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Executive Producer / Founder
San Francisco, CA
Jan 2009 - Present (15 years)
Providing management, music production, PR, brand-pairing, production and publishing for bands, solo artists and musicians. Recording, releasing and touring the first three albums for popular LA rock band The Bots‘ in the US, and securing a $150,000 investment for a 9-month tour in the UK and EU. Personally producing and editing music videos currently with one-million YouTube views cumulatively, inspiring actor Norman Reedus (Walking Dead) to direct one recently as well. Managing and maintaining websites and social media channels while gaining exposure and attention, with airtime and plugs from prominent DJs on BBC Radio 1 eventually leading to The Bots to be hand-picked by actor Jack Black to support his band Tenacious D and by Blur frontman, Damon Albarn, for UK tours with their respective bands. Since facilitating the signing of The Bots to NYC label, The Fader, (Rob Stone, Jon Cohen, and Pharrell Williams as Creative Director) The Bots have since been in National Ad campaigns for Mitsubishi, Converse and most recently on the back of the Lunchables box. 2016 Vital Records artist roster will include Diego’s Umbrella, The Sirens, Leah McKendrick, Bonnie McIntosh (who toured as Selena Gomez’s keyboardist over the last several months for a string of major network appearances such as Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Ellen, SNL) and Paradiso, who’s latest album is currently being worked on by Grammy Award-winning Engineer/Mixer, Neal Pogue (Outkast, Pink, TLC).
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AWARDS & HONORS: Producer + PR + Advertising + Music
San Francisco, CA
Jan 2009 - Present (15 years 10 months)
2014 "A piece of the future, a big piece, belongs to The Bots"
-- ZAINE LOWE, Award-winning DJ, BBC RADIO 1
2014 “The Bots: Most Likely To Succeed”
-- ROLLINGSTONE
2013 “[The Bots] are on the cusp of stardom”
-- NEW YORK TIMES
2013 TV & Cinema Advertising / Long Form Branded Content Award for HP/Hacking Autism "I Want To Say"
2012 Cannes Lion Titanium + Integrated Shortlist for HP's Hacking Autism integrated campaign "I Want To Say"
2012 “The Bots: One To Watch”
-- THE GUARDIAN, UK
2012 "Best Punk Artist: The Bots"
-- ARTISTS IN MUSIC AWARDS, Hollywood
2011 “Causing quite a buzz”
-- CONVERSE
2011 “Youngest Band Ever to Tour: The Bots”
-- VANS WARPED TOUR, US
2010 “Youngest Band Ever to Tour: The Bots”
-- VANS WARPED TOUR, US
2010 “Best Newcomers: The Bots”
-- SPIN
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Publicist
United Kingdom
Jan 2012 - Jun 2013 (1 year 5 months)
Successfully gaining world-wide media attention for previously unknown rock duo, The Bots, (then 12 and 15 years old) now a popular and marketable rock band who just finished touring with Incubus and have over the years caught the eye of major record labels, national brands and legendary artists like Prince. Fulfilling all press-related obligations as well as heavily documenting (photo and video) and creating consistent online media content as they toured throughout the US, UK and Europe over four years via Vital Records. Buzz in the press continued to build as did the invitations to play the most well-renowned venues and music festivals on the planet and headlining at massive events like The London 2012 Olympics closing ceremony, Converse Represents Show with Nas, Cannes International Film Festival, France's #1 talk show on Canal+ Le Grand Journal, SXSW’s DORITOS Stage (through Goodby Silverstein & Partners), Damon Albarn’s Africa Express Tour as well as being and touring with some of the biggest names in rock ‘n’ roll such as Blur, Tenacious D, Refused and Paul McCartney, just to name a few. (All this by the time they were 16 and 19 years old).