http://www.arnotes.com A&R is Dead. Long Live A&R Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:12:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The thing about working a&r is that you are always, Always are on the job! You are expected to be at the office for some hours. When you finish work at 6:30 or 7:00, there is barely enough time to grab some food before you need to be out in ... http://www.arnotes.com/19 Here is a super compelling interview with one of the Music Business's top a&r men, John Kalodner. He talks about everything from how he got his start (which I thought to be very interesting) to the fact that he hates artists (Tune in to hear why). His hit rate was ... http://www.arnotes.com/18 Today is the only day in 100 years where it will be 8.8.08. This is an interesting day though, in that one of the artists that I manage, Wes Sp8 (pronounced Speight), we market using that 8 in his name. So, we at Radical Notion are throwing a bit of ... http://www.arnotes.com/17 Yes...I did not post in the month of July. Problems with Wordpress. I am just not learning that sometimes things are not my fault. But, if a person really wants to get something done, and done correctly, whose fault it is has no weight. Who Cares. A very close friend ... http://www.arnotes.com/16 Let me start out today by saying, that outside of this blog, there are some very good resources available simply to help you in your quest for music success. Just to point out some of them, I have them listed to the right of this post. Within that list, I ... http://www.arnotes.com/15 I just wanted to write a quick note to mention that I am having some trouble getting the next post up. My blogging software won't let me post more than 37 words; it just cuts it off. Crazy I know. With that said, I am working to try and get ... http://www.arnotes.com/14 There are a few scenarios to think about when considering which songs to put on a release. If you are lucky, you will have more songs to consider than you need. Example; 20 songs for a 13-song release, 15 songs for a 9 to 11 song release and so on ... http://www.arnotes.com/12 At the foundation, your basic job as an a&r guy is to find something cool and tell as many of the right people about it as possible. So, now you have a band to represent and you need a release. There are a couple of different choices that can be made ... http://www.arnotes.com/11 I would like to point out that an a&r guy doesn’t always sit around on the couch in his office looking for brand new music to sign to a deal. In fact, I would even say that the majority of his time, is spent working with the artists that are ... http://www.arnotes.com/10 What in the World is a&r anyway? The two letters stand for “Artists and Repertoire.” What does that mean? The label representative searches out artists that he believes possess talent and have a potential to be successful under the guidance of a label. When the artist is then signed to ... http://www.arnotes.com/9