Michael Gilbride

I have the weirdest music journey ever...

I started as a corporate-bond trader on Wall Street, and my dream was to bank enough money to effectively sign myself to a record deal and quit my career in finance. In March 2020 (terrible timing), I did exactly that... launching my solo artist project, "telco".

I quickly realized how TERRIBLE the landscape is for independent artists. Artists are forced to spend more time creating content than making music, and the industry is suffering as a resul...