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Tsunami Entertainment
Tsunami Entertainment is a multi-faceted music and media company structured for the new digital era. It was formed in March 1999 by former EMI executive Bruce Kirkland. Its orbit encompasses marketing and media consultation, artist and producer management, product and brand management, and strategic marketing and business development, all in the entertainment space. The company's philosophy is founded on the modern artist as a creative hyphenate. Tsunami's mission is to provide comprehensive services to enable artists to achieve the broadest possible marketing and media reach, mining the full spectrum of an artist's creative reservoir. This manifests itself in a menu of various media strategies, digital and direct marketing initiatives, corporate promotional partnerships and non-conventional methods of expanding audience reach. Our services are designed to supplement the activities of a record label's traditional marketing activities.
Tsunami's consulting clients have included some of the most powerful brands in both corporate America and the artist community. Its corporate clients have included QVC, NBC Enterprises, House of Blues, TV Guide, Ericsson, Sony Music, Fox, Playboy and Universal Music. Tsunami offers turnkey marketing solutions to corporations through a unique blend of music and media expertise. We have also provided marketing services to high profile artist brands, including Bon Jovi, Sarah Brightman, Peter Gabriel, The Beatles, Bee Gees and Erykah Badu. Company highlights include a comprehensive long term music strategy for TV Guide, a business plan for music personalization software for Internet and wireless applications, over-arching digital media strategies for the House of Blues, world-wide marketing for The Bee Gees Greatest Hits, organizing talent for the 2002 Winter Olympics Medals Plaza, and overseeing two separate network commercial campaigns for Bon Jovi.
Tsunami's worldwide management clients include The Dandy Warhols, Ozomatli and Gus Gus. We also manage DJ's, producers and programmers.
Tsunami possesses a unique blend of management skills, reflecting a new business paradigm in music. Bruce Kirkland has experience in many capacities in the music business, including artist management, live event promotions, marketing, independent and major labels. He and his team have been responsible for a number of significant milestones in entertainment in the past 15 years, including The Beatles Anthology, the launch of E! Entertainment, multi-platinum artists Peter Gabriel, Depeche Mode, Radiohead, Beastie Boys, the pioneering internet serial, The Spot, and the Frank Sinatra Duets project. The Tsunami team pride themselves on being at the forefront of new trends in popular culture, combining expertise from broadcast and digital media, the Internet and music.
Tsunami's mission is to develop innovative, multi-media solutions for complex marketing and strategic issues, with a focus on music and entertainment.  | |
 "THE CHANGING ARTIST BUSINESS MODEL"
Presented by Bruce Kirkland
2004 Billboard Music & Money Symposium
Tsunami Personnel
Bruce Kirkland, President
brucek@tsunamient.com 20 years experience in the music industry, most recently including his role as President/CEO of EMI - Capitol Entertainment Properties, the largest company in the EMI Music Group and responsible for sales in excess of 250 million. Bruce previously served as EVP of Capitol Records and directed The Beatles Anthology project, the music industry's most successful marketing campaign ever, with sales exceeding $300 million. He has spearheaded marketing campaigns for numerous multi-platinum successes, including Frank Sinatra, the Beastie Boys, Garth Brooks, the Spice Girls, Radiohead, Bob Seger, Bonnie Raitt and Everclear. Prior to his work with EMI, Bruce owned and operated Second Vision, an artist representation and marketing company, with clients such as Peter Gabriel, Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk and the Sugarcubes.
John Babbitt, Artist Manager/ Marketing Consultant
johnb@tsunamient.com John jumped into the music business in the early 90's as manager of Studio X Recording in Chicago. He moved onto marketing @ Kevin Berg & Associates/Omnicom (RJR, Stolichnaya) and also worked as a commercial music producer (Vans, American Cancer Society, G-Shock) before joining Bruce Kirkland in opening Tsunami, February 1999. John's clients have included Billy Corgan/Smashing Pumpkins, The Dandy Warhols, Hole, NBC, Playboy Magazine, QVC, Tartan Films, Veronica Mars Productions, Lemonade Magazine, Belinda Carlisle and Toni&Guy.
Amy Blackman, Artist Manager
amyb@tsunamient.com In the music business for over 10 years, Amy Blackman, AKA Amy B, has a strong history in management and a vibrant, lively client roster. She has built, from the ground up, a thriving independent company representing the likes of three time Grammy Award Winning Ozomatli (Concord Records), two time Grammy Award winning mixer and engineer Robert Carranza, and Los Abandoned (Vapor Records). In an industry where bands change managers like they change their minds, Amy B takes pride in saying that she has managed Ozomatli for over 10 years. Despite her fiercely independent streak, in February 2004, the pull of the wave proved too strong and she joined forces with Tsunami Entertainment.
Dana Childs, Producer Manager
danac@tsunamient.com An industry veteran with nearly 15 years of experience, Dana got her start at Gold Mountain Entertainment, where she worked directly with the Go-Gos and Belinda Carlisle, the Bangles and Susanna Hoffs, Wendy & Lisa, that dog! and comedian Bobcat Goldthwaite. From Gold Mountain, her focus moved to producer management. Working at both World's End and Nettwerk, she found herself working with such legendary producers as Steve Lillywhite, Hugh Padgham and Larry Klein as well as hot young producers like Jeff Trott, John Goodmanson and Dave Sardy. Dana is also a co-founder of "The Collective", a who's-who of professional and highly specialized music-making individuals that develop, write, record and produce artists and tracks from scratch.
Fiona Frawley, Executive Assistant to the President/ Project Development
fionaf@tsunamient.com 10 years+ experience in music, film & advertising industries in the UK and US; Fiona has a strong foundation in production, artist management & marketing. She has a Law Degree specialising in Media Law & Intellectual Property (University of London) and production managed over 50 labels in the UK; (incl. Tommy Boy, Ace Records, AVEX, Creation, MCA, Demon, Trojan, & Pinnacle Distribution). Fiona fine-tuned her marketing skills in the Creative Dept. of Omnicom ad agency DDB Worldwide; working on Starwood Resorts & Hotels, McDonald's of Hawaii, Aloha Airlines, First Hawaiian Bank, Hawaii Visitors' Bureau & Hawaii Intl. Film Festival. In 2000 she moved to LA as Head of Sales for Atlas Pictures, working in Commercial Production & later, various feature films & studios (Paramount & Disney). She has worked closely with Al Jarreau, Joe Cocker, Orlando Bloom & Bill Paxton and has successfully competed, surfing the big waves of Hawaii.
Sheri Herman, Media Consultant
sherih@tsunamient.com 20 years extensive experience in creating strategies for branded content, programming, marketing and distribution in cable, the Internet, Interactive TV, wireless and new technologies. In the cable industry, Sheri helped launch E! Entertainment as SVP of Marketing and worked on the operator side for United Cable in Denver, the precursor to John Malone's TCI, where she headed up programming and content development. Consulting clients have included US West, Access Entertainment and TV Guide. As a pioneer in the interactive world, Ms. Herman raised the capital for American Cybercast and launched the groundbreaking program The Spot.
Adam Katz, Producer Manager/Label Group
adamk@tsunamient.com 15 years experience in the music industry, Adam heads up Tsunami Producer Managment and Tsunami LG. Through their work with artists such as The Shins, The Decemberists and Explosions In The Sky, Tsunami Producer Management clients are constantly busy making some the best albums in rock. As head of the Tsunami LG, Adam oversees releases by artists as disparate as Nick Drake, Rammstein, Ziggy Marley and Children of Bodom. Prior to coming to Tsunami, Adam ran his own business where over the years he worked with a variety of recording artists including Danzig, Zakk Wylde, Evan and Jaron, Forest For The Trees, The Blue Meanies and Brutal Juice.
Cael Kirkland, Production & Touring
caelk@tsunamient.com Over 5 years experience in music production and touring, including extensive studio experience. Interned for 2 years at Capitol Studios, then worked as production assistant for Grammy-award winning producer Greg Ladanyi. Studio production and touring experience includes Jaguares, Bangles, gusgus, Bon Harris/Maven, Supreme Beings of Leisure.
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