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MATT FRITSCH
www.linkedin.com/in/mattfritschedm | C: +1.412.352.4163 |  matt@edmtunes.com & fritsch.matt@gmail.com

Qualifications Summary:

A conscientious, flexible & efficient worker armed with an inquisitive and critical-thinking nature who is an adaptable, independently-minded self-starter equipped with highly logistics-based thought processes

·         Analytical & inquisitive-based approach to fully learning new skills and implementing newly learned procedures

·         Extensive writing experience including track & album reviews, event coverages, interviews and robust editorial content

·         Business experience including operating in an A&R capacity, as a coordination liaison across varied initiatives/event occurrences/business operations, and as a direct contact for publicists and producers

Relevant Professional Experience:

Partner | Editor | Curator                                                                                                       12/2014 – Current

Mavex Magazine                                                                                                        www.mavexmagazine.com

·         Assisted in the initial layout, formation, creation, and ultimate launch of an online and print-based electronic music magazine; helped build standard operation procedures and operations guidelines, and assisted in implementation of best communications practices across the organization

·         The day-to-day role consists of content editing – which includes visual formatting, stylistic and content-based revisions in order to improve author’s content and structure while maintaining their personal voice

·         The secondary role is curating content from a variety of sub-genres including trance, progressive house, deep house, nu-disco, drum-n-bass, and melodic electro and dubstep; while functioning as a primary point of contact for record labels and publicists in order to cultivate mutually beneficial relationships

Senior Staff Writer | A&R Representative                                                                             06/2013 – Current

EDMTunes (Portfolio available via Google Docs)                              www.edmtunes.com/author/mattfritsch

·         Author previews & reviews for newly released tracks, formulate feature editorials/charts relevant to readership, interview producers/DJs at events for feature story coverage and also cover event reviews for affiliated venues in efforts to expand the scope of electronic music culture

·         Over 400 write-ups published; reviews & articles have garnered direct support from record labels, producers, venues, & event companies via social media including Facebook, Twitter and Google+

·         Contribute to EDMTunes’ Soundcloud profiles by functioning in a joint A&R capacity, scouring the Internet for top notch unsigned talent to promote via our Soundcloud accounts (via free downloads); helped procure 60k new subscribers in 8 months

o    Personal A&R Treasures Spotlight: https://soundcloud.com/dancemfers2/sets/a-r-treasures-spotlight

Founder | Curator                                                                                                                  12/2011 – Current

DanceMFers Music                                                     https://www.youtube.com/user/DanceMFers/playlists

·         Founded a conglomerated source of all things Electronic Dance Music including: monthly music playlists, recorded live video coverage of DJ sets as well as a source for uploads of other previously streamed EDM events

·         Collaborated with established online entities including EDMTunes, 1001Tracklists, YourEDM & Esscala EDM

·         Focused on curation on melodic dance music in a variety of sub genres. The monthly playlist curation on top of the live set recordings landed the interest of a few online entities, and led to my role with EDMTunes

Freelance Promotions                                                                                                          05/2005 – 09/2008

DJ Seth Gold

·         Actively promoted and created promotional materials (both inside and outside club locations) in a freelance setting for a fairly-established Top 40-leaning Electronic Dance Music DJ based in NYC

·         Attended many of Seth’s sets at nightclubs all over the US including locales such as Washington D.C., Miami, San Diego, New York City, Pittsburgh and Louisville, KY to directly create client specific promotions material on site for each individual nightclub client

·         Mingled with the crowd during sets to record/capture energetic crowd footage for usage in future promotions materials (both still photography and video-based) while acting as a liaison between Seth, club managers and the crowd to help facilitate and sustain smooth operations throughout the show

Education:

Bachelor of Arts: Public Relations/Communications                                                                                  2006

Pennsylvania State University                                                                                                    University Park, PA