ABOUT BOLDER ENTERTAINMENT
With over 25 years of industry experience, working with some of the biggest stars in music globally, within a network of leading music and entertainment industry professionals, Bolder Entertainment is a boutique enterprise, based in Sydney Australia.
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We plan and execute creative and commercial projects for artists, music companies and corporate clients from start to finish using our internal expertise and resources, while also providing the opportunity to partner with other entertainment industry leaders, if it benefits any given project.
Established in 2014, we have successfully provided a variety of music entertainment services in areas such as Artist Management, Artist Development, A&R Direction, Record Label Services, Release Planning, Marketing & Management, Tour & Event Management, Content Creation (including Music Videos, Live Show Visuals, Photography, Biography Copy & Art Design), Editorial Copy, Digital Strategy, Website Design, DSP Playlist Pitching, Podcast Production, Country Radio Promotion and more.
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We have most recently worked primarily in partnership with Haiku Entertainment, the management team for multi-award winning and ARIA chart topping recording artists, Peach PRC and Shannon Noll, plus Canada's leading country music label Open Road Recordings (whose roster includes marketing leading artists Tim Hicks, Hunter Brothers and Dayna Reid).
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Bolder Entertainment was founded by Tim Holland, just prior to working at Sony Music Australia, where he oversaw and executed chart topping campaigns in Australia for international artists such as Luke Combs, Carrie Underwood, Brooks & Dunn, Maren Morris, The Chicks, Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Old Dominion, Kelsea Ballerini, Dylan Scott, Lee Brice, Wynonna, Tyler Farr, Davisson Brothers Band, Jason Aldean, Cam, Brad Paisley, Russell, Dickerson, Ward Thomas, Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, and Dolly Parton plus locals Seaforth, Adam Harvey, Mae Valley, O’Shea, Kevin Bloody Wilson and Missy Lancaster.
Before this, he was A&R/Label Manger at ABC Music. Holland helped the label become the market leader for local country music in Australia and created a pathway for the label to sign and work with artists from the USA and Canada.
His successful ABC Music label signings included The Wolfe Brothers, Adam Brand, McAlister Kemp, Steve Forde, Jasmine Rae, Craig Campbell (USA), Kellie Pickler (USA), Emerson Drive (Canada), Jayne Denham, Doc Walker (Canada), Dean Brody (Canada) and Sara Storer.
Holland also successfully executed A&R and marketing activities for the likes of Australian country stars Lee Kernaghan, Catherine Britt and Travis Collins.
During this time, he was also invited to speak at the Billboard Country Music Seminar in Nashville.
From 2020 through to 2024, Holland was also the General Manager of Sydney based independently funded record label Red Dog Recordings. Shannon Noll was the label's first signing, with his May 2021 release, RAW debuting at #1 on the ARIA Australian Albums chart and #1 on the AIR Independent Albums chart (scoring a #3 on the overall ARIA Album chart, which was three spots higher than his previous major label release!).
All-female country/rock super-band Southbound xo achieved the label's first chart topping result at the end of 2020, with 'Find Our Way.' The song went to #1 on both the national country radio airplay chart and the AIR Independent singles chart. 'Find Our Way.' Southbound xo's follow-up single 'This Is Us' then became the band's second national country radio #1 hit (for three consecutive weeks!) with the band's releases ultimately achieving tens of millions of streams.
​Other major highlight was the label's release of 'Middle Ground' with local artist Rachael Fahim, which scored a massive five-week #1 on the national country airplay chart, making it the biggest hit of her career! Rachael went on to secure a major label deal with Island Records/Universal Music Australia following this success.
During this time Holland also co-managed Noll and Southbound xo and produced Nollsie's podcast, Idol Talking With Nollsie. Before that he hosted the country music podcast, Tone Countrycast, which featured prominent local and international guests such as Blanco Brown, Jim Lauderdale, Kelsea Ballerini, Melaine Dyer, HARDY, Lindsay Ell, Shane Nicholson, Fanny Lumsden and Brooke McClymont (The McClymonts).
Bolder Entertainment also successfully managed four-time ARIA Award nominated, two time CMC Award winning and CMA International Award winning singer, songwriter and entertainer Jasmine Rae for over ten years.
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Other past and present Bolder Entertainment clients have included the likes of Variety Australia, The Brag Media, Haiku Entertainment, Black River Entertainment (USA), Tamworth Regional Council, The Music Network, Abby Christo (NZ), Kelsea Ballerini (USA), Dozzi, Shea Fisher, Leaving Lennox, Matt Cornell, Austin Burke (USA), Dakota East, and Dear Tommie.
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FUN FACT: Tim Holland was the first Australian to ever interview the music megastar Taylor Swift, at the CMA Music Awards in Nashville in 2006.