DAVE BATTY

Over nearly three decades, Dave Batty has established himself as one of Australia’s most experienced and well-regarded artist managers.

As Director and founder of Custom-Made Artist Representation, Batty is responsible for guiding the careers of Bud Rokesky, Milly Strange, producer/writer Oscar Dawson, Ricewine, Slowly Slowly and ARIA-winners & gold selling Sarah Blasko & The Jezabels, both locally and internationally.

The diversity of Batty’s roster speaks of a manager with an aptitude for working in whatever context and model best suits each artist. He has done deals directly in each territory and worldwide deals with a label group, based on each artist’s needs.

Before opting to focus solely on management in 2015, Batty had a long history in touring and booking. He founded Custom-Made Touring and Artist Representation in 1998, bringing acts as diverse as Tegan and Sara and Mariachi El Bronx to Australia, and in 2011 he merged the agency side of the business with Sydney based talent agency Artist Voice, where he represented acts such as Neil Finn, Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Japandroids. This experience has helped Batty strategically develop national and global audiences around his artists.

Overall, though, it’s his emphasis on creating careers through dedicated and unrelenting commitment that makes him such an accomplished manager.