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.
Staff
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:
Hank III - Lovesick, Broke and Driftin’
Clutch - Blast Tyrant
Ween - White Pepper
Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Current top 5 albums:
Dale Watson - The Truckin’ Sessions: Volume 2
Ernest Tubb - The Definitive Collection
Bad Religion - Suffer
Roger Miller - The Genius of Roger Miller (boxed set)
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.
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:
Frank Sinatra - Sinatra at the Sands
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold as Love
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Current top 5 albums:
Sigur Ros - Takk
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
dredg - The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion
Deftones - Around the Fur
Johnny Cash - Unearthed
Zeppelin or The Who:
Depends.
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:
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Tom Waits - Alice
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Paul McCartney - Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - The Assassination of Jesse James
Current top 5 albums:
Francis and the Lights - Striking
St. Vincent - Actor
Johnny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood Soundtrack
Dredg - The Pariah, the Parrot, The Delusion.
Department of Eagles - In Ear Park
Zeppelin or The Who:
The Who, hands down.
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:
Fugazi - Repeater
Waxwing - Nobody Can Take What Everybody Owns
Refused - Shape of Punk to Come
Jim Croche - Anthology
The Roots - Come Alive
Current top 5 albums:
Say Anything - Say Anything
Astronautalis - Pomegranate
Jay-Z - Blueprint 3
Dredg - The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion
Paramore - Brand New Eyes
Zeppelin or The Who:
The Who. Despite CSI’s best efforts to tip the scales into Zep’s favor.
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:
Beulah - When Your Heartstrings Break
Belle & Sebastian - If You’re Feeling Sinister
Band of Horses - Everything All The Time
History of Our World - Various Artists
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
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:
Belle & Sebastian - If you’re feeling sinister
Yo-yo Ma - The cello suites
Dr. Dre - The chronic
Boards of Canada - Music has the right to children
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
Band of Horses - Everything all the time
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
The Cave Singers - Invitation Songs
M83 - Before the dawn
Zeppelin or The Who:
The Who, hands down.
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:
Depeche Mode - Violator
Radiohead - Ok Computer
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Cause + Effect - Trip
Coldplay - Parachutes
Current top 5 albums:
Astronautalis - Pomegranate
Dredg - The Pariah, The Parrot, The Dillusion
David Bazan - Curse Your Branches
Kings of Convenience - Declaration of Dependence
Discovery - LP
Zeppelin or The Who:
Depeche Mode
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:
The Beatles - Revolver
Danzig - Danzig
Elliott Smith - Figure 8
Refused - The Shape Of Punk To Come
Grandaddy - Sumday
Current top 5 albums:
Kid Dynamite - Shorter, Faster, Louder
Dredg - The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Tom Waits - Blood Money
Toto - Toto IV
Zeppelin or The Who:
Deicide
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:
Helmet - Meantime
Mastodon - Leviathan
Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
The Essential Daryl Hall & John Oates
Current top 5 albums:
The Temper Trap - Conditions
Veto - Crushing Digits
Against Me! - New Wave
Yeah Yeah Yeah’s - It’s Blitz
The Divorce - There Will be Blood
Zeppelin or The Who:
Zeppelin
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:
Refused - Shape Of Punk To Come
Mars Volta - Deloused In The Comatorium
Murder City Devils - In Name And Blood
Alkaline Trio - Remains
The Bronx - The Bronx
Current top 5 albums:
Dredg - The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion
At The Drive-In - Relationship Of Command
Catheters - Static Delusions And Stone Still Days
The Kinison - Mortgage Is Bank
Cursive - Ugly Organ
Backstreet Boys - Backstreets Back (A MUST HAVE!)
Zeppelin or The Who:
Zeppelin, Reminds me of the Camaro I never owned.
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:
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Weezer - Weezer
John Denver - An Evening with John Denver
Tenacious D - Tenacious D
The Beatles - White Album
Current top 5 albums:
Bon Iver - For Emma Forever Ago
Real Mccoy - Best Of Real Mccoy: Another Night
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Buck Owen - Live in Japan
Ice Cube - The Essentials
Zeppelin or The Who:
Zeppelin
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:
Jay-Z - The Black Album
Tupac Shakur - All Eyez on Me
The Fray - The Fray
John Mayer - Room for Squares
Dixie Chicks - Fly
Current top 5 albums:
Train - Save Me San Francisco
Glee - Soundtrack
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
Alicia Keys - As I Am
OAR - All Sides
Zeppelin or The Who:
Biggie or Tupac
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:
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
The Beatles - Revolver
Three 6 Mafia - Chapter 2: World Domination
NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams Original Soundtrack
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Current top 5 albums:
Warship - Supply and Depend
Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits
Mannie Fresh - The Mind of Mannie Fresh
Big Tymers - I Got That Work
The Fall of Troy - In The Unlikely Event
Zeppelin or The Who:
Maiden
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:
Wilco - AM
Wilco - Summerteeth
Queen - Greatest Hits
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
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:
BRMC - Baby 81
Brian Jonestown Massacre - Their Satanic Majesties’ Second Request
Hockey - Mind Chaos
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
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!!!!
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:
Descendents - Milo Goes to College
Hot Water Music - Caution
Minus the Bear - Menos El Oso
Sam Cooke - The Man and His Music
Murder City Devils - In Name and Blood
Current top 5 albums:
Bon Iver - Blood Bank EP
Tegan and Sara - Sainthood
Dead to Me - Little Brother EP
Lucero - Tennessee
A Wilhelm Scream- S/T EP
Zeppelin or The Who:
The Who. Hands down.
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:
Face to Face - Disconnected
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
NOFX - Punk in Drublic
Minus the Bear - Highly Refined Pirates
Life Long Tragedy - Destined for Anything
Current top 5 albums:
Face to Face - Disconnected
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
NOFX - Punk in Drublic
Minus the Bear - Highly Refined Pirates
Life Long Tragedy - Destined for Anything
Zeppelin or The Who:
The Who, Keith Moon hands down.
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:
Bob Marley - Legend
Muse - Absolution
The Warriors - War Is Hell (Redux)
Deathcab For Cutie - Plans
Coldplay - X&Y
Current top 5 albums:
Attack! Attack! - Someday Came Suddenly
The Devil Wears Prada - Plagues
Flyleaf - Memento Mori
LMFAO - Party Rock
Dropkick Murpheys - Warrior’s Code
Zeppelin or The Who:
The Who
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:
Bob Marley - Legend
Sublime- Greatest Hits
Groundation - Upon a bridge
Rebelution - Bright side of light
Pepper- Greatest Hits
Current top 5 albums:
Asking Alexandria - Stand up and scream
I’ll Scarlet - The EP
Alesana - The Emptiness
The Devil Wears Prada - With Roots above and Branches below
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3
Zeppelin or The Who:
Zeppelin
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:
Radiohead - In Rainbows or OK Computer, Ill decide when I get to the Island
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Mogwai - Come On Die Young
Beck - Sea Change
The Postal Service - Give Up
Current top 5 albums:
This Will Destroy You - Young Mountain
Sigur Ros - ()
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
Bright Eyes - Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
Kings of Leon - Only by the Night
Zeppelin or The Who: Pink Floyd
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