Steffen Franz

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Music Marketing & Distribution Executive for Indy Music. Large Scale Event Production, Teacher, Freelance Diplomat @ Illuminate
Steffen Franz's Location
San Francisco, California, United States, United States
Steffen Franz's Contact Details
About Steffen Franz

In the music business for almost 40 years, including many years as a technical director and production manager for dozens of nightclubs and venues in New York, Maui, HI, and San Francisco, CA. Many years as an independent artist, producer, and engineer for over 50 recording projects. 15 years of national tour managing (Mix Master Mike, Linton "Kwesi" Johnson, Lee "Scratch" Perry) and running an independent "conscious" reggae record label with over 20 releases. Currently, Steffen is running and building Independent Distribution Collective, a 1000-label independent marketing, promotion and distribution company he founded in 2004. In 2013, Steffen was appointed President of Tarpan Records, a record label owned and founded by Multi-Platinum, Grammy Winner Narada Michael Walden. Also, Steffen speaks at many industry events, teaches music business, and consults with a handful of musical artists and small businesses.For the past few years, Steffen has also been an in-demand show-caller, technical director, and technical producer for over 150 large corporate events and conferences. He currently works with 3 or 4 event production companies and also freelances for different corporate and NPO clients. In July 2021, Steffen was hired as the production manager of Golden Gate Park Bandshell in San Francisco. This 125-year-old, iconic venue is producing a series of shows (4 days a week, 600 since 2021) that Steffen also books and produces. These shows, in partnership with Internationally known arts non-profit Illuminate The Arts have expanded to Civic Center Soundtrack, a 3 day per week series in Fulton Plaza, and a 2 day a week concert series during the summer on JFK Promenade at the Whale's Tail Garden in Golden Gate Park. In 2024, on behalf of Illuminate and SF's Office of Economic Workforce Development, Steffen produced 20 concerts as part of the free SF Live concert series. These shows had over 25,000 attendees throughout the summer of 2024.Specialties: Event and Concert Series Producer, Corporate Event Techincal Director, Technical Producer, Show Caller, Business Building, Engineering (music/production), Musical Artist and Label consultation and Management, Independent Music Marketing, Vocalist, Music Producer, DJ, Bass Player, Freelance Diplomat.

Steffen Franz's Current Company Details
Illuminate

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Music Marketing & Distribution Executive for Indy Music. Large Scale Event Production, Teacher, Freelance Diplomat
Steffen Franz Work Experience Details
  • Illuminate
    Production Manager - Golden Gate Park Bandshell
    Illuminate Jul 2021 - Present
    San Francisco, Ca, Us
    Currently booking, producing, and production managing at this iconic 125-year-old venue, which was recently renovated with state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems. Produced 50 shows in 5 months in 2021, 120 shows in 2022, 130 in 2023, and 125 in 2024.
  • Independent Distribution Collective
    President/Founder
    Independent Distribution Collective Sep 2004 - Present
    President and Founder of 1000 label Marketing and Distribution company based in San Francisco, CA. In business for over 20 years, IDC is very different from most other small to mid-level distribution companies and continues to grow new services and increase its client base. IDC provides its clients with "turn-key" label services including full-scale marketing and promotion campaigns, physical and digital distribution, and artist development. Continued development of "IDCPromo", IDC's marketing and promotional service, and virtual events.In 2021 IDC began producing events on behalf of Illuminate the Arts. As of 2024, Illuminate Live and IDC produce close to 500 free live performances per year and close to 2000 total free live events since 2021.
  • Positive Sound Massive Recordings
    President
    Positive Sound Massive Recordings Jul 1993 - Present
    Owner/Operator of Independent Record Label, which released mostly conscious dancehall reggae music, as well as some electronic and turntablist music. 24 releases and counting. Developed many different revenue streams from this company including; Retail Sales, Digital Sales, Licensing, and Tour and Event Production. Featured artists include Barrington Levy, Nicodemus, Rocker-T, Jamalski, Mix Master Mike, and Automator.
  • B Line Events, Inc.
    Technical Director
    B Line Events, Inc. Jun 2017 - Present
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Technical Director and Technical Producer for B Line Events in San Francisco to help design and manage A/V setups for various events in the Bay Area and beyond.
  • 2 The 9S Events
    Technical Director
    2 The 9S Events Jan 2019 - Present
    San Francisco, Ca, Us
    TD and Technical Producer for Event Production Company 2 the 9s Events.
  • Women In Product
    Technical Director/Technical Producer
    Women In Product Apr 2017 - Present
    San Francisco, Ca, Us
    Technical Directing and Show Calling for global non-profit, Women in Product. A/V design and management for various annual conferences and events.
  • Pyramind
    Instructor, Music Business
    Pyramind Jun 2007 - Jun 2023
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Former Teacher of Music Business, 2 - 8 week courses, Music Business 101 and Music Business 110 at San Francisco's premier "audio school". Designed course structure and materials, and provided mentoring to 15 to 20 students at a time. Also, developed Music Business 301, an elective that allows a student 4 hours of 1 on 1 consultation outside of the classroom. During the pandemic, Steffen created an online program (which is still in use today) called "Indie Artist Business Toolkit" that helps independent artists gain a foothold in the industry with a simple 10 to 15 hour online course.
  • Tarpan Records
    President
    Tarpan Records 2013 - Jan 2023
    Former President of Multi-Platinum, Emmy, and Grammy award-winning producer Narada Michael Walden's independent record label based in San Rafael, CA. Running all day-to-day operations including the development of releases, marketing plans, and budgets. Working with the entire team to create new releases.
  • Girls In Tech, Inc.
    Technical Director
    Girls In Tech, Inc. Mar 2019 - Apr 2020
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Technical Directing and Producing events for Girls In Tech in San Francisco, London, Dallas (Canceled because of Covid-19) for this amazing stem focused NPO.
  • Awe (Augmented World Expo)
    Technical Director
    Awe (Augmented World Expo) Mar 2016 - Mar 2020
    Us
    Technical Producer and past Technical Director for the largest AR and VR conference and annual event held in Santa Clara Convention Center.
  • San Francisco Park And Recreation Open Spaces Advisory Committee
    Chair
    San Francisco Park And Recreation Open Spaces Advisory Committee Sep 2009 - Mar 2019
    Member and later Chair of San Francisco's Park Recreation and Open Spaces Advisory Committee for almost 10 years. The committee was formed in 2000 in the cities' charter to oversee the Recreation and Parks Department.The committee's main role was to work with SF RPD and many outside agencies to facilitate and steward the over 200 parks and open spaces in the San Francisco RPD system.
  • Epiphyte Records
    Label Consultant
    Epiphyte Records Sep 2007 - Jan 2012
    Label consultant for Pyramind's independent Record Label, Epiphyte Records. Report directly to the President, and help plan short term and long term strategy.
  • Mix Master Mike
    Tour Manager
    Mix Master Mike 1998 - 2006
    Tour managed 3 time DMC World Champion, and DJ for Beastie Boys for close to 1000 shows over 7 years including 3 MMM Solo tours, 4 or 5 large tours (including opening for Guns and Roses) and hundreds of "Aftershows" and "One-Off" shows all over the world. In addition, Tour managed Mike for 50 or 60 Beastie Boys shows on the Hello Nasty World Tour, and many other One-Off Beastie Boy shows.
  • Paradise Lounge And Transmission Theater
    Production Manager
    Paradise Lounge And Transmission Theater Sep 1995 - Sep 1999
    Production Manager for 1000 person nightclub in San Francisco, CA with 4 stages and upwards of 5 to 7 bands per night, 6 or 7 nights a week. Advancing, On-Site Management, Contract and Rider administration.

Steffen Franz Skills

Music Industry Music Production Music Record Labels Recording Sound Entertainment Studio Recording Songwriting Band Music Publishing Bass Music Education Audio Engineering A&r Musicians Pro Tools Music Supervision Mastering Sound Design Singing Public Speaking Audio Post Production Composition Strategic Planning New Business Development Bands Entrepreneurship Dj Digital Marketing Ableton Live Musical Theatre Audio Editing Music Licensing Social Networking Business Strategy Film Scoring Social Media Marketing Guitar Vocal Business Event Management Event Planning Busness Plan Writing Business Building Acting Guitarist Social Media Team Building Concerts

Steffen Franz Education Details

  • Anglo American School
    Anglo American School

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