Agent & Partner – Arrival Artists (Chicago, IL)
Erik Selz’s 25+ year career began with an extended run at redryder entertainment, founded in Chicago in the 1990s, counting The Magnetic Fields, Andrew Bird, Carbon Leaf, and Squirrel Nut Zippers as part of the roster, the latter two of which also became management clients. On the heels of two Pollstar Boutique Agency of Year nominations, Selz folded redryder into The Windish Agency in 2014, with Erik quarterbacking international campaigns for theatre and arena-level acts including alt-J and M83. Landing at Paradigm in 2016 as part of the Windish acquisition, he continued to bolster his roster with groundbreaking artists such as BADBADNOTGOOD, Nilüfer Yanya, and Altin Gün. In October 2020, Selz and five partners, all long-time friends and colleagues, launched Arrival Artists, representing success stories across nearly every genre, a roster of 200+ artists performing all the way up the chain from small underground clubs to large halls, theaters, and arenas. Arrival has since grown to a team of 30+, with offices in NY, Chicago and LA, and a global partnership with The ATC Group, with whom they co-funded companyX, a full-service brand partnerships and strategy agency.