Welcome to Zen & Tonic Music Consulting. 

Founded by Nick Phillips—a GRAMMY®-recognized record producer of both new recording projects and historical reissues, a music industry veteran with more than 30 years of experience, a digital music strategist and playlist curator, and a Billboard-charting independent jazz recording artist in his own right—Zen & Tonic Music Consulting provides expert music production, curation, creative and business consulting services to music companies and creative individuals for every phase of a project, from concept development to commercial release and beyond.

Our Clients Include:

How We Can Help You.

Our Services Include:

GRAMMY®-RECOGNIZED RECORD PRODUCTIOn

• Record Production for both New Recording Projects and Historical Boxed Set Reissues

• Project Concept and Creative Development

• Project Planning, Budgeting, and Management

• Creative Direction and Supervision of the Recording and Mixing Sessions by a GRAMMY®-recognized Producer

• Supervision of the Mastering Sessions

Digital Music

• Digital Playlist Concept Development, Curation, and Strategy Consulting

• Playlist Art, Marketing, and Distribution Consulting

• Particular Expertise in Jazz (Currently the Jazz Music Editor of Digital Programming at iHeartRadio)

ADDITIONAL RECORDING ARTIST AND record LABEL consulting SERVICES

• Music Business Consulting

• Album Artwork and Packaging Concept & Development

• Manufacturing Coordination

• Distribution Set-up

• Marketing and Release Strategy