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Updates/News for the Music Industry
for the week of November 20, 2013
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Don't forget, the brand-new, updated 15th Edition of the 2013-2014 issue of the Film & Television Music Guide has been released! You can order your copy online at www.musicregistry.com or by calling 800-552-7411 (or 818-781-1974 for our international customers).
Also, the brand-new, updated November/December Year-End issue of the A&R Registry has also been released. Both the A&R Registry and the Film & Television Music Guide are available as a PDF (completely hyper-linked and printable), print or as a database file. Again, you can order online at www.musicregistry.com or by calling 800-552-7411 (or 818-781-1974).
Here's your MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS for this week:
It's been a fairly active and as always interesting last couple of weeks in the A&R, Publishing, Film/TV/Video Game, and Studio Worlds. The main news has been the addition of the new A&R staff at Sony. Shawn 'Tubby' Holiday joins Columbia from RCA and Isaac Green has been promoted to Sr. VP A&R. Publishing veteran Shalik Berry joins Epic in Los Angeles and Michael Klein joins Epic in Los Angeles as A&R Operations. Tayla Elitzer joins Capitol in Los Angeles as well. In New York, Matt Darduini joins Mercury as Sr. VP A&R. In the UK, Pino Pumilla exits Polydor to join BMG/Chrysalis and Hugo Bedford exits Atlantic. Also of note, veteran A&R executive Max Gousse has formed Artistry Worldwide with Virgin/Universal. Industry veteran Dick Wingate has formed a new artist management label BHi Music Group and the label's first signings were the blues/rock act Jon & the Jones and rock trio AM Aesthetic. Former Interscope Geffen A&M executive Greg Marella joins Kemosabe Records as Executive VP. Universal Music Publishing Group has signed Miley Cyrus to an exclusive worldwide publishing administration agreement, extended its agreement with Keith Urban, and also signed Julian Bunetta and Mike Einziger to exclusive worldwide publishing agreements. Warner/Chappell Music has signed publishing agreements with Slash and Dave Mustaine and BMG Chrysalis has signed Rascal Flatts songwriter and producer Jay DeMarcus to a worldwide publishing agreement. Grammy-nominated songwriter/producer and Co-Founder of Cherrytree Records, Martin Kierszenbaum is partnering with Kobalt to launch Cherrytree Music Publishing. And, of course, the other big news was the $30-Million deal with Live Nation purchasing Principle Management (U2 and PJ Harvey) and Maverick Management (Madonna). Guy Oseary will take over the day to day running of management for U2 within the new company while Paul McGuiness (Principle) will be CEO. BMG Chrysalis taps Chris Oglesby as VP Creative for its Nashville Office. Oglesby previously launched Oglesby Writers Management which later became part of 19 Entertainment/CKX.
We are thrilled to announce the release of the 2013 Music Blog Registry. This second issue lists complete information on over 1,000 of the top music blogs from around the world. Each listing includes the name of the music blog, website address, contacts, email, full description including what style of music the blog focuses on, location, as well as their Twitter contact info. The Music Blog Registry is available in two formats, a PDF version for $75.00 and an Excel or database format for $150.00. This directory is so new we don't even have it up on our website yet so you'll need to call our office to place your order. Please give us a call at 800-552-7411 (east coast) or 800-579-4655 (west coast) or 818-781-1974 for our international customers.
An upcoming event for everyone involved in synch placements is the Sync Summit Hollywood, December 1-4, 2013 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Two full days: a licensing start-up competition, fantastic keynote speakers and great acts, soon to be announced. It's a must-attend event! The preview agenda is at http://syncsummit.com/la. And if you want to speak or sponsor Sync Summit Hollywood, get in touch with Mark Frieser (the founder of Sync Exchange and Sync Summit) at http://syncsummit.com/la/
An event you should not miss is MUSEXPO as the United Nations of Music & Media celebrate their 10th anniversary April 6-9, 2014. Call 323-782-0770 or visit http://bit.ly/12LOOpP for more information and to register. Another event to put on your calendar is the first-ever Global Rock Summit in Hollywood, CA April 4-5, 2014 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Renowned UK-based rock festival booker and artist Manager Seven Webster, owner of 7pm Management and MUSEXPO Founder/President Sat Bisla have teamed up to launch this event. More information at www.globalrocksummit.com
Here's the rest of the news we wanted to make sure that you didn't miss! It represents what our Twitter and Facebook followers found the most interesting so be sure to follow us online!
Quick Music Notes:
Film, TV, Other Copyright Industries Add $1 Trillion to U.S. Economy in 2012 (Study) http://bit.ly/1hVpeuR
Inside Guy Oseary and Paul McGuinness' $30M Live Nation Deal: New Roles, More Leverage and Music From U2 http://bit.ly/1arY0FD
Here's even more info about the Music Industry contact directories we publish now in our 20th year...
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 |  | A&R Registry -
20th Anniversary November/December 2013 Year-End issue - New issue!
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There continue to be changes in the A&R world and we've been tracking all of them! This directory is published every eight weeks and lists all of the Major and Indie Labels throughout the US, Canada and UK. Over 130 pages of information, this directory lists all of the executive and A&R staffs, their direct dial phone and fax numbers, email addresses, assistant's names, and a lot more! This directory lists each office separately so you get each office address and phone information whether it's in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, London, Miami, Chicago or Atlanta. We also list the label's website, distribution and style of music and the directory has a sixteen-page alphabetical personnel index so you can easily find where that A&R person is working this month! This has been the Industry Bible since 1992 so order your copy now! This directory is also available in a PDF download version in addition to the print version.
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|  | | Film & Television Music Guide - 15th Edition - JUST RELEASED!
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Whether you are a Label, Music Publisher, Artist Manager, Attorney, Songwriter, Artist, Band or Composer in today's changing business climate, you know the value of placing your music into film, television and video games. In our 13th year of publication, the Film & Television Music Guide is a must-have resource for everyone looking to make their music work for them. The 416-page Film & Television Music Guide lists all Music Supervisors in Film & TV, Film Studio and TV Music Departments, Video Game Companies, Music Editors, Music Libraries, Film/TV Music Departments, Film/TV Trailer Houses, Music Placement Companies, Composers and Composer Agents, Orchestras, Music Editors, Score Mixers, Commercial Music Production, Music Clearance, ASCAP, BMI and SESAC's Film/TV Music Departments, Scoring Stages, Recording Studios, Music Preparation, Music Contractors, Music Payroll, Music Services and much more. The directory covers the US, Canada and UK markets and lists direct dial phone and fax numbers as well as email and website addresses. This is the most comprehensive directory of its kind! So, when you're ready to make your music work for you, there is really only one choice -- the Film & Television Music Guide.
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 | | Music Attorney, Legal & Business Affiars Registry
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The Music Attorney, Legal & Busines Affairs Registry is the only directory of its kind that lists every Music Attorney in the US, Canda, and the UK, along with their complete contact details. In addition, the directory also lists every Executive in the Legal & Business Affairs Departments at each of the Record Labels, Music Publishers, Film Studios and Television Network Music Departments along with their title, direct phone and fax, email and assistant's name. And, of course, we've also included a completely updated Music Conference and Convention Calendar for 2011-2012 which included all of the legal profession conferences and seminars sponsored by the American Bar Association, California Copyright Conferences, and others to make it easy to plan your your.
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|  | | Indie Bible - new 14th Edition
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Published by Big Meteor, this directory lists 4,200 publications from around the world that will REVIEW your CD! 3400 radio stations from around the world will PLAY your songs! 600 vendors and services that will help you to SELL your music! 350 sites where you can UPLOAD your band's MP3 files! 500 helpful resources and sites where you can PROMOTE your band! 52 articles that will help your career to MOVE forward rapidly! Authors include Tim Sweeney, Daylle Deanna Schwartz, Jeri Goldstein, Brian Austin Whitney, Derek Sivers, Diane Rapaport, Peter Spellman, Bryan Farrish, Christopher Knab and many more!
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 | The Music Registry is proud to announce the release of the 2013 Music Blog Registry. This debut issue lists complete information on over 1,000 of the top music blogs from around the world. Each listing includes the name of the music blog, website address, contacts, email, full description including what style of music the blog focuses on, location, as well as their Twitter contact info. The Music Blog Registry is available in two formats, a PDF version for $75.00 and an Excel or database format for $150.00. This directory is so new we don't even have it up on our website yet so you'll need to call our office to place your order. Please give us a call at 800-552-7411 or 740-587-3864 for our international customers.To order your copy of the Music Blog Registry call our offices at 800-579-4655 or 818-781-1974 (Los Angeles) or 800-552-7411 or 740-587-3864 (East Coast)
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 | | recordXpress.net - Where all of our Directories are Online!
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The entire music industry... at your fingertips! The A&R Registry, Publisher Registry, Music Attorney Registry, the Film & Television Music Guide and the Artist Manager Registry - online!
recordXpress is an innovative new way for music industry professionals and artists to access critical contact information for virtually anyone who is anyone in the industry. From record company CEO's to budding garage bands, everyone can use this powerful application. recordXpress is available directly on the web, and as a desktop application. It uses the power of the Internet to give you access to accurate, up-to-the-second contact information.
Why recordXpress?
Simply because no other list is as complete and up-to-date as ours! The music industry is one of the most volatile industries in the world- with hirings, firings, job changes, contact number changes happening every single day. We have a dedicated staff of music industry insiders that researches these changes on a daily basis.
Right now our database contains over 3,000 companies and 8,000 contacts- nearly every A&R rep, CEO, Film and TV contact, publisher, attorney, artist manager, and almost every other music industry position. In the past month our team made changes to over 2,100 contacts- that's 1/4th of our entire database! Buy any other list and we guarantee it will be stale in a matter of weeks. But with the recordXpress update feature, your list is always fresh- on a hour-by-hour basis!
(Note: recordXpress is a separate company from the Music Registry - we just supply and update the database)
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|  | | There have been massive changes in the Music Publishing world over the last several months at many of the publishing companies! A few have moved into new offices and several new publishers have been added to this issue. There were also a lot of personnel changes. And those are just some of the Music Industry personnel changes we're tracking and have listed in the new issue. And, of course, we've also included a completely updated Music Conference and Convention Calendar for 2011-2012 so you can plan all of your travel plans for this year.
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