Date Signed: June 2025
Label: Nettwerk Records
Type of Music: Pop, Punk
Booking: Ryan Edmundson - UTA; Joel Baskin - The Feldman Agency ; Matt Bates - Primary Talent
Legal: Alex Ploegsma - Ploegsma & Shulman, LLP
Publicity: Claire Reynolds, creynolds@nettwerk.com
A&R: Mike Glita
Web: ilovegamesweplay.com
Games We Play is the band moniker and performance vehicle for singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Emmyn Calleiro. The 20-something musician originally began in his hometown of Miami, Florida playing local pop-punk shows as a teenager. He proved a real go getter and self-promoter at 14 and 15 years old working with other bands and booking weekly shows.
“I dropped out of high school to do this, but it never really caught a wave until I was 21 years old,” says Calleiro. “I did learn a lot but there was no need to drop out of high school on my end. That was something I did that I thought was smart at the time.”
However, Calleiro’s musical spirit and industrious business savvy paid off, eventually moving to Los Angeles and posting some of his power pop and punk songs on TikTok and various social media. He captured the alternative punk zeitgeist in 2022 with the declarative single “I Hope You’re Happy.”
“There was nothing before that,” says Calleiro. “And then the next day it was kind of like, ‘oh, people are interested in my music.’ It was a song I posted about my life and people really resonated with it. “
After years of toiling in the trenches, he curried the favor and attention of Fall Out Boys’ Pete Wentz and major indie label Fueled By Ramen/DCD2 Records. Calleiro worked with them for over two years performing sold out shows that took him to Europe and prestigious venues such as Red Rocks and Madison Square Garden.
But after that successful run, Calleiro took stock in the direction he was going with his life and music and thought it was time for a change. At this same time he met A&R man Mike Glita from Nettwerk Records. “Is This What I’m Made Of” is the debut single for the Nettwerk imprint. The deal will involve the release of subsequent singles leading to a full album release by the end of 2026.
“Right now, my plan is trying to make good stuff, not a lot of stuff,” says Calleiro.
