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Jennifer Ewbank at the piano

Singer, songwriter and pianist · new single out now

Jennifer Ewbank

Country folk pop about finding your own way home, written between the Netherlands and Britain. Time Machine is out now; in 2027 she brings the band to the UK.

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A different artist leads each visit

Listen

The roster, on shuffle.

Every visit starts somewhere else on the roster. Press play and it keeps going while you look around the site.

The Roster, a playlist by Emberlight Artists
The Roster on Spotify
  1. The Roster on Spotify

The roster

A manager each, not a place in a queue.

2 represented, 5 in development. We add artists slowly, so everyone here gets a manager who knows their numbers, their diary and their next twelve months.

Everyone on the roster →
Penny Lou smiling in a cowboy hat and studded jacket against a brick wallIn development

Penny Lou

Netherlands

Country. A fresh start, with new music coming.

Relaunch coming

Read live from the roster as we keep it.

Before you apply

Who we are right for.

We would rather say it now than after an hour on the phone. A small roster only works if every artist on it is one we can genuinely help.

A good fit if you

  • Already play live or release music, and want to make it your living
  • Have songs or a repertoire you are proud of, in any genre
  • Work in the UK, the Netherlands or across Europe
  • Want a plan and someone to hold you to it, not just a booker

Probably not right if you

  • Are looking for a label advance or someone to fund recordings
  • Only need one tour or one booking: an agent suits that better
  • Want overnight streaming numbers nobody can honestly promise

What changes

Your week, before and after.

AreaOn your ownWith Emberlight
BookingsChasing venues by email, guessing at feesWe pitch, agree the fee, send the contract and the day sheet
ReleasesUpload and hopeA plan week by week, and pitches to press, radio and playlists in time
MoneyInvoices in a spreadsheet, late payersInvoices and reminders sent for you, every figure on your monthly report
OpportunitiesDeadlines missedShowcase and festival rounds tracked, applications started for you
Your timeHalf of it on adminOn the music

What it costs

20 per cent. Try your own numbers.

Commission is 20 per cent of gross on most work. Touring is commissioned on what is left after its costs, so a tour that only breaks even costs you nothing. Recording budgets, tour support, session fees and deals you had before us are never commissioned.

Every term, in full

What is left after costs£4,000
Our 20 per cent£800
You keep£3,200

Modern management

We run our roster on our own software.

Bookings, diaries, release plans, follower numbers and money, live for every artist, with a written report each month. It is the same system other managers and agents now use, called The Desk.

What we do →About The Desk →

The Desk, booking software for artists and managers
Every artist seesBookingsoffers, contracts, fees
Every artist seesReleasesthe plan, week by week
Every artist getsA reporteach month, in writing

The people

Who you would work with.

Every artist has one named manager, met on the first call, not after signing. Around the team: specialist music lawyers, accountants, agents and publishers, chosen for each artist.

The team →

Andrew Collins

Founder and Chief Executive · London and Amsterdam

Sets the strategy and the terms, and manages artists directly. Thirty years of building companies, and founder of Grant & Graham in 2009.

Queenie Cestaro

Director of Content, Social and Media · Cambridge

The plan for each artist’s channels, the content around releases and shows, and the relationship with press.

Victoria

Commercial Lead

Bookings, partnerships and the deals that follow, and making sure what was agreed is what gets paid.

Amelia

Research

Markets, venues, audiences and opportunities, so decisions about where an artist goes next are made on evidence.

Joining

Five steps, and you can stop at any of them.

Apply for representation →
  1. 1ApplyAbout ten minutes. Your music, where you play, where you want to be.We reply to everyone
  2. 2A conversationAbout an hour with the manager you would have. No obligation.Free
  3. 3Your 12 month planIn writing, before anything is signed.Yours to keep
  4. 4The agreementThe terms on this site, in writing. Have a lawyer read it.Signed online
  5. 5The first 90 daysSet up, first pitches, first monthly report.Then the plan runs

Questions artists ask

Straight answers.

All questions →

Do I pay anything to apply or to meet?

No. Applying, the conversation and the 12 month plan are free. Commission only starts on work after you sign.

How long is the agreement?

Three years, then it rolls on a year at a time with 90 days notice either way. Your website, contacts, dates and financial records are always yours.

What happens to commission if we part ways?

On work set up while we managed you, it steps down from 20 to 10 to 5 per cent over three years, then stops. Nothing new after you leave is commissioned.

Do you take on every genre?

Yes. The roster runs from country folk pop to classical conducting and R&B. What matters is that we know who books and plays your kind of music.

Want to be on this playlist?

Tell us what you are working on and where you want to be in five years. We read every application properly, and we reply to everyone, including when the answer is no.

Apply for representation