Music and Partnership Marketing Consulting
Sponsorships • Product Management • Tour Marketing • Music Industry Relations • Brand Marketing • Music Supervision
Email marc@branchmc.com for more information
Music and Partnership Marketing Consulting
Sponsorships • Product Management • Tour Marketing • Music Industry Relations • Brand Marketing • Music Supervision
Email marc@branchmc.com for more information
WHAT IS BRANCH MARKETING COLLECTIVE + CONTACT INFO
The Branch Marketing Collective was founded by multi-faceted marketing professional, Marc Schapiro, in the fall of 2008. With 15 years of experience in entertainment (at record labels, artist management, concert promotion and independent marketing companies), Marc embarked on this new journey with the goal of bringing new opportunities to artists and brands throughout the entertainment spectrum.
Contact Marc Schapiro for more information: marc@branchmc.com
Pre-Branch Marketing Collective Work Experience
Ferret Music - Head Of Label Operations 2005-2008
Roadrunner Records - Director Of Field Marketing 2001-2005
Artist Manager - Juliana Theory & Minus Driver 2000-2002
Artemis Records - Product Manager 1999-2001
Various Marketing Projects - Warped Tour, Roadrunner Records, Market Development Co 1998-1999
Mute Records - National Sales Manager - 1996-1998
CURRENT PROJECTS
Dillinger Escape Plan
Prepping for Soundwave Australia in Feb 2012
Steven Wilson
Grammy Nomination and 2012 touring
Science Of Silence Records
Limited-edition vinyl label with new album from If These Trees Could Talk coming in 2012
Full Metal Texas
Fourth annual event coming March 15, 2012
Idle Hands Bar
The best in Bourbon, Beer & Rock in NYC
Kosher Klothing
T-shirts that help you “Mix Your Milk With Your Meat”
Steven Wilson has made 2011 an amazing year. If 2010 wasn’t enough withPorcupine Tree selling out Radio City Music Hall; this year he releasedWelcome To My DNA with Blackfield and most recently his second solo album Grace For Drowning.
The latter has brought him his third Grammy nomination for “Best Surround Sound Album”!
Also in 2012, Steven will bring his epic live solo show to the west coast, and film that for a live Blu-Ray to be released later in the year. And April will mark the release of STORM CORROSION, his collaboration with Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt.
The Dillinger Escape Plan just completed a North American run with the mighty Mastodon to finish off 2011. Since the release of Option Paralysis, the band has played Coachella, Bonnaroo, Warped Tour, major European festivals and also supported Deftones. To start 2012 off with a bang, the guys will be heading to Australia for Soundwave Festival, plus announcing some special Pacific Rim shows in the coming weeks Stay tuned for that and all news over at http://www.dillingerescapeplan.org
We are psyched to announce that we’ll be putting out the limited edition vinyl for the new release from IF THESE TREES COULD TALK. Stay tuned for news on that and the launch of SOS’s new website and webstore!
In the meantime, pick up our other three releases while they are still available.
HULL’s “Viking Funeral”.
CONSTANTS ”If Tomorrow the War”
VOYAGER / MONOLITH Split LP
Get all SOS releases at The Omega Order
The best metal event to hit Austin in 2009, 2010 & 2011. The 2012 event will take place on Thursday, March 15th at a location to be announced soon!
The best BOURBON, BEER & ROCK in NYC since Sept 2011!
PAST PROJECTS
2009-2011
InsideOut Music
home to the best in progressive rock and metal including Devin Townsend, King’s X, James LaBrie (of Dream Theater) and more.
Superball Music
home to Dredg, …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead and more
Century Media Records
one of the best rock and metal labels in the world for the past 20 years, home to Lacuna Coil, Suicide Silence and more
Katatonia
new DVD coming in 2012
Blackfield
featuring Steven Wilson and Israeli pop star, Aviv Geffen
