Performance Coach · Music Industry Strategist · Author
Become the Rockstar of Your Own Life.
I coach artists, executives, entrepreneurs and sportspeople to unlock elite mindset and peak performance. Thirty years inside the global music business. 10+ years coaching at the highest level. Author of “For The Record & Off The Record”.
"Richard helped me break a cycle I didn't even realise I was in. What once drove me had become self-sabotage. With his support, I found clarity, freedom, and performed at my best in my final Olympics."
With 500M+ streams and over 30 years as a senior-level music executive and International Professional DJ across Australia and the Middle East, I operate at the highest level because I've built it from the ground up.
My career is defined by a dual lens perspective: navigating the strategic inner workings of global giants such as Sony, Universal, Warner, Apple, TikTok, Coca-Cola and Emirates, while maintaining a three-decade pulse on the global club and events circuit.
During my tenure as Director at EMI Group MENA and Executive Producer for The Voice and X Factor, I worked across the major label ecosystem and its affiliated labels including Jive/Zomba Records, Capitol, Virgin and BMG, contributing to 50+ #1 regional products.
In addition, I've worked directly and indirectly with global artists including Will Smith, Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, Coldplay, Jason Derulo and Nile Rodgers, producers such as RedOne and Quincy Jones, and major Arabic artists including Nancy Ajram, Asala, Myriam Fares, Hamaki and Tamer Hosny.
I've also been responsible for licensing music into Hollywood blockbusters including Sex and the City, Green Zone, Coco and HBO's Here and Now, along with publishing and music clearances for global TV commercials.
Master of Business Marketing · Certified NLP Practitioner & Hypnotherapist
Private 1:1 coaching for breakthrough performance. Eliminate self-sabotage, sharpen focus and operate at your highest level.
Label strategy, A&R, release planning and commercial positioning. Thirty years of global music business insight brought to your team.
Structured development for emerging and established artists — mindset, performance psychology, industry positioning and commercial strategy in one.
Signature keynotes and bespoke workshops on leadership, performance and culture — told through the lens of the global music business.
Become the Rockstar of Your Own Life.
Forty chapters, forty iconic songs, forty real stories from inside the music business, the boardroom and life itself — woven together by the L.I.O.N. Model.
Music Industry Strategist | Elite Mindset & Performance | Artist Development | Performance Psychology
Music Artists · Labels · Executives · Sportspeople
Private 1:1 Sessions · Workshops · Keynotes