About
Established in 2013, SmartistU is a global educational media platform for music industry professionals, primarily artist managers and professionally self-managed artists.
We help artists & managers make their dreams come true by providing business tools, training, and mentorship from GRAMMY-level experts so that they can become high-demand music industry entrepreneurs.
Each year we connect thousands of people from around the globe with the music industry’s top experts through live mentorship, training, interviews, downloads, and online courses.
Our experts work in all areas of the industry from major label A&R to tour managers with long lists of superstar artists on their client rosters including everyone from The Rolling Stones to Dolly Parton to Beyonce.
ANNUAL READERS
ACCOUNT USERS
COUNTRIES
Learn From Superstar Artist’s Teams
From Major Label A&R to Tour Managers and everyone in between, who work with artists, brands, and music companies such as:
Speakers pictured: (L) Samantha Cox, Sean Taylor, (R) Kappy, Nick Sadler, Shawn Thompson
Artists
Alicia Keys
Dolly Parton
Guns N’ Roses
Lady Gaga
Luke Combs
Lynrd Skynrd
Morgan Wallen
Skrillex
Taylor Swift
The Rolling Stones
The Weeknd
+ many more.
Pictured: Samantha Cox (Publisher: Halsey, Lady Gaga, Bebe Rexha) and Sean Taylor (Marketing: Warner Music, 24kGoldn, Macy Gray)
BRANDS
Armani
Coca-Cola
Fossil
HBO
Hyundai
Jaguar
John Lennon Menswear
McDonald’s
NFL
Nissan
Taco Bell
+ more
Pictured: Kappy (Manager: Luke Combs), Nick Sadler (A&R: Skrillex, The Prototypes), Shawn Thompson (Entertainment Attorney: Lynyrd Skynyrd, St. Vincent, Bassnectar)
MUSIC COMPANIES
AEG
Billboard
BMI
Songwriters Hall of Fame
SONY Music
SoundCloud
The Recording Academy
The Windish Agency
Universal Music
Warner Music Group
WME
+ more
MENTORSHIP + TRAINING + TEMPLATES + COMMUNITY
Private Members Club
The Managers Club is where music managers connect and grow with the best in the music industry to increase artist clients, increase fan/media/industry attention, and increase revenue.
Join coaching classes and mentorship meetings with GRAMMY-level experts every week, gain major career direction with The SmartistU Artist Management M.A.S.T.E.R.Y. Method, join your new VIP community, get 100’s of artist management templates, and keep on track to reaching your goals.
“THANK YOU x 100!! You are giving me the ‘know how’ to move forward! …SUPER grateful for you and all that you’ve done to help artists like me move forward with confidence.”
Karen Andrew
“What you are doing for us aspiring Music Managers is phenomenal!…I thank you for keeping me up on my game! Your truly an inspiration and I give thanks for you and efforts to make us better!”
Antoine Lavelle
“So far I’ve tried several packages on managing artists and managing yourself as an artist and yours by far, without me even diving deep into the product, is already helping me out tremendously as a self-managed artist.
Just wanted to send out positive vibes and say thank you for the insight.”
Naomi Agosto
“Your templates, checklists and spreadsheets alone have given me a huge leg up, and you’ve saved me months of labour. Thank you for doing this. I look forward to sharing my successes (and those of my artists) with you and your other members.”
Steve Parton