Billie Eilish’s Longtime Agent Tom Windish on Booking Coachella, Touring Post-COVID and Working at Wasserman
variety.comShirley Halperin Executive Editor, MusicTom Windish is the head of business development and A&R for the talent agency Wasserman Music, where his clients include the artists Lorde, the xx and Coachella headliner Billie Eilish.
And like the most seasoned of booking agents, he got his start while still in college. SUNY Binghamton in New York is where he first caught the bug for buzzing bands that were left of center.
Upon graduating, he had a short-lived internship at William Morris, where he would bug the agents to show him the ropes. It’s why Tom named his own company Bug, launched a little over 30 years ago as the indie rock scene was exploding.In fact, the word indie is practically baked into Tom’s last name, which makes his career track seem almost pre-destined.
Circumstances led him to Chicago, where he would build a formidable roster of bands most people had never heard of, and he would scale up to include dozens more.
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