Chief
Online Arts and Culture Magazine + Record Label + Events (2006-2009)
Founder, Editor-in-Chief, Creative Director
Chief, based in Brooklyn
I founded ChiefMag.com on September 11th, 2006, as a magazine platform focused on emerging artists and musicians. I wanted to showcase amazing, creative work and publish interviews with the creators. After producing the first two issues in Italy while working for Benetton, I moved back to Brooklyn and partnered with fellow Pratt Institute alumnus Ed Zipco. Together we worked to develop Chief into a multi-media brand that included the monthly online magazine, an independent record label and a speakeasy music venue.
Needless to say, the activities of Chief have required the hard work and dedication of dozens of individuals, all of whom donated their time and energy.  I’d like to thank everyone I worked with to grow Chief over the years and particularly Jacquline Lewis and Amanda Scigaj.  Most sincerely, thank you.  You are family.
We closed Chief in 2009.
Chief Magazine issue #15, two-year anniversary issue.
From 2006 to 2009, we published 17 issues of Chief with hundreds of interviews with artists and musicians including:
Dan Deacon
Cory Archangel
Eugene Mirman
Todd P
Man Man
Monotonix
DJ Dirty Finger
Santiago Mostyn
MGMT
Wham City
Joe Ahearn
Maggie Lee
Battles
The Death Set
Jaimie Warren
Taylor McKimens
PaperRad
Brad Neely
Space 1026
Matt Furie
Tony Millionaire
Juiceboxxx
Matt and Kim
Sam Lipsyte
Ben Frost
Dennis McNett
Todd Fisher
George Saunders
and hundreds more.
Various Chief Magazine covers (2006-2009)
Flyers and Event Photos
I have so many truly unforgettable memories from these last years… like the time we had Maggie Lee’s birthday party on the Dobbin rooftop and 600 people showed up. Or the time Tommy the Naked Man stopped by the office and left a stain on one of our chairs. Ninjasonik’s album release party at the Music Hall, the mud wrestling party, our anniversary auction at 3rd Ward, out second anniversary event – that loading dock rooftop jam on Roebling, the home-made Sparks experiment, all those late night drinking/brainstorming sessions…
It was a wild ride.
Learn more at ChiefCreative.com
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