About

The Decible story so far

Decible Entertainment is a management company founded by Larry Wade in Los Angeles in 2012.

Its founding clients were Philip Lawrence, Evan “Kidd” Bogart, The Writing Camp (Erika Nuri and David “DQ” Quinones), Boardwalk Music Group and Harmony Samuels.

Since inception, the company has additionally managed Ricky Reed (2013), his record label Nice Life Recording Company (2014), The Stereotypes (2016 – 2019) and Danja (2018).

Decible Entertainment operates a values-based mission. The core values are: respect, inclusion, leadership, learning and community. We invest in the power that happens when we bring the people together. This is underwritten by a blue-collar ‘hard work makes it happen’ spirit. As dream catalysts, the Decible mission is to understand the clients broad vision and then to take the daily steps to bring that vision into reality.

Under the leadership of Larry Wade, Decible Entertainment operates an executive team of 2 managers and an assistant. As part of growing a learning culture, Wade operates a continuous cycle of executive development, mentoring and training. Decible Entertainment executives work with custom designed learning tools to best support their progress. This is paired with off-site workshops and focused networking development.

As a management services company, Decible Entertainment meets talent with opportunity. We are committed to building a healthy pipeline of capable talent, and so we supply our clients with knowledge, education, specialist advisory, mentorship, emotional support, strategy and leadership.
An essential part of what makes Decible Entertainment strong is the client focus. We specialize in songwriters, producers and artists. Our broad music industry experience and network enables us to expand this to music creators. We meet clients on their creative path, we help them navigate change, and we partner with them to create lasting value. We believe that world-class talent is made possible through hard work and a high functioning support system. Our approach to a Decible signed artist is to build a village around them, and to provide every support needed for them to thrive. Our niche roster enables us to provide these services at a platinum standard. This is what makes us highly competitive in the marketplace.

The Decible Entertainment area of specialization is kingdom building for the client. We invest in empowering our clients to build a robust career portfolio of their desire. Designing with the end in mind. This can mean albums, investments, live shows, co-writing collaborations, TV/ film/ gaming, joint ventures, philanthropic endeavors and exploring limitless possibilities. We work in partnership to bring the necessary people together to build creative visions, while also diversifying the clients income streams and mitigating risk so that they have sustainable careers for the long term.

Read the Manifesto

Industry Recognition Highlights:

Ricky Reed
Ricky Reed
The Stereotypes
The Stereotypes
Ricky Reed
The Stereotypes
The Stereotypes
Ricky Reed
Ricky Reed
Ricky Reed
Ricky Reed
Evan “Kidd” Bogart

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LATIN GRAMMY Record of the Year Fiesta Bomba Estereo (Nom)
LATIN GRAMMY Record of the Year Internacionales BombaEstereo (Nom)
GRAMMY Song of the Year That’s What I Like Bruno Mars (Won)
GRAMMY Best R&B Song That’s What I Like Bruno Mars (Won)
GRAMMY Producer of the year (Nom)
GRAMMY Producer of the Year (Nom)
CMA AWARDS Album of The Year Center Point Road Thomas Rhett (Nom)
GRAMMY Producer of the year Non Classical (Nom)
GRAMMY Record of the year Truth Hurts LIZZO (Nom)
GRAMMY Best Progressive R&B Album Cuz I Love You LIZZO (Won)
GRAMMY Album Of The Year Cuz I Love You LIZZO (Nom)
National Trustee Board The Recording Academy

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