Black Box

Who We Are

Black Box is a MODERN MARKETING AGENCY designed for the music industry. Our vision is to help our clients DEVELOP ENGAGED AUDIENCES through branding, marketing and partnerships.

We offer CUSTOM SOLUTIONS for labels, publishers, managers and artists, with an UNPARALLELED EXPERTISE in driving campaigns and a passion for personalized content creation, social publishing, and full-service marketing strategy.

Our approach is simple; know yourself, know your fans, build your business.

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Our Clients

Current Artists
1. The Aces
2. Ajeet Kaur
3. Albert Hammond Jr.
4. Amon
5. Andy Frasco & The U.N.
6. AUGUST 08
7. Austin Weber
8. Beartooth
9. Brent Amaker
10. Christian Paul
11. Cody Lovaas
12. Crimson Apple
13. DAYVID
14. Dirty Honey
15. End Of The World
16. FLAWES
17. Galimatias
18. Gavin Haley
19. Ghost Hounds
20. Hunter Hayes
21. James Gillespie
22. Jesse McCartney
23. Jordan Davis
24. José Feliciano
25. Kai
26. Kaya Stewart
27. Kofi
28. KP Wolfe
29. Larkins
30. Liily
31. LIVVIA
32. MAEJOR
33. Mark Pelli
34. Maisy Kay
35. Nahko
36. Nissim Black
37. pineappleCITI
38. Rachel Lorin
39. Sad Alex
40. Sasa Stubbs
41. Scarypoolparty
42. Stereo Jane
43. VALE
44. Warm Brew
Current Clients
1. 12Tone
2. Amuse
3. The Artist Group
4. CK Music
5. DeVard Management
6. Flush Records
7. Good Soldier Songs
8. Hollywood Records
9. Live The Music Group
10. Maverick
11. Red Bull Records
12. Red Light Management
13. Sideonedummy Records
14. Spirit Voyage Records
15. Tokyo Fantasy
16. Universal Music Group Nashville
Past Artists
1. AC Newman
2. Alex Di Leo
3. Andra Day
4. Annahstasia
5. Ariana And The Rose
6. Avi Jacob
7. AWOLNATION
8. Best Coast
9. Beware Of Darkness
10. Bob Mould
11. Bobby Bazini
12. Bridgit Mendler
13. Brooke Candy
14. Charlotte
15. Cheerleader
16. Dan Deacon
17. Death Cab For Cutie
18. Deep Cotton
19. Dev09
20. Efraim Leo
21. Elephant Heart
22. Finn Matthews
23. Five Knives
24. Flagship
25. Forest Blakk
26. For King & Country
27. Freya Ridings
28. Gunnar Gehl
29. Ilse Delange
30. Jack Bruno
31. Jake Austin Walker
32. Janelle Monáe
33. Jason Mraz
34. Jaymes Young
35. Jidenna
36. Jimmy Lumpkin & The Revival
37. Jon Langston
38. Josh Ritter
39. JP Saxe
40. Kittens
41. KT Tunstall
42. Lauren Daigle
43. Leopold And His Fiction
44. Like Machines
45. Little Scream
46. Love Thy Brother
47. Melanie Penn
48. Middle Class Rut
49. Mona
50. New Beat Fund
51. The New Pornographers
52. NIve
53. Olivia Lane
54. Orelsan
55. Pablo Dylan
56. RedOne
57. Reuben Hollebon
58. Rogue Wave
59. Roman Gianarthur
60. Sara Diamond
61. She & Him
62. Skylar Stecker
63. St. Beauty
64. Stolar
65. Superet
66. Tessa Violet
67. The Submarines
68. Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
69. Transviolet
70. Twin Atlantic
71. UNEQUAL
72. The Weeks
73. Wild Wild Horses
74. Willie Jones
75. The Wombats
76. Xiuhtezcatl
77. XO-IQ
78. Zack Lopez
Past Clients
1. 153 Entertainment
2. 300 Entertainment
3. 4 SOUND
4. 7SIX9
5. Atlantic Records
6. B Frank Managament
7. Bad Habit
8. Big Spark Music
9. Bill Silva Entertainment
10. BMG
11. CAA
12. Cast Management
13. Centricity Music
14. Dare Mighty Entertainment
15. EMPIRE
16. Groundwork Management
17. LIONSGATE
18. Live Nation
19. Pookiebird
20. Pulse Music Group
21. The Rebel's Cause
22. RedOne Productions
23. Rostrum Records
24. Santa Monica Recordings
25. Skate Mountain Records
26. Universal Music Canada
27. Wagram Music
28. Wondaland
29. YouTube
30. Zeitgeist Management

The Team

Livia Tortella
Founder & CEO

Brian Popowitz
General Manager

Elsa Tortella
Client Services & Administrative Director

Ashley Osborn
Creative Director

Megan Dickinson
Digital Marketing

Katie Middleton
Digital Production

Justin Miller
A&R

Aubrey Wickenheiser
Project Manager

Steve Sherr
General Marketing

David Miller
Streaming & Retail

Devyn Vaughan
Digital Marketing

Adam Samiljan
Project Manager

Gabe Alvare
Project Manager

Nadav Hezi
Digital Marketing

Maude Lambert
Brand Management

Brian Spencer
Project Manager

Sarah Facciolo
Publicity

Sergio Tortella
Event Marketing & Production

Charleine Canning
Event Productions

David Richtenburg
Digital Marketing

Capabilities

Project Management

Flawless coordination and campaign management with clarity and strategy.

TIMELINES & RELEASE SCHEDULE
BUDGETS
RESOURCE, VENDOR, & TEAM MANAGEMENT
INSIGHTS & POSTMORTEMS
PARTNER RELATIONSHIPS

Marketing

A relentless approach to defining what’s authentic about an artist and presenting it to the world.

CAMPAIGN STRATEGY
MARKETING PLANS
DSP RELATIONSHIPS & PLAYLISTS
SOCIAL POSTING
WEB PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
PAID MEDIA
CONTENT CREATION
VIDEO COMMISSIONING
COPYWRITING

Branding

Tell your story in everything you do. You are the only one with this story to tell.

BRAND & IDENTITY
INTERACTIVE DESIGN
PARTNERSHIPS
PHOTO, VIDEO, & MUSIC DEVELOPMENT

Feed

April 6, 2020

Livia's Blog: It’s Groundhog Day…Again; Music’s Creativity In Quarantine

March 25, 2020

Guest Contributor: Client Services – Guest Blog From Elsa Tortella

December 30, 2019

Livia's Blog: Top Artist Brands of 2019