MAD Records
We teach music business skills to artists, producers, and musicians.
Stop aimlessly creating content and start building your music career like an actual business with hands-on mentorship program, MAD Records Incubator.
Mad Records Incubator
Direct, hands-on mentorship with your music career from our team, where we’ll work with you on:
Building your business plan
Marketing and promotion
Music and production feedback
Mix reviews
Building an email or SMS list
Breaking into sync licensing for TV, film, etc
Our 10-Week Music Business Curriculum
Our 10-Week Sync Licensing Curriculum
A private community and discussion forum with hundreds of other artists, musicians, and producers
Exclusive opportunities, challenges, and contests, and a whole lot more!
No quick fixes, no “viral hacks”, just a long-term approach to building a real, sustainable music career.
Artist Incubator
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Sync Opportunities
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Direct Accountability
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Music Feedback
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Weekly Direct Mentorship
Building a real business requires constant testing, repeated failure, honest feedback, and relentless support from a team that believes in your vision.
That’s why we provide unlimited to daily mentorship calls with our team to use as needed, where we work with you directly to build your music career.
Whether you need help with your business plan, feedback on a new song, ideas for your marketing strategy, or simply need some encouragement to push past some obstacles, our team is available every day of the work week to guide you on your journey.
Including…
Build your business plan, scale your email list, monetize your audience, and more with our open Office Hours.
Music Feedback
Accountability
Struggling to stay consistent? Check in on our weekly accountability call to ensure you’re staying on the path.
Weekly Schedule
Get honest feedback on your music and help with your production and mixes from our team of producers.
Sync Opportunities
Submit your music for sync licensing opportunities to get your music placed in TV, film, video-games, and more.
Office Hours
Monday
11am EST / 4pm GMT
Feedback & Mindset w/ Rob Schustack
1pm EST / 6pm GMT
Office Hours w/ Michael Gilbride
Tuesday
2pm EST / 7pm GMT
Feedback & Mindset w/ Rob Schustack
Wednesday
12pm EST / 5pm GMT
Accountability & Planning w/ Lucy Warr
4pm EST / 9pm GMT
Office Hours w/ Michael Gilbride
Thursday
10am EST / 3pm GMT
Artist & Music Feedback w/ Reid Sorel
Friday
10am EST / 3pm GMT
“AMA” (Ask Me Anything) w/ Rob Schustack & Michael Gilbride
Plus, monthly Town Halls and special events
In-Depth Curriculums
Music Business Curriculum
Learn how to treat your music career like an actual business in our 10-Week Curriculum.
We’ll teach you fundamental entrepreneurship principles that you can apply directly to your music career that don’t rely on luck, chance, or “the algorithm”.
Sync Entrepreneur Curriculum
Want to get your music placed in TV, film, video-games, and more?
Our 10-Week Sync Licensing Curriculum will teach you how to get your foot in the door, build your sync licensing network, and start stacking wins with your music.
Paths… not promises.
So many “music marketing” programs make big promises that are impossible to actually keep.
The truth is… everyone’s journey looks completely different.
At MAD Records, we don’t make false promises or give you a cookie-cutter strategy that is the same as everyone else’s.
We work with you to find a path that is unique to your strengths, goals, and values.
Here are some examples of the different paths our artists are taking inside of MAD Records…
“MAD Records is the place that provides you the opportunity to succeed in the industry. There are plenty of aspiring writers, producers, and musicians who complain that they can't get a foot in the door of the industry. Well, MAD Records is that proverbial foot! They provide access to resources that are actually relevant to the modern artist/producer, an extremely talented and engaging community of like-minded individuals, and the chance to get feedback on your work from Industry pros. Best of all, the monthly challenges that engage your creativity and push you past your comfort zone into the territory where inspiration meets influence, allowing growth to occur. I'm glad to have found them, and I encourage anyone who is interested in a career in music to give MAD Records a try.” - Logan Belle
“Seeing RESULTS. If you simply do what is asked of you from Michael, Rob and team, you get results. But you have to actually pay attention to what is being said, diligently, aggressively, because there's lots of (detailed) information flying at you fast, so the replays are very important.” - Ryan Wooten
“I had a real sense that there was something special about this program, and it felt like I’d found it at exactly the right time for me on a personal level. It’s a proper support system. Fast-moving, loads happening, but you get real guidance, real accountability, and you actually make progress” - Sam Richards
“Once I realized how talented you guys were as a group, I had to get involved. I'm in the infancy stage of my sync career, and I definitely need the guidance. You all know what you're doing.” - Ryan Wooten
“A great place for musicians, artists and producers to hone their skills and collaborate with others in a committed, purposeful way.” - Robyn Unwin
Word On The Street…
“Forget Berklee, this is the trade school for artists. Constant mentorship, high accountability, and actionable advice from people who walk the talk. You'll build a career, not just a resume.” - Timothy Shay
“Best decision I've made for my artist career by far! It's a safe, genuine and welcoming space to learn, share and grow with other artists of all levels. Amazing mentors and opportunities. Can't recommend it enough!” - Simon Lahaie
“The honest caring motivation provided by your staff and by the events that continually challenge me to improve. That plus the amazing (AMAZING!) members of this community who not only have such extreme talent, but are always willing to help each other out, without regard to compensation, payback or recognition!!” - Don Arbuckle
Meet Your Mentors
Founder
Office Hours Calls
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, the first education-funded record label.
Rob Schustack
Head Of Music Services
Feedback & Mindset Calls
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.
Reid Sorel
Lucy Warr
Michael Gilbride
Head Producer
Artist & Music Feedback Calls
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 100 records already with artists such as Twinnie, Camille Parker, and Dan Marshall.
Operations Manager
Accountability & Planning Calls
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.
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