About
About The Racket House.
Artist development, private mentorship, and music marketing built for serious independent artists.
Where The Racket House came from.
The Racket House started as a direct response to artists coming to Jon for advice for years. The same questions kept arriving: what to do next, what to stop doing, and who to trust.
Founded and led by Jon Gilman. Before The Racket House, Jon was an artist manager and a record label A&R, ran a media company for ten years covering new music and festivals and interviewing global touring artists, produced events as a talent buyer and show promoter, and releases his own music as Racket Club.
The industry is hard to navigate. There is no playbook, and anyone with a laptop and an internet connection can call themselves an artist. Music is Jon's biggest passion, and The Racket House exists to give artists a way through that.
Founded and led by Jon Gilman.
The music side
- Jon Gilman has spent 15 years as a DJ, producer, label operator, artist manager, and event marketer. His work spans CBS + NBC sync deals, BBC Radio 1 airplay, Ultra Music Festival, Groove Cruise, House of Blues, six managed artists, and a label catalog streamed in 91+ countries.
- His Crazy in Love edit is approaching 100K streams and thousands of downloads.
- Partnered with Ultra Music Festival, Lightning in a Bottle, Groove Cruise, Electric Forest, CRSSD, Desert Hearts, and more.
The business side
- Before founding The Racket House, Jon spent 15 years in marketing and advertising technology, digital media services, and enterprise software, working with brands including Heineken, GoPro, TaylorMade Golf, Helly Hansen, Peet's Coffee, Fairmont Hotels, and Fandango.
The Racket House brings artist experience and professional marketing discipline together for independent artists who are ready to build.
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