what does A&R stand for in the music business?
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Artist & Repertoire\n\nIn a young industry, this could be regarded as an old-fashioned expression as it harks back to the days when the A&R person - who was often a Record Producer - would find an Artist, sign them to their Record Company and choose the Songs ("repertoire") they will record.\n\nThese days, A&R departments are less involved in every aspect of an artists career with their Producer and sometime Manager being more involved in the choice of songs.
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yeah... go to LA... start performing... if you're any good, they'll let you play bigger an bigger venues- most famous musicians were scouted that way by other musicians/proucers/executives.  Musical talant has almost nothing to do with getting a record deal tho- it's all about style... they've gotta be able to sell you! You need the right energy/attitude/taste for your genre... the most talented musicians I ever met would never even dream of seeking a record deal for that reason
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A&M means Agricultural and Mechanical, A&T means Agricultural and Technical
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Wut do u mean. Dre and da game are friends. The only thing thats happened lately is that Dr. Dre didn't produce da game's latest album Dr.s Advocate. The name is sorda ironic. But thats the only thing that I've heard lately.
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The Artic Monkeys gained popularity through their website. They achieved a high position in the charts before having any airplay at all. I guess the brits like them cos their songs are catchy or something. Im not too mad on em and im irish :D
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Regarding The Beatles and Zep, both became HUGE, way beyond big, way before merchandising, marketing and publicity became standard practice in the music industry. The Beatles and Zep were 'grass roots' as we call it today. That means in the early days, they put out a record, toured, put out another record toured, showed up for press, radio, and retail events. All of this in hopes of selling more and more records, with the utmost minimum dollars being put into, marketing, promotion, and merchandising. All success for these two and bands like them came from blood sweat and tears - hard work. Recognition was the end result. Today, most record companies looks for a band thats like ANOTHER band. No more individuality or sounding different, or even being unique. My point being that the record companies will spend millions on press, publicity, and marketing in hopes you will see it everywhere, hear it everywhere, and want to buy it. The harsh and unfortunate reality is 'cash rules everything around us'. MTV is pay for play. Radio is the same. You need to have sold LOTS of records, or show significant sales increases daily, to even get airplay on major radio or mtv. So to sum it up, it's all marketing and promotion. - not so much the band (remember Paula Abdul? She can not sing). Let me know if I can help further.
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Sounds like R.A. is starting.
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get your material copyrighted and proceed by making appointments with artist represenatives in the music industry.  start by getting out there when industry events are happening and always profess your pursuit for good collaborating talent, as nothing can be done alone if you'RE looking for a publisher-producer.  TRY CHAPEL MUSIC INTERSONG IF YOU'RE VERY SERIOUS. Get to know an A&R guy or gal.
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I'm not entirely sure, but I think it originated with the Rolling Stones as they described their backstage parties for an interview of somesort. The saying has pretty much been adopted by every rock group and wannabe rocker eversince as a way of answering why they're in the music buisness.
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The artists have to sign a contract with iTunes, and some (well, more like a lot) of artists have not done that.  Many songs are not in the iTunes MusicStore because the artists have not OK'ed it.
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Warner Music Group, 212-275-2000\n\nMany other companies to MARKET to. Review source.
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There are normal accounts and music/band accounts. Make sure you open a music account if you haven't.
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You should find out who is managing the band and address them. I am sure that the band themselves dont handle every aspect. Then just use a standard business letter.
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they're doing what is known in the biz as chemistry therory...if one song made it..then write another that sounds just like it so people will know who the artist is...Nickleback is a good band...Not Great, but good.
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I'm sure the obvious answer is The Beatles. I mean, if you look at the sales, the impact as well as the frequency of them appearing in all those various Top Artists Ever lists (most often as number one), then it should be clear.
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CD-R music discs have had royalities paid on them to the music industry
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Because the music industry does not yet understand the global internet market and forced Apple to do so. Google "what's wrong with the music industry" to learn more.