Artist development with Tayte Nickols

Artist development is an ongoing creative partnership around your songs, sound and artistic direction. Tayte Nickols works with emerging and independent artists to make music that feels more confident, distinctive and recognisably theirs.

Start where you are

You may have voice notes, a handful of demos, released music or a new direction you want to explore. You do not need a label, management or a finished sound before getting in touch. The starting point is your music and what you want to develop.

What we can work on

Songs and songwriting

Develop early ideas into songs with a clear point of view. We can explore melody, lyrics, structure and the choices that make a performance connect.

Sound and production

Find the arrangements, instrumentation, references and recording approach that suit you. The aim is a shared musical language that can grow across your work.

Artistic direction

Connect the music with the wider creative world of the project. Conversations about visual direction and release planning can form part of the work, with the support agreed around your needs.

How a collaboration develops

We begin by listening to your music and discussing your goals. A focused production session or a small group of songs can become the starting point for a longer partnership. The pace, scope and priorities are shaped around the artist and reviewed as the work develops.

Sessions can take place at Mad Fox London in Hampstead or Willow Lake Studios in the Lake District.

Artist experiences

Read testimonials from Her Name Was? and haybaletale, alongside stories about Prestyn Smith, Finn Forster and Alex Spencer. Each story describes a particular collaboration; the credits archive identifies roles on released tracks.

One song, a release or a longer partnership?

Music production focuses on developing a song into a record. EP and album development connects the decisions across a specific release. Artist development gives the wider creative direction time to grow.

Start a conversation

Send music links and a few lines about where you are now, what you want to make and where you would value support.