Alternative Power 100 Music List 2021
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We want to say a huge thank you for all your nominations, celebrations and kind words about others, it's been so inspiring to read them all. Congratulations to everyone on the list, and everyone who received a nomination! With the challenges we've all faced this year it's important to take time to celebrate the things we've achieved and the people who inspired us.
From those architecting new ways of owning work to people building a new creative economy where the independent community can fully thrive, across 10 categories, our list is full of inspirational change makers and future thinkers from across the world. From Artist Managers to Sound Creators and forward thinking business minds we're so excited to see where you all go next!
With love, from the shesaid.so team
Amal Noor: Senior Director of A&R and Manager for LVRN
Amal Noor is the Senior Director of A&R and Manager for Atlanta based label LVRN (Love Renaissance). She has previously worked at Atlantic Records, and later at Legion Management, LLC, alongside president Christian McCurdy, and has assisted with clients such as Nija Charles, Ant Clemons and Jack Rochon. She has also worked as an independent manager for DC The Don, Russell! Fka D-Pryde, Teezo Touchdown.
Noor is also behind the success of multi-platinum producer Supah Mario who has recently signed a deal with Sony Music Publishing having credits with the likes of Drake, Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Uzi, Young Thug and more.
Charlie Owen: Artist Manager
“Charlie has guided and managed Joy Crookes from the beginning of her career to the release of her debut record released just last week. She is an absolute inspiration of a manager. thoughtful, innovative and treats everyone she comes across absolutely the same. i adore her and she really deserves this.” - Clare Wright
Deborah Klein: Artist Management
“Deborah Klein is an artist manager who brings over 30 years of experience in the music industry to Primary Wave as a Joint Venture Partner. Klein has used her legal degree and label experience to structure deals where the artists is in the driver’s seat and partners with them to execute their vision, maintaining creative control and ownership of their masters. Her current roster includes Melissa Etheridge, Cypress Hill, Plain White T’s, and more. She graduated from Suffolk University Law School and started her own law practice while simultaneously running the iconic punk label TAANG! Records. Klein then started her own management company in the early nineties, finding and developing indie icons Morphine, Sebadoh, Folk Implosion, Mia Doi Todd and others. More recently Klein worked for The Firm and Prospect Park managing everyone from Smashing Pumpkins, Flyleaf, Yellow Card and Five Finger Death Punch before starting her own management company and partnering with Primary Wave. In 2020, she created a dynamic paid subscription live stream platform (ETV) for Melissa Etheridge.” - Catie Monck
Diane Tran: Marketing Manager
“Diane Tran is a Marketing Manager at Three Six Zero, an international management and entertainment company at the forefront of music, film, television, and digital content. As a first-generation Vietnamese American, she graduated from California State University, Northridge in 2018 with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Marketing. Straight out of college, she joined Three Six Zero as a Digital Coordinator and became one of the first members of the company’s Marketing department. She has worked across some of the company’s biggest artists including Calvin Harris. As a Marketing Manager at Three Six Zero, she currently develops and manages large-scale global marketing campaigns, and maintains strong relationships with industry partners to help grow artists careers. She has managed a variety of music releases including Tiësto’s album campaign ’The London Sessions’, MK’s latest single ‘Chemical’, and multiple campaigns for Calvin Harris - including his biggest ever day one streaming launch for his single ‘Over Now’ with The Weeknd, and his newest summer smash ‘By Your Side’ with Tom Grennan.”- Nicolas Bestley
Kat Kennedy: Artist Management
“Kat Kennedy is not only a prolific manager, representing Emeli Sande, We Are Scientists, Liz Lawrence and others, she also works as the GM of Big Life, where she's cultivated a female-led close-knit team who she mentors and helps on a daily basis. She is kind, helpful, so so smart, and is one of the most special people I know. She's also spent the last two covid-years working with Keychange and using her oft-lack of spare time fostering a community that comprises of different ethnicities, sexual preferences and disabilities and making sure we all thrive.”- Dana Landman
Laura Jones: Artist Management
“Laura Jones is the founder of Little Underground Management, a Grammy award-winning producer management company based in New York. Her clients have produced and mixed records for everyone from David Bowie to Panic! At The Disco, A Tribe Called Quest to Weezer.
Laura is very much committed to inspiring others throughout the industry and provides opportunities for enrichment and growth via community development projects. She works as a mentor with several organizations including The Recording Academy, She is The Music and SxSW. She also works alongside her clients, hosting writing camps that not only bring young songwriters and producers together with more established talent, but also offer an educational experience for those that are new to the craft and want to witness what it’s like to be part of the creative experience.”
Line Rindvig: Artist Management
Line is one of the managers who doesn't get the full credit for what she's actually done for her artists and their communities. And, if anyone she represents this year's theme "The New Creative Economy", it's her! As one of the very-very few managers, she managed to release her previous artists (Kelvyn Colt) from his 360 major label deal with Sony Music, and buy all of his masters back from them, meaning Kelvyn Colt is one of the only popular mainstream artists who owns all of his masters. It's unheard major labels releases the masters after an artist exits their record deal. Line has also recently said no to another major deal with Virgin Music in Germany for her German artist; Aisha Vibes and instead created an all-female run independent label releasing all Aiahs'a music on their own through Believe.
The UK artist Che Lingo, is the latest artist on her roster and together with him, they are now actively building a diverse team up around him too; in particular hiring talented young black females e.g. Ree Sewell as his tour Manager, Nat Rose Anderson as the producer for his latest music video "Eyes On The Prize" (on FIFA22) and Tracey Dee as Creative Director; directly empowering Che's own community. Through her work with Kelvyn over the years, he became a Forbes 30 Under 30 Lister, as one of the most influential artists in Europe alongside Dave & Lewis Capaldi. ” - Sarah-Anne Grill
Lysee Webb: Founder / Manager
“Lysee founded Van Pelt Management, her independent producer and artist management company, back in 2015. Since then she has seen her creative roster achieve career highs, from multiple GRAMMY award winner Shawn Everett working with the likes of Kacey Musgraves, War on Drugs, and most recently Adele, to up and coming talent like Jason Agel landing projects with serpentwithfeet, Prince and John Legend, and Jonathan Low working on Taylor Swift's Folklore, as just a few examples. She also augments the careers of fantastic designers like Liz Hirsch, Matthew Daniel Siskin and Julian Gross, who was GRAMMY nominated for his work with Grouplove, enabling these creative folks to focus on their art as she monetizes their efforts. A wonderful person (with impeccable taste) who is beloved by all who know her, she's a true champion of creators.”- Kelly Ridgway
Muyiwa Awoniyi: Artist Management
Muyiwa Awoniyi is manager of Nigerian singer, Tems.
Raffaela Travisano: special post-humous award
Born in Germany from Italian parents, Raffaela start to work for Discomania distribution. At the end of 90s come back in Italy and work as A&R for More Music Italy, well-known for some hits like "Praise My DJ's" by Run from Run DMC and "9 PM (Till I Come) by ATB. In 2000 she founded Wild! Entertainment, Italian Trance platform of artists as Paul Van Dyk, Blank & Jones and Tomcraft.
Zsusza Cook: Artist Management
“Under Zsusza Cook’s supervision, Jasmine Sullivan has achieved new heights in her career. We know that it takes an entire village to put out great music and sustain a long term music career. Not only have Zsusza and Jasmine managed to achieve this as a team, but they’ve done so with grace and authenticity. I’m so excited to nominate Zsuzsa to be included in this year’s list - thoroughly deserved!” - Andreea Magdalina