Today I sit down with Allie Silver, Founder and Director of Free Radical Productions, a music management and consulting company. She’s also the Director of Programming and Community at Koti Wellness, a contrast therapy and community space in Mexico City. After growing up in Connecticut and studying at Northwestern in Chicago, she ended up working at a music label and starting her own artist management company in Buenos Aires. We dive into her experiences tour managing vs. artist managing, becoming obsessed with creative production and moving to Germany to study it, what bookers for festivals are looking for, how she ended up in Mexico, how she coaches musical artists, does band therapy & focuses on artist wellness, and the importance of figuring out what type of lifestyle you actually want. Resources & sites mentioned in this episode: ZZK Records, the record label Allie worked for in Buenos Aires Argentinian electro-cumbia artist Chancha Vía Circuito Fusion Festival in Lärz, Germany Argentine ska-alt rock group Los Fabulosos Cadillacs The World Music Expo, this year being held in Gran Canaria, Spain from October 21-25 DakhaBrakha, a Ukrainian folk music quartet Moncaya, a folk-electronic artist based in Mexico City La Yegros, an Argentinian singer-songwriter Allie managed Aja Monet, an American poet, writer, and lyricist Allie has worked with JAW Family, an independent booking agency based in Berlin Fémina, an Argentine folk and fusion trio that Allie managed Jimetta Rose & The Voices of Creation, a choir from LA that blends gospel music with spiritual jazz, funk, and soul Koti Wellness, a wellness & contrast therapy center in CDMX (use code COLIBRI for a discount) Free Radical Productions, Allie’s music management company XochiBeats, an afternoon musical event on the trajineras in Xochimilco, CDMX Food Consultant, Speaker, Mentor & DJ Charles Michel Arca Tierra, a traditional chinampa or farm on the canals of Xochimilco Check out Allie’s Instagram and her website
