back.
Before you became the head of the rock 'n roll hall of fame foundation, you had a variety of jobs in the world of entertainment.
Start us off with your love of music and how that has transitioned through madison square garden -- i want to mention the concerts for new york.
As a young kid, i realized that i had zero musical aptitude, but i used a love to listen to the radio and buy records and do things.
As i got older, in high school into college, i was trying to figure out, there is money to be made here.
I cannot sing.
I cannot play an instrument.
This is when you were growing up in pittsburgh?
I ended up working for a concert promoter, starting as a security guard, running hospitality, working on things when i was going to college, and then somebody told me the way to get into business -- there are people that have training programs.
I came up and interviewed with the william morris agency and a number of others.
I took the job with william morris because friendly that is the only one my parents had heard about the time.
I started in the mailroom.
Pushing mail carts, answering phones, becoming an assistant to an agent, learning the business, and growing up in that business.
You have learned really the nuts and bolts of will -- of everything you can consider when putting together a big music concert?
I've always started on the live site.
I started with booking, how to get the artist, how to produce their shows, and eventually when i went to work at madison square garden, it was the same business, but the other side.
Instead of selling acts, we were buying ask, trying to keep them, madison square garden, radio city as full as possible.
That led me to the job at the rock 'n roll hall of fame, which has been able to take all of the things i've learned in being able to use them to do everything we can to produce events, like we do at the annual induction ceremony, and also look over and oversee things that happen at the museum in cleveland.
Let's talk about some of the inductees this year.
Kiss has been a fan favorite for a long time.
Every time somebody says, what you do, and i tell them what i do, i get that, how come?
How come so-and-so isn't in their?
Kiss has been one like that for years.
There is no rhyme and reason to it.
Artists, after they become eligible after 25 years -- this year, they got on the ballot.
They got enough votes to be in.
They were the top vote getter from the fan ballot that we started for the second year.
Nirvana?
Nirvana is an iconic band from their time.
There are certain artists in their period that set a standard for all other artists that come after them.
They created a new sound, a new feel, and they are really one of the first time -- first bands that are first-time eligible, getting in there the first time.
Peter gabriel.
Peter gabriel has been incredibly groundbreaking on his use of world rhythms, his use of video.
He really set himself apart from what he did in genesis to make himself an iconic artist.
All of these artists -- cat stevens, hall and oates -- they all have their niche.
Everyone has been able to kind of create a name for themselves and a type of music that has has really -- really has been recognized around the world.
Linda ronstadt, not only iconic in terms of who she is as a person, but also her music.
Not only that, but where she started, she was really the sound of southern california in that time.
When you look at the band, those who became the eagles -- brown was her friend at the time -- they created the sound that has really influenced a generation of female vocalists.
You also helped to create an economic renaissance in cleveland.
Ellis about the role that the rock 'n roll hall of fame plays in that city.
We also have a library that just opened up recently.
The museum is just a generator of tourism for the northern ohio market.
We have been able to estimate that on a yearly basis we bring in over $100 million to the region because of the 500,000 people that go through the museum.
Only nine -- 9%-10% are from ohio.
People come from all over.
They help us fund being able to do exhibits, do the deep educational programs we do it amusing that work with kids from pre-k to college.
We also keep the exhibits and the place really vibrant.
Why are you holding the ceremony next year at the berkeley center?
What we have done the last few years, it used to be ace -- a small industry-only event.
We really wanted to get an opportunity for fans to be able to come in and enjoy this show.
Not being able to see the show on hbo, which it will be on in may, but being able to buy a ticket and celebrate with their favorite acts.
Last year, we did it at the nokia theatre in los angeles.
Sold out.
A brilliant night.
It just worked out from availability at the barclays center, the right place, and they were aggressive about wanting the event.
Can you tell us one artist that did not get in that did not get in then maybe we can look forward to in the future?
People are not cut off when they don't get in.
You are always eligible.
Who can vote?
The voters are made up of past inductees.
They are made up of other people in the music industry, writers, critics, authors.
Last year, we started the fan ballot, which this year had over one million votes.
It gives the opportunity for fans to get a vote.
I want to thank you very much, the chief executive and president of the rock 'n roll hall of fame foundation.
Look to april 10 --
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