Artist management initiative run by Durham College's Music Business Management program. Follow for news about our artists and exciting updates! #takeoveram
TakeOver's journey continues with our new logo and new team members...
At Ryan's lead,
Denver and Kelsey as our artist managers,
Kea and Yasin as our promotion - marketing...
His favorite genres are rock and heavy metal. He is open to other common genres such as jazz, R&B, and pop music.
He is determined to achieve my goal of running his own music business in Canada and let's see how it turns out!
Yaşın is a label manager, executive producer, music video producer, and publisher. Outside Durham College, He runs his own indie record label SoundPie.
Currently, Denver performs live every chance he gets and has been getting paid gigs recently. He is working hard to become an established artist and get his music on the radio within 2 years.
Kelsey is originally from Vancouver but spent the last few years living in the Kansas City Area. She is very excited to start working on her journey to becoming an artist manager this year.
Her favorite album is Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park and her current favorite song is Disappear by Bullet for My Valentine. Her hobbies are going to concerts, sewing, and traveling.
Ryan Smith is the current Operations Manager of TakeOver. He is 29 years old and grew up in Durham Region. He is currently a second-year in the MBM program and hoping to take the third year.
Ryan also owns and manages his own event planning and booking company, Rebellion Promotions, which is currently on hiatus while in school. Before school, he also used to stream on Twitch part-time.
TakeOver Artist Management is an artist management initiative run by Durham College's Music Business Management program. Our team is dedicated to our clients and together creates strategies to help further their careers in music. Whether it is booking shows, getting airplay,
It is through the special attention that each team gives to their clients that TakeOver Management continues to be a unique entity in the music business practicum course at Durham College
ARTIST MANAGER, KELSEY MILLER
Kelsey is originally from Vancouver but spent the last few years living in the Kansas City Area. She is very excited to start working on her journey to becoming an artist manager this year.
THE MANAGER, RYAN SMITH
Ryan has been an active musician in the local Ontario metal scene for the last 8-9 years. Ryan also owns and manages his own event planning and booking company, Rebellion Promotions.