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7pm Management is the brainchild of Seven Webster, who has had a long music industry career including spells as musician, songwriter, record label owner of classic dance label (Jackpot Records), music marketing consultant as well as his main key activities as a music manager and publisher and general launcher of careers.
7pm management owned and run by Seven has launched the careers of many worldwide established name hit artists over the last 15 years across the spectrum of music ranging in style from DJs Sasha and Digweed through to multi million selling singer songwriter Dido, rock act McQueen and hit producers StoneBridge and BT. Seven's current management roster includes European management of Skindred a band described by Kerrang magazine as ‘The best live act in Britain’. Rock/Indie producer Paul Tipler and Dutch Electro house DJ Mason whose next single features both DMC (Run DMC) and Sam Sparro.
Seven has also run three successful music publishing companies:
7pm Music, an 8 and a half year partnership with Sony Music which stopped running in 2001. (Acts signed included Bedrock, Trouble funk, Tuff Jam and Blue Amazon).
A7 music (www.a7music.com) a stand alone active music publishing company co-owned by Anthony De Rothschild which publishes hit song writers like Marcella Detroit formerly of Shakspears Sister and administered the Hed Kandi chill out brands catalogue amongst also signing an array of other name artists, writers and composers.
Suits You Music - A new writer/artist friendly music publishing company that administers artists work on short term deals. Current artists signed include classic folk punk act The Men They Couldn’t Hang, Belasco, Mike Coglin and Massive Attack guest vocalist Debbie Clare.
Outside of all of the above activities Seven has also acted as a freelance marketing consultant working for a select number of name hit artists and clients that have included Hybrid, Robbie Williams, New Found Glory, Drive Thru Records, Thompson Holidays, Glassnote Records and Trade Queensland to name but a few.
Seven is also the main festival booker for the Hard Rock Hell Rock Festival www.hardrockhell.com in Minehead/Prestatyn which won the Golden God award for Best rock Festival of 2007, Hammerfest Festival (Metal Hammer Magazines Festival) and Seven is also currently booking acts for Indias Eastwind Festival in New Delhi.
Seven has also acted as Music Supervisor on a number of feature films including the Dennis Hopper and Asia Agenta Studio Eight Film “The Keeper” and has recently finished the Horror Movie “Gnaw” for Straightwire Productions. www.gnaw-movie.com. Seven is currently working on new British movie “Elevator Gods” .
Sevens is currently managing:
Skindred
Paul Tipler (producer of Placebo, Reuben, Idlewild , Elastica, Forward Russia and Stereolab) www.myspace.com/paultipler
DJ Mason from Holland (who had the Top 10 hit Exceeder last year) www.dj-mason.com
Narcotic Thrust (Andy Morris)
Seven also writes a monthly music industry tip sheet blog aimed at highlighting the best new artists and tracks called “First Heard” that can be found on Absolute Brighton TV and has been responsible for a number of acts recently signing deals.
Seven is also a regular guest of Phil Jackson’s New unsigned artists show on BBC South Live where he critiques and gives advice to new and unsigned artists.
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