We are music. We are technology.

We are an independent company with a boutique approach to an industry often met with a one-sided and homogenized set of solutions. Our goal is simple: arm the artist with control via an elevated connection with their fan. What are we talking about here? Although it does not seem like rocket science, it still is not the norm. We believe in listening to what the fans want, we believe in ideas that are suited to a specific artist and their specific fan. We do not believe in monopolies that take advantage of the artist or their fans. We believe these relationships need to be honored, not milked.

We believe in partners, not clients, and we cannot do it alone. Multiple Grammies and platinum records are not necessarily the ingredients for a well cultivated community, and that is not necessarily the partner we are after. We are looking for the right partners, the ones that share our values, understand their involvement is necessary, and most importantly are open to new ways of reaching their fans.

We do this because we love it. We do it because there is a monumental change occurring to an industry that desperately needs it. We welcome the change, we believe in it, and we are thankful to be a part of it.

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  Mark Eagleton

  Development Director

  First music you bought:

  7 Seconds - “Walk Together, Rock Together” 12" vinyl EP. Purchased at Barny’s Good Time Music in Woodland, CA in 1985.

  First concert attended:

  Some small-time hardcore band @ “The Place” in Davis, CA. I don’t remember the name of the band, but I do remember that they had a Betsy Ross 13-star American Flag hanging in the back that had mushroom clouds for stars and some cold war poem on the white stripes. The 80s ruled.

  Last concert attended:

  Merle Haggard @ the UC Davis Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, 9/28/2009. The drummer and sound were very poor.

  Best live band:

  The Ditty Bops are the best band I have seen to date. Stellar harmonies and musicianship through and through. All artists should strive first to sound this good, and strive second to look this cute.

  Top 5 desert island albums:

  1. Hank III - Lovesick, Broke and Driftin’
  2. Clutch - Blast Tyrant
  3. Ween - White Pepper
  4. Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff
  5. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

  Current top 5 albums:

  1. Dale Watson - The Truckin’ Sessions: Volume 2
  2. Ernest Tubb - The Definitive Collection
  3. Bad Religion - Suffer
  4. Roger Miller - The Genius of Roger Miller (boxed set)
  5. Clutch - Strange Cousins from the West

  Zeppelin or The Who:

  The Who, until they release instrumental versions of all the Led Zeppelin albums. Actually, just Bonham and JPJ tracks would be good.

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  Eddie Meehan

  VP/COO

  First music you bought:

  AC/DC - Back in Black, Def Leppard - Pyromania, Journey - Escape, Foreigner 4 and Prince Purple Rain

  First concert attended:

  The Monsters of Rock tour in 1988 featuring Van Halen, Scorpions, Dokken, and Metallica

  Last concert attended:

  Muse and AFI at the Oakland Arena

  Best live band:

  Iron Maiden

  Top 5 desert island albums:

  1. Frank Sinatra - Sinatra at the Sands
  2. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
  3. Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold as Love
  4. N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
  5. Jeff Buckley - Grace

  Current top 5 albums:

  1. Sigur Ros - Takk
  2. Mew - No more stories Are told today Im sorry They washed away No more stories The world is grey Im tired Let’s wash away
  3. dredg - The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion
  4. Deftones - Around the Fur
  5. Johnny Cash - Unearthed

  Zeppelin or The Who:

  Depends.

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  Scott Pargett

  Art Director

  First music you bought:

  Stanley Kirk Burrell

  First concert attended:

  A terrible punk band performing at a local town jubilee. The volume and passion was enough to completely hypnotize me. Intoxicating enough to distract me from ever remembering those guys name.

  Last concert attended:

  Francis and the Lights

  Best live band:

  Amen at the Pound in SF. 10 people were there. Amen tore the place down like there was 10,000.

  Top 5 desert island albums:

  1. Jeff Buckley - Grace
  2. Tom Waits - Alice
  3. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
  4. Paul McCartney - Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
  5. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - The Assassination of Jesse James

  Current top 5 albums:

  1. Francis and the Lights - Striking
  2. St. Vincent - Actor
  3. Johnny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood Soundtrack
  4. Dredg - The Pariah, the Parrot, The Delusion.
  5. Department of Eagles - In Ear Park

  Zeppelin or The Who:

  The Who, hands down.

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  Greg Patterson

  Creative Director & CCO

  First music you bought:

  Vinyl: Madona - True Blue 7" single; CD: Faith No More - The Real Thing

  First concert attended:

  The Circus Tents, Vacaville Community Center 1991

  Last concert attended:

  Papa Roach, Houston TX

  Best live band:

  Rocket From The Crypt, Seattle WA 2000

  Top 5 desert island albums:

  1. Fugazi - Repeater
  2. Waxwing - Nobody Can Take What Everybody Owns
  3. Refused - Shape of Punk to Come
  4. Jim Croche - Anthology
  5. The Roots - Come Alive

  Current top 5 albums:

  1. Say Anything - Say Anything
  2. Astronautalis - Pomegranate
  3. Jay-Z - Blueprint 3
  4. Dredg - The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion
  5. Paramore - Brand New Eyes

  Zeppelin or The Who:

  The Who. Despite CSI’s best efforts to tip the scales into Zep’s favor.

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  Robert Reinhard

  CTO

  First music you bought:

  Michael Bolton, I shit you not. Adult Contemporary was my jams back in 6/7th grade haha.

  First concert attended:

  In a similar vein, James Taylor. Was also my first date, a girl in 5th grade took me to the concert for my birthday.

  Last concert attended:

  The Pillows, this J-Rock band.

  Best live band:

  Lollapalooza in, I think, ‘95. I know it’s not a band per se, but the experience of being in high school, going to this huge concert in the Bay Area, girls I liked were there … was pretty incredible.

  Top 5 desert island albums:

  1. Beulah - When Your Heartstrings Break
  2. Belle & Sebastian - If You’re Feeling Sinister
  3. Band of Horses - Everything All The Time
  4. History of Our World - Various Artists
  5. Mushroom Jazz 4 - Various Artists

  Current top 5 albums:

  Abstaining, I feel like I mostly am listening to what other people play in the office.

  Zeppelin or The Who:

  Zeppelin

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  Brent Scheffler

  Lead Developer

  First music you bought:

  EMF - Yes. I said it. I’ll admit it. I saved up enough money mowing lawns to buy that cassette. I played it so many times that it literally broke.

  First concert attended:

  Face to Face at the Victorville Community Center, circa 1992

  Last concert attended:

  Stereo Total, German/French electro-kitsch-pop band

  Best live band:

  Best live band I have seen is a toss-up between Belle and Sebastian and Orbital

  Top 5 desert island albums:

  1. Belle & Sebastian - If you’re feeling sinister
  2. Yo-yo Ma - The cello suites
  3. Dr. Dre - The chronic
  4. Boards of Canada - Music has the right to children
  5. Orbital - Orbital 2

  Current top 5 albums:

  I’m too old to keep up with music the kids are listening to these days to have a top 5

  1. Band of Horses - Everything all the time
  2. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
  3. The Cave Singers - Invitation Songs
  4. M83 - Before the dawn

  Zeppelin or The Who:

  The Who, hands down.

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  Ryan Vanni

  CEO

  First music you bought:

  Millie Vanilli - Girl You Know Its True

  First concert attended:

  Donny Osmand at the Holiday Inn in Sacramento, around 1988

  Last concert attended:

  Backstreet Boys - O2 Arena, London

  Best live band:

  Radiohead - (i realize im not blowing minds here)

  Top 5 desert island albums:

  1. Depeche Mode - Violator
  2. Radiohead - Ok Computer
  3. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
  4. Cause + Effect - Trip
  5. Coldplay - Parachutes

  Current top 5 albums:

  1. Astronautalis - Pomegranate
  2. Dredg - The Pariah, The Parrot, The Dillusion
  3. David Bazan - Curse Your Branches
  4. Kings of Convenience - Declaration of Dependence
  5. Discovery - LP

  Zeppelin or The Who:

  Depeche Mode

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  Matt Sergent

  Director of Ticketing

  First music you bought:

  Simon and Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits

  First concert attended:

  Rick Glenn and the Texas Aliens

  Last concert attended:

  Francis and the Lights

  Best live band:

  Muse

  Top 5 desert island albums:

  1. The Beatles - Revolver
  2. Danzig - Danzig
  3. Elliott Smith - Figure 8
  4. Refused - The Shape Of Punk To Come
  5. Grandaddy - Sumday

  Current top 5 albums:

  1. Kid Dynamite - Shorter, Faster, Louder
  2. Dredg - The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion
  3. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
  4. Tom Waits - Blood Money
  5. Toto - Toto IV

  Zeppelin or The Who:

  Deicide

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  Michael Holz

  Director of Marketing

  First music you bought:

  Duran Duran - Seven and the Ragged Tiger

  First concert attended:

  MC Hammer w/ Vanilla Ice. UNO Lakefront Arena 1990

  Last concert attended:

  Ray LaMontagne

  Best live band:

  The Meters at Tipitinas

  Top 5 desert island albums:

  1. Helmet - Meantime
  2. Mastodon - Leviathan
  3. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
  4. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
  5. The Essential Daryl Hall & John Oates

  Current top 5 albums:

  1. The Temper Trap - Conditions
  2. Veto - Crushing Digits
  3. Against Me! - New Wave
  4. Yeah Yeah Yeah’s - It’s Blitz
  5. The Divorce - There Will be Blood

  Zeppelin or The Who:

  Zeppelin

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  Justin Segura

  VIP EVENT SERVICES & TOUR PHOTOGRAPHY

  First music you bought:

  Digital pirates don’t buy music.

  First concert attended:

  Tool 1998 - Memorial Auditorium - Sacramento, CA

  Last concert attended:

  Backstreet Boys 2009 - The Palladium - Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  Best live band:

  Mindless Self Indulgence - Coachella Music Festival 2004 - Between the claws of heatstroke and the debauchery that went down, it’s safe to say I wont ever forget it.

  Top 5 desert island albums:

  1. Refused - Shape Of Punk To Come
  2. Mars Volta - Deloused In The Comatorium
  3. Murder City Devils - In Name And Blood
  4. Alkaline Trio - Remains
  5. The Bronx - The Bronx

  Current top 5 albums:

  1. Dredg - The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion
  2. At The Drive-In - Relationship Of Command
  3. Catheters - Static Delusions And Stone Still Days
  4. The Kinison - Mortgage Is Bank
  5. Cursive - Ugly Organ
  6. Backstreet Boys - Backstreets Back (A MUST HAVE!)

  Zeppelin or The Who:

  Zeppelin, Reminds me of the Camaro I never owned.

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  Phil Sergent

  Shipping

  First music you bought:

  System of a Down-Toxicity

  First concert attended:

  An Angle

  Last concert attended:

  Dredg

  Best live band:

   

  Top 5 desert island albums:

  1.  The Beatles - Abbey Road
  2. Weezer - Weezer
  3. John Denver - An Evening with John Denver
  4. Tenacious D - Tenacious D
  5. The Beatles - White Album

  Current top 5 albums:

  1. Bon Iver - For Emma Forever Ago
  2. Real Mccoy - Best Of Real Mccoy: Another Night
  3. The Beatles - Abbey Road
  4. Buck Owen - Live in Japan
  5. Ice Cube - The Essentials

  Zeppelin or The Who:

  Zeppelin

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  Jennie Quan

  Director of Operations

  First music you bought:

  New Kids On The Block - Hangin’ Tough, Live Crew - As Nasty As They Wanna Be. Bought at the same time at the Oakland Coliseum Flea Market when I was 10.

  First concert attended:

  Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling Tour. I was like 8 and I went with my dad and I fell asleep

  Last concert attended:

  Rascal Flatts @ Konocti Harbor Resort Kelseyville, CA

  Best live band:

  Gwar

  Top 5 desert island albums:

  1. Jay-Z - The Black Album
  2. Tupac Shakur - All Eyez on Me
  3. The Fray - The Fray
  4. John Mayer - Room for Squares
  5. Dixie Chicks - Fly

  Current top 5 albums:

  1. Train - Save Me San Francisco
  2. Glee - Soundtrack
  3. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
  4. Alicia Keys - As I Am
  5. OAR - All Sides

  Zeppelin or The Who:

  Biggie or Tupac

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  Thomas Mulloy

  Developer

  First music you bought:

  Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony
  Michael Jackson - Dangerous
  Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack

  First concert attended:

  Circa 2000 - Tucson, AZ, Skrappys - Gat-Rot / Hemlock

  Last concert attended:

  10/12/08 - Chicago, IL, Bottom Lounge - Pinback

  Best live band:

  Iron Maiden

  Top 5 desert island albums:

  1. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
  2. The Beatles - Revolver
  3. Three 6 Mafia - Chapter 2: World Domination
  4. NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams Original Soundtrack
  5. Michael Jackson - Thriller

  Current top 5 albums:

  1. Warship - Supply and Depend
  2. Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits
  3. Mannie Fresh - The Mind of Mannie Fresh
  4. Big Tymers - I Got That Work
  5. The Fall of Troy - In The Unlikely Event

  Zeppelin or The Who:

  Maiden

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  Vanessa West

  Client Services

  First music you bought:

  Alanis Morissette, Fiona Apple, Natalie Merchant, and Sheryl Crow were among the first CASSETTE tapes I ever owned. I pretty much wore out the tape on Jagged Little Pill. So much has changed since then!

  First concert attended:

  The VERY first was Unwritten Law at the Key Club on Sunset, which used to be called Billboard back in the day. This was in 1998 I believe. To throw in some real cred, Im sure my parents took me to a Stones concert or something really cool when I was a kid and I just don’t remember.

  Last concert attended:

  My brother’s band - Billy Boy On Poison, with After Midnight Project, Jet, and Papa Roach at Club Nokia in LA

  Best live band:

  Wilco and Korn

  Top 5 desert island albums:

  1. Wilco - AM
  2. Wilco - Summerteeth
  3. Queen - Greatest Hits
  4. David Bowie - Hunky Dory
  5. CCR - Creedence Clearwater Revival Discs 1 - 6 (ok 6 discs may be cheating but I can’t forget the Creedence tapes)

  Current top 5 albums:

  1. BRMC - Baby 81
  2. Brian Jonestown Massacre - Their Satanic Majesties’ Second Request
  3. Hockey - Mind Chaos
  4. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
  5. Against Me! - New Wave

  Zeppelin or The Who:

  Really tough one but I have to go with Zeppelin ... At least The Stones or The Beatles weren’t thrown in there too ... brain implosion!!!!

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  Kiel Gesicki

  Client Services

  First music you bought:

  Nirvana- In Utero

  First concert attended:

  Tower of Power at the Radisson in Sacramento, CA 1989

  Last concert attended:

  Against Me! at the Plea For Peace center in Stockton, CA

  Best live band:

  Hot Water Music

  Top 5 desert island albums:

  1. Descendents - Milo Goes to College
  2. Hot Water Music - Caution
  3. Minus the Bear - Menos El Oso
  4. Sam Cooke - The Man and His Music
  5. Murder City Devils - In Name and Blood

  Current top 5 albums:

  1. Bon Iver - Blood Bank EP
  2. Tegan and Sara - Sainthood
  3. Dead to Me - Little Brother EP
  4. Lucero - Tennessee
  5. A Wilhelm Scream- S/T EP

  Zeppelin or The Who:

  The Who. Hands down.

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  Vinnie Franco

  Developer

  First music you bought:

  Vanilla Ice - To the Extreme

  First concert attended:

  AFI, Good Riddance and Lagwagon at the Cattle Club

  Last concert attended:

  Taking Back Sunday, Weezer, and Blink 182 - Sleeptrain Amphitheater

  Best live band:

  Iron Maiden

  Top 5 desert island albums:

  1. Face to Face - Disconnected
  2. Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
  3. NOFX - Punk in Drublic
  4. Minus the Bear - Highly Refined Pirates
  5. Life Long Tragedy - Destined for Anything

  Current top 5 albums:

  1. Face to Face - Disconnected
  2. Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
  3. NOFX - Punk in Drublic
  4. Minus the Bear - Highly Refined Pirates
  5. Life Long Tragedy - Destined for Anything

  Zeppelin or The Who:

  The Who, Keith Moon hands down.

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  Justin Jones

  Front End Developer

  First music you bought:

  Smash Mouth

  First concert attended:

  Garth Brooks

  Last concert attended:

  The Spill Canvas

  Best live band:

  The Warriors

  Top 5 desert island albums:

  1. Bob Marley - Legend
  2. Muse - Absolution
  3. The Warriors - War Is Hell (Redux)
  4. Deathcab For Cutie - Plans
  5. Coldplay - X&Y

  Current top 5 albums:

  1. Attack! Attack! - Someday Came Suddenly
  2. The Devil Wears Prada - Plagues
  3. Flyleaf - Memento Mori
  4. LMFAO - Party Rock
  5. Dropkick Murpheys - Warrior’s Code

  Zeppelin or The Who:

  The Who

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  Joel Fatherree

  Client Services

  First music you bought:

  Greenday - dookie

  First concert attended:

  James Taylor

  Last concert attended:

  The Devil Wears Prada

  Best live band:

  Damian Marley

  Top 5 desert island albums:

  1. Bob Marley - Legend
  2. Sublime- Greatest Hits
  3. Groundation - Upon a bridge
  4. Rebelution - Bright side of light
  5. Pepper- Greatest Hits

  Current top 5 albums:

  1. Asking Alexandria - Stand up and scream
  2. I’ll Scarlet - The EP
  3. Alesana - The Emptiness
  4. The Devil Wears Prada - With Roots above and Branches below
  5. Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3

  Zeppelin or The Who:

  Zeppelin

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  Brandon Sitcler

  Accounting

  First music you bought:
  Rollins Band - Weight
  
  First concert attended:
  cough - Hootie and the Blowfish - cough, Cal Expo 1996
  
  Last concert attended:
  Band of Horses - Fox Theatre, Oakland Ca
  
  Best live band:
  Moby. Maybe it was the lazers, Im not
  a huge fan of his music but the show was an ocular paradise.
  
  Top 5 desert island albums:

  1. Radiohead - In Rainbows or OK Computer, Ill decide when I get to the Island
  2. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
  3. Mogwai - Come On Die Young
  4. Beck - Sea Change
  5. The Postal Service - Give Up

  Current top 5 albums:

  1. This Will Destroy You - Young Mountain
  2. Sigur Ros - ()
  3. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
  4. Bright Eyes - Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
  5. Kings of Leon - Only by the Night

  
  Zeppelin or The Who:
  Pink Floyd

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  Steve Kerr

  Customer Support

  FIRST MUSIC YOU BOUGHT:
  Blind Mellon
  
  FIRST CONCERT ATTENDED:
  Van Halen, 1995, Arco Arena, Sacramento CA
  
  LAST CONCERT ATTENDED:
  Monsters of Folk, The Fox Theatre, Oakland CA
  
  Best Live Band:
  Menomena
  
  TOP 5 DESERT ISLAND ALBUMS:
  Jacks Mannequin - Everything in Transit
  Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
  Souls of Mischeif - 93 til Infinity
  William Fitzsimmons - Goodnight
  Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night

  CURRENT TOP 5 ALBUMS:
  Joe Purdy - Last Clock On the Wall
  The Swell Season - Strict Joy
  Horse Feathers - House With No Name
  The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me
  Gaslight Anthem - 59 Sound