Dave Hopper

Dave Hopper works in the areas of Music Management, Publishing and Catalog Brokering.

Since 2010 he has led Violet Hill, a talent management firm focused primarily on the careers of Record Producers, Songwriters and Recording & Mix Engineers. His current clients reside in Los Angeles, Nashville and Minneapolis and have credits with top-tier talent including Taylor Swift, BTS, Shaboozey, Sia, Niall Horan, Hayley Williams, Tate McRae, Cheat Codes, All Time Low, Paramore, Ashe, Andra Day, KIRBY, Raekwon, Yo Gotti, P!nk, Florence + The Machine, Judah & The Lion, The Struts, Mae Muller, ENHYPEN, NCT 127 and many others.

As an extension of Violet Hill, Dave also oversees the daily business of the boutique music publishing company, pray for my haters, which he helped launch in 2017 alongside his management client, Tony Esterly. This expands on Dave’s prior publishing experience from his time as VP of Business Development & Creative at the esteemed publishing administration company, Words & Music (now part of Hipgnosis Songs), from 2014-2016.

Lastly, Dave has also exclusively represented many artists, producers, music publishers, etc in the sale of their rights catalogs to buyers. Total Sales are well into eight figures.