Royalty Gnomes is a music services company for an evolving industry. As experts in royalty processing, arts business accounting, music licensing, copyright registration, global collections, social media tracking, and forensic royalty auditing, Royalty Gnomes can consult on, analyze, register, process, track, or recover any music-related royalties. We can also provide an outsourced, back-end processing and reporting solution for arts businesses, distributors, record labels, music publishers, or independent artists with royalty obligations.For select clients, our decades of experience in music promotion has been key in helping organize social media campaigns, video productions, film/tv sync, playlisting, live event production, tour booking, and graphic design for new release artwork assets. Of course grant writing is a big part of our creative lifeblood in Canada, and it’s an in-demand service we gladly provide.

Infamous Butcher Records was established in 2017 to manage the assets of internationally acclaimed artist Sons of Butcher. It is also the label home of 80s synthpop-to-metal cover band Moonlight Desires.

Grant application and completion specialist at the Artist, Label, and Publisher levels. Analyzing Royalties and Accounting processes and procedures to optimize accuracy, speed, and efficiency.

Helped to secure over $2 Million in Tour Support Funding for Canadian Music Artists.

SMG empowers music managers, companies and artist entrepreneurs with the expertise required to achieve sustainable autonomy. The SMG family helps protect assets and increase potential, by providing structure, organization, strategic support and maximized earnings.

Founded in 1974, Royalty Records Inc. is Canada's oldest Country music label, and it's 2nd oldest Indie. Under an evolving contract between Royalty Records and Royalty Gnomes, our partnership encompassed catalog registration, project funding, digital marketing, and film/tv sync for label owned or licensed releases.--> Celebrated Gold Certification for Chris Buck Band ft. Kira Isabella "That's When You Know"--> Secured funding for new signings, Orchard Sky & The Goddamsels--> Coordinated Tiktok campaign for The Emeralds "Bird Dance" resulting in over 900 videos created with 650,000 likes and 14.9 million views combined.

Founded in 1969 by Bernie Finkelstein and featuring over 700 releases, 50 JUNO Awards and 40 Gold or Platinum Certified Recordings to its credit, True North Records is a uniquely Canadian music company dedicated to fostering creativity among its artists.The role of Manager, Royalties & Licensing uses industry-specific software solutions to oversee all revenue streams, including the registration, upkeep and management of True North Records' 3,000+ product catalogue for Neighbouring Rights, Blanket Licensing, and Master Rights collection. This requires direct relationships with ReSound/Connect (Canada), PPL (UK), and SoundExchange (USA) to promote full revenue collection in each territory. The role also involves combining sales reports for digital or physical configurations and on-demand streaming with all other revenue sources to produce semi-annual royalty statements for True North Records' Artists, Directly Licensed Songwriters, and quarterly reports to independent publishers or mechanical licensing bodies CMRRA (Canada) and HFA (USA). Through True North Records' publishing company Mummy Dust Music Ltd, the role oversees registration, upkeep and management of 3200+ owned or administered works with SOCAN (Canada) and MCPS/PRS (UK), as well as CMRRA (Canada) and HFA (USA). Mummy Dust represents and reports to over 150 Songwriters.In addition, the role is responsible for crafting all Recording and Marketing Support grant applications and works closely with accounting to fulfill completions through the varied Federal, Provincial and Municipal funding organizations, in addition to both FACTOR and Radio Starmaker Fund programs.The role also receives briefs to pitch potential song matches to music supervisors, film producers, and advertising agencies. This includes fielding requests for quotes and facilitating legal agreements for the use of True North's master recordings and/or Mummy Dust's published assets in Film, Television, Advertising or Theatre productions.

IDLA (Independent Digital Licensing Agency) and Associated Label Distribution acts as a physical and digital distributor and independent musical rights advocate. Its mandate is twofold: to provide global distribution for all forms of entertainment media; and to represent Canada in the global negotiation of rights compensation for independent creators.IDLA is the digital distributor for over 50 independent record labels across Canada and the United States, as well as handling physical distribution for 15 more. With over 35,000 products in IDLA's catalogue, the main responsibility of the Manager, Royalties & Licensing is to oversee and ensure accurate reporting of sales from stores like iTunes and Amazon, on-demand streams from services like Spotify, YouTube and Google Play, physical sales from global distribution partners like Amped (US) and Proper (UK) and collecting for any musical rights on a label's behalf where they may not already have direct relationships established. Direct communication with label partners to discuss licensing opportunities, co-op marketing, chargebacks, advances, and other financial matters is a regular responsibility.

Linus Entertainment is the independent label home to many outstanding Canadian artists including Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy, Downchild Blues Band, Canadian Brass, Jane Bunnett & Maqueque, Elizabeth Shepherd, Randy Bachman, Sophie Milman & Ashley MacIsaac.Through almost two decades of acquisitions, Linus Entertainment has built a significant master recording catalogue of 7000+ products including the catalogues of Stony Plain Records, Divergent Recordings, Mushroom Records, Opening Day Entertainment, Solid Gold Records, The Children's Group and Spring Hill Media. The role of Manager, Royalties & Licensing as detailed for True North Records above, extends to this catalogue also.

Assisted visitors to the Apple Store by sharing my love and knowledge of technology, providing exceptional customer service, and building or repairing relationships with recommendations, training or technical support. Also worked heavily in Visual Merchandising and assisted with Inventory Cycle Counts, Shipping & Receiving.Proud Member of New Store Opening (NSO) teams for stores in Halifax, NS & Markham, ON.

Lead organizer and point man for 4sqDayHFX. Coordinating a team of top event and marketing professionals to bring the "Global Social Media Holiday" to Halifax.Worked directly with brand partners Virgin Mobile Canada, Sears Travel, iSkin Premium Accessories, Garrison Brewing Co, and Mindsea Development Inc to execute event specific marketing strategies.

Manage teams of professionals and volunteers in showcasing musical artists from around the world on stages in Toronto. Negotiate contracts with artists and venues including arranging travel and lodging. Design and manage budgets. Arrange ticket sales and fare collection with vendors. Promote artists through publicity and advertising in key publications to boost awareness.Select Contributions:--​> Sold Out shows in several well-known Toronto venues including El Mocambo and Opera House.--​> Spearheaded multi-media promotional campaigns for artists KJ Sawka, Mac Graham, DJ Marty McFly and others. Included broadcast radio interviews, newspaper & magazine articles, radio tracking and strategic contesting.

Design, build and manage websites including e-commerce and search engine optimization. Design promotional materials including posters, flyers and print advertising. Manage social network profiles and engagement for artists including Twitter and Facebook.Select Contributions:--> Spearheaded multi-media promotional campaigns for artists KJ Sawka, Mac Graham, DJ Marty McFly and others. Included broadcast radio interviews, newspaper & magazine articles, online (streaming) radio tracking and strategic giveaways through Facebook & Twitter.--> Designed, built and managed the official websites for The Glenn Gould Foundation, The McAuley Boys, The Chameleon Project, NuFunk Concerts, 360 Degrees Artists and others.

Assisting ole (later ole Rights Management, later Anthem Entertainment) with royalty processing for owned and administered catalogs on a summer contract.

Helped build and manage databases of songwriter and music publisher information for backend processing of royalty payments from digital lyrics distribution. Communicate with major and independent publishers, artist management, internal departments and vendors to improve song catalog clearance coverage in key markets. Plan and carry out market research, strategies, reports and analyses. Offer insights on improving interactive web development and test new systems for stability. Build brand awareness within the industry by way of email, telephone and social networking.Select Contributions:--> Signed over 100 independent publishers to lyrics distribution agreements.--> Designed semi-automated processes to monitor publishing coverage of Billboard and iTunes charts. --> Used social networks to drive new traffic to affiliated vendors and increase advertising revenue.

Responsible for 15 CSRs on billing, technical support and loyalty/retention call queues. Manage agent schedules to optimize coverage for projected call volumes. Monitor recorded calls to ensure quality of service meets standards and coaching CSRs as necessary. Resolve complex service or billing issues.Select Contributions:--> Earned top team performance: Nov. 2005 and awarded prize for leadership: 2nd Quarter 2005.