Derek Lefholz Email & Phone Number

Hermosa Beach, Ca, Us

Our Mission is to help artists make money with their music and get paid while retaining 'all' their rights, creating a established fan base and career in the music industry. We are a Record Label and Licensing Agency for a heavily curated catalog of top artists including #1 Billboard Recording, Rock n Roll Hall of Famers, Lifetime Grammy Award Recipients and many other prolific artists. We produce multi-genre productions and license songs and music for films, television, trailers, retail, games, commercials, web, etc. We commission composers, coordinate instrumental tracks and contract original score comp. Serving as production liaison for Music Directors, Executives and Production Executives our clients include: Elite Model Look, Western Boy Productions, Tigerstorm Productions, Disney, Kettle X, TLC, CW, ABC, Play, VW, as well as many other Fortune 500 companies (in the retail sphere). We provide music solutions for these and all sectors of business and implement with media, a sonic vision (Social Media, Artist, Distribution) respective of the level of companies with which we work. Our backgrounds are in Music Theory, Marketing, Production, Journalism and overall Artistry and Creativity.

Hermosa Beach, Ca, Us

Production of Multi Genre Music including Pop, Rock and Electronic Music sub genres, including but not limited to: Electronica, Trance, Breaks, House, etc. Custom Composition and Sound Design for Film, Television, Game, Trailer, and Multimedia applications.

Hermosa Beach, Ca, Us

Music Production, Composition, Remixing of Bands, Acapella artists, and singers in many genres including: Pop, Country, Rock, and EDM.

Los Angeles, California, Us

Develop and Build Online, Website and Social Media presence through Marketing and Coordinated Label / Artist efforts; Publishing, Licensing, Industry Coordination. Strategize user experience and design on site, e-commerce, subscription, 360.

Electronic dance music for the new generation. Deep House, Tech House, Chillout, Electo-Pop, etc. Music to make you move!!!!

Online Radio Channel featuring the Best of Embark Music's catalog......"Just Play"

Designed, Built and Manage Websites, Social Construct, Video Production, Live Stream Events, Social Branding and Marketing of the bands Bad Company, Paul Rodger and Free. Among other things, at the outset of the pandemic, we produced and were one of first to market with Re-Airs of legendary concerts by the bands. We created, marketed and produced, “Fan Flashback”, a series of Live Stream events across socials and live streamed to Facebook, YouTube, Twitch, Periscope and others simultaneously. We created the events pre and post roll, implemented merchandise tie-ins. This increased social reach with weekly viewership, in the hundreds of thousands, while growing the fan bases to a million plus via socials. Also, coordinate with Rhino Records and Warner Records to update and bring current all music platforms and socials.

Los Angeles, California, Us

Artist Relations, Consulting, Representation, Creative, Contracts National & International Music Licensing.

Derek and Kristi are a husband and wife team both with professional lives in Los Angeles. Derek in the Music Marketing business and Kristi in the Salon Spa and Development profession. Both aspired to partner on a project together. One that focuses on Music, Art and Culture. Their passion is to help the less fortunate. As part of this project a certain part of the funding will go back into the community to help our fellow brothers and sisters, hard on the streets, to find peace if only for a short while. Conceived as a way to bring their missions, ideals and morals to the world the two have combine their creative and business insights to bring a unique short run publication to Los Angeles.

“Life of Lemon” is an independent feature film about a blue collar man who is unhappy with the way his life is going and the direction it is heading. Inspired by his homeless friend, he sets out to better his life by pursuing a more meaningful job going against his fatherʼs wishes. On his journey he discovers how important it is to believe in himself and with hope and ambition magical things can happen.

My start up label and licensing company based in Nashville, TN. With a move to L.A. the company restructured a bit and did a rebrand to Embark Music.

Us

PR and Marketing -Developed, Managed and Marketed artist accounts (i.e., media relations, tour press, booking). -Event Planning & Development

Worked as FOH (Live) & Head Engineer in the Studio, Installed State of the Art Sound Systems, Troubleshooting, Instrument Tech, Production. Invaluable time of mentorship by Ken Sheperd W. Engineered Sound for Events and Acts including: Columbia 4th of July Fire in The Sky 110k+, The Coasters, The Krazy Katz, as well as many budding independent artists!

Bachelor, Business & Public Administration - Marketing

Certificate, Recording Engineering & Production