Operations Manager at Colemine Records
2016 - 2020

Recruited and onboarded high-quality personnel that reached the company's goals, growing the company from a team of 2 to a current team of 6 full-time employees.
Created financial analysis sheets for weekly management meetings displaying income and expenses through sales channels such as Shopify, Bandcamp, Paypal, ShippingEasy, Shipstation, and Amazon.
Submitted weekly marketing reports for album campaigns showing analytics such as social media growth, web features, radio spins, album ratings, interviews, and editorial playlists.
Coordinated with external partners and vendors to ensure timely delivery of jackets, LPs, and merch while maintaining positive relationships.

Colemine RecordsLP Asset Creation

and Creative Direction

I work on a team of 5 with 65 soul and funk artists, producing and releasing albums and singles, while also handling artist management and marketing.

65 Artists

Sixty five artists signed this year

1,316 Releases

Thirteen hundred sixteen successful releases this year

32.9% Growth

Thirty two percent financial projected for end of 2023

The following is a representation of my work as creative director for soul and funk record label, Colemine Records. I was a part of creative conception, asset management, LP design and copy.

Creative Director at Colemine Records
2017 - Present

I work on a team of 5 with 65 soul and funk artists, producing and releasing albums and singles, while also handling artist management and marketing.
Work closely with our artists to understand their needs and develop strategies that deliver results.
Lead and manage a team of designers, copywriters, and other creative professionals.
Develop and implement creative strategies that align with our clients' goals and objectives.
Collaborate with artists to understand their needs and develop creative solutions that meet those needs.
Manage campaign timelines and budgets to ensure that all projects are completed on time and within budget.
Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies to ensure that our creative work remains fresh and innovative.

Administrative Assistant at Colemine Records
2018 - Present

Recruited and onboarded high-quality personnel, growing the company from a team of 3 to a current team of 27 part-time and full-time employees.

Established conduct and workflow standards across the business specifying each employee's job roles while removing any productivity roadblocks as they emerged.
Coordinated with the finance department to manage and track administrative expenses, ensuring they were within budget and assisting in cost-saving measures.
Monitor and analyze the performance of initiatives, using weekly data analysis to inform future campaign strategies while making as-needed adjustments
Collaborate with marketing and PR teams to promote our artists by using creative marketing through social media, events and partnerships

Monophonics

Conceptual design, project management and editorial photography for album release “Sage Motel”.

Sage Motel, Monophonics' fifth studio album released in 2022 on Colemine Records, once again captures the bands timeless psychedelic soul sound that they are known to produce. Met with an outstanding reception including nods from NPR Music, KCRW, BBC and Shindig, the record has thrived in multiple scenes. Momentum from press and international radio play was only pushed further with the band embarking on a 30 city US tour. Since it’s release, ‘Sage Motel’ has found its way to millions of listeners online and seen thousands of records distributed and sold in record shops around the world.

CATALOG: CLMN-12040
RELEASE DATE: 5/13/2022

Project Management
I oversaw the development of branding, advertising, and marketing campaigns. I oversaw the purchasing of all props as well as location to fit the request of the artists.

Conceptual Design
I worked directly with the artist making their idea for their album into a visually cohesive and marketable product.

Album Photography
After confirming the final album brand, I scouted locations, selected clothing and photographed in both digital and film. These images were used for several album designs, posters and all marketing materials.

Say She She

Say She She, the soulful female-led trio, stand rock solid on their discodelic duty with their boundary-breaking sophomore album Silver (due September 29 from Colemine/Karma Chief Records). The strong voices of Piya Malik (El Michels Affair, Chicano Batman), Sabrina Mileo Cunningham and Nya Gazelle Brown front the band. Following the NYC siren song, the trio was pulled from their respective cities — Piya from London, Nya from DC, and Sabrina from NYC — to Manhattan’s downtown dance floors, through the Lower East Side floorboards, and up to the rooftops of Harlem, where their friendship was formed on one momentous, kismet evening.

Ultimately, Silver oozes with quirk and adventure and embraces the multifaceted nature of what it means to be a modern femme. Say She She fully embrace their role as beauticians, actively reminding people of the inherent beauty in the world. They skillfully employ double entendres and humor to encourage open dialogue and fearlessly address important matters that demand attention.

Prism
CATALOG: KCR-12021
RELEASE DATE: 10/07/22

Silver
CATALOG: KCR-12024
RELEASE DATE: 09/29/2023

Project Management
I oversaw the development of branding, advertising, and marketing campaigns.

Marketing & PR
For album release I prepared all outlets with one sheets for easy promotion as well as deliverables for marketing. I documented all incoming press and kept the artists up to date on media coverage and any changes that are needed to be made.

Album Photography -Inner Sleeve Film Photos
We wanted the look of live photos but chose to shoot while recording a live performance video to have control of lighting and stage setup

Film Photography and Digital Photography provided in my studio

GA-20

GA-20 was formed by friends Pat Faherty and Matthew Stubbs in Boston, MA in 2018. The project was born out of their mutual love of heavy traditional Blues, R&B, and Rock & Roll of the late 50s and early 60s. Faherty and Stubbs bonded over legendary artists like Lazy Lester, J.B. Lenoir, Earl Hooker, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush and Junior Wells. Feeling a void in current music, the duo have set out to write, record and perform a modern version of this beloved art form. Joined by drummer Tim Carman in 2019, GA-20 is a trio of 2 guitars, vocals and drums. Raw, passionate and honest performance, both on stage and in the studio, is the only goal. GA-20 released their debut album “Lonely Soul” Oct 18th 2019 on Karma Chief / Colemine Records. The album debuted at #2 on the Billboard blues charts.

Stubbs has spent the past 11 years as guitarist for Blues legend Charlie Musselwhite. During that time he has also backed up and toured with such Blues giants as John Hammond, James Cotton, Junior Watson and James Harman. Stubbs also leads his own original instrumental psych-rock band, 'The Antiguas'.

Lonely Soul
CATALOG: KCR-12004
RELEASE DATE: 10/18/2019

GA20 Does Houndog Taylor … Try It! You Might Like It!
CATALOG: KCR-12017
RELEASE DATE: 8/20/21

Live In Loveland
CATALOG: KCR-12016
RELEASE DATE: 3/17/2023

Project Management
I oversaw the development of branding, advertising, and marketing campaigns.

Conceptual Design
I worked directly with the artist making their idea for their album into a visually cohesive and marketable product.

Album Photography - Live In Loveland
We wanted the look of live photos but chose to shoot while recording a live performance video to have control of lighting and stage setup.

Editorial photography provided in my studio used for both print and web articles.

Like some kind of time-hopping wizard with preternatural melodic sensibilities, M Ross Perkins is back with his sophomore full-length, E Pluribus M Ross. The album, his first for Colemine/Karma Chief Records, is another masterclass in home recording with 12 shimmering slices of purely perfect psychedelic pop.

In describing Perkins, it’s not wrong to namecheck Rhodes and Nilsson, but you have to expand that list of influences to include pop-rock visionaries like Brian Wilson, Colin Blunstone, and even John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Let’s also throw in the Flying Burrito Brothers and the Kinks as well. Perkins clearly learned plenty of helpful tips from these and other legends that made the late 1960s and early 1970s such a magical musical time, but he has charted his own singular path from the past and back again.

The hooks, arrangements, and overall sense of songcraft are as sophisticated as the work of Wilson and Nilsson, which is remarkable when you consider Perkins not only produced all of the musical arrangements but also played all of the instruments and sang all of the vocal parts on the album. Even more impressive, Perkins is able to evoke all of these iconic figures in his songs without resorting to psych-rock cliches or outright thievery. It’s an extraordinary balancing act, and what emerges is a shimmering tapestry of skillfully-woven musical threads, each harkening back to the past while simultaneously pointing toward the future.

So, take our advice and join Perkins on his magical mystery trip through time, E Pluribus M Ross, coming March 18th on Colemine/Karma Chief Records.

CATALOG: KCR-12012
RELEASE DATE: 3/18/2022

Conceptual Design
I worked directly with the artist making their idea for their album into a visually cohesive and marketable product.

Project Management
I oversaw the development of branding, advertising, and marketing campaigns.

M. ROSS PERKINS

I provided conceptual design, project management and editorial photography for self titled album release.

Editorial photography provided inside my previous studio and record label recording rooms.

KELLY FINNIGAN

I provided conceptual design, project management and editorial photography for album release “Tales People Tell”.

Kelly guided the songs on ‘The Tales People Tell’ from their conception all the way to the record pressing plant over the course of two years. He wrote and produced each track on the record and plays 10 instruments throughout, while enlisting the help of friends and legends like drummer James Gadson (Bill Withers, Marvin Gaye, Beck), members of Monophonics, and Kelly’s own father, prominent sideman/keyboardist Mike Finnigan (Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Etta James). The result is a timeless collection underscored by a sense of community, a family affair of a record that’s at once raw and gritty, tender and emotive, lush and symphonic.

CATALOG: CLMN-12025
RELEASE DATE: 4/26/2019

Project Management
I oversaw the development of branding, advertising, and marketing campaigns.

Conceptual Design
I worked directly with the artist making their idea for their album into a visually cohesive and marketable product.