Sam Katz

Current

Co-owner and Vice President at Geniass Productions
Owner and President at Almost 30 Productions
Artist Relations at HeadCount

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Past

Tour Manager at Laura Reed & Deep Pocket, LLC
Office Manager/Booking Agent at Pretty Polly Productions
Box Office Manager at South Shore Music Circus

Promotions & Event Production at Gamelan Productions
Video Promotion and Media Development at Atlantic Records

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Education

Hofstra University

Recommended

6 people have recommended Sam

Connections

136 connections

Industry

Music

Websites

Geniass Productions

Sam Katz’s Summary

Currently working out of Boston and Atlanta. Specializing in Artist Management & Development, Booking, Publicity and Tour Management.

Various artists I work with include:

E.B.B. & F.L.O.W. (www.Almost30Productions.com)
hi8us (www.hi8us.org)
Jamie McLean (www.JamieMcClean.com)
Josh Phillips Folk Festival (www.JoshPhillipsFolk.com)
R.I.S.E. (form. Rising Appalachia)(www.RisingAppalachia.com)
Charlie Wooton Project (www.CharlieWooton.com)
Jonah Jones Revival (www.myspace.com/JonahJonesRevival)
Laura Reed & Deep Pocket (www.LauraReed.com)

Sam Katz’s Specialties:

mediation, negotiation, reasoning, dealing with and managing large groups of people

Sam Katz’s Experience

Co-owner and Vice President

Geniass Productions

(Music industry)

March 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)

Geniass Productions is a full service agency currently specializing in Artist Management & Development, Publicity and Booking. Geniass Productions can also produce any event you may want to put on and can secure the talent as well, from local artists to regional and national artists. We are capable of "Greening" your event and can power a full concert stage with the help of our good friends over at Tree Sound Studios and their mobile solar trailer.

We can also handle Tour Management for any sized band or tour. Our dedicated in house professional photographer can be there to shoot your concert or event.

We can tailor any job to your specifications, nothing too big or too small!
Owner and President

Almost 30 Productions

(Music industry)

June 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

Almost 30 is a full service boutique agency, primarily specializing in Tour Management and Artist Management, Development and Booking. We also do Concert Photography and have helped out with promotions and publicity in certain cases. We can plan and execute any event from 50 people to 5,000 people. We work anywhere in the U.S. and abroad. Currently based out of Atlanta, GA.
Artist Relations

HeadCount

(Music industry)

April 2004 — Present (5 years 9 months)

HeadCount is a non profit, non partisan, organization dedicated to registering voters. We work primarily at large scale music events and concerts. I have done a lot of work in the field, and currently handle a number of artists, acting as the liason between them and HeadCount.
Tour Manager

Laura Reed & Deep Pocket, LLC

(Music industry)

December 2007 — November 2008 (1 year )

As Tour Manager I handled every aspect of managing the band and their tours on the road.

Responsible for 8 people typically, including band and soundguy, though the band swelled to 12 at times. Advanced all shows with venues, sound and production managers, other artists and their management, guestlist, etc. Responsible for all hospitality of band, including lodging, drinks, food, etc. Responsible for all compensation, settled up after every show. Responsible for all merchandise, inventory, as well as selling it at the shows. Responsible for filling out a Gig Report after every show and getting it to management. Worked very closely w/band manager and booking agent, with daily contact.

Basically an all around utility guy.
Office Manager/Booking Agent

Pretty Polly Productions

(Music industry)

August 2006 — June 2007 (11 months)

Pretty Polly Productions is a full service college Middle Agency. They act as a middleman between the artists and the college that wants to bring them in as entertainment. PPP also handles large scale events for the city of Boston, MA. Artists we've worked with include: Kanye West, Ludacris, Bob Dylan, John Mayer, The Decemberists, Lupe Fiasco, and many, many more.
Box Office Manager

South Shore Music Circus

(Music industry)

March 2003 — September 2003 (7 months)

Managed the box office of the South Shore Music Circus, a 2300 seat outdoor seasonal music venue, in the Greater Boston area. Also maintained the Inner Circle Club, an in-house ticketing service.
Promotions & Event Production

Gamelan Productions

(Music industry)

1999 — 2003 (4 years )
Video Promotion and Media Development

Atlantic Records

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; WMG; Music industry)

January 2000 — June 2000 (6 months)

Interned in the Video Promotion and Media Development department at Atlantic Records in New York City. Helped with street team stuff, promoting artists at various events in NYC, including Total Request Live. Worked on VH1's Storytellers set for the Stone Temple Pilots reunion show. Handled daily communications with various Video shows in promotion of Atlantic artists.