Artist development and coaching, music distribution consulting, music publishing, sync licensing, editorial and press, and career strategy. Forbs also provides resources for songwriting sessions, day-to-day management support, and booking/marketing strategies.

Who Is Forbs?

Forbs is a 26-year old creative and analytical go-getter who got his start in the music industry taking an Intro to Music Business course at Tulane University taught by Grammy Award Winning Producer Chris Finney. This is what sparked his interest in working in the entertainment scene. Forbs is an anomaly in that during his undergraduate career at Tulane he was able to garner 7 internships in the industry including at Live Nation, TikTok, SiriusXM, Red Light Management, Irwin Entertainment (under NBC—Tonight Show with Lilly Singh), Warner Music (Atlantic Records), and WVUE Fox 8. He graduated in 2020 developing a self-designed double major in Mathematics and Music Business. In order to create this double major, he had to petition to the Dean of the School of Liberal Arts (3 times) on why this would help not only his academic and career aspirations but the creative artists industry as well.

With the support of the fabulous Tulane alumni network, he was able to hustle to garner these opportunities even during the pandemic which made him become more resilient. Upon graduating in 2020, he landed a job at William Morris Endeavor in the Music Touring department before transitioning to SiriusXM where he worked in music programming department for both SiriusXM and Pandora curating content in the EDM, Gospel, and Kids and Family Genres. This interest of working with artists and in curation also stemmed from his leadership positions through college radio at WTUL where he held various leadership roles such as the Sponsorships and Underwritings Director, Promotions Director, and On-Air Host for the Friday Jazz Show (DJ WestCoast Dawg).

What created the lightbulb moment for working in artist management? Forbs had the chance to intern for legendary managers Jon Phillips, Matt Phillips, and Chris Scott at Red Light Management (under Silverback Artist Management) working with their clientele including Fishbone, Slightly Stoopid, HIRIE, Dumpstaphunk, amongst others. After this phenomenal experience Forbs garnered his first client working with the renowned New Orleans based funk band Jank Setup. Forbs worked as an artist manager for two years during and post college helping the band garner editorial placements, a talent agent booking deal, features in publications and launching a Kickstarter campaign for the band which resulted in more than $11,500 in funding. Ultimately, this fueled his passion for uplifting indie artists.