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Updates/News for the Music Industry
for the week of May 23, 2014
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It's 2014! Do you know where your Music Industry contacts are now?
The brand-new, updated MAY/JUNE 2014 issue of the A&R Registry has just been released as well as the new 2014 Film & Television Music Guide issue! You can order your copies online at www.musicregistry.com or by calling 818-781-1974. 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 818-781-1974.
Here's your MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS for this week:
It has been a fairly active and as always interesting two months in the music industry world on several fronts. The most significant news, of course, was the breakup of the Island / Def Jam Music Group into three separate stand-alone labels; Island, Def Jam, and Motown. Steve Bartels who was the former President of Island is now CEO of Def Jam. In addition, Kyambo “Hip Hop” Joshua and No I.D. are now co-heads of A&R at Def Jam. Meanwhile Mercury President David Massey assumes the Presidency of Island. The label will be adding marketing and A&R personnel to the label’s staff. Motown is now a stand-alone label with Ethiopia Habtemariam becoming President.
SONY’s Epic label has announced Sylvia Rhone has become President. Also joining Epic is Aaron Reid. Jojo Brim becomes the new GM of the relaunched LaFace. SONY’s Columbia has added Greg Linn as Sr. VP A&R. Meanwhile over in the UK, SONY appoints Jason Illey as the new MD. RCA-UK adds Joe Iddison as an A&R Consultant and Neil Hughes as GM. Also over in the UK, Alex Beaten joins Island’s A&R Team. Warner Bros. adds three new A&R Executives to its West Coast office; Michael Howe, Jack Minihan and Kate Craig. Michael Howe joins Warner Bros. from Capitol. Exiting their A&R positions are Darrale Jones from Def Jam, Terrence Nelson from Interscope, Paul Gargano from Century Media, Keir Fullerton from Capitol-UK, Joe Kentish from Mercury and Joanna Wilson from EMI Classics.
Veteran A&R Executive Karen Kwak is promoted to Ex. VP A&R – Universal Music Group, a far more expansive scope to her A&R duties within the entire Universal Music Group. Domino opens a West Coast office while Glassnote-LA and Motown-LA move into the Capitol Tower. Oscar Mazzola has recently joined forces with Bob Knight at Music Sales, and will be pitching and quoting for all media sectors (Ads, Film, TV, Trailers, Games) and can be reached in their Santa Monica office. Taryn Haight is the newly hired Director of Dance Marketing & Artist Relations at Warner Bros. Records and is joined by Lauren Lipsay who joins as Manager of Dance Marketing. Former SVP Rock Formats at Republic, Dennis Blair, returns to the RCA Records label as SVP Promotion. Republic Records has also announced that SVP Promotion and Artist Development David Nathan will move to Big Label Machine Group where he will serve as an executive intermediary between the two companies. BMI has reported that SVP of Corporate Strategy, Communication and New Media, Richard Conlon is leaving the company and former Music Week Deputy News Editor, Tina Hart, has joined as Executive of Writer/Publisher Relations in Europe. And Motown has appointed Myisha Brooks as VP of Creative Relations & Marketing. Of course as always, the new A&R Registry (or one of our other directories) has everyone's new location, addresses and contact information.
Shifting gears from the A&R world to the world of must-attend events, be sure to register for the upcoming 2nd Annual Sync Summit – September 8-9, 2014. You can find more information and register at http://syncsummit.com/hollywood2014 We're also happy to announce that once again this year we're a Partner Organization for USA Songwriting Competition. Previous winners have signed recording contracts, had their songs placed in film, TV as well as gotten cuts with major artists and hit the Billboard charts. The current winner hit #1 on the Billboard Charts! Advance your music career with this great org: http://www.songwriting.net
Continuing to shift gears and of special importance for those of you trying to reach the Music Publisher world,we have now opened up advertising spots in the upcoming issue of the Music Publisher Registry. This is a prime vehicle to get your message, artist, songwriter or music in front of music publishers worldwide and our ad rates are quite affordable and include a subscription to the directory. If you are interested in more information, have moved or have changes in personnel, please be sure to contact Ritch Esra right away by email at ritch@musicregistry.com or by phone at 818-781-1974 or 800-579-4655 since we’ll be starting our final updating soon for the new 2014 edition of the Music Publisher Registry. Our artwork deadline for advertising is Friday, June 6, 2014!
We are thrilled to announce the release of the brand-new 3rd Edition of the Music Blog Registry. This third issue lists complete information on over 2,200 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 800-579-4655 or 818-781-1974 for our international customers.
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:
LyricFind Strikes Groundbreaking Lyrics Rights Deal with Universal Music Publishing http://bit.ly/1ncZtcs
Nas Launches Record Label, Plans to Release Archival Material and Posthumous Pimp C Album http://bit.ly/1mP9JF9
And here's our quote for the day (that we keep reading over and over!):
"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
And here's even more info about the Music Industry contact directories we publish now in our 22nd year...
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 |  | A&R Registry -
brand-new MAY/JUNE 2014 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 2014 - 15th Edition!
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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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The Music Attorney, Legal & Business Affairs Registry is the only directory of its kind that lists every Music Attorney in the US, Canada, 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 - brand-new 15th Edition now available!
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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 Blog Registry -- 3rd Edition -- Just Released!
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The Music Registry is proud to announce the release of the Third Edition of the Music Blog Registry. This new issue lists complete information on over 2,200 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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 | 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 this new issue. Covering Music Publishers throughout the US, Canada and UK, we have listed contact information for the executives at the publishing companies you need to reach for your publishing deal. This directory is available as a PDF download, in print or as a database file (you must call our office for database orders). To order your copy of the Music Publisher 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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