The following is a brief overview of what Funzalo Entertainment and Mike’s Artist Management can accomplish when hired as a consultant. Mike Lembo has over 40 years of experience in the music business, and will be able to create a custom marketing/management plan to fit your needs. The scope of work is not limited to what is contained below; each campaign can be tailored to the needs of the artist, manager or label. Overall, this is a way to create awareness of an artist who needs to build a strong fan base, or gain credibility in the indie market.
We can take what your artist(s) have done regionally and expand upon it, or help with the development of a new artist.
• Create customized electronic press kits for the artist. Our graphic designer has 20 years of experience in both web design and graphic design. Also an internet expert, he can work in many ways to monetize your music videos and other musical intellectual property. We can also help you set up and manage digital and hard CD sales worldwide.
• We can enhance and update your Facebook/Instagram/YouTube or any other social media in order to build a bigger fan base. We also facilitate radio campaigns, tour promotion, poster design and circulation, as well as press generation.
• Create a targeted list and mail out CD’s and email marketing blasts to members of our “general industry list”, which include thousands of key agents, promoters, A&R managers, independent journalists, Film/TV music supervisors, radio programmers, and retailers here in the U.S. as well as overseas. Also, your music can be sent to a database of thousands of music fans, which we have built up over several years.
• Connect the label or artist with several companies who specifically advertise to film and TV. Also, we can connect you with companies that work in more specialized markets like instrumental placement or sports advertising. We are here to not only expand your fan base, but your business base as well.
• Make sure publishing and master rights are established correctly, and work to raise awareness of the artist within the performance rights organizations. We also have sub-publishers all around the world that we can work with to promote you on an international level.
The ultimate goal is to provide you with the tools and knowledge necessary to successfully promote and manage an artist or label so that after a period of time you will have a customized business model that you will be able to run on your own.
“I first met Mike when he put his hand up to manage the Church. He has great taste, is never scared to involve himself in great music and art, regardless of its commerciality. He has boundless positive spirit and optimism mixed with reality and hard work. A great guy and a survivor in every way”
Marc Geiger, William Morris Endeavor
“I first met Mike when I was working for Mercury Records in Chicago in the promotion department. He was managing NRBQ at the time. I was so impressed that I moved to New York and became his partner. Mike’s Management turned into Mikes’ Management. Our relationship is now over 40 years old, and we’ve never argued. Disagreed sometimes, but never an argument.”
Mike Bone
“Mike’s boundless enthusiasm for and around his artists, while pushing their careers, has always impressed me. We worked on an act together, The Sidewinders, and Mike’s enormous contacts list led to a very happy experience making the record. Only record label distribution politics prevented its success.”
Nigel Grainge
Prince is Prince. Madonna is Madonna. Bowie is Bowie… Lembo is Lembo. Every time I see him, it’s like yesterday again … I only remember the good stuff. I hope he feels the same way about me.”
Jimmy Vivino, Conan O’Brien’s band