Dick Huey
Director
Dick Huey is an entrepreneur and music consultant whose career began as an artist manager and tour manager, and led him to NYC at the Beggars Group, where he served as global head of digital in 1997.
He launched his NYC-based independent label and artist digital marketing agency, Toolshed, in 2002, working with hundreds of groundbreaking independent labels and artists over fifteen years. In 2010, Toolshed expanded into strategic consultancy for Spotify prior to its US launch in 2011, and then worked with 8Tracks, Jaxsta, Red Bull, and SoundExchange.
Toolshed in 2026 focuses on music technology for revenue growth. Blurb.fm, AIMS API, and Third Chair are current relationships. Huey was a consultant to serial entrepreneur Scott Galloway’s Section School. He held a 9-year board seat at SoundExchange representing Matador Records. He is a recent Executive Director and board chairman of the Future of Music Coalition, and a current MusicOregon board member, living in the Columbia River Gorge with his family.
