San Francisco, CA – Intercept Music is disrupting the indie music advertising and digital distribution sport for hip hop labels and impartial artists who need to develop their streams and increase their income. Showcasing success tales like Shawn Mickelonis, COO at Afimi Music and Viral New Wave label head and artist, AYO SK3TCH, founder and chairman, Ralph Tashjian and CEO, Tod Turner, just lately introduced new rent Jesse Flores as their Vice President of Artist and Label Partnerships to additional gas their presence in hip hop music.
Jesse Flores’ business experiences spans a long time with strategic imaginative and prescient and fervour for artist empowerment. His mission to affect the evolving panorama of music distribution and improvement stems from experience honed as the previous Senior Director of Label and Enterprise Improvement at Virgin Music Group, Vice President of Enterprise Improvement at Lyric Monetary and management roles at EMI/Capitol Music Group.
In his place at Virgin Music Group, Jesse performed a pivotal position in securing and managing relationships with high-profile artists and impartial labels, working with artists akin to Stephen Marley, Slum Village, Royce Da 5’9″, DJ Premier/Gang Starr, Carla Morrison, Dax and extra. Previous to that, his work at EMI/Capitol Music Group noticed him spearheading artist acquisitions and producing over $20 million in new enterprise by means of partnerships with Tyrese, Ice Dice, Raekwon, Trina, E-40 and others. His tenure at Common Music Group and PolyGram Group Distribution additional solidified his experience in artist improvement, industrial advertising and gross sales.
“Intercept Music often is the ‘new child on the block,’ however our objective is to be ‘the block.’ My quick goal is to proceed to have interaction the hip hop neighborhood with our expansive digital distribution and focused music advertising AI instruments by way of our distinctive Intercept Music expertise system. Intercept Music is actually altering the sport for hip hop artists by providing main label servicing with a person platform that’s unmatched. We additionally again that up with precise human customer support entry that’s remarkable today!”
“I’m thrilled to hitch Intercept Music on our mission to revolutionize the impartial music panorama. All through my profession I’ve been enthusiastic about working with the indie artist and label neighborhood. I sit up for leveraging my experience to drive impactful partnerships for years to return,” expresses Jesse Flores, Vice President of Artist and Label Partnerships for Intercept Music.
Indie artist AYO SK3TCH first approached Intercept Music in 2024 with a imaginative and prescient that has advanced into his personal label, Viral New Wave, bringing over 200 artists to his label and producing practically 100 million streams in his first yr. With signature acts that embrace YungCeoDaPlug, 199X, Inas X and himself, SK3TCH feels Intercept Music expertise has securely positioned Viral New Wave for business growth in alignment with the likes of Alamo Information, High quality Management Music (QC) and Roc Nation.
“Viral New Wave has significantly benefitted from the expertise and help that Intercept Music offers. Operating my very own label as an artist places me in a singular place. I get to work with Ralph, Tod and now Jesse, below each banners and expertise firsthand how I’m offering my very own artists with dependable sources for reinforcing their music and careers. And it’s not simply the tech savvy behind Intercept, but additionally their staffing that’s dependable and straightforward to succeed in at each stage of the sport,” expresses AYO SK3TCH, artist and proprietor at Viral New Wave.
Afimi Music’s Shawn Mickelonis, Chief Operations Officer and CEO, Kalief Grant, who’ve expertise with main labels like Common Music Group and Def Jam Information, have been with Intercept since 2022. Each readily acknowledge that Intercept Music’s masterful expertise has enabled tailor-made advertising companies distinctive to the wants of every of their artists. With 5 legacy acts below their banner, Canibus, Kali Ranks, Stephanie Adler, Afm Jynx and G-Mack, the tangible proof is in over a billion streams garnered.
“We imagine within the improvement of our artists, guiding them to embrace ethics, humility, loyalty, and schooling inside the music business. Our objective is to make sure they’ll capitalize on their artistry and are given the instruments and alternatives to create nice, worthwhile, and enduring music. Intercept’s expertise and administration instruments not solely present us with the identical high-quality advertising and distribution companies as the main labels, however they mirror our beliefs. Our partnership with Intercept has allowed us to remain impartial whereas gaining direct distribution by means of them and main gamers. It’s been a productive steadiness, providing extra attain with out dropping our autonomy,” cites Shawn Mickelonis, COO for Afimi Music.
About Intercept Music Inc.
Intercept Music empowers impartial artists and labels with revolutionary leisure expertise. The corporate offers cutting-edge instruments and companies for premium distribution, dynamic social media, focused advertising, impactful merchandising, and customizable promotional companies. Intercept’s unique and revolutionary software program grants artists entry to a wealth of AI-powered options, enabling them to make use of predictive advertising to optimize their promotional efforts and straight join with their goal audiences. Designed particularly for the booming impartial music sector, Intercept Music helps artists develop their audiences and generate income.
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