About Happy House Management
Happy House is the new management, marketing and product management company set up by Danny Watson.
Offering a full management service, bespoke marketing and product management services. Working with artists, major labels, artist services, independent services and independent distributors. Happy House has an enviable network of contacts within all aspects of the industry, gained from over 29 years experience in the music industry.
Danny Watson brings not only a wealth of experience and knowledge of the industry to Happy House , but also an undying love of music. Beginning life, as all should, working in an independent record shop before moving to Rough Trade Marketing, he worked with some of the biggest artists and labels in the independent sector, and as label manager to Mute records, helped Depeche Mode secure their first number one album. After RTM he moved to become label manager at Pinnacle, looking after the blossoming Epitaph label, Poptones, Gut and many others. From there he went to Warner Music where he spent 9 years as marketing manager on some of the biggest acts in the world, including Green Day, Michael Buble, My Chemical Romance, Linkin Park, Flaming Lips, Neil Young, Paul Simon to name but a few. A short lived but highly informative time at start up digital company Mflow was followed by 3 years at BMG Rights Management as Director of Masters and Product Management, where he helped You Me At Six secure their first ever number 1 album.
In 2003 he set up, with Alan McGee the now legendary Deathdisco club at Notting Hill Arts Club.
He has 5 children, supports Arsenal and knows for a fact (White Man) in Hammersmith Palais is the greatest record ever made.
Offering a full management service, bespoke marketing and product management services. Working with artists, major labels, artist services, independent services and independent distributors. Happy House has an enviable network of contacts within all aspects of the industry, gained from over 29 years experience in the music industry.
Danny Watson brings not only a wealth of experience and knowledge of the industry to Happy House , but also an undying love of music. Beginning life, as all should, working in an independent record shop before moving to Rough Trade Marketing, he worked with some of the biggest artists and labels in the independent sector, and as label manager to Mute records, helped Depeche Mode secure their first number one album. After RTM he moved to become label manager at Pinnacle, looking after the blossoming Epitaph label, Poptones, Gut and many others. From there he went to Warner Music where he spent 9 years as marketing manager on some of the biggest acts in the world, including Green Day, Michael Buble, My Chemical Romance, Linkin Park, Flaming Lips, Neil Young, Paul Simon to name but a few. A short lived but highly informative time at start up digital company Mflow was followed by 3 years at BMG Rights Management as Director of Masters and Product Management, where he helped You Me At Six secure their first ever number 1 album.
In 2003 he set up, with Alan McGee the now legendary Deathdisco club at Notting Hill Arts Club.
He has 5 children, supports Arsenal and knows for a fact (White Man) in Hammersmith Palais is the greatest record ever made.