“Our partnership with Authentik Artists has been the most rewarding of my career in music. Scott and his team have developed a close, personal relationship with us as artists–a foundation from which our growing success was born.”
–Ryan Hudson, Overbreaker
“The world has gotten so much smaller and so has the music business in terms of only major labels getting most of the great content opportunities. The digital age has made independent artists like myself be able to stay independent yet get opportunities that even large artists would get thanks to the foresight and vision of Authentik Artists. The fact is sales are not where artists will be able to make real dollars on their music anymore, its in the publishing and content and Authentik Artists is the wave of the future. Anyone who says different is in denial.
As a Producer it reinforces again how much the quality of the content should be good, and if so, it shouldn’t need tens of thousands of dollars to record and get opportunities to be heard. Authentik Artists is also supporting a “greener” movement which I support by only releasing music digitally. The next generation of musicians is utilizing exactly what Authentik Artists does as tools to work together as partners rather than your typical artist/label relationship. I love it and could not be happier to be a part of their movement!!”
–Zac Diebels, Automatic Static
“Authentik Artists is small but mighty. Scott Austin and Bob Bradley are two industry vets who know the music business inside and out; but more importantly, are aware of how quickly it is changing. We Are The Arsenal began our relationship with Authentik when both the band and the company were in their infancy, but what drew us together was the potential we saw in one another. In the time WATA has been working with the company, they have released our full length album and helped produce two of our music videos.”
“They took that material and created far more value for it than we could have on our own. We Are The Arsenal is in the process of recording a brand new EP that we will be releasing through Authentik this Summer. Although there were other options, we chose to go with Authentik once again because in an ever-changing industry, they are already ahead of the game. Where some companies are still trying to figure out how to survive, Authentik is thriving. They have always made us feel like family and we wish nothing but the best for them as we continue to grow together.”
–Ryan Terrigno, We Are The Arsenal
“The folks at Authentik Artists are simply the most supportive team we’ve ever worked with — they’ve listened to every crazy idea, kept honest and positive communication with us, and have done an incredible job introducing our music to the digital realm. We look forward to our next release together in late Summer 2010!”
–Josh Verbanets, Meeting Of Important People
“Authentik Artists are some of the most hardworking, honest and intelligent individuals that I have ever had the pleasure to work with. In an industry where it’s so hard to find people you can trust, Authentik lives up to everything they say. It almost sounds like a commercial, but it’s the straight up truth.”
–Mark Warren, That Was Something
“The individuals in Big City Kids have been in and out of contracts/agreements for 3 years now and often have at least one negative experience because it’s just the business we’re all in right? Well, we can sincerely say that we have nothing but good thoughts and feelings about the Authentik Artists family and it is truly a step in the smartest direction for artists that are serious about taking their career to the next level. Keep making music friends!”
–Emerson, Big City Kids
“Scott has an incredible ear for new talent and his encouragement really gave me the motivation to do what I do”
–Kate Voegele, Interscope Records recording artist
“Scott has made a reputation for himself as a smart, creative executive. His transition from doing A&R at a label…gives him rare insight into the inner workings of the music business.”
–Jason Flom, Music Executive and CEO (Universal/Republic, Capitol Music Group, Lava Records)
“I’ve worked with a lot of A&R people over the last 30 years on such projects as The Killers, Fleetwood Mac and Chris Isaak and have found few with the dedication to their artists and the grasp of the recording process like Scott.”
–Mark Needham, Producer/Mixer/Recording Engineer
Multi-platinum act Marcy Playground‘s John Wozniak calls Scott “an A&R guy with good taste”
