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COMPANY FOCUS: TIGERSPRING

5/1/2012

 
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Name of Company: Tigerspring Records 
Type of Business: A Copenhagen and London-based independent publisher, record
label and management agency. 
City/Country: Copenhagen, Denmark and London, UK 
Year Founded: 2006
Employees and their roles: Christian Møller (Managing Director, Founder and Partner), Søren Winding (Managing Director, Founder and Partner),
Sophie Martinussen (Corporate Assistant), David Tholander (Publishing Assistant & Content Manager), Vincent Dreyer (Online Marketing Manager), Sofie Nielsen (Assistant), Rune Mortensen (Head of B2B and new Business), Julius Pedersen (Assistant at Heartbeats), Karina Rasmussen (Web Promoter).
Roster/Clients: Fallulah, Choir Of Young Believers, I Got You On Tape, One Year From Home, Michael Møller, Our Broken Garden, Howl Baby Howl, Chimes & Bells.
Company Motto: The continuous purpose of Tigerspring is to work alongside the best and brightest talents, bringing top quality music to the people.
Company Highlights so far: It would be impossible to highlighted only one single achievement as the best one, as there have been so many successes. We work with everything from small artists to very successful and established artists, and there are numerous achievements that could be emphasised in this regard. Some of the essential ones have undoubtedly been the amount of awards that our artists have acquired over the last 4 years. Besides this, we could mention: Worldwide joint venture with Sony ATV and Universal Publishing; Working alongside some of the biggest international stars such as P. Diddy; Writing songs for various artists such as Kid Cudi; Collaborating with some of the most inspiring music entrepreneurs worldwide; Setting up offices in London and Copenhagen; And, of course, in general, the fact that we are able to create a feasible business in this changing music environment.
Goals for the next 12 months: To expand the awareness of our acts to wider territories, creating extensive responsiveness to their music. To sign remarkable new acts. To export even more great Scandinavian music
Biggest Challenge ahead: To be able to continuously adapt to the ever-changing music environment
What are the main things you are looking for at the moment: We are always on the lookout for strong strategic alliances, especially in the GAS territory, and we are constantly pursuing new partnerships to create new business opportunities. Growth, development and exceeding the expectations of music listeners around the world is our focus and aim.

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EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH: JESPER BORUP (SPOT FESTIVAL)

5/1/2012

 
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name: Jesper Borup
company: Rosa – The Danish Rock Council, KulisseLageret (local venue south of Århus)
job: Nordic booking – SPOT Festival plus booker at KulisseLageret
city: Odense, Denmark
working on: Planning SPOT 2012 and looking for bands for SPOT 2013, Booking at local venue
favourite artist(s): The Kills, Uzi & Ari, Bob Dylan, Tool, John Coltrane, Tom Waits, The Whitest Boy Alive, Slayer, The Low Frequency in Stereo, Wildbirds & Piecedrums, The Doors, Radiohead, Grinderman, Jeff/Tim Buckley, Midlake, and many more...
first gig: Personal: Sepultura 1992, 17 years several nosebleeds and a torn shirt, perfect first gig / Promoter: Figurines (dk) – 2003 Voxhall Århus
highlight(s) of the last year: Festivals: Insomnia in Tromsø (no) 2011, Iceland Airwaves(ice) 2011 / Bands: Nordic concerts and albums -  I Got You on Tape (dk), Fossils (dk), Deathcrush (no), Hedvig Mollestad (no), Jonas Alaska (no), The Megaphonic Thrift (no) Mugison (ice), Sóley (ice), LCMDF (fin), Siinai (fin) / World – Albums: Bon Iver - bon iver; Beirut - the riptide; Bill Callahan - apocalypse;  J. Mascis - several shades of why. Havent had muCh time to go to gigs with non nordic bands this year. Finally got me a new turntable to rediscover the vinyl sound
musical hero: Dead: Jim Morrison / Alive: Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart of The Kills
listening to: On the train listening to new stuff from norweigan band Ungdomskulen

Meet Jesper HERE

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