Hope Lane Media LLC (HLM) is a music + technology incubator (a creative media factory).
Most importantly, we invest in people - the world changers.
Previously a powerhouse sales executive breaking sales records, Kara Wells and her husband, Robert Wells, (tech entrepreneur and recording artist), co-founded Hope Lane Media, which owns and operates several brands/businesses in the music and entertainment industry, including #MusicTech software innovations.
Our flagship brands, Hope Lane Records (independant record label), and ARELIA (cloud software app), are empowering the next generation of musicians and creators to grow and monetize their craft, work together more seamlessly, and harness the power of influence and creativity. We are on a mission to create the best and most innovative tools and services for musicians to make the complex, simple.
Our vision/mission is “Influence = Change” – creating and investing in digital entertainment content & media, digital products, technology & disruptive businesses that shine a guiding light of positive influence that endures for generations.
Robert Wells & Kara Wells, Founders
Hope Lane Media is driven by three goals:
- CREATE: Create entertainment content, media, digital products, and technology that produces a positive influence.
- EMPOWER: Empower independent artists to build flourishing music careers.
- ENCOURAGE: Encourage popular creators & entrepreneurs to harness their power of influence and creativity for good.
ABOUT HOPE LANE RECORDS
Hope Lane Records is a global music distribution company (aka. a re-invented Indie Music Label) that provides artist development, marketing, distribution, publishing and rights management services for artists. Hope Lane Records is known for launching artists like Hope Lane (the band) — Graham Albright and AMELIA (singer/violinist). HLR helps independant artists maximize their brand and revenue potential by providing a dynamic team of music business, marketing and technology experts combined with (ARELIA), a proprietary music business OS software technology founded and developed by Hope Lane Media.
Hope Lane Records also offers coaching and education to musicians in the form of digital downloads and virtual training focused on music industry insights, marketing, social and brand strategy expertise.
[visit the HLR music biz coaching microsite]
“I love your music! 🥰 Stay blessed and keep putting out wonderful music and merch!”
NYLAA (FAN of hope lane)
ABOUT ARELIA
ARELIA is the MUSIC BUSINESS OS® – an innovative new platform for automated business insights for musicians and indie labels. We are developing the power of a “music label in an app”. Early in its development lifecycle, Hope Lane Records spear headed the building of ARELIA as its first use case. HLR utilized the music business OS platform day-to-day to manage and optimize HLR artists social, streaming, publishing, royalty, revenue operations, marketing and fan data.
IN THE NEWS >>> Palm Beach Gardens, FL (January 01, 2023) – Hope Lane Media LLC announced today that its proprietary MUSIC BUSINESS OS® ARELIA will be made available for musicians, bands, and managers worldwide in Q2 2023.
“Your app is gonna change this industry.”
JOEL (ARELIA Customer)
HLM Brands
ON A MISSION
We are on a mission to create the best and most innovative tools and services for musicians to make the complex, simple.
CREATE. EMPOWER. ENCOURAGE.
Our family (+friends & colleagues) are trailblazing the way for the next generation of musicians and creators to grow and monetize their craft, work together more seamlessly, and harness the power of influence and creativity for good.
A MATT5:14 company