British producer and artist manager Jill Hollywood has departed Big Life after 12 years in order to found her new company Echo Beach Management.
Since joining Big Life Management in 2004, Hollywood has help guide the careers of leading producers including Jacknife Lee(U2, Jake Bugg, R.E.M.), Youth (Pink Floyd,The Verve, Embrace) Cam Blackwood (George Ezra, Amy Macdonald) and MyRiot (London Grammar, Birdy, James Morrison).
In addition, Hollywood has worked for the last five years with one of the UK’s most successful mix engineers – Ash Howes(One Direction, The Corrs, Dido)
Jacknife Lee, Cam Blackwood, Ash Howes and MyRiot will join Hollywood at Echo Beach Management as part of a roster that also includes Chris Zane (Passion Pit, St Lucia) mix specialist Dave Bascombe (Depeche Mode,Tears For Fears), orchestral arranger Davide Rossi (Coldplay, Alicia Keys), renowned DJ Alex Metric and vocal coach Lorna Blackwood (Rae Morris, Years & Years).
“We offer a very bespoke management service that’s tailored to the client,” said Hollywood.
“working with jill is always a pleasure as she combines an unflappable nature with great creativity and humour.”
“We’re focused on ensuring that our artists achieve longevity with their careers. Part of that is identifying what’s best for each person at specific times in their careers: if, for example, they’ve been working on a succession of big records, they might be more creatively fulfilled by spending some time on a more underground project. By recognising these needs, we build enduring relationships that flourish for both the artist and the company.”
Mike Smith, Managing Director of Warner/Chappell UK, says of Jill: “The choice of producer on a recording session is always one of the biggest challenges for both the record label and for the artist and their representatives. Jill and her team have always come up with fantastic solutions to the question of who represent the best creative collaborators with today’s artists.
“Working with her is always a pleasure as she combines an unflappable nature with great creativity and humour.”
Ollie Hodge, A&R Director,Columbia Records says: “Echo Beach has an enviable breadth of quality and innovative producers and mixers, which makes a call to Jill inevitable with many of our artists.”
Hollywood will be joined at Echo Beach Management by a small and experienced supporting team, and the company is based in central London.Music Business Worldwide
