Direct-To-Fan Services For The Music Industry

Know Your Fans. Cultivate Your Community. Build Your Business.

Gorillaz - Fan Community Management ClientWildlife EntertainmentElton John - CRM Management ClientRadiohead - Direct-to-Fan Marketing ClientATC Management - D2F Strategy Consultancy ClientParlophone Records - Music Industry PartnerUniversal Music Group - Music Industry PartnerWarner Records - Music Industry PartnerInsanity Records - Fan Club Management ClientBig Loud Rock - Music Industry PartnerAWAL - Direct-to-Fan Services Client

Our Approach

We build the direct line between your artist and their fans.

You already know a fanbase you own is worth more than one you rent. Building it, the strategy, the tech, and the day-to-day, is a full-time job. That's the job we do.

Fans first. Technology second.

We start inside your artist's existing fan communities, reading the group chats, the Discord threads, the comment sections, to learn what fans actually value and how they want to connect, with the artist and with each other. Those insights shape the strategy. Only then do we build the stack.

It's how we've grown communities into the thousands for artists including Luvcat and Tom Grennan.

Fresh eyes on every artist. Proven frameworks underneath.

No two fanbases behave the same way, so we start from scratch on strategy and lean on our own playbooks for execution. The result is owned channels fans look forward to hearing from, and tell other fans about.

The same approach built fan clubs thousands of members strong for The Swell Season and Tom Walker.

Own the relationship. The revenue follows.

Artists have rented their audiences from social platforms for years, paying in reach every time an algorithm shifts. We run growth campaigns that bring those fans into channels your artist controls, so the people who care most are reachable on release day, on-sale day, any day.

We doubled year-on-year revenue for White Lies. For Radiohead, we project managed a private fan ballot that 4x their mailing list and helped deliver the lowest secondary market volume in the band's touring history.

Expert Direct To Fan Services.

Comprehensive strategy & tech platform management to grow your artist's business.

Fan Relationship Management.

Making your fans feel heard, seen and valued is the secret to your success - we meet the fans where they are and facilitate deeper connections with the artists they love.

Community Management.

Expert daily management, content planning, Fan Moderator development, and cross-platform systems that actually work. The result is superfans who buy more, spread the word, and stick around for the long haul. We build and manage fan communities on:

Discord
WhatsApp
Reddit
Facebook Groups

Fan Engagement CRM.

We utilise all of the features in your chosen CRM to grow your list, identify your fan audience segments, and build programs that reward them with perks and access.

Cobrand
Openstage
Laylo
Rivet

Fan Club Strategy & Management.

We build and manage fan clubs that drive recurring revenue and deepen relationships with your superfans. Strategy, setup, exclusive content, ongoing management - we handle everything. Custom solutions for every artist, partnering with the best platforms in the business.

Single
Fan Pass
Planet Fans
Medallion
Openstage

Qualitative Fan Research.

Through targeted surveys and focus groups with your most engaged fans, we uncover what they truly value, what they'll pay for, and what opportunities you're missing. Every insight informs strategy. We translate research into recommendations for products, experiences, pricing, and fan engagement.

Our Clients.

Tap a Case Study card to reveal the story.

Sugababes

Sugababes

Royal Blood

Royal Blood

Elton John

Elton John

RadioheadCase Study

Private Fan Ballot to Beat The Touts

Led the strategy and execution of a secure verification and ballot system powered by OpenStage, delivering tickets to real fans across a five-city European residency.

  • —Sold-out residencies in hours
  • —+409% mailing list growth
  • —Higher-quality fan data
  • —Lowest secondary market volume in the band's history
OpenStage

Radiohead

Gorillaz

Gorillaz

ATC Music Group

ATC Music Group

LuvcatCase Study

Community-First Fan Ecosystem

As Luvcat's star rose, we funnelled fans into her CRM and community — first on WhatsApp, then a new Discord server — recruiting and training fan mods to build a highly engaged community that sells out products in minutes.

  • —4,000+ Discord members
  • —'Luvcat Letters' newsletter
  • —Merch & vinyl sold out in minutes
DiscordOpenStage

Luvcat

Rachel Chinouriri

Rachel Chinouriri

Baby Queen

Baby Queen

White LiesCase Study

Fan Club Relaunch + Discord Community + CRM Management

Qualitative fan research informed our strategy, we relaunched the Shopify store and Single-powered fan club, and monthly Discord AMAs turned the most engaged fans into an owned revenue channel.

  • —+989% Discord growth
  • —+330% new customers
  • —+77% fan club growth
  • —YOY revenue doubled in 8 months
SingleDiscordOpenStageFan Pass

White Lies

Tom GrennanCase Study

Relaunched Community Strategy For A #1 Album Campaign

Working closely with Tom's superfans, we relaunched the Discord community, built a fan-led Stationhead channel, and ran a Facebook Fan Group strategy that helped drive a chart-topping album.

  • —#1 UK album
  • —+40% mailing list growth
  • —+25% Discord community growth
  • —+160% Facebook Fan Group engagement
FacebookDiscordOpenStage

Tom Grennan

Tom WalkerCase Study

Direct-to-Fan Strategy In An Off-Cycle Year

Used Tom's touring & festival schedule to drive mailing list sign-ups, and launched a freemium Fan Pass fan club with archive demos and unseen session content ahead of his album campaign.

  • —Doubled Tom's OpenStage mailing list
  • —5,000+ Fan Passes claimed
  • —62% mobile-pass install
Fan PassOpenStage

Tom Walker

Simply RedCase Study

From Transactional Emails to Fan-Led Storytelling

Qualitative fan surveys informed our strategy. We connected with Facebook Fan Group admins every month and relaunched a monthly official newsletter to put fans at the centre of the 40th anniversary year.

  • —+136% list growth
  • —+596% OpenStage engagements vs previous year
OpenStageFacebook

Simply Red

TALK

TALK

The Swell SeasonCase Study

Reconnecting with Core Fans After A 7-Year Gap

We launched and managed a free fan club that super-served the most passionate fans with exclusive content and early access, capped by a release-week livestream with products only available during the event.

  • —+116% list growth
  • —5,000+ fan club members
  • —7.5% conversion (vs 1–3% avg)
SingleOpenStage

The Swell Season

Black Country, New RoadCase Study

Shopify Livestream With Time-Limited Exclusives

Big Cookie developed and managed a one-hour Q&A livestream on the band's Shopify store, built around exclusive limited-edition formats that drove chart-eligible pre-orders.

  • —Exclusive products sold out in minutes
  • —3,200+ visitors in an hour
  • —#3 UK album
SingleOpenStage

Black Country, New Road

Testimonials.

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Big Cookie oversaw the planning and rollout of the Radiohead tour registration and ticketing programme for their European shows in November and December 2025. Pulling several teams and projects together into one place, Big Cookie’s calm and positive approach was just what we needed to help navigate us through some quite complex problems and find the most equitable solutions for both band and fans alike.

JULIE CALLAND

COURTYARD MANAGEMENT, RADIOHEAD

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Big Cookie have become an extension of our central services team, helping us deliver sophisticated CRM strategies for numerous key artists across the ATC roster. Big Cookie brings a level of analytical rigour and music industry intuition that's rare to find. The results speak for themselves—stronger fan relationships and tangible revenue growth.

RIC SALMON

HEAD OF GROWTH, ATC MANAGEMENT

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The Big Cookie team have been amazing to work with. They have a deep understanding of how artists and their fanbases operate, pairing standout ideas with real, tangible results. Thanks to their hands-on approach, smart strategy, and genuine care for the people they work with, we’ve seen clear, measurable growth across our artists.

ALICE BEAL

GENERAL MANAGER, INSANITY RECORDS

Big Cookie - Direct-to-Fan Marketing Agency

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Fan community management, fan club management, Discord & Reddit community management, CRM strategies for the music industry.