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A&R News September 2008

There have been massive changes in the A&R world over the last 8 weeks at many of the labels! Of course, the big news is that EMI's new President, Nick Gatfield, wasted no time in restructuring EMI's A&R Departments both here in the US and in the UK. One of Gatfield's first moves was the hiring of former Island A&R executive Rob Stevenson as the new President of Virgin in New York. On the West Coast, Steven Melrose joins EMI as the VP of A&R at Capitol. In addition to the hiring of Melrose, we hear Gatfield is also looking for a new head of A&R at Capitol on the West Coast. In the EMI UK operations, both Nigel Coxon and Julian Hargraves have left EMI.

And in always happy news to report, there have been quite a few A&R hirings over the last two months. Top Songwriter Kara DioGuiadi joins Warner Bros. as Sr. VP of A&R. David Welter has left Capitol on the East Coast to join RCA. Eric Hunter, former Interscope A&R Executive, joins Glassnote as does Diana Passage while Nate Albert and Ben Adelson join Universal/Republic. At another Universal label, Raheen Thomas joins Universal/Motown and Jamal Meeks joins SRC. Sony/BMG has formed a new label being run by Matt Shay and Brian Beck in A&R. And after several years at J Records, Stephen Ferrera exits to join Davis Massye's A&R team at Mercury. At Sony/BMG on the West Coast, Matt Walsh exits RCA and Chad Elliot exits Sony/BMG Columbia-NY. Joining Sony/BMG's RCA will be David Wolter fresh from his Capital Music Group post. Veteran Warner Bros. Nashville Executive Tracy Gershon exits the label after twelve years and joining Warner Bros. Nashville is veteran executive Scott Hendricks. In other Nashville news, Clay Bradley exits Sony/BMG and Brandon Edgerton exits EMI/CMG. Please note that former BMG Music Publishing Executive Scott Francis has joined Warner/Chappell as its new President and that Chrysalis Music in Los Angeles and Nashville have moved to new locations.

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"People usually think: How can I get a record deal? The proper question is: How can I make a career for myself as a musician?"
Andy Karp is Vice President of A&R at Lava/Atlantic in New York. Among the acts he is A&R for are Kid Rock (10 million copies sold in the US of his first Lava release "Devil Without A Cause" in 1998, and Uncle Kracker (US Double Platinum Debut in 2001). Click here to read this interview.

"I just kept doing it. In a nutshell, I just kept doing it no matter what. I'm a nose-to-the-grindstone kind of person".
Dianne Warren is one of the world's most successful songwriters. Click here to read this interview.

" Regarding mechanicals, I would like to see it made illegal that labels can even offer 75% stat. It HAS to be 100%, non negotiable". "What's Fair In A Record Deal" by Chris Standring. Click here to read this article.

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