CEO Abel

Digital Artist Management

Marcos: Building a New Artist from the Ground Up

Artist management, branding, development and songwriting for a new voice entering the industry.

6 months

Under management

Since signing

2.12K

YouTube subscribers

Public channel data, 22 Oct 2026

13

Videos published

Public channel data, 22 Oct 2026

Jan 2025

Channel launched

Official YouTube channel

Role

Artist Manager

Category

Digital Artist Management

Client

Marcos

Period

Ongoing

Listen and follow

Context

Marcos came to CEO Abel as a talented new artist with no management. He has now been under CEO Abel's management for six months, with the work focused on branding, artist development, songwriting and introducing him to the industry.

The Challenge

New artists rarely fail for lack of talent. They fail for lack of structure: no brand, no release plan, no industry relationships and nobody protecting their rights. Marcos had the music and the ambition, but no management and no route into the industry.

My Role

  • Artist signing and management
  • Branding and visual identity
  • Artist development
  • Songwriting direction
  • Industry introductions
  • Platform setup and release planning

Strategy and Actions

Build before broadcasting. Define who Marcos is as an artist, sharpen the songwriting, and set up clean, official platform foundations before scaling promotion.

Then introduce him to the industry deliberately: the right collaborators, the right first releases and the right audiences, so that his first impression in the market is a strong one.

Results

Six months into management, the brand, the songwriting and the official channel foundations are in place, and the official YouTube channel has published 13 videos to more than 2,100 subscribers.

This is an active artist-development engagement; milestones will be added as they are reached.

Lessons Learned

The first months of a new artist's career decide how the industry sees them. Investing in identity and songwriting before chasing numbers builds a career rather than a moment.

Marcos in Pictures

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