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About Sound Business Management
Sound Business Management was started in 2011 with the goal of providing specialized financial management to musicians. Keeping track of details such as mechanical royalties, sales tax, tour support, and the many other aspects of the music business can be overwhelming. With Sound Business Management on your team, everything will be accounted for so that you can focus on your music.
Our Team
Evan Blanc, CPA
Evan Blanc is a CPA and the founder of Sound Business Management. He has worked in some part of the music industry since starting as a booking agent in 2003. He and his wife have lived in Austin since 2000, so they've seen a lot of changes. He’s also the father of four kids, including triplets, so he stays pretty busy. He enjoys going to concerts, eating Mexican food, and spending time outdoors.
Julie Hayes
Julie Hayes was born and raised in Chapel Hill outside of Tyler, Texas. After graduating from Austin College in Sherman, TX with a Bachelor’s in Political Science in 2004, she moved to Austin. Since then, Julie has worked in sales, marketing, accounting, and tax. In 2013 she started working at Sound Business Management. During her free time, Julie enjoys spending time with her husband, two sons, traveling, hiking, fishing, going to concerts, comedy shows, Legos, and catching up with friends.
Lucy Pete
Lucy Pete was born and raised in Brownsville, TX and likes to say that she’s a Texan at heart but a full-blooded Cajun girl as her parents were born and raised in the Louisiana bayou country. Lucy attended TX Southmost College and then Sam Houston State University. She moved to Austin in 1975 and has been in the accounting field since 1974. She has worked in the business management field since 2001 and has had the pleasure of working with a variety of award-winning musicians. She loves music, the wonderful city of Austin, and the hill country.
Selena Noel
Selena Noel is originally from northern New Jersey but moved to Austin at the beginning of 2020. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2014 with a Bachelor’s in Comparative Literature and worked in marketing and sales positions for several years. At Sound Business Management, Selena is excited to be working with a great team and learning more about the music industry. In her free time, she enjoys exploring Austin and the hill country with her boyfriend, reading, having game nights with friends, and playing with her two cats.
Sam Barton, CPA
Sam Barton was born in Birmingham, AL but raised in Texas from an early age. He has been around the world and all across the USA touring with various bands. After almost ten years of touring, Sam decided to take a step back from the road to graduate with a couple of degrees in Accountancy. From there he became a licensed CPA while doing tax work before finally ending up at Sound Business Management. He enjoys spending time with his family, going to the movies, chowing down on delicious Tex-Mex, sipping a well-crafted old fashioned and live music.
