Trending on Billboard Evan Winiker , managing partner at Range Media Partners, found himself in a challenging position during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of Range’s acts were struggling to stay afloat during lockdown, which grounded tours around the world. “A number of clients turned to us and said: ‘So what are we going to do this year for money?’” he says. The calm, soft-spoken Winiker could empathize: Back in the aughts, he got his start as a touring musician himself, playing in bands alongside childhood friend-turned-superproducer Jack Antonoff . Winiker’s band signed its first record deal in high school, and he spent his late teens and twenties gigging around the globe. “It was a beautiful time,” he says now, reflecting back on his early years. “As fun. was blowing up for Jack, though, I was just playing bass every now and then.…