{"id":236065,"date":"2025-07-15T20:29:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T19:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/?p=236065"},"modified":"2025-07-15T20:29:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T19:29:02","slug":"success-is-building-something-that-outlasts-hype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/success-is-building-something-that-outlasts-hype\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Success is building something that outlasts hype.’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trailblazers is an MBW interview series that turns the spotlight on music entrepreneurs with the potential to become the global business power players of tomorrow. This time, we meet Justin Garza, founder of talent management company, the Dream Adopters. Trailblazers is supported by TuneCore<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Justin Garza didn’t initially set out to become an artist manager, but “the universe” had other plans.<\/p>\n

The founder of independent management company The Dream Adopters started his career as a singer and frontman, self-managing his own projects and navigating both the creative and business sides of the industry from day one.<\/p>\n

After “hanging up” his own recording artist ambitions, Garza shifted into songwriting for others and became deeply embedded in the “Los Angeles pitch session scene”.<\/p>\n

It was there that he says something unexpected happened; other songwriters and producers began approaching him to ask if he’d consider representing them.<\/p>\n

“I took it as a sign to listen to what the universe was telling me,” Garza tells MBW, “and I made a conscious decision to pursue management.”<\/p>\n

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That decision led to an entry-level role at the management company representing The Black Eyed Peas and Will.i.am (Grassroots Music).<\/p>\n

Those experiences helped shape his perspective and ultimately inspired the launch of artist, producer, and songwriter management company The Dream Adopters, <\/strong>which\u00a0he describes as “more than just a management firm”.<\/p>\n

Today, The Dream Adopters operates as what Garza calls a “creative-first, globally-minded boutique company” that focuses on artist development, publishing, and music for visual media.<\/p>\n

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The company has been particularly successful in the K-pop space, with over 120 placements and releases in the genre across the company’s roster.<\/p>\n

Recent highlights include The Dream Adopters’ management clients Melanie Fontana<\/a> and Lindgren<\/a> writing and producing Takedown<\/em> for the hit Netflix animated feature K-pop Demon Hunters.<\/p>\n

The soundtrack launched at No.1 on the Billboard Soundtrack chart and is currently sitting at No.2<\/a> on the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n

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