Larry Butler

Larry Butler has devoted his entire life to live performance and the music business. He played keyboards in bar bands in Ohio during high school and college, serving as band manager and booking agent, followed by stints as nightclub owner and local concert promoter in Cincinnati. Larry then moved to Los Angeles to begin working as a tour manager for such artists as Randy Newman, Ry Cooder and Isaac Hayes. Those efforts led to a job at Warner Bros. Records as VP Artist Relations there, spending...See more

Larry Butler has devoted his entire life to live performance and the music business. He played keyboards in bar bands in Ohio during high school and college, serving as band manager and booking agent, followed by stints as nightclub owner and local concert promoter in Cincinnati. Larry then moved to Los Angeles to begin working as a tour manager for such artists as Randy Newman, Ry Cooder and Isaac Hayes. Those efforts led to a job at Warner Bros. Records as VP Artist Relations there, spending 20+ years touring with an unrivaled roster of talent, winning a couple of PollStar Artist Development Executive awards along the way. More recently Larry joined Bill Silva Management as General Manager where he also ran Jason Mraz's publishing. He now heads up his own Did It Music (... from the relative security and serenity of the San Fernando Valley. Larry is a licensed California Talent Agent, as well as a published author, songwriter and music publisher. He books and manages San Diego-based singer/songwriter Dawn Mitschele (... from under his Z. Butler Agency umbrella. Larry is a partner in The Artist Cooperative (... offering radio promotion, marketing artist management, staging advice, tour consultation and publishing administration to independent artists. See less