Wade Sutton

Wade Sutton is the founder of Rocket to the Stars, an artist services record label with clients throughout the world. The label works with aspiring and professional musicians by providing top-level services ranging from biography and press release writing to designing sponsorship proposal decks, websites, and press kits. He also help clients with their live performances and the production of their shows. His clientele is made up of artists of several genres, including country, rock, pop, jazz, blues, metal, hip-hop and more.

A long-time radio and journalism veteran, Sutton's strategies have been featured on top websites such as CD Baby and Discmakers. His article, "Musicians: Get a Real Job!", was named by CD Baby as one of the site's Top Ten Articles for 2015. He has also appeared on CD Baby's DIY Podcast and has been a guest on webinars hosted by Berklee Online founder Dave Kusek and online marketing expert Michael Brandvold (KISS, Dream Theater, Britney Spears).

In 2014, Sutton published "The $150,000 Music Degree", which he co-authored with former Taylor Swift manager Rick Barker. The book was read by many in the music industry including country music superstar Dierks Bentley.

His upcoming second book, "Hacking Music: The Music Business Model Canvas", is co-authored with John Pisciotta of Jetpack Artist Ventures in Nashville and will include contributions from some of the industry's biggest names, including multi-hit songwriter Brent Baxter (Alan Jackson, Randy Travis) and former Tim McGraw keyboard player Jeff McMahon.

In addition to being an advocate for music artists, Sutton is also an active speaker. He has spoken at several workshops in Nashville and was a featured speaker during the 2018 Music Entrepreneur Conference at Harvard University. Sutton is also the host of "The Six Minute Music Business Podcast", which can be heard each week on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher and TuneIn.