- Richard Beck
Richard Beck is an artist manager and former
public relations man within themusic industry . He runs BIGBOY management with a roster comprisingRyanDan ,5ive and Anne Morrone. He has appeared on numerous TV shows and has been interviewed on the radio for his opinions.PR and promotions
Beck began his career in the music business in 1989 at the age of 17, working as an assistant engineer at the Basement Recording Studio in
Wardour Street ,London . After three months he was promoted to Studio Manager working across all sections of record production and administration.fact|date=September 2008Two years later he went on to become the youngest ever National Radio Promotions Executivefact|date=September 2008 when he joined the in-house promotions department at
Chrysalis Records . Beck worked with acts includingSinéad O'Connor ,Billy Idol ,Monie Love ,Debbie Harry and Kenny Thomas, and helped secure the Number One spot forChesney Hawkes with the single "The One and Only". Beck then joined UK concert & events promoter MCP as press and marketing manager, working with major names such asINXS ,Guns N’ Roses ,R.E.M. , Oasis,Bon Jovi ,Metallica ,U2 ,Crowded House andSimply Red .fact|date=September 2008After three years at MCP, Beck moved to entertainment publicity company Laister Dickson (later LD Publicity) where he remained for 6 years, attaining director status. He worked on a variety of artists, celebrities and events including:
Janet Jackson ,Tina Arena ,M People ,BBMak , Capital FM’s ‘Party in the Park ’ forThe Prince’s Trust (3 Years), TheBRIT Awards (5 Years), Songs & Vision (Wembley Stadium ), TheMTV Awards andThe Rolling Stones ‘Voodoo Lounge’ and ‘Bridges To Babylon’ European tours.fact|date=September 2008In 1997, Beck headed the international launch of the then relatively unknown Canadian country artist
Shania Twain .fact|date=September 2008 He put in place and executed the worldwide marketing and publicity campaign for her album "Come On Over " and the album sold 36 million copies, making it the 5th biggest selling album of all time and the biggest selling album ever by a female artist.fact|date=September 2008Management
In early 2001, after a decade working in music marketing, PR and promotion, Beck decided to gather his knowledge and apply it to management, teaming-up with Chris Morrison at CMO Management Int. The CMO stable hosts a range of artists including Blur,
Gorillaz ,Morcheeba andUltravox &Live Aid legend,Midge Ure . Beck set-up BIGBOY Management in 2002 bringing with him a clients including Shania Twain,Bruce Springsteen , Midge Ure and Mark Shaw (Then Jerico ).BIGBOY’s first new artist signing, Russian pop superstar
Ani Lorak , sold 4 million copies of her debut album and is currently selling out 70,000 capacity venues in Europe.fact|date=September 2008 In May 2008, Ani came second in theEurovision Song Contest , representing her nativeUkraine .In 2002/2003 Beck was invited by the
BBC to be a judge on their "Just up Your Street" TV talent show, a role for which he received critical acclaim.fact|date=September 2008Late 2004 saw Beck move to Australia for a one-year project, teaming-up with music impresario Ralph Carr to create one of the leading independent music organisations in Australia. Richard was the General Manager of all Entertainment and Music divisions, namely: RCM Artist Management, Standard Records, Standard Music Publishing and the newly-created punk label illicit records. In 2006, Beck returned to the UK to concentrate again on his core business, artist management.
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