Best Mates: Brad Mates, lead vocalist of Canadian country band Emerson Drive for more than two decades, has launched Band & Crew Financial, offering financial planning, as well as investment, insurance and business guidance for members of the music industry. "Our difference at Band & Crew from everybody else is our background in the industry, hands and feet on the ground in this business for 25 years," he says. Find more info on the Lewiston, ME-based company here.