Rent an Advisor
Strategic guidance from Ned Beckett, one of the most connected figures in electronic music.
Booking is one part of a career. The bigger picture involves releases, teams, live projects, market positioning, and long-term direction. Most artists make those decisions without a proper outside perspective.
Rent an Advisor gives you Ned's view on where your career is and where it could go. He brings 25 years of experience across booking, artist development, and label work, and the kind of network that comes from building LittleBig into one of electronic music's leading agencies.
Ned Beckett
Founder, LittleBig Music AgencyFounder of LittleBig Music Agency, representing more than 80 artists. Co-founder of Leisure System. 25 years of experience across booking, artist development, and the broader music industry.
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How Ned works
Three areas of focusThe full picture
Ned looks at your career as a whole, not just one part of it. Releases, live work, team structure, positioning. He helps you understand how the different elements connect and where the gaps are.
Tailored strategy
Every session is built around your specific situation. Ned does not apply a template. He works with what you have, where you are, and what you are trying to achieve, and builds from there.
Project advising
Whether you are developing a new live project, planning a release, or making changes to your team, Ned offers direct input on the decisions in front of you, not general guidance.
Who it's for
Artists at a turning pointMusicians, DJs, and live acts who need a broader perspective on where their career is heading. Especially useful if you are at a stage where individual decisions carry real weight: a new agent, a new market, a new direction.
You have built something in one market and are ready to expand. Ned has worked across territories for decades and can give you a realistic picture of what international growth actually requires and how to approach it.
You have an active career but something is not working. A team issue, a strategic drift, a sense that decisions are reactive rather than planned. Ned offers an honest outside view on what is actually going on.
You are developing something new: a live show, a release, a band, a creative direction. You want experienced input before you commit. Ned has seen most situations and knows what tends to work and what does not.
What's covered
Six areas of advisory workLive project development
Advice on building and evolving live projects, including how to position them in different contexts and how to move between performance formats.
Team building
Support in assembling and managing the people around your project. Who you need, when you need them, and how to structure those relationships so they actually work.
Releases and promotion
Strategic input on how to release and promote your music in a way that serves your wider career, not just individual release cycles.
Music production direction
Perspective on the production side of your work: where it sits in the market, how it connects to your live career, and what direction serves your long-term artistic goals.
Creative project A&R
Guidance on shaping a creative project from the outside. The kind of honest, market-aware input that is hard to get from people close to the work.
Long-term career strategy
A clear picture of where you are now, where you could realistically be in two to three years, and what decisions you need to make to get there.
Need ongoing support rather than a strategic session? Rent an Agent with Alma Ernst may be a better fit.
Work with Ned.
Tell us where you are in your career and what you want to work through. We will confirm availability and next steps within 48 hours.