Steve Nightingale started his music industry career in 2002 as a marketing intern/coordinator at BMG before moving to Marketing and Business Development at Universal Music Group. There, he worked on major releases from Maroon 5, Rise Against, Guns N’ Roses, Slash, and Alice In Chains, and was responsible for signing new deals with artists including Nine Inch Nails, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Pretty Reckless, Five Finger Death Punch, Felix Cartal, and The Prodigy. After nearly a decade at UMG, he moved into the independent music space, joining Cadence Music Group as Vice President of Business Development and launching their management division. In 2018, Steve co-founded the Canadian marketing and artist management agency ArtistHQ before being tapped to head up the Canadian division for BMG Rights Management in 2021 where he created a brand new domestic roster for the label including Half Moon Run, Monster Truck, and Dragonette. Now leading expansion in Canada as Vice President, A&R and Business Development for leading music tech company, Symphonic Distribution, Steve Nightingale is responsible for expanding Symphonic’s Canadian artist roster and negotiating new business partnerships with Canadian companies to grow Symphonic’s presence in the region.
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