Jona Koekelcoren
Personal Information
Organization / Workplace
BeatSwitchLocation
Antwerp Area, Belgium, België BelgiumOccupation
Community & Customer Success Manager at BeatSwitchIndustry
Photography / Arts
Website
www.beatswitch.comAbout
Obsessed by music and a hunger for innovation. Part marketeer, part artist manager, part musician. I started out making music with Sky Castles at 18, played abroad, supporting bands like We Are Scientists, BRNS, School Is Cool, etc. Following a management disaster, I decided to take control myself. I ended up breaking up Sky Castles, once I'd gathered experiences at Boomtown Festival (Ghent), Panda Sessions, Pandafest, and The Spectors, and started working for Waste My Records, a Belgian indie label (home to Creature with the Atom Brain, Bed Rugs, King Dalton, ...). I worked there for 1,5 year. During my time at WMR, I learned most of what I know about the music industry, about how...