Our Services
Chords Music Management
We are Chords Music Management; a unique combination of experience within the music industry, management and personal relations which looks to offer a bespoke service to rising musicians.
We have knowledge and insight into a vast array of elements which are imperative to the scene and industry; including Social Media, Digital Advertising, Online Presence, Event Booking and Radio Promotion.
We endeavour to incorporate all aspects of artist management and development using a personalised service individual to each client. You are unique; so is your music.
Contact ChordsMatt Haworth
Co-Founder
Matt has more than 20 years experience in marketing; specialising in brand building, web design, social media and digital advertising. He wasn't particularly academic but has progressed his career with hard work and the ability to learn quickly. He founded an online media company in 2004 and has built a number of successful brands and invested in a large portfolio of online assets.
His love of music dates back to a very young age, to the days of vinyl and cassettes, and covers a wide range of genres. His current focus is on Country music having started the online radio station CountryRadio.uk in 2018.
Matt has attended around 100 gigs in recent years and even put on his own concert to support the radio station; which featured Katy Hurt, Holloway Road and Laura Oakes.
He is excited to work more closely with the extraordinary musical talent this country has to offer, and from around the world, and to help them achieve the success they deserve.
Jessica Taylor
Co-Founder
Jessica has been performing since she was 8 years old, and has done the rounds of pubs, clubs, and care homes over the years. She specialises in using her music to support charity events and has helped to raise thousands for Barts Hearts, Mental Health Charities and many more.
She has worked alongside musicians from all walks of life and has travelled the globe hosting karaoke and live music nights. She has performed with two of her own bands and gigged across the country.
Jessica has a BA Hons in English Literature and Creative Writing and is a lyricist. She has an in-depth knowledge and level of experience in travel, gigs, the music industry and as a performer and radio presenter, Jessica understands the musician and the creativity, love, work and soul that goes into producing music.
She has always loved Country music, and has been brought up on its magic. Whilst working with CountryRadio.uk, she's had the opportunity to work directly with performers, studios, and management teams in order to get the music heard and the artist noticed.
Jessica is bubbly, honest, passionate and empathetic and loves working with people; her goal is to help the artist make the best of their gifts and to provide a trusted and supportive management team.
Our Artists
Mitchell Kersley
Cast aside what you thought you knew about Country/Americana music and find yourself contentedly adrift upon a transatlantic twist on a classic American sound. Mitchell Kersley is an Alt-Country artist from the UK, who through his music, provides a modern take on traditional storytelling.
He was born and raised in the British countryside and was exposed to variety of genres of music. However, as he got older, his musical taste began to gravitate predominantly to one genre in particular: Country.
As soon as he was big enough to hold a guitar, he began learning and writing songs. In his teens, he dedicated his time to the study of music at both College and University. It was here after that he really honed in on his brand of Country sound.
He became profoundly inspired by the likes of Brad Paisley, George Strait, Chris Stapleton and Garth Brooks. A trip to music city in 2019 for the CMA Fest certainly cemented his deep passion for this timeless music and lit the fuse for the creation of his first EP: Dusk.
His debut single and third track on his EP: "If You Need Someone to Love You" follows a somewhat more contemporary sound than some of the other tracks, with electric drums underpinning the fingerpicked melody of a hollow body guitar. The lyrical content revolves around someone who is desperate to give their heart away to another who does not necessarily want to take it. Despite the message being one of potentially futile yearning; the song is a "get on your feet", upbeat track that echoes the modern Pop-Country sounds of Nashville.
Dusk
Dusk is the title of Mitchell's first EP, which is due for release later in 2020. It features a mixed bag of songs, from upbeat outlaw country to slow acoustic ballads. The premise of the EP is a reflection upon his own life and musical journey.