Chris Sheehan

Chris is the co founder and CEO of Karousel Music, a London based CIC made up of musicians, songwriters and music industry professionals. Karousel are a boutique music publisher and around the publishing family, Karousel run a series of industry showcases with partners such as SESAC, Help Musicians UK, Leaf Grow and Ticketmaster, where the acts keep 100% of the ticket money giving artists the chance to be seen by the leading lights of the independent industry in London, as well as committed music lovers. These nights have provided over 460 showcase opportunities for artists both from inside and outside of London over the last 7 years, including showcases at The Great Escape and Reeperbahn Festival. In addition, Karousel run a series of industry networking events: from Industry Speed Dating to the now near legendary Music Biz Speed Quiz. Chris acts as the Music Industry Liaison for Help Musicians UK and is a passionate believer in the work the charity does to help musicians in crisis, early stage dunding and help in retirement. He also consults to Big Group on events around the Brit Awards, Champions League Final and Mercury Music prize sourcing and booking artists for large corporate sponsors including MasterCard and Hyundai and Management wise Chris co manages Pat Dam Smyth and Ren Harvieu with Liquid Management, and manages The Magic Lantern via Karousel. He was an artist and songwriter for 17 years and has recorded 2 solo albums and 2 collaborative albums with Mark E Brydon (Moloko) and Matt Deighton (Mother Earth, Oasis, Paul Weller, solo) as well as a wealth of co-writes. Chris has run 50:50 Studios in North London since 2005, and now Finally, of course, he is a board member for the newly founded IAFAR (International Association for Artist Rights) which seeks to educate and advocate for musicians neighbouring rights.