Harvardwood Presents Mark Kates (Fenway Recordings - MGMT, The Cribs)

WHEN
June 18, 2020 at 4:00pm - 5pm PT
WHERE
Online
CONTACT
Harvardwood ·

Where will the music biz be when we can return safely after the pandemic?

Join this talk with Mark Kates, founder of Fenway Recordings, an artist management company headquartered in Boston. Originally an independent label offering management services to a small number of clients, Fenway has evolved into a full-fledged artist management company, guided by a simple principle: To work hard for artists we truly believe in and are inspired by. Fenway’s client roster currently includes MGMT, The Cribs, Mission of Burma, Doves, Swim Mountain and KUNZITE.

This webinar is free to all Harvardwood members and friends and $10 for non-members. Please register at the bottom of this page.

IMG_0199.jpegMark Kates has been a central figure in the genre of alternative music since before it even had a name. He work has included A&R, promotion, marketing, label head and owner, and now is primarily an artist manager. Kates grew up in the Boston area where Mission of Burma's music inspired him to work for their label Ace of Hearts. From there he moved to Big Time Records in Los Angeles and artists like Love and Rockets, Alex Chilton and the Hoodoo Gurus. His work there led to Geffen/DGC Records where he spent 10+ years and created the alternative promotion department eventually seguing to A&R and playing a significant role in the development of the alternative radio format. He signed Beck, Jawbreaker, Elastica, Alabama 3 and others. He brought Sonic Youth to Geffen and a&r’d albums by them as well as Nirvana, Hole, Teenage Fanclub, Siouxsie and the Banshees, White Zombie and many others as well as co-executive producing the soundtracks for "Beavis and Butt-head Do America" and "Suburbia." Kates left Geffen in 1998 to run Grand Royal Records for the Beastie Boys and work with them and their roster including Sean Lennon and Luscious Jackson. In 2001 he returned to Boston and established Fenway Recordings, a music management and record company.

Coincidentally Mission of Burma decided to reunite that year and he again works with them as well as MGMT, The Cribs, Doves, KUNZITE, and Swim Mountain as a manager. As DJ Carbo he was resident at Los Angeles electronica club Atmosphere at The Viper Room for 2 years as well as on the legendary pirate station KBLT and since 2003 has hosted The Fenway Recordings Sessions in Boston. As a DJ he has appeared alongside Paul Oakenfold, David Bowie, Tricky, Richie Hawtin, DJ Rap, Grooverider, The Jungle Brothers, and many, many others. The Fenway Sessions have brought nearly 450 shows to Boston including Echo and the Bunnymen, fun., Diplo, Two Door Cinema Club, Alt-J, Built To Spill and hundreds more. Kates is a founder of The Shout Syndicate Fund created at the request of Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to the for-profit arts community to address a funding gap for after school arts programs. He also served on the Leadership Council of Boston Creates, the mayor’s comprehensive arts plan.


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