MAD Records Collective
An online community dedicated to helping artists, producers, and musicians build their businesses.
We teach music business skills to artists, producers, and musicians.
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MAD Records Collective is an online community for artists, producers, and musicians to learn the fundamentals of business and entrepreneurship, and get direct support from industry pros so they can turn their passion into a sustainable career.
Here’s how it works:
Education
Music Business Curriculum: Learn how to turn your music into an actual business with our 10-Week Music Business Curriculum.
Monthly Masterclass: Every month we bring in a new industry expert to host a masterclass, followed by with Q+A with the Collective.
Monthly Music Review: Submit for your chance to get your music reviewed by a former Atlantic Records A&R on our monthly music review sessions.
Community
Community Discussion: Join hundreds of other artists and creatives in our private forums discussing marketing, promotion, production, mixing, social media, email marketing, and more.
Monthly Networking Sessions: Meet new friends, find potential collaborators, and connect with fellow creatives in our monthly Zoom networking sessions.
Monthly Town Hall: Join the MAD Records team for a monthly Town Hall where we’ll discuss the music industry, business topics, and unveil new features for Collective members.
Ready to jump in?
Join the Collective
Get access to our private online community and all of our exclusive MAD Records Collective features for only $10/month.
Join the Incubator
Get access to everything in the MAD Records Collective, as well as hands-on mentorship from our team.
Meet the team:
Michael Gilbride - Founder
Michael Gilbride is a former Wall Street trader who quit his career in finance in 2020 to pursue his solo music project, "telco". After years of releasing and promoting his own music, Michael became the General Manager of the online music production school, Mastering.com, where he fell in love with education.
After years of building Mastering.com, Michael used his background in online education to build MAD Records, an online collective that teaches fundamental business skills to artists, producers, and musicians.
Rob Schustack - Head of Music Services
Lucy Warr - Operations Manager
Rob Schustack is a voting member of the Grammys with over 25 years of experience in the music industry. He got his start working in A&R at Atlantic Records and went on to be involved in in both the publishing and sync side of the industry working with brands, bands and catalogs like Disney, Amazon, Google, Febreze, BMW, Wu Tang Clan, Ceelo Green, Nirvana, Hall & Oates, Aerosmith and many others.
Lucy Warr has navigated the industry from the live circuit and label releases to high-level collaborations, accumulating over 3 million streams, radio plays and editorial placements along the way.
Having worn the many hats an artist has to wear, she understands firsthand how difficult it is to balance the creative and business sides of the industry… and now works directly with other artists to help build their careers, all while still writing, releasing, and promoting her own solo music.
Reid Sorel - Head Producer
Reid Sorel is one of the best emerging producers in Nashville, TN. Reid completed his music production degree at Belmont University in 2021 and has cut over nearly 100 records already with artists such as Twinnie, Camille Parker, and Dan Marshall.
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