Management Services – Evolved Artists

World class services for world class artists

A&R consultancy - Developed over the years between increased connectivity between A&R label heads and company knowledge. Personal artist management plans and structures setup to ensure the continual growth of an artist’s reach globally upon which long term foundations can be secured to raise an artist’s profile. Initiating and negotiating record, remix, publishing and ghost production deals between other artists and record labels. Publicity coordination support mechanisms setup alongside respected PR agencies Complete and comprehensive global tour management support/management - including VISA application guidance and travel advice and support as well as international technical support.

EXPERIENCE

We have a strong and consistent reach with promoters globally after 5 years of continual service to the events side to the business. We always try to ensure that all of our artists are put in front of the right promoters to grow their fan bases at the appropriate moments throughout their career. Whether that be club promoters or festival promoters we always endeavour to get the best coverage for our artists as possible, not just through once a month mail drops to global promoters and online PR coverage but also and primarily we gain their trust through personal one on one contact time with them individually, so that they are fully aware of and understand the rate at which an artist is building their sound and fan bases internationally. We don’t wait for the phone to ring like many artist agencies, because those times have changed, it’s all about being as positive and proactive as possible to give the artist the best opportunities to grow as and when they appear in the market place.

WORLD CLASS SERVICES FOR WORLD CLASS ARTISTS

EXPERIENCE

Welcome

ARTIST MANAGERS

Sometimes management companies need additional support to move their artists forward. Let us work with you to plan and execute your campaign.
Working directly...

DIRECT TO LABELS

We provide support and artist development services direct to record labels. Our team bolts in to your label to help streamline the campaign.

INTEGRATED RECORD LABEL SERVICES

We now off our exclusive services to independent labels.
As the marketplace changes from physical format sales to digital streaming, independent labels consistently come to us fearful of being squeezed out of the marketplace. We understand that independent labels are increasingly faced with restrictive budgets, minimal download revenue and low streaming rates. On top of this, independents also face navigating a music marketplace which has witnessed a shift in focus from albums to singles to meet growing consumer demand.

WITH ARTISTS

We love working with independent artists who have passion & drive. Our team will work with you to plan and execute the vision for your project.

Creative Services for An Ever Changing, Global, Musical Landscape

1. Writing & Production

Evolved have a global network of high end production studios both here in the UK but also too internationally where we have very accomplished and dedicated musical professionals with many years’ experience in house who can work on everything from original song writing right the way through to production and they have experience of working on projects of all sizes and genres but they specialise firmly within the Pop/Dance music field majorly.

At Evolved we collectively understand the value of creating dynamic, edgy, unique sounding records/music for the masses and so that means that you would get the opportunity to work alongside our highly celebrated and coveted team of hit making writers and producers who can cleverly turn your lyrics and melodies into a record that is capable of taking on the biggest players of the scene with unrivalled production quality. There would be fun and actively engaging writing and production sessions with our team of Producer/DJ’s/Singer/Songwriters which would be the opportunity to further develop your skills whilst bringing into play other musical influences and techniques into your tracks in order to power them in a far more creatively engaging way than most other records you hear doing the rounds on the radio. But for singers who are not as confident at writing our production team is able to write and produce bespoke tracks that purposefully fit your genre and fanbase should you need them to operate in such a way. With your brief we can collectively strive together to deliver a track ready for you to come into the studio and record your vocals on.

Please bear in mind that for those artists living abroad we are able to work in a similar way, you can record your vocals in a local studio to where you live and then send the stems to our team for editing and placing into your final track. Or you can call us for quotes on studio time in one of our partner studios

2. Recording

Here at Evolved we have consistently and proactively built a relationship with many top studios across the UK and the globe to allow you the artist to spend more time recording and less time on the road travelling. So, whether you want to record a full album of original tracks or to just sing covers over a backing track we can produce the work to the highest possible standard meaning that all you have to worry about is your vocals.

It goes without saying that all of our Producers and recording team have years of experience working with a diverse range of artists and genres, so they know how to get the best out of the most inexperienced singers. Our recording sessions are an experience you’ll remember for many years to come.

3. Mixing & Mastering

Mastering is the final and most critical stage of creating a new track because it’s what everyone will hear. All of our tracks are mastered by external engineers who work with Evolved to ensure they are heard by a pair of ‘fresh ears’. Tracks are mastered quickly, and a high-quality WAV is emailed to you for approval.

Our mastering engineers use a range of mixing and mastering techniques, from analogue to digital depending on the project’s requirements.

We’re also able to offer an external mixing service allowing you to receive more comprehensive mixing time for your tracks. This is especially important for chart eligible singles and available through our UK and New York recording studios

4. Music Videos

There comes a time in every artists career when they need a professional HD music video. Whether this is a promo video to introduce you to the industry or a fully produced high-end video for a single release campaign, it’s an investment that every artist will need to make at some point.

We work with some of the UK’s freshest music video directors to create videos that are unique and packed with loads of bright ideas engage your audience. Our directors have won awards for their music videos and are regularly broadcast on all the major music channels. Our music video team have worked for major labels and international management companies creating videos for some of the industry’s brightest new artists.

5. Video

If you’re looking for a team of high end, dedicated professionals with real creativity, flair and an appetite for a challenge of any size and shape then we have both the teams globally that can completely oversee the production to the editing of your next hit.

A live video presence shot in a single location

6. LIVE PERFORMANCE VIDEOS

For artists who don’t need a full music video or want an option for more affordable music videos, a HD live performance video is a perfect way for them to get an online visual presence. Live performance videos are edited takes of you performing taken from multiple angles and chopped together. Live performance videos can be filmed on location or in a studio and are usually dressed like a real performance.

Some artists prefer to use gig footage as well as studio takes, this can be arranged if you feel it’s more suitable for your music. Live performance videos are also a great way to showcase your music and performance ability without using shaky camera phone fan footage. Most artists also find live performance videos are a great way to secure better quality live gig opportunities early on in their career before they have a full music video.

ovative virtual reality content for the 360 junkies

360 MUSIC VIDEO

When planning a 360 video, there are many things to consider like where the video will be displayed and what the end goal of the project is. We listen carefully to your goals and expectations for the project and together with your team we come up with a scenario and provide all the necessary elements for production. Such elements include concept planning, location scouting, shooting, stitching, app development and deployment. Our 360° videos can also be produced as traditional video and distributed across many exciting video sharing platforms such as YouTube and Vimeo.

Bringing visuals to your campaign

7. MUSIC INDUSTRY PHOTOGRAPHY

We have a network of award-winning published photographers based around the UK at our various regional development hubs. Each of them has extensive experience working in the music, entertainment and fashion industries.

Working with other members of our creative team, our photographers plan your shoot in advance to ensure that the imagery created can be used for a variety of platforms including social media banners and adverts, press images and release campaign artwork.

Each shoot will also utilise the skills of hair, make-up and fashion stylists to ensure that you look like a star. Our studio shoots are also dressed in accordance to your requirements with the relevant backgrounds, props and lighting.

A polished industry finishes

8. RETOUCHING

Once our photographers have finished your shoot, you’ll receive a contact sheet with all the images on. Working with your regional A&R Manager you’ll then choose your favourite photos that you would like to receive. The shots are then passed to our retouching team who will enhance the colours and remove any unwanted parts of the picture. They will also subtly smooth away any blemishes or imperfections to your skin. The aim of our retouching team is to make the shots look as natural as possible but also enhance the photographers and styling team’s work.

Our retouching team has years of experience working on photography for international hair, make-up and fashion brands. Their work is highly praised throughout various industries and we are proud to be able to include their skills as part of our standard photography packages. All selected shots from your photoshoot are professionally retouched before the photography services is completed

Music Industry Graphic Design

9. LOGO DESIGN

Artists are like brands; they are household names which whether you like their music or not, you know who they are. Logos are as important as tracks and photos. They’re on single covers, social media sites, websites, drum skins, t shirts, stickers, you name it, an artist logo goes everywhere!

Our graphic design team has years of experience in creating brands, not just for artists, but also other household names. They know how to match a visual with a sound and how to create a logo that will live long past your first album.

We’ll get your ideas first, brainstorm typography, colours and shapes with you to ensure that we are going down the right path. Some artists have lots of ideas about what they want from a logo, others have no idea and prefer to let our designers take care of creating a visual identity for them.

However, you want to be seen, and remembered by your fanbase, it starts with a logo.

Bring strong design elements to your social media pages

10. SOCIAL MEDIA DESIGN

Social media can make or break your campaign as an artist. No matter whether it’s an upcoming tour, single release or general online marketing, social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube amongst other platforms which rotate in popularity are essential tools for any artist in the modern music industry.

Our social media team work with the regional A&R managers and our photographers to create bespoke social media designs that are compatible across all platforms. Whether it’s for a single release campaign or a fully branded live venue tour, our team can create all-singing, all-dancing visuals that will be appealing to your fans and stand out from the millions of other online artist social media sites.

Your social media platforms will be fully optimised to fit the required specification of the platform providers as well as allowing you to cross promote between your platforms to grow your fanbase and encourage a more viral reach of your social media content.

11. BSITE DESIGN

Once you’ve had a new logo created and overhauled your social media sites you’ll want to start looking at establishing an artist website. Our packages include sourcing the most effective URL for you as an artist plus hosting your site.

Our web developers can create a bespoke site for all your content as an artist. Our sites include biography, music, videos, photos, social media plug-ins to bring all your platforms together, e-commerce facility to sell merchandise and music all as standard. If you’re looking to create something even more complex, we are able to develop, code and design a totally bespoke for you.

Get your fans wearing your merchandise

12. MERCHANDISE

Utilising your artist logo and new website our graphic team can create a range of merchandise for you to sell through your e-commerce store. Linking up with a nominated PayPal you can sell your merchandise direct to fans online and order stock as and when it is required, so there is a minimal initial outlay.

Our graphics team can design a range of vast artist merchandise including t-shirts, snapbacks, festival bands, pens, mugs, lighters, bags, plectrums, basically anything which your fanbase might use or wear can be branded with your artist logo and made available for them to buy.

For tours and single release campaigns we can design and produce limited edition t-shirts and other items which can be fully branded with the tour name and dates, these special limited edition pieces are highly sought after by some fans which means you can sell them at your gigs at increased prices to capture the impulse buyer and create more revenue to help fund yourself to move forward.

13. SOCIAL INFLUENCER MARKETING

Impact through influencers social reach

The world of digital marketing is changing quickly, with many traditional digital marketing techniques slowly becoming redundant.

As a musician, amassing enormous numbers of followers on social media is becoming increasingly difficult without huge amounts of media exposure, or a chart-topping hit under your belt. With this in mind, we’ve pioneered an incredible service that utilises the power of global social influencers to help boost your music’s exposure. We’ll work with you to determine your market and fan demographic, and then will work directly with influencers in house to plan a release campaign and impact date. We have the largest up to date database of global influencers from a range of different sectors – including TV, Radio, Sport and business personalities.

WHAT IS A SOCIAL INFLUENCER?

A social influencer is someone who has amassed an enormous online following through his or her work. Examples of these would be; TV personalities, YouTube vloggers, Radio presenters.

Traditionally an influencer would have a huge active following across all social platforms.

HOW WOULD AN INFLUENCER CAMPAIGN WORK?

We will start with an initial consultation to determine your market demographic
Next, we will compile a list of suitable social influencers with a huge social reach
We will negotiate with these influencers to agree a fee and impact date

We will work with and manage the distribution of your music through these social influencers and ensure that the campaign is a success

14. MUSIC PRESS

Our music industry press team have worked on a number of unsigned & major releases

Our music industry press specialists have worked on campaigns for a number of major, global releases. Our publicists have contacts at all major newspapers, magazines and blogs and specialise in online & offline campaign planning. Our music industry press team will work with you, to target publications that will get the best results for your release.

Working alongside our publicists and pluggers, our press team also provide other additional value to your campaign – with support including sponsorship and endorsement opportunities, our Artist and Brand Liaison team work to match musical talent with companies and organisations looking to expand their reach.

From gifting and endorsements to parties and premieres, the added value that press support can give you guarantees to add some extra interest to any radio/TV/press campaign.

15. Private song writing and vocal classes

Thank you for your interest in our private Vocal Coaching and Song writing Sessions here at Evolved Artists Management.

It is fair to say that we have created one of the highest calibres of Vocal Coaching & Song writing teams within in the EDM scene today here in Leeds. We pride on ourselves on having a Grammy nominated artist on the team that will put you through your paces, along with one of our primary vocal coaches Suzanna Dee who has had many chart successes over the years, this lady knows what it takes to be both a recording artist and a touring artist for major pop stars having being one of the Spice Girls backing singers for many years as well as having toured nationally with the likes of Jane MacDonald and other award winning artists, Suzanna pulls no punches! But alongside the teams carefully coached vocal techniques our tutors are firmly equipped with all the right attributes to take you from zero to hero. Whether it be your first singing lesson, or you are a seasoned professional our tutors who are still firmly active within the global music scene can work their magic regardless of style, range or timbre. It goes without saying that we cater for all genre styles whether that be Jazz, Funk, Soul, Blues, Rock, Indie, Pop, Classical, Folk or Musical theatre and our team will bespoke a Singing Lesson/Vocal Coaching plan to suit every need and ability, irrespective of whether your starting out as a basic/new singer through to intermediate level or you are a working professional too we can give you the confidence and drive and above all the technique to thrive and survive in a what is a very competitive global musical industry.

Our joint collective aim is to not only manage but to help develop and mentor you in order to progress you safely and confidently to the next level, by utilising our detailed programme but on a bespoke one to one basis. Mentoring to us is a vital component to breeding talented Singer/Songwriters with sustainability at the very heart of what we always look to create, as we know that our industry from fast track fame without any clear direction; can be ultimately daunting but with us and our team with vast years of experience in the industry, we're able to deliver a USP service to all our artists.

16. Singer/songwriter professional development workshops

This unique gathering of some of the UK’s hottest Singers/Songwriters in the capital each week is the Evolved way of promoting and utilising the art of collaboration first and foremost within the EDM scene globally speaking. It’s a way of being able to progress our artists as solo artists within the confines of group work and this process ultimately enables them to not feel isolated as songwriters as quite often solo artists get little feedback from their peers and so this addresses those two primary issues all under one roof.

Our objectives for the workshops give our singer/songwriters the chance to be able to explore more of their creative side working aligned with other artists. The songwriter process enables our artists to be able to gain proactive feedback and are able to create more potent songs much faster than if they would on their own by pure collaboration with all of our other artists as well as working with our DJ/Producers. Working with the likes of our Creative Director (Founder of Evolved Artists) along with Richard Bedford (Grammy nominated winner) and Suzanna Dee (25 years in the music industry). Then combined with our team; we ensure the whole process becomes a success in its own right as we look to build on the current success of the Song writing workshops, as we craft the group into a well-structured and developed team that can cater for writing for and with all EDM styles and genres globally whether that be for a Producer/DJ or a record label demo, we are focused around writing HITS and HOOKS because that is the future of dance music.

WRITING AND PRODUCTION

RECORDING

Mixing and mastering

Our mastering engineers use a range of mixing and mastering techniques, from analogue to digital depending on the project’s requirements.

music videos

VIDEO

ovative virtual reality content for the 360 junkies

360 MUSIC VIDEO

Bringing visuals to your campaign

Live performance videos

A live video presence shot in a single location

Music industry photography

A polished industry finishes

REtouching

Music Industry Graphic Design

Logo design

However, you want to be seen, and remembered by your fanbase, it starts with a logo.

Bring strong design elements to your social media pages

Social media designs

bsite design