Since the inception of Fanatic Promotion in 1997, Josh Bloom has established a reputation as a passionate artist advocate and over the years, Fanatic has also grown into a taste making and sales driving force.
Josh's varied work experiences within the industry helped him realize that the underlying conviction that got him there is what has prevailed - that feeling of being "right" about which artists are important and in need of attention and that nothing has as much meaning as the relationship between the listener and the song.
As it was from the start, Fanatic campaigns are strategized and administrated top down by Josh, who has had the pleasure to work with such artists as My Morning Jacket, The Decemberists, Sufjan Stevens, Girl Talk, Miranda July, of Montreal, Stars, Patrick Wolf, The Avett Brothers, Daniel Johnston, Sleater-Kinney and many more of his favorites over the years. The list could be even longer - he has a lot of favorites!
Josh continues to be a bug in the ear of the media and doesn't like to take no for an answer unless he really believes you've listened. He approaches publicity and promotion as a visionary, not a functionary. He empathizes with artists that are trying to be heard and has the connections to put their music in front of the right ears. Josh believes that no artist should accept any less than that kind of passionate representation when it comes to the the work that they have created at the risk of emotional life and limb.
We all know how much just one song can affect us. It continues to be Josh's aim to create those moments -- as a fan and as Fanatic.
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Josh Bloom is a publicist, promoter, and entrepreneur born in Brooklyn. Read more about Fanatic in the pages of Rolling Stone (www.fanaticpromotion.com/page.php?section=rollingstone), listen to Josh's own music at www.joshbloomsongs.com and head over to NPR (www.npr.org/blogs/monitormix/2009/03/pop_goes_the_world_1.html) to read about "Cancel My Subscription," the song he wrote for Katy Perry.
Josh and business partner Sean Boyd recently launched the next phase of Fanatic's life with Fanatic Records (www.fanaticrecords.com) distributed by EMI/Caroline. Many Fanatic Records artists will be recorded at Art Farm Recording (www.artfarmrecording.com), a Fanatic Promotion affiliated company.
