UMPG Faucets David Grey to Lead Newly Shaped International Artistic Group

Common Music Group has promoted publishing government David Grey to an expanded position as head of the newly created UMPG International Artistic Group. He may even proceed as government VP and head of US A&R. Grey can be working from New York, the place he reviews to UMPG Chairman and CEO Jody Gerson.

The UMPG International Artistic Group is a crew of senior A&R executives whose focus is on figuring out and increasing world inventive alternatives for the UMPG roster. Grey will proceed to steer the inventive publishing technique for UMPG’s US-based songwriters, artists and producers; lead the crew in figuring out, signing and growing early rising expertise; help legacy expertise by offering alternatives to strengthen their careers; along with additional rising the corporate’s A&R crew.

Grey added: “As UMPG continues to guide the business with our best-in-class A&R technique, our newly shaped International Artistic Group will additional maximize the worldwide success of our songwriters. I’m grateful for Jody Gerson for permitting me to guide on this space and am assured that UMPG’s subsequent inventive chapters can be our greatest but.”

Having been with UMPG since 2013, Grey beforehand served as co-head, A&R and, prior, as government VP, head of West Coast A&R. He’s answerable for the signing of Shawn Mendes, Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato and Julia Michaels, amongst many others. Grey additionally labored carefully with producers Take A Daytrip to launch No Idle, a three way partnership publishing firm with UMPG.

+ Kingship, the NFT “supergroup” created by Common Music’s 10:22PM three way partnership, will basically turn into the Van Halen of the metaverse after they get their very own M&Ms and can seem on restricted version sweet packing containers.

The collection is impressed by the legendary group’s legendary tour rider containing required backstage objects, which incorporates M&M’s of all colours — a deep reference to Van Halen’s infamously ridiculous demand to have solely inexperienced M&Ms as a part of their commonplace food-and-beverage tour rider.

In attribute limited-edition NFT style, simply 4,000 packing containers have been created: The Gold version, the rarest model, is available in a white and gold foil reward field and contains customized printed candies with the 4 group members in individually numbered packing containers from 1 to 100. M&M’S may even produce solely 3,900 unique celebratory reward packing containers in Brown. Moreover, there can be 6,000 reward jars of the candies.

+ Secretly Publishing has promoted Eddie Sikazwe, who will now function the corporate’s first-ever senior director of A&R. Since becoming a member of Secretly in 2020, after founding the LA-based Summary Administration, Sikazwe has been a member of the A&R crew for each Secretly Publishing and the Secretly Group of report labels.

His earlier signings embody serpentwithfeet, Luke Titus, NNAMDÏ and Jonah Yano. Within the new position, Sikazwe will report back to Secretly co-founder and president of A&R, Chris Swanson, and work carefully with Kathleen Cook dinner, VP of publishing and sync.

+  Sean Stevens has been promoted to vice chairman of A&R and head of analysis & analytics for Warner Data. He’s primarily based on the label’s Los Angeles headquarters and reviews to co-chairman and CEO Aaron Bay-Schuck. Since becoming a member of Warner in 2018 from Huge Machine Label Group he has found or labored carefully with artists together with Teddy Swims, Ricky Montgomery, Ezekiel, MyKey, Sombr, Bktherula, XIX.

“Sean’s unimaginable style and inventive instincts matched together with his potential to mine significant insights from a mountain of information, makes him a really well-rounded A&R exec,” mentioned Bay-Schuck. “He’s helped deliver daring, authentic expertise into the Warner fold and he cares deeply in regards to the artist growth course of as soon as an artist walks by our doorways.”

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Republic Records has launched a children and household division, spearheaded by the appointment of Bree Bowles as VP of selling and technique. The brand new growth is concentrated on signing, growing, and releasing family-friendly tasks, with further “main partnerships to be unveiled very quickly,” in line with the announcement.

Previous to her stint with Republic Data, Bowles labored at Brooklyn Bowl founder Pete Shapiro’s Dayglo Presents the place she oversaw advertising and operations. Over time she has labored with family-friendly manufacturers like Nickelodeon and Disney, together with roles at Foxtel (Information Corp) and the Brag Media, specializing in content material, acquisitions, and technique.

Republic co-president Jim Roppo mentioned, “We’ve at all times wished to do a kids’s label. Household is all the things to us. I’m a dad earlier than the rest. We lastly discovered the right associate and an unimaginable government, Bree, to deliver this enterprise to life with high quality, family-friendly, and enjoyable music.”

Bowles provides: “Our mission is easy: produce world-class music that may be loved by each children and their dad and mom, creating invaluable moments to attach in what’s a distracted world. We’re in the beginning constructing a label that’s trusted by dad and mom, however we’re centered on growing new IP, driving innovation, and exploring what is feasible. Our crew is worked up, our artists are excited, and we hope the little followers will love the brand new music as a lot as we do. Children are the long run, which suggests children are additionally the way forward for music.”

+ Andrea Johnson, Emily Yoon and Erika Noguchi have joined Wasserman Music, to help with symphonic performances and the event of mental property for the reside music area. Wasserman Music’s roster contains acts like Barenaked Girls, Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Herbie Hancock, Steve Miller Band in addition to property-driven performances like “the Masked Singer Tour,” “DC In Live performance,” and “Celtic Girl’s Residence For Christmas – the Symphony Tour.”

Johnson’s resume spans work alongside veteran stars like David Foster, Katharine McPhee and Straight No Chaser, and classical crossover teams Vitamin String Quartet and the Piano Guys, reside appearances by author/actor Candace Bushnell, and cabaret performances for Jane Lynch, amongst others. She started her profession at classical music administration firm ICM Artists, representing the likes of Yo-Yo Ma, Midori, the Russian Nationwide Orchestra, and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre.

Each Yoon and Noguchi signify the greater than three dozen properties of Disney Live shows, which places collectively live shows and excursions, and licenses Disney music and visible content material to symphony orchestras and presenters on worldwide. Yoon and Noguchi additionally signify different IP-driven symphonic efficiency properties, in addition to orchestral conductors.

For greater than a decade, Yoon has been a key associate with Disney Live shows within the growth of a roster of over 30 live performance packages. She began her profession at Columbia Artists, main the corporate’s business symphony occasions. Noguchi involves Wasserman Music with seven years of expertise as an agent, artist supervisor and government producer specializing in symphonic occasions worldwide. She additionally jumpstarted her profession at Columbia Artists and shortly climbed to the place of affiliate supervisor.

+ Tres Generaciones Tequila has introduced a partnership with R&B singer Givēon for its latest advertising marketing campaign, “Get Up Tres,” as a part of the model’s latest relaunch.

“Get Up Tres” goals to encourage a brand new era of artists, creators and followers to “rejoice the missteps, deal with the journey and at all times stand up regardless of obstacles alongside the best way.” The model will function the official sponsor for Givēon’s “Give or Take” North American tour which kicked off on Aug. 16.

“For me it’s all in regards to the course of. That’s the place the laborious work reveals up, that’s the place the guts, and heartache, and all of the storytelling reside,” mentioned Givēon in an announcement. “I’m wanting ahead to working with Tres Gen Tequila to not solely share my story however to supply a platform by ‘Get Up Tres’ for others to inform us about their very own journey and rejoice their very own successes each massive and small.”

+ The Blues Basis has appointed former music supervisor/agent and former board member Kimberly Horton, as its interim president and CEO.

With the latest departure of former President and CEO Judith Black, Horton says she appears to be like ahead to main the Blues Basis by its subsequent chapter and upcoming signature occasions — together with Worldwide Blues Problem in January 2023 and the Blues Music Awards in Might 2023.

Horton is the longtime supervisor, agent, and founding father of Heathrow Muzik Field, LLC. All through her 15-year profession, she’s been credited for guiding numerous Blues artists, together with Johnny Rawls, Billy Worth, Lattimore, Dexter Allen, Girl A, Huge Lou Johnson, and Eric Nolan of the famed R&B and soul group, The O’Jays. She can be the non-public enterprise assistant for Taj Mahal.

+ HIFI Labs, an artist mentorship collective, has opened functions for his or her upcoming Web3 Artist Cohort Program, marking its official launch and the primary time this system is open to the general public.

Led by HIFI Labs Head of Web3 and Artist Groups Henry Chatfield, the cohort goals to unravel the obstacles that stand in the best way of rising artists together with restricted entry to cash, data and strategic counsel. This system boats work alongside the likes of Interpol, David Lynch, RAC, Dove Cameron, 88Rising, and extra.

HIFI Labs’ Web3 Artist Cohort is a free digital three-week immersive program that helps join rising musicians with the sources they should develop and launch their upcoming tasks utilizing Web3 instruments. Classes will happen month-to-month and have a small group of as much as 5 musicians working collectively in a cohort designed to encourage collaboration and encourage new concepts by peer-based studying and concept shaping. Individuals will undergo curated classes, prompt-driven tasks and reside peer suggestions periods.

The corporate can be actively working to accumulate monetary sources — instantly and from contributing companions — to assist artists cowl bills. Session 3 functions are presently open till Sept. 2, with 5 slots obtainable. To use for Session 3 of HIFI Labs’ Web3 Artist Cohort Program, please go to hifilabs.co.