CMG MANAGEMENT
Established
2002
Music
The sweet sweet music... that's what it's all about.
CMG Management was started by Carl-Marcus Gidlöf
during his university studies at the Music Management
Programme at Baltic Business Scool . In the beginning
thw work consisted mainly of arranging clubs, DJ-ing, doing promotion, graphic design of record artwork,flyers and posters.
After finishing the studies he moved to Stockholm
and have since then worked for different companies
within the music industry and built up CMG Management
on the side. By now
Carl-Marcus has worked with labels, distributors and
other key people within the music industry all over
the world and regularly visit key music industry trade
fairs, Besides helping bands and artists Carl-Marcus is working with these three tasks:
- Scandinavian Sales Rep. for the company optimal media production GmbH , a German pressing plant offering full service manufacturing of CD, DVD and Vinyl records.
- A music label called Despotz Records , that was started in 2007 and has released a few really interresting records so far.
- Artist co-ordinator, and one of three project managers for the club Almost Famous . This club is the best live club in Stockholm for unsigned bands and is run by the Swedish Music Publishers Association.
Services
A few of the services offered by CMG Management are:
- Management;
offering career management, design, legal advice,
exploitation, and business advise, helping bands building
their career, both nationally, internationally and
also online.
- International Exploitation; helping bands and
labels finding master licensing deals or record
deals internationally, but also help with
booking tours etc. as long as we believe it will help
the band. We have started to build up a rooster of
new and upcoming bands and labels that we help with
their international exploitation, helping out not
only with contacts but also negotiating the deals.
Check out the following acts:
* Moosters - Sweden's best southern rock band, currently recording their second album. myspace
* Kaka - Electronic pop music with great hooks, debut album released in Sweden in January 2008. myspace
* Twiggy Frostbite - Soft and fragile electronica with influences of Sigur Ros and Portishead, debutalbum will be released in September 2008. myspace
* Hellsongs - Loungy soft and sweet versions of Heavy Metal classics. myspace
* VA "Los Suaves Negroes - a Lounge and Bossa Tribute to Turbonegro" - a concept compilation album with soft versions of Turbonegros songs, released in Europe in Nov. 2007 and still available for licensing or export outside Europe. myspace
