Mike Easterlin named Managing Director of ONErpm’s Nashville division

ONErpm has appointed Mike Easterlin as Managing Director of its Nashville division.

Easterlin will oversee A&R, roster growth, and day by day operations for the Nashville workplace. He brings expertise from senior roles at Virgin, Def Jam, Atlantic Data and Elektra Data, the place he served as Co-President.

Most not too long ago, he co-founded Severance Data as a three way partnership with Nashville-based document firm Huge Loud.

Commenting on his appointment, Easterlin mentioned: “I’ve at all times believed within the impartial spirit of artists—the drive to create, take dangers, and construct one thing actual. Serving to expertise discover their voice and switch it into a long-lasting profession has at all times been my ardour.

”ONErpm embodies those self same values: ardour, focus, transparency, and an actual dedication to giving artists a world platform to develop on their very own phrases.”

“I’ve at all times believed within the impartial spirit of artists—the drive to create, take dangers, and construct one thing actual. Serving to expertise discover their voice and switch it into a long-lasting profession has at all times been my ardour.”

Mike Easterlin, Onerpm

The corporate introduced a number of different Nashville hires alongside Easterlin’s appointment. Josh Tomlinson joins as Director of A&R from BMI. Lindsey Terry, previously with MCA Nashville, was named Nation Advertising Director. Chad Neville, who beforehand labored at Warner Music Nashville, will function Undertaking Supervisor.

Tomlinson mentioned: “I’m grateful for the chance to convey my love for the track and the creator to ONErpm to assist develop our Nashville enterprise whereas working with a few of the most forward-thinking minds within the music business.”

The Nashville growth comes as ONErpm continues to construct what it describes as “the document label of the longer term.”  The corporate now employs greater than 600 folks globally, roughly six instances its 2020 headcount. Employees are unfold throughout greater than 40 nations.

“I’m grateful for the chance to convey my love for the track and the creator to ONErpm to assist develop our Nashville enterprise whereas working with a few of the most forward-thinking minds within the music business.”

Josh Tomlinson, Onerpm

Talking with MBW in July, ONErpm’s founder, Emmanuel Zunz, mentioned: “There are not any extra ‘distribution’ corporations, and there are not any extra ‘document labels’. There are simply corporations offering options to creators.”

Zunz on the time attributed the corporate’s progress to “Extra market penetration and geographic growth, in addition to shopping for extra belongings and doing increased margin offers with the artists who wish to do them.”

In August, the corporate signed 4 notable artists throughout a number of genres together with Grammy-winning pop artist Daya, Philadelphia-based blues-hip-hop fusion act G. Love & Particular Sauce,  Toronto bed room pop artist Verzache, and Florida rapper Cochise. T

In July, the corporate entered right into a strategic partnership with Sydney-headquartered BIORDI, which it describes as considered one of Australia’s “most influential impartial labels.”

The Biordi roster contains acts like JKING, ALYSSA, Bally Boy, Pistol Pete & Enzo, Ay Huncho, Masi Rooc and Nasa Nova.