Leadership
Jesse Atwell
Executive Director
Atwell is the founder of Atwell Music Group and has over twenty years experience breaking artists across a broad array of genres including rock, pop, country, indie, and metal. He holds a Master’s of Music Business from New York University and has held management positions at Sony Music Entertainment and Razor & Tie Records.
Prior to founding People Make Art, he was Assoc. Partner at Triple 8 Artist Management, where he built one of the most successful artist development teams in the world. Atwell has worked with chart-topping artists like Twisted Sister, Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley, KALEO, Scotty McCreery, Whiskey Myers, Chase Rice, Eli Young Band, and more.
Atwell is the creator of TEX, a comic strip available on GoComics. He is a mentor and fierce advocate for Human artists.
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