{"id":27031,"date":"2020-03-25T10:22:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T09:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dooweet.org\/?page_id=27031"},"modified":"2025-05-14T08:38:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T06:38:13","slug":"about-christophe-sousa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dooweet.org\/en\/about-christophe-sousa\/","title":{"rendered":"About Christophe Sousa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-container ugb-container limited-width ugb-2de1228 ugb-container--v2 ugb-container--design-plain ugb-main-block\"><style>.ugb-2de1228-wrapper > .ugb-container__side{padding-top:35px !important;padding-bottom:35px !important}.ugb-2de1228-wrapper.ugb-container__wrapper{padding-top:0 !important;padding-bottom:0 !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-2de1228-content-wrapper.ugb-container__content-wrapper{width:100% !important}.ugb-2de1228.ugb-container{margin-top:0px !important;margin-bottom:0px !important;padding-top:0px !important}}@media screen and (max-width:768px){.ugb-2de1228.ugb-container{margin-top:-50px !important}}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-container__wrapper ugb-2de1228-wrapper\"><div class=\"ugb-container__side\"><div class=\"ugb-container__content-wrapper ugb-2de1228-content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong><span><span style=\"color: #f8b654;\" class=\"stk-highlight\">My name is Christophe Sousa<\/span><\/span>, and I am the founder of DOOWEET, once a non-profit organisation under law 1901 aiming to promote singers and musicians of all stripes, <span><span style=\"color: #f8b654;\" class=\"stk-highlight\">which has subsequently become a music promotion agency in and of its own right<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-container ugb-container full-width full-width-grid full-width-grid-text-left ugb-04b4ab0 ugb-container--v2 ugb-container--design-basic ugb-main-block\"><style>.ugb-04b4ab0-wrapper.ugb-container__wrapper{border-radius:0px !important;background-color:transparent !important}.ugb-04b4ab0-wrapper.ugb-container__wrapper:before{background-color:transparent !important}.ugb-04b4ab0-content-wrapper > h1,.ugb-04b4ab0-content-wrapper > h2,.ugb-04b4ab0-content-wrapper > h3,.ugb-04b4ab0-content-wrapper > h4,.ugb-04b4ab0-content-wrapper > h5,.ugb-04b4ab0-content-wrapper > h6{color:#222222}.ugb-04b4ab0-content-wrapper > p,.ugb-04b4ab0-content-wrapper > ol li,.ugb-04b4ab0-content-wrapper > ul li{color:#222222}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-04b4ab0-content-wrapper.ugb-container__content-wrapper{width:100% !important}}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-04b4ab0 > .ugb-inner-block > .ugb-block-content > *{padding-top:0px !important;padding-bottom:0px !important;padding-right:0px !important;padding-left:0px !important}}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-container__wrapper ugb-04b4ab0-wrapper ugb--shadow-0\"><div class=\"ugb-container__side\"><div class=\"ugb-container__content-wrapper ugb-04b4ab0-content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading custom-style\">MY \u201cOFFICIAL\u201d CV\n<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While I am very happy to have gained my baccalaureate (with merit no less), I am equally proud of not holding any other qualifications. It wasn\u2019t not for lack of trying, as I threw myself into new fewer than 4 different courses, ranging from languages to IT and even music (then being convinced of my talent). I was never built for further studies, or maybe they were never built for me, who knows\u2026 But the fact remains that this lack of qualifications instilled me with an even more dedicated approach to my job search.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From one job to another, each more rewarding than the last, I finally found the role I had been looking for, namely working within a music organisation (the Cit\u00e9 de la Musique in Paris, but let\u2019s not name-drop). Alongside this, I set up a small-scale association aiming to showcase emerging artists at the very beginning of their music career.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1048\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/dooweet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/christophe-sousa-1024x682-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dooweet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/christophe-sousa-1024x682-1.jpg 1048w, https:\/\/dooweet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/christophe-sousa-1024x682-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1048px) 100vw, 1048px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1740\" src=\"http:\/\/dooweet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/christophe-sousa-portrait-768x891-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dooweet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/christophe-sousa-portrait-768x891-1.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dooweet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/christophe-sousa-portrait-768x891-1-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/dooweet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/christophe-sousa-portrait-768x891-1-1236x1536.jpg 1236w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading custom-style\">Why did I do that ?\nOut a passion for music <br>and also an appetite for a challenge<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>.I imagined an approach to music promotion which broke with the status quo, which had a very specific framework, followed a clear path and avoided any possibility of reverting back to the old habits of traditional promotion. When I launched this project, I naturally hoped for the success it deserved, but I never expected it to take off the way it did. I ended up spending more time managing my little association of music press officers than in my role at the Cit\u00e9 de la Musique!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Personnel restructuring did the rest: either I could continue to collaborate with them as an outsourcer (and an unpaid one at that), or I would have to go and work elsewhere. What many people would have seen as a disaster, I in my slightly unconventional way took as a new challenge and an opportunity for my association. And so, Dooweet went from being a small non-profit to gaining the status of fully-owned company, swallowing up all my savings along the way, but offering an unrivalled sense of satisfaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading custom-style\">WHY Dooweet ?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To shed a little more light on this, I would mention that the success of Dooweet did not simply come by magic: when you have a goal, you have to give it your all, and the first step is to forget about counting the hours you\u2019re putting in. I won\u2019t go into the reactions I\u2019ve had from major music figures, who are occasionally amused by my approach but then stunned by the success of Dooweet projects. While some are irritated, others choose to keep their noses to the grindstone\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-container ugb-container ugb-3a2828c ugb-container--v2 ugb-container--design-plain ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-container__wrapper ugb-3a2828c-wrapper\"><div class=\"ugb-container__side\"><div class=\"ugb-container__content-wrapper ugb-3a2828c-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center column-12\">\u00ab&nbsp;While some are irritated, <br>others choose to keep their noses to the grindstone..\n\u2026&nbsp;\u00bb<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-container ugb-container ugb-79858d2 ugb-container--v2 ugb-container--design-plain ugb-main-block\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-79858d2-content-wrapper.ugb-container__content-wrapper{width:100% !important}.ugb-79858d2.ugb-container{margin-top:0px !important}}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-79858d2 > .ugb-inner-block > .ugb-block-content > *{padding-top:0px !important;padding-bottom:0px !important;padding-right:0px !important;padding-left:0px !important}}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-container__wrapper ugb-79858d2-wrapper\"><div class=\"ugb-container__side\"><div class=\"ugb-container__content-wrapper ugb-79858d2-content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The music industry, a mythical world whose complex workings can drive even those with the patience of saints to distraction, is in constant flux\u2026 Without wanting to denigrate traditional music promotion methods, which cannot be ignored, you also have to move with the times and keep updating things. Portable cassette and CD players have long been replaced by smartphones, and streaming platforms are the media of choice. Which is exactly why music promotion succeeds through steps targeting all aspects of your career: your creative output, of course, but also your marketing, press releases, social media management and even your presence online and on streaming platforms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Without actually realising, I have just summarised the role of the professional press officers at Dooweet: to offer both 360\u00b0 and precise support, to stack the odds as much in the favour of artists trying to get their break or relaunch a career in music. We are present in Paris and Montpellier, so that as many people as possible can contact us easily and their promotional or marketing campaigns can be studied in detail. We\u2019re ready and waiting to give you a warm welcome and discuss your plans together as well as the steps that will best meet your needs and reflect your material or financial circumstances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-container ugb-container ugb-c071e14 ugb-container--v2 ugb-container--design-plain ugb-main-block\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-c071e14.ugb-container{margin-top:0px !important;margin-bottom:0px !important}}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-container__wrapper ugb-c071e14-wrapper\"><div class=\"ugb-container__side\"><div class=\"ugb-container__content-wrapper ugb-c071e14-content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-fc167ef\" data-block-id=\"fc167ef\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-fc167ef-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-d118b86\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"d118b86\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-d118b86-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-d118b86-inner-blocks\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"143\" height=\"38\" src=\"http:\/\/dooweet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/logo-forbes-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39266\" style=\"width:142px\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.fr\/brandvoice\/interview-du-fondateur-de-dooweet-christophe-sousa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the full interview<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Christophe Sousa, and I am the founder of DOOWEET, once a non-profit organisation under law 1901 aiming to promote singers and musicians of all stripes, which has subsequently become a music promotion agency in and of its own right. 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