Steve Nice

Background

About Steve Nice

Nice Management and Consulting, founded by Steve Nice, is a full service management and consulting company specializing in composer, music supervisor and artist management, synch licensing, and radio promotion consulting. Steve began his career in 1996 at Capitol Records rising to Sr. Director, Promotion. Over the course of 8 1/2 years he worked with bands such as Coldplay, Radiohead, Beastie Boys and Foo Fighters. In the summer of 2004 he joined New West Records, where he spearheaded and Alternative promotion campaigns for Ben Lee, The Drive-By Truckers, and John Hiatt. In 2005, he started Nice Management and Consulting. As a consultant for indie label Dangerbird Records he oversaw all Radio Promotion and Synch Licensing including the Silversun Pickups single,"Panic Switch" which topped the Billboard Alternative Radio Chart, a first in 11 years for an independent artist. Nice Management manages film and television composers, music supervisors, artists and songwriters, Siddhartha Khosla (3 Time Emmy Nominated for NBC’s “This Is Us”, Hulu’s “Only Murders In The Building"), Amanda Jones (Emmy Nominated for Apple TV+ “Home”, Showtime's “Twenties”), Jeff Garber (Netflix's "Virgin River", The CW’s “Nancy Drew”), KOVAS (Netflix’s “On My Block”, HBO’s “The Cost Of Winning”), Shirley Song & Jina Hyojin An (Netflix’s “The Princess Switch 3”) and Mike Fiore from Faces On Film (Netflix’s “The Life We Lead”) to name a few. Additionally, Steve manages Grammy winning artist Van Hunt, UK artist Scars on 45, Musician, Composer and Producer James McAlister (The National, Sufjan Stevens) Music Supervisor’s Derryck “Big Tank” Thornton (“The Chi”, “BMF”), Gary Calamar (“Titans”, “Six Feet Under”), Qiana Conley “Flatbush Misdemeanors”), Ben Hochstein (“On My Block”) and Greg Danylyshyn (“Burden”). Over the span of his 25 year career in the music industry, Steve continues to represent artist through his synch licensing division. He has placed music in several films, including the “Twilight” saga, “New Moon”, and television shows ABC’s "Grey's Anatomy”, Netflix’s “13 Reasons Why”and “Atypical”, HBO’s “Insecure”, the CW’s “Riverdale” and NBC’s “The Blacklist." He has also placed music in commercials for several major brands such as Google, Apple, Nike and Chevy- and video games Guitar Hero, EA Sports’ Madden and Rock Band. Steve has been a radio promotion consultant for multiple record labels including Capitol, Republic, Sub Pop, RCA, Atlantic, and Barsuk working with such artists as Vance Joy, Portugal the Man, The Marias, Elle King and Arcade Fire.