Before joining TuneCore as the Head of UK, Gareth was the UK&EU Marketing Director at Kobalt + AWAL for more than three years. There he led on a wide range of projects from launching their new technologies to their partnerships with the United Nations and more. He also oversaw event activations at SXSW, TGE and began forging partnerships with the PRS Foundation: Women Make Music, She Said So, Featured Artists Coalition and Music Managers Forum.

Gareth was also a promoter and DJ who ran award-winning club nights in Bristol and London for just over six years. In between then and now, he has lead marketing teams at tech start-ups and SAAS platforms.  Alongside his day job, he now runs a mix series called St. Romain with residencies on Soho Radio and 1020 Radio, and is the co-founder of the Open DAW writing sessions

In this session, Gareth explain the lifecycle of an independent artist’s release and along the way provide hints, tips and best practices on how to get the most from your music. From ideas on how to get creativity flowing, to the importance of planning out a campaign. He looks at the beginning-to-end journey of how music gets made to how artists are getting the most from their fans.