Adding a veteran act to their burgeoning roster is a first for the Dangerbird collective. "The Dears make my heart stop. Murray Lightburn says things I wish I knew how to say. That's the kind of stuff that gets me up in the morning as a music fan and an entrepreneur," explains Jeff Castelaz who, with partner Peter Walker, co-founded Dangerbird. He adds: "Peter and I had to have the Dears on Dangerbird. The Dears have something to prove and Dangerbird has something to prove. We're both in mid-swing. This is how and when we want to sign an artist in the middle of their artistic arc. It plays to our strengths."
Dangerbird has uniquely mastered the ongoing unpredictable winds of change in the music industry. "In 2004, we were a management company that started a label," clarifies Castelaz, adding, "In 2008, we have to remind people of that because the label has become bigger than the management company." He admits to having started the record company as a way to "ultimately solve many of the problems managers have instigating labels."
Under their management umbrella they oversee the careers of fellow Dangerbird acts Eulogies, Darker My Love and now the elder statesmen of the Canadian indie rock renaissance, The Dears. In addition, they manage a stable of producers including Justin Meldal-Johnsen (who recently joined Nine Inch Nails on bass), Dave Cooley (Silversun Pickups, J Dilla, Mickey Avalon) and Tony Hoffer, the man behind multi-platinum acts The Kooks, Goldfrapp, The Fratellis, Air and others.
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