Dawn of a New Era: Muse Music Changes Ownership
Muse Music is currently Provo's oldest continuously operated music venue. It's had a few different owners over the years, but last week the concert space entered a new era when Darcie Roy and Debby Phillips purchased controlling interests in the business. The venue officially changed ownership June 6.
Darcie and Debby have been working at Muse Music for some time now so they're familiar faces to anyone who has spent time on 100 Block. They purchased their shares of the venue from Colin Hatch and Justin Hyatt, who together bought Muse Music last year from Jake Haws. You can read more about that transition in this article I wrote for the Daily Herald.Shortly after Darcie and Debby bought Muse Music I sent them a few questions about their new venture. The Q&A that resulted is below and explores why the duo wanted to get into the music venue business, what they have planned for the future, and even why they chose to live and work in Provo.
Who now owns Muse?
Darcie: Debby Phillips and Darcie Roy, Managing Owners, Justin Hyatt, Colin Hatch.
If Colin and Justin are no longer the owners, will they still be involved in any way?
Darcie: They each still retain 10 percent ownership.
Debby: Justin will continue to provide support as needed and Colin is going to focus on engineering for the studio.
How long have you been considering taking over Muse, and/or how long has this deal been in the works?
Darcie: I wouldn't call it a takeover, haha. We joined an existing partnership. I started working at Muse a little over a year ago, and Debby about six months ago, and our passion for the venue and the music scene in Provo, coupled with our previous management experiences, kind of took over. When we found ourselves willingly working way more than any employer could reasonably pay us, when the music scene and the venue became the predominant topic of our conversations, when we couldn't even go to a show elsewhere without picking every detail about it apart, that's when we knew it was eventual. Logistically, this timing seemed to work out best for us, as well as for Colin and Justin.
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