Oaktown Soul
In Shawn’s small studio apartment, the OakTownSoul brand and production collective was officially formed. The original goal was to build a collective of soulful producers to put out beat tapes.Mission
As advocates for the Oakland music community, OakTownSoul is dedicated to providing knowledge and resources to local artists that are traditionally concentrated in markets like New York City and Los Angeles. The music community in Oakland is unique and trendsetting; OakTownSoul is building the foundation for Oakland to be a music industry hub so we can retain our homegrown talent.Oakstop Alliance has partnered with OakTownSoul to create recording industry events that superserve the vast community of emerging music artists in Oakland. The OakTownSoul team has grown an event series that establishes a credible networking and education hub in Oakland that serves artists from as far as Sacramento to Monterey. With Oakstop Alliance’s partnership, we’ve grown the capacity of these events to over 300 artists per event and are actively planning future projects, workshops and conferences to host artist gatherings in Oakland.
Oakstop Alliance’s partnership with OakTownSoul was born from creators Shawn, Clay and Max desiring to accelerate their brand growth and reach to the artistic communities of Northern California. As strategic partners, we’ve provided the following services:
Venue hosting
Starting August, Oakstop Alliance will be the venue host for the monthly OakTownSoul networking summit. The partnership will allow OakTownSoul to triple their participant capacity and present high profile panelists and workshops for all in attendance.
Project Planning
As a strategic partner, Oakstop Alliance is working with OakTownSoul to develop two 2023 initiatives of incredible benefit to the Bay Area music ecosystem: a large scale music conference connecting local artists to unparalleled resources and networks and an accessible recording studio where emerging artists can create work without financial pressure.
