Pavilion Management Consultants is a management consulting and artist development service that provides custom tailored career guidance, equipping artists at any stage in their music career. PAVILION supplies both the industry knowledge and resources specific to our client’s needs, empowering them to advance toward the relevant and attainable goals we help them to identify.

PMC’S artist advisors have over 75 combined years experience in the music industry. They have worked with such artists as Prince, The Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, Billy Idol, The Time, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Narada Michael Walden, Newsboys, Whiteheart, Whitecross, Bride, Delirious?, and many more. They are experienced in every aspect of the industry: artist management, record company operations, artist marketing and promotions, music publishing, contracts, booking, merchandising, and much more. They have relationships with some of the top music executives, presidents and CEOs, of some of the top companies in the world, in a variety of genres, as well as producers, songwriters, booking agents and more.

PAVILION has the industry knowledge and connections you need to help you get to the next level in your music career.

Dez Dickerson / Founder & CEO - Dez’s career in music has spanned over 34 years. He’s had great success as an artist (original guitarist with Prince and the Revolution), record producer (produced/executive produced over 70 albums), and as a record executive (former VP of A&R with StarSong). During the last 9 years, as president and CEO of Absolute Records, a company Dez started after leaving StarSong, he has launched and developed the careers of a number of new artists including Squirt, These 5 Down, Paul Q-Pek and Believable Picnic. He has now established Pavilion Management Consultants as a platform to offer the benefit of his experience in the business beyond just those that are signed to the record label.

Don Heap / Director of Business Development & Artist Services - Don serves as the primary interface between PAVILION and it’s clients. He has a marketing background, and has held positions at major corporations, including EMI. He has major ad agency experience, having handled the Eddie Bauer account at a Chicago agency. Don served the Chordant distributed Furious? Records, owned by Sparrow artists, Delirious?, as Marketing Manager. He has also successfully launched a web-based company, Artist-to-Industry, that matched artists with appropriate industry services and resources. Don is the primary point person in all PMC communications and initiatives.

David Asch / Associate Consultant - David is a longtime Christian music business veteran, most recently having held the position of Senior VP/Marketing/Black Gospel at Provident Music Group. He has an extensive background in artist development, distribution (he was a founding partner of Diamante Distribution, and ran Malaco Christian Distribution for a number of years), marketing, and label management. He has also successfully run a live music venue, Jammin’ Java.

Greg Buckler / Associate Consultant - Greg has a rich career history in sales and marketing, having served in prominent companies including Chordant, New Day Distribution, StarSong Communications, and Integrity Music. Over the past 6 years, he has worked closely with national industry chains and distributors to promote artists projects, while also developing and implementing unique marketing tools such as music compilations and in store music contests.

PMC also has a number of Associate Consultants coming on board who have worked for Warner Bros., EMI, and other major companies, as well as artist managers who have signed acts to major labels such as Interscope, Atlantic, and others.