About Ash Hackworth
Hi!
My name is Ash, I am 32, so not so young anymore but have been dedicated to working within music since I was 18. I am someone who breathes in live music events and try to take all the good energy from them. Before making the leap of working in music altogether, I would attend concerts of any size as often as I could - at one point it was four times a week. At these shows I would speak to as many people as possible from the merchandise staff to the artists' manager to gain greater insight into the industry. From these chats, I would start my own music blog when I was 19 with a couple of female friends as interested in music, as I was. The blog would highlight local talent within Los Angeles who were not getting enough credit from the mainstream media and were just as talented as the artists they would promote. We soon expanded to promoting new artists that were signed to these labels, such as Mindless Behavior and Greyson Chance. Than we ended with promoting artists from the United Kingdom.
Before the end of Junkie Promotions, the previous name of the blog - as music was our addiction- I was a marketing and event intern for Atom Digital Inc., an opportunity I gained from the blog. After a little over a year, I continued connecting with artists' teams such as, Allstar Weekend and assisted in gaining attendance and promoting their music. After my wonderful time at Atom Digital Inc. I had the opportunity to intern as Artist Liaison for Columbia Records at Sony Music. At this point in my life, I knew I wanted to work more with artists, as I enjoy interconnecting with them and assisting them in the best way possible. During this time I was the only female intern for A&R - there was two of us, the other female was for Graphics. I was known as the Pop girl and was only in community college. It was definitely a unique experience and highlighted where my interests lied, which was being in the office less and more out in the scene of concerts and festivals.
It is now 2022, and I have been volunteering, and picking up gigs when I can around the world in Live Music Events. From working as Assistant Festival Director to Stage manager, I have found my interests! I enjoy working behind the scenes in production, though outside of concerts and festivals enjoy hosting fan events. I am now in the process of promoting diversifying the industry further, through the events I host with other young women interested in gaining experience. I am also working towards building a global team of young women professionals, to produce or host music and fan events across the globe in more genres than just mainstream pop and rock.
Some of the live music events I have participated in are as follows:
Moogfest, Durham, North Carolina, US - 2018
Lovebox, London, United Kingdom - 2017
Canadian Music Week, Toronto, Canada - 2017
Park Life, Manchester, United Kingdom - 2017
Fvded in the Park, Vancouver, Canada - 2017
Squamish Valley Music Festival, Squamish, Canada –2015
Eurosonic Noorderslag, Groningen, Netherlands - 2014
Current Working Location
Seoul, South Korea (Available for some travel.)
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Work experience
Ash's Skills
Art- Content Creator
- Marketing
- Project Manager
- Production Manager
- Festival
Ash's Genres
- Indie Rock
- Pop
- Punk