YOU’VE DONE THE BIG THING.
NOW DO THE REAL THING.
Minor Genius Studio is the private 1:1 imprint of minor genius.
For the rare ones whose taste and output pay the bills.
We build one flagship release alongside you — dreamed up, dialed in, and details right.
THE OUTPUT
We ship one finished release together — your name on the front, our name in the credits.
A book, a film, a talk, a show.
It’s 1:1: I’m the editor/producer in the room shaping it with you.
The business side wants everything measurable, immediate, safe.
Respect. That’s the gig.
In the studio, we handle what they can’t: taste, edit, angle, finish — the world-building.
The fun part, done seriously.
Fair warning: shipping a real thing tends to uplevel your orbit and your standards.
HOUSE RULES
This is for pro artists and public figures who get paid for taste — and judged on output.
Real career. Real audience. Fans, not clients.
You want a private editor + style operator in the mix — references, jokes, loafers, total devotion to the work.
Tie on. Tweed blazer. Television on the stereo. You know the type.
We’re shooting for cultural immortality. And free shoes.
Yes — you can sell it if you want to. But the real win is the world it unlocks.
Canon > Content.
SELECT ROSTER
1998-2026
HARD PACK MAGAZINE
A minor genius co-production. We shipped a ski-world magazine with Paris Review brains and Thrasher nerve.
Read Up
GQ STYLE X
MUSIC COLUMNS
A minor genius release. Style + music criticism with a point of view — the kind that ends up on other people’s moodboards.
Listen Up. Get Fly.
FISHO MAGAZINE
Shipped via minor genius: Nick Marzano’s properly weird art-meets-fishing world, born from corporate escape velocity.
Reelin’ In The Years
SCREAM OF MY BLOOD
A minor genius co-production with Eugene Hutz: we made the documentary legible to suits and still kept its teeth. Tribeca.
Movie Magic Here
OUR SHOW WITH ELLIOT ARONOW
A minor genius production. An anarchic talk show that turned into the scene’s Dick Cavett: LCD, Vampire Weekend, Das Racist, Chromeo.
Have Your Party On TV
THE ROOM + THE MAGIC
Small roster. Clean terms.
minor genius (link) is already shipping culture — zines, video magazines, events, clothing, artifacts.
Studio is the private 1:1 room: one finished release that lives in culture. An artifact, not a deck.
Vendors take orders. This is development: a 1:1 editor/producer relationship with the talent. We make it land.
On my side: twenty years in the room + close-range work with LCD Soundsystem, The Strokes, FADER, GQ, Michael Imperioli.
On your side: a real body of work, taste over tactics, and autonomy to ship.
If 15k feels like an investment piece, not a mortgage, you’re in the right zone.
To see if it’s mutual: email three links, one sentence on what you want to release, and your start window. Managers: send the client + the idea.
If it’s a fit, we’ll both know fast.