Legendary Vice President of A&R at Epic, Capitol, and EMI. Directly responsible for signing and/or working with some of the world's most noted artists including Celine Dion, Heart, Iron Maiden, Sheena Easton, Joe Cocker, Wasp, Bad English, George Clinton, J. Geils Band, Kate Bush, Gloria Estefan, The Jacksons, Duran Duran, Tina Turner, Queen, Indigo Girls, Spin Doctors, Alice Cooper, and many, many more.
Author of best-selling book, 'The Craft and Business of Songwriting'. Co-founder/Director of the famed Los Angeles Songwriters Showcase. National Academy Of Songwriters board member. Legendary song 'Doctor'.
Was Vice President of A&R at Arista, Sire, Zoo Records, and Creative Director of ASCAP. Legendary Rock Journalist for magazines such as 'Rolling Stone', 'Creem', 'Crawdaddy', and 'Hits'.
Grammy nominated Songwriter/Producer/Artist. Founded Techno-Funk band, Midnight Star and also formed the duo Calloway with his brother Vincent. Created timeless party songs such as the # 1 hit 'Operator', 'Freak-A-Zoid', 'No Parking on the Dance Floor' and 'I Wanna Be Rich'. Also wrote and produced # 1 hits including Gladys Knight's 'Love Overboard', Natalie Cole's 'Jump Start My Heart' and Le Vert's 'Casanova'. His songs have been included in television shows like 'The Oprah Winfrey Show', 'In Living Color', 'The Simpsons', 'Soul Food', and 'Passions'.
A&R Consultant at Columbia Records and a staff writer/producer for EMI Music. Former A&R Director at Capitol Records and Director of A&R at Hollywood Records.
Emmy award-winning score composer for film, television and advertising with credits on ABC, Columbia Pictures, CBS, USA Network, Warner Bros, Mattel, Mazda, Tomy, and many, many more. Also teaches film scoring at UCLA.
Contemporary Christian music expert who has worked as a publisher at the Benson Music Group and Maranatha Music. She has also led songwriting seminars for such organizations as NACAS and GMA.
Was Sr. Director of A&R at Warner Bros. for eight years where she signed Sense Field, Cornershop, Moloko, Extra Very. She also discovered Disturbed, Beck and At The Drive-In. Meredith has also been a DJ for over 15 years with an ongoing weekly residency at the Standard Hotel in Hollywood. She acts as a music consultant for a top video game company, as well as a film and commercial music composer. She just finished a remix of Seal's "Kiss From a Rose" for Warner Bros. Records.
Classical and New Age expert who was Vice President of A&R at CBS Masterworks, and Windham Hill Records.
Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Shane Barrett moved to Nashville in 1985 to attend Belmont University, where he graduated with a Music Business degree in 1991. He played guitar and sang background vocals with several touring acts after college. In 1994, Shane joined MCA Records Nashville, working as A&R Manager for famed producer and MCA president Tony Brown; he eventually signed two acts to the label. Shane left MCA in late 2002, and now owns his own company, Shane Barrett Songs, LLC, serving as independent songplugger and music consultant to TAXI and a handful of publishing entities in the Nashville market. Shane's company recently secured its first major cuts on Faith Hill's current Fireflies album, as well as on Kenny Rogers' greatly anticipated, upcoming release.
Music Supervisor for many top network shows and Hollywood films. Also did A&R at Capitol Records and at MCA Music Publishing.
Former A&R Director at A&M Records and Windham Hill Records.
Former A&R person for Columbia and Giant Records.
Writer and producer of over 500 songs for television, record albums, and licensed character audio. Former Director of A&R at Rhino Records. She's also been a recording artist with Higher Octave/Virgin Records.
Was with BMG Music Publishing in Nashville, where she developed songwriters and secured cuts for multi-million selling artists such as Trace Adkins and Cliff Richard. Pitched songs that secured BMI Christian Song of the Year Award, Dove Award and Grammy nominated albums.
Was Director of A&R, Urban at Epic Records and Warner Bros, Records. Currently a music supervisor for films.
Multi-platinum Engineer/Producer. Has worked with artists such as Will Smith, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Coolio, Teddy Pendergrass, Chuckii Booker, Club Nouveau, New Edition, Boyz II Men, and many, many others.
Award-winning Artist/Songwriter. Wrote #1 Country hit, "Maybe It Was Memphis," for Pam Tillis. Also has cuts with John Fogerty, Juice Newton, and many more. As an artist, he released two albums on A&M, and has five #1 Contemporary Christian singles.
Was Vice President of A&R at Epic Records, and then Senior Director of Writer/Publisher Relations at BMI.
Head of West Coast A&R at Arista Records for seven years. A walking industry encyclopedia, Ritch knows everybody who's anybody in the music business.
Was Vice President, A&R and Publishing for 2K Sounds/EMI, and before that, Creative Director for Famous Music Publishing. Worked with top songwriters and artists such as Fred Jerkins, Montell Jordan, and more. Signed the band K's Choice.
Instrumental in signing Soundgarden and The Gin Blossoms while Vice President of A&R at A&M and Interscope.
Was Vice President of A&R at Virgin, A&M, and Mercury Records. Signed Soundgarden, David + David, and The Gin Blossoms.
Discovered and produced KISS. Also produced albums for Gladys Knight, Jose Feliciano and Badfinger. Was Senior Editor at Music Connection Magazine and wrote a best-selling music education book called 'Going Pro'. Kerner is currently the Director of the Music Business Program at Musicians Institute in Hollywood.
Publisher who has worked closely with top songwriters including Michael W. Smith, Gary Chapman, Kathy Troccoli, and John Rosasco while at CBS/Sony Nashville and MCA Los Angeles.
Was Director of A&R at Warner Bros. Records Intl., before becoming Vice President and General Manager of Ultimatum Records.
Past Vice-Chairman of the National Academy of Songwriters (NAS), and Vice-President of NARAS. Pro songwriter with cuts by Patti LaBelle, Bobby Womack , and many others. Co-author of hit songwriting book, '88 Songwriting Wrongs and How to Right Them'.
Was West Coast Creative Director for CBS Songs/SBK Entertainment and Professional Manager at Almo/Irving Music Publishing (A&M Records).
One of the nation's most influential programmers in the AAA radio format. Has been Program Director of KSCA in Los Angeles, which was one of the nation's largest AAA radio stations.
Member of legendary punk band The Circle Jerks and Interscope recording act The Low and Sweet Orchestra. Has worked closely with Scott Weiland from Stone Temple Pilots and Joe Strummer of the Clash. Also a film composer with credits including Repo Man, Tank Girl, and Tape Heads, among others.
Emmy-Award winning songwriter who has been signed as a staff writer for Arista Music and others. Six #1 records. 'I Just Fall In Love Again,' was cut by Anne Murray and became Billboard's # 1 Country song of the year, Top 10 in Pop. Recipient of several BMI awards, and has cuts by many top artists.
Songwriter/Producer for Virgin EMI Music where he's worked with such artists as Jamiroquai, Snoop Dog, Paula Abdul, and many others.
Grammy-nominated Composer/Artist/Music Director with credits including The Larry Sanders Show, The Tonight Show, The Late Show, The Grammy Awards, and a host of others. Has worked with artists such as Anita Baker, En Vogue, Bebe and Cece Winans, Joan Baez, Wilson Phillips, among many others.
Currently Vice President of Ryko Music Publishing. Formerly Vice President of CBS Songs and Virgin Music Publishing and reps several major songwriters including Randy Newman.
Leading Composer of many commissioned works in genres including Western Art music, Jazz, Latin American, Afro-Caribbean, Arabic Folk Music, and other experimental genres. Highly experienced in stage and film work as well.
Songwriter with #1 Hit Country song "Thinkin' Problem" by David Ball, and cuts with many more top Nashville artists. Also works on projects ranging from Steve Wariner, Hollywood Records recording artist Youngstown, Lisa Brokop, Sony Playstation, Clairol, Chevrolet, Heineken, Mercedes Benz, Dreamgirls, and more.
Was a Top Publishing Executive at Crossfire Entertainment in Nashville overseeing a staff of 12 songwriters, placed songs in film and television projects, as well as getting cuts by artists Trisha Yearwood and David Kersh. Betty was also VP of Publishing and Film Music at Magnatone Music, Nashville, overseeing two, Top-Ten Country Hits and other country singles and gave rise to artist Shelby Lynne's current success.
Was the A&R person for hit producer Narada Michael Walden, also an accomplished songwriter with cuts by Tevin Campbell, Shanice, Puff Johnson, Diana Ross, Al Jarreau, Howard Hewett and more.
Songwriter with cuts by Taylor Dayne, Wild Orchid, Freda Payne and more.
Executive producer of Grammy-nominated albums featuring Chrissie Hynde, Ron Sexsmith, Marshall Crenshaw, Jonatha Brooke, Suzanne Vega, Roseanne Cash, Jane Siberry, Jill Sobule. Was an A&R Consultant for leading Folk/World/Jazz label, Shanachie Records, 11 original albums as artist for Warner/Reprise.
Producer of Platinum tracks for Krazie Bone (from Bone Thugs n Harmony), has also produced and played with D'Angelo, Coolio, Rappin 4-Tay, Barrio Boyz, Tony, Tone, Toni, and many other great artists.
A&R person at Hollywood Records/Walt Disney Company. Currently working on new project with members of the Wallflowers, Smashmouth, and A Perfect Circle.
Producer/ Songwriter who has worked with Richard Marx, Brian Setzer, Dave Koz, Doobie Bros, Michael McDonald, Merle Haggard, Gregg Allman, Sony, Warner Bros, EMI, Curb, Disney, Fox, and many, many more.
A leading Folk specialist. Producer/Songwriter, and two-time Grammy nominee for producer of the year. Has also worked for many years with Whitney Houston, Taj Mahal, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Billy Bragg, and the Woody Guthrie Archives.
Composer/Arranger/Performer/Producer who has played with Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Frank Zappa, The Neville Bros, Bono, Jean-Luc Ponty and more. Has had songs in many, many films and TV shows with Paramount, Columbia, ABC, 20th Century Fox, and labels such as A&M, Universal, Epic, Geffen and Warner Bros.
Author of renowned book, 'Writing Music For Hit Songs'. Songwriter/Producer with over 30 songs recorded.
Member of Epic pop cult group, The Velvet Crush, and drummer for Matthew Sweet, Liz Phair, Babyface, Marianne Faithfull, Josie and The Pussycats and more.
Producer/Engineer/Songwriter. Has worked extensively in Nashville and Los Angeles with artists who define their genres, including Reba McEntire, Leann Rimes, Lee Ann Womack, Garth Brooks, Barenakes Ladies, Guster, Mythical, Nas, Wynton Marsalis, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Jackson, Boys II Men and many others.
Film and TV Music Supervisor who has worked on projects including 'Titanic', 'Dark Angel', Howard Stern's 'Private Parts', 'The Opposite of Sex', 'Nash Bridges', and many others.
Hard Rock and Underground/Dance music expert. A&R guy for Chameleon/Elektra Records – Signed Kyuss (now Queens of the Stone Age). Manager and promoter who has been instrumental in the signings of Stone Temple Pilots, Rage Against The Machine, and Ice-T's band, Body Count. Also A&R consultant for Delicious Vinyl.
Worked at Alternative Radio giant KROQ. Was Limp Bizkit's first A&R guy at Flip Records. Manager with Warren Entner Mngmt. (the Deftones, Faith No More, Rage Against The Machine), writer/marketing for leading trade publication HITS magazine, creator/writer of A&R column for industry trade magazine The Album Network. He has shopped and scored many artists' label, publishing and management deals, including Matchbox Twenty, E40, Creed, the Ataris, Bubba Sparxxx, 6pence None the Richer, Hoobastank, Sevendust, Collective Soul, Jack off Jill, Weezer, etc. He currently operates his own production and development consulting business.
Hit Songwriter with cuts by Celine Dion, Luther Vandross, Notorious B.I.G., Gloria Estefan, Cyndi Lauper, Patti LaBelle, Neville Bros., Roberta Flack, Oak Ridge Boys, and many more. Former staff writer at EMI Music and Jobete Music. Songs in films such as 'Coming to America', 'Top Gun', 'First Wives Club' and many TV shows, as well.
Has written, supervised and edited music for Film & TV since 1987. Credits include such shows as Lois and Clark, Falcone and That's Life. Received a Golden Reel Award for her work on Fame LA. As a singer/songwriter, she has received national radio play in the CCM market, in addition to numerous cuts on various television shows.
Major label, independent and DIY recording/touring artist. Music business educator and A&R consultant to music supervisors, labels and producers. Feature magazine columnist and author of Billboard Publications best-seller, 'The Musician's Handbook, A Practical Guide to Understanding the Music Business'.
Acclaimed singer-songwriter, composer and former Virgin Records recording artist. Collaborated with Orbital, on their UK hit 'Way Out'. Songs placed on Film and TV shows including Fox Film's 'Broke Down Palace', Michael Radford's 'Dancing At the Blue Iguana', WB's 'Felicity', and NBC's 'Third Watch', along with scoring several independent films that include the Academy Award nominated short film 'The Confession'.
Writer/Musician who recently directed a pilot for MTV, and wrote and directed his first feature film comedy 'Sister Sarah's Sky'. He and his wife. Robyn Rosenkrantz, make up the folk duo Bright Blue Gorilla. As BBG, they act and sing, and wrote songs for the Matthew Broderick and Alec Baldwin film 'The Last Shot' and an upcoming episode of 'Malcolm in the Middle'.
Bassist and vocalist for such disparate artists as Kenny G., Herbie Hancock, Michael Bolton, Edgar Winter and Warren Hill among others. Was voted Bassist of the Year by both Guitar World Magazine and Bass Player Magazine.
Was a Warner/Chappell, Nashville staff songwriter. Fiona has written Ten #1 songs, and has had 85 cuts around the world in genres as diverse as Country, Pop, Adult Contemporary, AAA and Rock. Awards include APRA (Australia's version of Ascap) Country Song of the Year and Media Song of the Year. Previously a major label recording artist signed to ABC/EMI Records, Fiona's critically acclaimed singer/songwriter album earned her a final nominee award at the Australian Recording Industry Awards for Best New Australian Talent.
Was A&R Manager at Rhino Records for 10 years and was resident producer of Acoustic, Folk, Latin and World Music compilations. Nominated for 2001 Grammy Award for Best Historical Album as Producer of 'Washington Square Memoirs: The Great Urban Folk Boom'. Has written songs published by Screen Gems-EMI Music and April/Blackwood Music and has had songs recorded by Seals & Crofts, Chilliwack and Three Dog Night.
Was Director of A&R for an Indie label. Prior to that he was A&R Manager at Jive Records where he worked with E-40, Mystical and KRS-1. He also hosts a weekly radio show on LA's KXLU 88.9 FM. Mike has also done production with a couple of Beastie Boys remixes, as well as working with various underground artists.
Bass player for Rob Zombie, also formerly with the bands Danzig and Prong. Has his own artist management company, as well as an Indie boutique label.
Was Creative Director at EMI Music, Warner Bros. Music, and was Director of A&R at W Recordings. Has signed and worked with such acts as White Zombie, Pantera, Biohazard, The Smithereens, Ace Frehely, Europe, Megadeth and Dream Theatre. Has also worked with such songwriters as Carole King, Richie Supa, Sammy Cahn, Doc Pomus, Jack Ponti, Glenn Burtnik and Kip Winger.
Got her creative start at Interscope Music, Interscope Record's former publishing company. Also did A&R scouting for Atlantic Records and has held positions with artist management companies, business management firms and law firms specializing in artist deals.
Staff songwriter for Warner/Chappell for seven years. Faith Hill released a single of one of his songs. Scot has also been the lead singer/songwriter for the band Wanderlust (RCA) and presently with FEEL (Curb Records). Wrote and performed "Summertime" on the 'American Pie' soundtrack, which received a Gold record. Scot has co-written with Jason Mraz, Paul Williams, and Meredith Brooks just to name a few.
Vocalist and Songwriter for the platinum-selling band 'Powerman 5000'. Two Million records sold, and five rock radio hits. Spider also owns the independent record label, Megatronic Records.
Was Director of A&R for Quincy Jones' Qwest Records, working with such artists as Quincy Jones, Tamia, Tevin Campbell and Patti Austin. She's also an independent consultant and owner of the producer/artist management company, Turn It Up! Entertainment. Currently handles Rex Rideout, who's written and produced for Luther Vandross, Angie Stone, Lalah Hathaway, Will Downing and others.
Original and current member of the legendary band, The Knack. He has also written songs with Lamont Dozier and recorded with George Harrison and Josie Cotton.
Was Director of A&R/Urban Music at Warner Bros. Records. Eddie has worked with contemporary R&B artists such as Jaheim and Eric Benet. Also has served as Vice President/General Manager of Alicat Records, a music production house with artists distributed through industry powerhouse A&M/Interscope.
Songwriter/Producer/Performer. Has had his songs recorded by Natalie Imbruglia, Pat Benatar, Debbie Harry, Laura Branigan, Sherrie Austin and many more. Rick has performed with the likes of Neil Young, Brian Wilson, Amy Grant, Vince Gill, Allison Krauss, Michael McDonald, Kathy Mattea and many others.
Songwriter/Producer/Recording Artist - Wrote, recorded and produced the theme song for David Spade's cartoon sitcom 'Sammy' on NBC. Has performed on the Barry Levinson soundtrack 'Jimmy Hollywood,' as well as Robbie Robertson's 'Music for the Native Americans'. Also performed vocals for the live action film "Scooby Doo".
Songwriter who had her first cut with R&B artist Brandy and the album went Quadruple Platinum. She was signed to Columbia Records as part of the duo Trina & Tamara, whose first single 'What'd You Come Here For' went Top 20 on Billboard's Top 100. Was also signed with BMG Music Publishing, and is currently signed to Chrysalis Music Publishing where she has already appeared on the Platinum-selling soundtrack 'The Cheetah Girls' and 'Lizzie McGuire'.
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