MusicTree
music & video production
songwriting & theory
artist development
coaching &
management
MusicTree Artists
Present & Past
What is
Artist
Development
Artist development is about establishing exactly where you are on the market spectrum and planning out your next steps. It’s about improving songwriting, nurturing your style, discovering what makes you unique, and shaping production around who that is.
It’s about building your brand, networking in the industry, promoting your music, and marketing you. It’s about finding your audience, building your fan base, connecting you with people through social media, and live performances. It’s about your songs, your voice, and your career.
Our Approach
Build a Fan Base
With a record deal you MIGHT have a career in music; with a fan base you WILL! Talk to us and find out how we do it!
Song Writing & Production
Distribution & Management
Vocal coaching; song writing and theory coaching and instruction; studio sessions, production, artwork
Releasing, distribution, copyrighting, monetization, promotion, live performance, professional management
Why do we create music?
"The beginning of any piece of music is an idea.
You want to communicate something.
Share and experience.
Learning from each other's mistakes.
We can understand that other peole go through what we go through."
Dan Wilson (Grammy writer)
"A dream written with a date becomes a goal.
A goal broken down into steps becomes a plan.
A plan backed by action
makes dreams come true."
Greg Reid (from Ari Herstand's 'New Music Business')
"We play a game with no rules.
Just because it worked one way for someone, doesn't mean it's going to work that way for you."
Amy Madrigali (Talent Buyer - The Troubadour)
"So many people get record deals in Nashville and they don't ever get an album."
Luke Bryan
"We've set up a system where talented people who have so much to offer have no way to survive in this industry."
Emily Warren (songwriter - Dua Lipa, The Chainsmokers, Shakira)
Over 98% of all acts who sign to a major label fail.
"There's music and then there's the music business." Ryan Press - vice president of A&R Warner/Chappell Music
Jereme Eklund
Born in Los Angeles, raised in the midwest, started playing piano when he was 6. His mother, Christine, an incredible musician, performed on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in May 1968 at 17 years old. Along with piano, he plays guitar, drums, bass guitar, mandolin, and sings.
Jereme has worked with songwriters, vocalists, musicians, bands, and artists of all ages and skill levels, turning hopes and dreams into careers. Starting vocalists at ground zero, coaching them into recording and performing artists.
He has over 30 years of experience in studios, doing sound design, FOH, and has performed more times than he can count. He's toured nationally, worked internationally, managed artist, and ran successful release campaigns.
His Swedish heritage shines through in his production, with a combined 27M+ verified streams on YouTube and Spotify, multiple releases, Top 5 Single Songs and Top 20 All Time covers on YouTube and with songs featured on over 30 compilations. Launched MusicTree in February 2016.
Extended family
Video/social media: Colby Hall, Tyler Eklund, Allen Benatar, Zachary Eklund
Consultants: Mandi Kitchen, Jim Linge
Writers: Mandi Kitchen, Janusz Slusarz, Adian Sood, Blue Water Music Group, Bobby Martinez, Tyler Madden, Ellie Painter, Nathan Meckel, Yulia Kazantseva, Drew Middleton, Marissa Keeney, Matt Bogdanowicz
GEAR & SOFTWARE
IN THE STUDIO
Pro Tools 12.7.1, Allen & Heath GL3300, Audio Ease, Avalon VT-747SP, Digi003, DW, EastWest, Easy Drummer, ElevenRack, FabFilter, Focal Monitors, Hamer Guitars, Ibenez ATK Bass, iZotope, M-Audio, MboxPro, Melodyne, Native Instruments, Nexus 4, Omnisphere 2.6, Prophet REV2, Roland Keys, Roland V-Drums, Slate Digital, Soothe2, Stylus RMX, Tascam, Taylor Guitars, Waves, Yamaha Keys
ON THE STAGE
QuickLock Stages, Allen & Heath SQ-5, Aviom Systems, Ashly MQX EQs, Lab Gruppen & Crown Amps, DW, EAW Speakers & Monitors, Shure PSM 300 IEMs & QLDX Wireless, Prost Lighting. Backline: Yamaha S90SX, Prophet REV 2, M Audio Axiom 61, Hamer Guitar, Ibenez ATK Bass, Roland V-Drums TD10, AbletonLive 11
Contact Info
Music and vocal production; demo tracks, cover tracks, mixing, and mastering; song writing, ear training and piano; music theory; artist development, coaching, and management; market spectrum studies; live show development and sound design; student live performances and audio engineering