While there she worked with Jon Pardi, Dustin Lynch, Ashley McBryde, Dillon Carmichael, and many others. Country-music management team Chris Kappy and Lynn Oliver-Cline are showing the Nashville establishment how to build an old-fashioned country-music career in a 21st-century way. “From the beginning, we put our money where our mouth is.”, Yet for all their digital savvy, Kappy and Oliver-Cline are most at home on the road with their clients, mingling with fans and noting which songs are connecting. In 2007 she came full circle back to artist management, joining Red Light, where she has access to all the support and resources of a multi-genre management giant. But everyone just calls me Kappy.

This meeting is with all five members of the team.

Fount Lynch spent 14 years in PR at Universal Music Group Nashville before becoming VP of Media for Sony/Nashville, where he worked with artists such as Kenny Chesney and Miranda Lambert, in addition to spearheading the campaign that launched Maren Morris. “Some people are a little freaked out, saying, ‘It’s like the wild wild west. Want more Rolling Stone? When I was very young, I started going by just Kappy because Chris was a very common name. Kristen was named to Hits magazine’s “Next Wave Managers” for 2019.

Prior to moving to Nashville to work at Red Light, Chip Dorsch started his career as a product manager at Atlantic Records in NYC, then ran marketing for Red Bull Records in Los Angeles. Country-music management team Chris Kappy and Lynn Oliver-Cline are showing the Nashville establishment how to build an old-fashioned country-music career in a 21st-century way. After signing on as Luke’s manager, Kappy used strategic touring, Facebook and his fan club to keep that connection strong. In early days, if a song resonated online, the managers would rush to release it — like the smash ballad “Beautiful Crazy,” which was originally being held for Combs’ upcoming second album but ended up on the deluxe edition of his 2017 debut, This One’s for You. Luke Combs' manager Chris Kappy picks three songs for the show.

Yes, please. Country-music management team Chris Kappy and Lynn Oliver-Cline are showing the Nashville establishment how to build an old-fashioned country … With Luke Combs, they turned their focus away from the typical country-album-release models and radio promo cycles and toward social media and streaming. Hailey Whitters has signed a co-management deal with BRND MGMT’s Matt Graham and Chris Kappy of Make Wake Artists.

Send us a tip using our anonymous form. “By doing that we were letting the fans in behind the curtain early on.”, Their detailed, collaborative spirit is an approach that’s more often boasted about by an artist’s team than practiced.

From 1993 to 2010 Scott had a successful career as a publisher. “No, we know what’s going on, but it’s all in how you use it to your client’s advantage.”.

“As an admirer of both Matt & Kappy’s approach, I couldn’t have found a more complimentary management partnership to execute my … I wouldn’t even give him a chance to say no,” Kappy says. In addition to Combs, Make Wake also handles Niko Moon, Hailey Whitters, Drew Parker, Ashland Craft and Flatland Cavalry.

With Luke Combs, they turned their focus away from the typical country-album-release models and radio promo cycles and toward social media and streaming.

In early days, if a song resonated online, the managers would rush to release it — like the smash ballad “Beautiful Crazy,” which was originally being held for Combs’ upcoming second album but ended up on the deluxe edition of his 2017 debut, This One’s for You. Chris Kappy, Chief navigation officer Make Wake Artists. Craig is a multi-faceted artist and brand manager who joined Collective Artist Management in 2012, bringing with him longtime client Sara Evans.

Now signed to Columbia Nashville, Luke has gone from 83 people in the audience to eight #1 singles in five years.

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While this kind of strategy is common in pop, it’s groundbreaking in country, where physical product plays an outsize role and things have been done the same way for decades. He found Temecula Road on Instagram when they were 14-15 and got them their publishing deals and their label deal with Disney Music Group. With Edelman, Scott manages the career of Warner Brothers artist Randall King.

“From the beginning, we put our money where our mouth is.”, In This Article: There were so many when I was growing up, it just made sense. Haley began her music career with a year in artist management, then spent a year at the Country Music Association. She met Mitchell Tenpenny before he had a deal and was so impressed she became his manager.

My God-given name is Christopher Thaddeus Kappy, a family name. To establish a trusted channel of communication between artist and listener, Kappy — who learned the ins and outs of fan engagement during his 15 years at music-cruise company Sixthman — created a Facebook group and christened it the official place to talk all things Luke Combs.

In 2010 he joined Howie Edelman at his newly formed AMP Management. Nobody knows what’s really going on,'” says Oliver-Cline of the increasingly volatile country music business. Chris Kappy credits his years spent working with the music cruise company Sixthman for giving him a keen understanding of the power of a devoted fan base.

While at Almo Irving, continuing when it was acquired by Universal, he signed and developed multi-hit writers Anthony Smith and Tony Mullins and was product manager for the songs of Craig Wiseman, Dany Wells, Annie Roboff and others. “They just want to see Luke sing. So we’d go live at rehearsals, at his hotel room, in our office. “They may say, ‘We’re all about the fans,’ but they’re not,” says Oliver-Cline. Her current clients are Maddie & Tae, Brett Young and Mitchell Tenpenny. This emphasis on fan engagement led to “Hurricane” being streamed over a million times before there was any music industry involvement. But even as part of a large company her approach is to treat every client as an individual, and understand and meet their specific needs.

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© Copyright 2020 Rolling Stone, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. Chris Kappy is a manager, and works at Make Wake Artists. Their representation was instrumental in the skyrocketing success of Cody Johnson.

Then he quickly put Combs himself in front of the fans by live-streaming impromptu performances, building on the Vine videos that Combs relied on early in his career. Matt graduated from Syracuse University and stayed on to get a law degree.Shortly afterwards he started his own management company, Champ Management. See where your favorite artists and songs rank on the Rolling Stone Charts. Chris Kappy …

“By doing that we were letting the fans in behind the curtain early on.”, Their detailed, collaborative spirit is an approach that’s more often boasted about by an artist’s team than practiced. By 2009 he was ready to get back to music at its most basic level and spent a year traveling the south while discovering and writing a popular blog about new artists, club owners and other interesting people.

(Before Combs had a record deal, his song “Hurricane” accrued a million streams.) In 2015 he joined Howie Edelman’s Durango Artist Management (Roger Creager, Cody Johnson and Randall King), a company committed to discovering and growing the careers of dedicated independent artists.

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In 2019 he was promoted to Vice President of Collective, taking on an expanded role in the ongoing efforts of the company’s entire roster that includes Sara Evans, Clint Black, Edwin McCain, Everette, Grant Landis, Judith Hill and Tyler Rich.

First things first, is your real name Kappy? I wouldn’t even give him a chance to say no,” Kappy says. Chris Thomas, Artist Manager C3 Management Artist Growth makes our lives so much easier. “They just want to see Luke sing. “No, we know what’s going on, but it’s all in how you use it to your client’s advantage.”.

Their varied backgrounds give them an incredible range of experience to draw from. Kappy and Oliver-Cline, who met in the Nineties while working with Hootie and the Blowfish and Sister Hazel, take their cues directly from Combs’ fans, down to involving them in the process of picking which T-shirts to sell. Nobody knows what’s really going on,'” says Oliver-Cline of the increasingly volatile country music business. We want to hear from you!

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To establish a trusted channel of communication between artist and listener, Kappy — who learned the ins and outs of fan engagement during his 15 years at music-cruise company Sixthman — created a Facebook group and christened it the official place to talk all things Luke Combs.

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She was credited for collaborations connecting Ashley McBryde with Jeremy Bussey that led to the the Grammy nominated song and CMT Video of the Year “Girl Going Nowhere.” Having an eye for talent, she teamed two of her writers, Rob Crosby & Larry McCoy up with Luke Combs for 3 songs on Luke’s Certified Double Platinum Record “This One’s For You.”. Country-music management team Chris Kappy and Lynn Oliver-Cline are showing the Nashville establishment how to build an old-fashioned country … Managers Chris Kappy, Chief navigation officer Make Wake Artists Chris Kappy credits his years spent working with the music cruise company Sixthman for giving him a keen understanding of the power of a devoted fan base.