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Sean “OG Big Sean” Whitlow
Available for interviews

Sean “OG Big Sean” Whitlow

Founder of Encoriva and Recording Academy Voting Member. Label owner, radio host and music-business teacher. He's here to help independent artists keep more of what they make.

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About Sean

Sean Whitlow, known as OG Big Sean, built Encoriva, a global music platform for artists, producers, DJs, engineers and the people who work with them. It runs on the web, iPhone, Android and Fire TV. Sean isn't a programmer. He built it with AI, one feature at a time.

He also runs the record label United Music Mafia (distributed by EMPIRE) and Power 813 The Beat radio. He created The Song Rights Hub to show artists the royalties they're missing, and he teaches Encoriva Academy, a 13-module music production and business course. Sean is a Recording Academy Voting Member.

What Sean can talk about

🤖 Building a tech company without coding

How a music guy used AI to build a full platform, an iPhone app and a TV app, and what any founder can learn from that.

💸 30% vs 5%

Big download stores keep about 30% of a sale. Encoriva keeps 5%. Why fair pay for independent artists matters, and how it works.

📜 Music business 101

Royalties, split sheets, publishing, distribution and contracts. The things artists get wrong before they sign anything.

🎧 Building a scene from scratch

Running a label, a radio station and a platform at the same time, and how independent artists can get heard today.

Questions hosts can ask

  1. How did you build a music platform without knowing how to code?
  2. Why do most artists lose money on royalties, and how do they fix it?
  3. What should an artist check before signing a label or distribution deal?
  4. Why does Encoriva take only 5% when artists sell music?
  5. What does a label owner look for in a new artist today?
  6. What's one free thing every independent artist should do this week?

Book Sean

Email the name of your show, a link to it, the date you have in mind and whether it's audio, video or live. Sean is happy to work around your schedule.

booking@encoriva.com

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