Josh Kahn
Seoul, South Korea
BD/Marketing Consultant & AXEAN Festival
I have worked in music for over 20 years, and have been fortunate to have collaborated with many incredible and exciting artists and labels. I offer consulting services to artists and labels globally, with a focus on East and Southeast Asia. I draw on my experience to help my partners with marketing, business development, media strategy, operations and finance (and occasionally live opportunities). If that sounds like a lot, it is! My clients have varied needs and it’s important for me to understand their business and offer strategies and solutions that help them grow. My focus is finding answers that work for each specific client, in service of creating more opportunities for artists in a fairer and more equitable music ecosystem. I would be happy to share more about my work, so please ask me! In addition to my consulting work, I am also a co-organiser of AXEAN Festival, one of Southeast Asia’s premier showcase festivals. Before working in Asia, I was most recently Senior VP of Digital Marketing at Capitol Records in Los Angeles, and before that spent time in various digital business and marketing roles at Sony Music and EMI. I started my career as part of the team that created the groundbreaking virtual band Gorillaz, with whom I worked for three albums.
CONTACT
COMPANY / EVENT
Business development & marketing consulting, and also a showcase festival.
WHAT I DO
- I help bands sell their music (e.g. publishing, licensing, distribution, sync, ticketing, etc.).
- I help bands develop their careers (e.g. A&R, producer, manager, etc.)
LOOKING FOR
- Artist genres
- Mainstream pop type acts
- Band music e.g. rock, indie-rock, indie-pop, etc.
- Hip-hop, Rap, R&B, Soul, Funk, etc.
- Electronic music e.g. EDM, DJ, etc.
- Artist types
- Currently famous acts
- Up-and-coming acts
- Undiscovered talents




