About

Since the beginning of operations in December of ’88, DL Media has represented numerous major and independent labels including the prestigious jazz imprints EMI/Blue Note and Mosaic Records. Currently DL Media consults the leading long-standing independent labels Mack Avenue Records, Justin Time Records and Motéma Music while also collaborating with the newly formed Jazz Legacy Productions, Resonance Records, RareNoiseRecords, and Random Act Records.

The company has also consulted with a wide array of labels including: EMI/Blue Note Records, Warner Brothers, Sony Masterworks, Columbia/Legacy, Concord Music Group, Mosaic Records, Marsalis Music, Dreyfus Jazz, RCA Victor Jazz, Evidence Music, ACT Music, Denon, MCA, Island, GRP, Liberty – Nashville, ECM, Shanachie, DIW, Koch International/eOne, Black Saint/Soul Note, Intuition, Savoy, and Heads Up, among others.

Additionally, DL Media has also represented artists representing traditional and contemporary genres: Roy Haynes, Marian McPartland, Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, Ellis, Branford and Wynton Marsalis, Abbey Lincoln, Hank Jones, Joe Lovano, Tina Turner, Willie Nelson, Bruce Hornsby, Mitch Winehouse, Alvin Batiste, Wayne Shorter, Charles Lloyd, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Acoustic Alchemy, Max Roach, Brian Blade, Stanley Jordan, Kevin Eubanks, Christian McBride, Jim Hall, Gary Burton, Bob James, Keiko Matsui, Kenny Garrett, Tuck & Patti, Grover Washington Jr., Jazz Is Dead, Steve Morse, Derek Trucks, John Sebastian, Shirley Horn, Greg Osby, Jason Moran, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Charles Tolliver, Terri Lyne Carrington, Dr. Billy Taylor, Clarence Clemons, Joe Zawinul, Bill Laswell, André Previn, Ronnie Laws, Dianne Reeves, Bobby McFerrin, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Michael Brecker, Steve Kuhn, Clarence Clemons, Billy Cobham, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Jon Faddis, Jan Garbarek, Dizzy Gillespie, Trilok Gurtu, Woody Allen (Bunk Project), Bill Charlap, Bobby Short, John Patitucci, Charlie Haden, Brad Mehldau, David Murray, Gunther Schuller, Vince Mendoza, John Scofield, Jimmy Scott, Uptown String Quartet, Cassandra Wilson, Yellowjackets, and Courtney Pine.

“I felt that there was great music being produced all over the world and these artists needed a voice in the U.S.,” states President Don Lucoff. As a result, DL Media has successfully ventured into the Brazilian and world music field representing artists such as: Caetano Veloso, Milton Nascimento, Hermeto Pascoal, Toninho Horta, Ricardo Silvera, Marisa Monte, Carlinhos Brown, Mahlathini and The Mahotella Queens, Fela Kuti, and Zulu Spear, Kodo, Alpha Blondy, Hugh Masekela, Lucky Dube, Salif Keita and the Skatalites.

The company also actively promotes to the Latin music and consumer press working over the years with clients: Bebo and Chucho Valdés, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Michel Camilo, Danilo Pérez, David Sánchez, Eddie Palmieri, Arturo Sandoval, Miguel Zenón, Guillermo Klein, Francisco Mela, Magos Herrera, Alfredo Rodriguez, Los Van Van and Paquito D’Rivera. “Latin music has traditionally been influenced by European and African culture, but with the advent of the MTV generation it has also taken on sub-genres that mirror what is happening in American music.” states Latin music account manager and Colombia native Maria Echeverria.

DL Media has consulted and/or continues to work with jazz and world music festivals around the world including: Jazz Aspen Snowmass (Colorado), Barcelona International Jazz festival (Spain), Panama Jazz Festival (Panama), Detroit Jazz Festival (Michigan), Portland Jazz Festival (Portland, OR), Freihoffers Jazz Festival (Saratoga, NY), Mellon Jazz Festival (Philadelphia), Bell Atlantic Jazz Festivals (NY, Boston, Phila. and Washington D.C.), Jazz UV (Xalapa, Mexico), Vancouver International Jazz Festival (B.C.), Akbank Jazz Festival (Istanbul), Jazz Marciac (France), Tuscia in Jazz (Italy) and Festival d’ Ete’ de Quebec (Canada). DL Media also consulted BET Event Productions, representing their respective festivals in St. Lucia, Anguilla, Turks and Caicos Islands, Grand Cayman, and Barbados.

Additionally, DL Media has consulted a variety of organizations in the music industry, including: the International Association of Jazz Educators (directed press efforts and devised the industry track panels for the conference from 1995 until their demise in 2008), PDX Jazz, the American Pianists Association, the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance, Chick Corea Productions, Absolutely Live Productions, BET Jazz, Jazz Journalists Association, and JAZZ ROOTS.

“In the end we owe our success to the artists,” reflects Lucoff. “We wouldn’t be here without their talent.”

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Internships

DL Media provides an internship program for highly motivated individuals interested in getting their foot in the door of the entertainment industry (as well as providing exposure to small business operations). The program is a non-paying opportunity that is designed as a learning experience for interns to understand both theoretical and practical techniques of music marketing and/or web-based communication in small business.

Generally interns are (but not limited to) currently enrolled students in a degree course of study. Additionally, students from disciplines outside of music and music business, and from other schools, have also opted to intern at DLM.  Many interns have come from neighboring schools such as Temple University, Drexel University, University of the Arts, Saint Josephs University and University of Pennsylvania, among others. If applicable, students may opt to receive credit from their school for their internships (though it is the interns’ responsibility to make such an arrangement in advance with his or her school). As previously stated, the internship program is open to non-students as well.

Given the diverse nature of services that DLM provides, the internship program consists of two distinctive internship tracks in the following areas:

Traditional Music Industry Internship

This internship track provides a learning experience in every aspect of the album release process, including the most efficacious publicity, marketing, and advertising strategies used to promote a product in the music industry.

Tasks include: answering phones, prepping and mailing packages/press kits to send to writers, XL docs and mailing list edits for album mailings, maintaining databases in both Constant Contact and FileMaker programs, contacting and researching various media outlets to add to the database, creating, editing and laying out press releases and customized email blasts with Constant Contact, and pitching various artists for tour press (in various tour markets) as well as pitching various artists to gain press for their album, among other duties.

Online Content Management

This internship track is designed to give Internet-savvy students the opportunity to learn how to successfully utilize web content for the purpose of promoting albums, national artist tours, and ultimately covering the technical aspect of the entire album release process for a media firm.

Tasks include: working in WordPress to update DL Media’s website with press releases, announcements, new content, etc, bring the DL Media social networking sites up to date and maintain consistency in posting materials, migrating and organizing content for various online platforms as well as performing other new media/online marketing tasks (i.e. setting up targeted Facebook ad buys, posting press releases on various blogs, and setting up song streams, among other tasks).

Past interns have gone on to take jobs at record labels, music festivals, or other industry jobs while others have gone on to Law School or other forms of higher eduction.Some of the internship perqs include free CDs, tickets to client performances in the Philadelphia (the latter depends on ticket availability), among other items.

Internships are available during the following three periods throughout the year:

Winter/Spring Internship: January – May

(Applications accepted September – December)

Summer Internship: May – August

(Applications accepted January – April)

Fall Internship: August – December

(Applications accepted May – July)

Hours are flexible. Again, while internships are non-paying, travel stipends are available (if applicable).

If you are interested, you can send your resume via email: amy@dlmediamusic.com AND maureen@dlmediamusic.com

NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE.

AMY MILLER & MAUREEN MCFADDEN

Internship Coordinators