Category archives: AWAL

Behind Billie Eilish: Songwriter brother Finneas O’Connell on the duo’s unique recording process

Finneas O’Connell explains how Eilish’s album achieved a rare intimacy
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How To Set Up A Successful Music Marketing Campaign

In this fourth of AWAL’s five part Decoded series on how to effectively allocate money in your music career, we dig into the process behind setting up your next music marketing campaign for success, and hear from multiple industry experts about some of the lessons they learned during their time…

Chess Club Records Scores Investment from Red Light Management and a New Deal with Kobalt’s AWAL

Chess Club Records has scored a partnership with Red Light Management and AWAL. Chess Club Records has confirmed a new milestone in its short 12-year history. Red Light Management founder Coran Capshaw has signed on as an investor of the London-based i…

Kobalt Is Now A Next Generation Major Label In The Making [Mark Mulligan]

"Kobalt has been the poster child for the changing of the guard in the music business," writes MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan. But it’s on a path to become much more as "next-generation label… plotting a course to becoming a next generation-major." __________________________________ By Mark Mulligan of MIDiA from his Music…

Kobalt Is Raising Another $100 Million Funding Round

Music services and music publishing company Kobalt is raising a new round of funding that could top $100 million. The new funding comes just a year after Kobalt closed a round that valued the company at $800 million. Kobalt founder and CEO Willard Ahdritz has confirmed the round, without divulging…