Executive Action: The Circuit Group
• Executives from artist management companies Seven20 and AYITA have joined forces to create The Circuit Group, with a mission to build business opportunities around artists’ intellectual property. Founded by Dean and Jessica Wilson of Seven20, along with Brett Fischer, David Gray, and Harvey Tadman of AYITA, The Circuit Group, with offices in Los Angeles, Miami, and London, is described as “a groundbreaking music business collective aiming to acquire 50% ownership in artists’ IP portfolios and partner with them to build opportunities in a multitude of verticals within the music business, alongside traditional artist management.”
“The engine at the center of everything in the music business is the song,” said Dean Wilson, CEO & Co-founder of The Circuit Group and longtime manager of deadmau5. “At The Circuit Group, we are building a network of businesses around IP, putting artists’ creativity at the center and engaging and sustaining them over the long term. This ensures that artists continue to share in every revenue stream available to them and ultimately gives them more control over their destinies than traditional business models have offered them.”
The Circuit Group plans to begin making catalog acquisitions of up to 50% of an artist’s song catalog, which will not only provide an immediate source of revenue for artists, but also ensure they are incentivized to work alongside the company to create additional opportunities around the IP. With this IP-centric business model, The Circuit Group will invest in or form strategic partnerships with other companies to leverage artists’ songs in recorded music, publishing, merchandise, brand deals, gaming, events, Web3, new music technologies, and more.
Together, The Circuit Group boasts master & publishing rights to over 3000 songs, with a roster that includes Chris Lake, deadmau5, FISHER, HoneyLuv, NERO, and Ninajirachi, to name a few.
“I’ve worked with artists for nearly 20 years,” said Brett Fischer, Co-founder of The Circuit Group. “What’s being built at Circuit is exciting because we get to really push the limits on each artist’s business and get them the credit they deserve. The company’s mission is excellent. It gives us managers more information to make the right moves while building these brands with a long term goal in mind.” Pictured, above, (l-r): Harvey Tadman, David Gray, Jessica Wilson, Dean Wilson, and Brett Fischer
