New Company: Domain Artist Management
Key Principals: Bill Simmons, Kendal Marcy, Chris DuBois
Financial Partner: Domain Capital Group
Flagship Client: Brad Paisley
Sector: Artist Management / Country Music
Base: Nashville, TN
Territory: North America
- Veteran artist manager Bill Simmons, management partner Kendal Marcy, and award-winning songwriter and publisher Chris DuBois have formed Domain Artist Management, a joint venture with Domain Capital Group, LLC.
- Three-time Grammy winner Brad Paisley has signed as the company’s first and flagship client.
- The firm will be headquartered on Nashville’s Music Row at 1221 17th Avenue South, with Domain Capital Group having invested in the entertainment sector since 2011.
- This latest move follows Domain Capital Group’s acquisition of Miranda Lambert’s music catalog in 2026 and a global publishing administration partnership with Sony Music Publishing and Sea Gayle Music.
Veteran artist manager Bill Simmons, management partner Kendal Marcy, and award-winning songwriter and publisher Chris DuBois have officially launched Domain Artist Management, a new joint venture with Domain Capital Group, LLC. Country superstar Brad Paisley has come aboard as the company’s flagship client.
Simmons has managed Paisley’s career since 2003 and previously served as a partner at The Fitzgerald Hartley Co. He is a former CMA Board Chairman and current Country Music Hall of Fame board member.
Marcy, a multi-instrumentalist and award-winning producer, has been part of Paisley’s inner circle since 1999 and became a management partner in 2014.
DuBois co-founded Sea Gayle Music with Paisley in 1999 and boasts 18 No. 1 hits as a songwriter, along with multiple Songwriter of the Year honors from NSAI and ASCAP.
This isn’t Domain Capital Group’s first rodeo in the entertainment space. The firm previously acquired Miranda Lambert’s catalog and partnered with Sony Music Publishing on Sea Gayle Music’s global publishing administration deal.
The new management company gives the group a direct hand in artist representation, not just catalog assets. It is based at 1221 17th Avenue South in Nashville.
For fans tracking similar industry moves, check out how other music industry veterans are reshaping the talent landscape: Dan Baron & Chase Northington Join Paradigm and Madison House’s Adam Bauer Joins Dynamic Talent as Partner.
Takeaways
This launch is more than a management reshuffling, it’s a statement about where the country music business is heading. When investors and artist managers sit at the same table from day one, it removes the traditional friction between creative representation and financial strategy.
Domain Artist Management isn’t just signing clients; it’s building a vertically integrated entertainment business where touring, music publishing, catalog investment, and artist development all speak the same language.
Brad Paisley as the flagship client also signals serious credibility. This isn’t a startup taking a flyer, it’s a company built around a decades-long relationship with one of country music’s most decorated artists, and now opening the door for more.
With Brad Paisley as the anchor client, what other A-list country artists might be drawn to Domain Artist Management’s unique structure? Domain Capital Group already owns catalog rights and now manages active artists, could a record label division be next?
