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 enhance 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, not too long ago 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’ trade experiences spans a long time with strategic imaginative and prescient and keenness 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 comparable 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, business advertising and gross sales.
“Intercept Music will be the ‘new child on the block,’ however our aim is to be ‘the block.’ My rapid goal is to proceed to have interaction the hip hop group 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 extraordinary nowadays!”
“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 group. 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 developed into his personal label, Viral New Wave, bringing over 200 artists to his label and producing almost 100 million streams in his first 12 months. With signature acts that embrace YungCeoDaPlug, 199X, Inas X and himself, SK3TCH feels Intercept Music expertise has securely positioned Viral New Wave for trade growth in alignment with the likes of Alamo Data, High quality Management Music (QC) and Roc Nation.
“Viral New Wave has drastically benefitted from the expertise and assist that Intercept Music gives. Operating my very own label as an artist places me in a novel place. I get to work with Ralph, Tod and now Jesse, beneath 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 in addition their staffing that’s dependable and simple 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 Data, have been with Intercept since 2022. Each readily acknowledge that Intercept Music’s masterful expertise has enabled tailor-made advertising providers distinctive to the wants of every of their artists. With 5 legacy acts beneath their banner, Canibus, Kali Ranks, Stephanie Adler, Afm Jynx and G-Mack, the tangible proof is in over a billion streams garnered.
“We consider within the improvement of our artists, guiding them to embrace ethics, humility, loyalty, and schooling throughout the music trade. Our aim is to make sure they will 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 providers 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 stability, providing extra attain with out shedding 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 gives cutting-edge instruments and providers for premium distribution, dynamic social media, focused advertising, impactful merchandising, and customizable promotional providers. 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 immediately 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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