Being a part of the music industry is like no other job. There’s a creative energy and a passion for breaking new ground that drives everything. But it can be unpredictable, especially financially, which can make planning for your future a constant challenge.
At First Horizon Bank, our art is taking the disconnected and sometimes confusing parts of your financial life or that of your business and blending them together in a way that feels like pure harmony. Our Music Industry Group is dedicated to serving the music industry exclusively and has extensive, hands-on experience hitting the right financial notes for our clients.
Who We Serve
- Record labels
- Publishing companies
- Booking agencies and agents
- Artist management companies and their management executives
- Business management companies and their management executives
- Entertainment law firms and their attorneys
- Performing artists and groups
- Production companies/Producers
- Music technology companies
- Royalty finance companies
- Licensing administration companies
- Merchandise companies
- Branding, sponsorship and promotions executives
- Performance rights organizations (ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, GMR, Sound Exchange)
- Music festivals and other live performance/live event promotion businesses (staging, lighting, venues, touring, etc.)
- Not-for-profit organizations (CMA, ACM, CMHoF, NSAI, AIMP, NMPA, etc.)
How We Serve You
| BUSINESS SERVICES | PERSONAL SERVICES |
|---|---|
| Lines of credit for seasonal needs (i.e., touring line, festivals, etc.) | Personal deposits |
| Term loan for facilities expansion | Foreign currency exchange |
| Structured credit for catalog acquisition and songwriter contract advances | Family office services, offering a fully outsourced solution to managing the financial and investment needs of an affluent individual or family |
| Equipment financing for staging, lighting, studio equipment, tour buses, tractor trailers, FF&E, etc. | Interest rate swaps |
| Commercial credit facilities | Investment management services |
| Aircraft financing | Mortgages |
| Royalty advance loans | |
| Intellectual property financing | |
| Music business investments and acquisitions | |
| F/X exposure | |
| ACH risk exposure | |
| Letters of Credit | |
| Commercial Deposits | |
| Treasury Management |
Why Choose the First Horizon Bank Music Group?
- National footprint/focus
- Experienced team led by music industry veteran Andrew Kintz
- Consultative, solutions-based approach to every relationship
- Added value via unique connections and associations across industry
- Strength and stability of a trusted financial institution with more than 150 years of financial service
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