• kent@c-sharpconsulting.com
  • (312) 805-2440
  • Chicago, IL
Create
a record in a box, or tap into our resources working with Chicago's top musicians, the best sound engineer in an ideal recording facility.
Engage
with your fans utilizing digital tools, strategies and ecommerce opportunities to build your brand and revenue.
Distribute
globally while marketing locally, continuously creating content and playing live frequently
Monetize
your custom merch store, secure a music publishing admin deal and intellectual property registration with the collection societies.

Let's create a digital strategy together

The drivers of success for a recording artist are predicated on a number of things, some of which may be talent, being at the right place at the right time, knowing someone, YouTube views, Spotify plays, or perhaps even dumb luck.

The challenge today is how to get heard above all the clutter. It’s nearly impossible and far too costly to market to the vast majority. Explore a strategic method of maximizing your fans and ultimately creating numerous revenue streams.

Registration with the government mandated collections societies is a must, but do you know the strategies to releasing a single? We can offer a great perspective on numerous aspects of career development, maximizing ecommerce merch sales and brand building.

If you’re making great, or better yet remarkable music, then we should connect. Artists often need support beyond just creating music, and as knowledgeable professionals having combined industry experience of more than half a decade our areas of expertise include;

Managing and consulting artists’ in identifying an audience through demographic and geographic segmentation, creating a team, establishing a business entity, while building a brand. Strategies in; your digital hub, being your own best publicist, social media, releasing a single, tour marketing, making money with mech, understanding analytics while identifying revenue streams for an artist, a band or brand.

Hit us up with some music and then, assuming it’s ‘remarkable,’ we can have a 1 on 1 conversation to discuss how we might work together to build your career, your business, your brand.

About us

A strategy for fan engagement

Music
Music
Your making great music, the question is, who collects this money on your behalf and allocates your fair share to you?
Let’s start
Marketing
Marketing
Are you aware that it has recently been calculated that ‘success’ for an artist now relies approximately on 20% talent and recording, the other 80% is marketing?
Let’s start
Merch
Merch
Think about this; with the streaming services paying $0.006 per stream, selling 1 t-shirt ='s the equivalent of 3,500- 5,000 streams on Spotify
Let’s start

Frequently asked question

  • Why C Sharp Consulting?

    We have more than half a century of experience in the music industry with both; the Majors, the indies, established and developing artists.

  • How much do your services cost?

    Once we hear music, check out your website and SM #s, we will arrange a call to discuss our assessment, feasibility and potential of working together. No two short term or long term associations are alike. The goal is to make the partnership a win win for both parties. Our services range from a nominal monthly retainer to a percentage of net or gross receipts.

  • Are you a consulting, management, marketing or merch company?

    The answer is; one, two, three or all four. Together we can assess what might be most appropriate and effective for you. Perhaps the answer is; we just manage your merch store, or register your publishing, or we provide artist management. There are a number of scenarios we can explore together.

Let’s connect