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Pictured above: Queer Music Agency US founders and artists at their March 2024 launch party in NYC. From left to right: Brooke St. Bones (Funeral Doors), Kidd Nickels (Funeral Doors), Juni Purr (Funeral Doors), Emily Burnett (Founder), Aliya Bloom (Founder), Nai’a, Indigaux the Fae, Baby, Sedric Perry, Lana Ja’Rae, and JM. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How a Queer Music Agency Is Elevating LGBTQ+ Artists and Curating Pride Month Playlists<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Queer Music Agency is exactly what it sounds like: a music agency that represents solely queer artists, and it\u2019s the only known business in the world doing this. The frankness of the business name is a stroke of genius-level search engine optimization by Denmark-based Frederik Diness Ove, who started the agency in 2021. It\u2019s how Aliya Bloom, the co-founder of the new US branch of Queer Music Agency discovered the organization when she was looking for her next opportunity in the music business. 
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\u201cI am very proud of my queer identity and I\u2019m a huge music lover and have always been,\u201d says Bloom. \u201cSo I did some research and through really strong SEO, found Queer Music Agency. I just reached out saying, \u2018Hey, I love what you\u2019re doing. I\u2019d love to connect and learn more.\u2019\u201d
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In summer of 2023, Bloom started collaborating with Diness Ove on booking, and it was going so well that they decided to start up Queer Music Agency<\/a> in the US.  
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\u201cFrom the beginning I felt like I could bring this here,\u201d says Bloom, who is based in New York City. \u201cI knew I was able to, not by myself, but just to get things going solo. So I said, \u2018Let\u2019s do this for real.\u2019\u201d
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From there Bloom posted to the LGBTQ+ social media platform Lex<\/a>, where she found her co-founder Emily Burnett, who had a background in music marketing. 
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\u201cI posted, \u2018Hey, looking for creatives to hop in on this endeavor,\u2019\u201d says Bloom. \u201cShe reached out, as well as many other folks, but Emily was the only person that had the passion, the energy, the motivation\u2014we work so well together and she saw the vision as clearly as I did.\u201d
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Since teaming up in October 2023, Bloom and Burnett have grown the US roster to a total of 14 artists and DJs. They celebrated with a launch party in New York in March 2024.
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\u201cWe really want to focus on not only creating community between our artists, but also with our staff, with our bookers, with the queer music scene,\u201d says Burnett. \u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s enough representation of queer people, not only artists, but also on the backend, in the business part of the music industry. So I think having that queer connection around is something that we\u2019re very excited about.\u201d
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Bloom and Burnett put together a Spotify playlist to share some of their favorite music recommendations from their 14 artists for Pride Month. They also introduced us to two QMA artists with Berklee and Boston connections: Eph See and TOMGIRL504EVER. <\/p>\n\n\n\n