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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

The Truth about Getting Radio Airplay

Monday, March 4, 2013
The Truth about Getting Radio Airplay
http://www.allindiemagazine.net/






Two things in the last 2 decades has changed the music and radio industry, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and piracy. How did the Telecommunications Act of 1996 change the radio market? By allowing companies to merge with one another. This is why Clear Channel is everywhere now. Through consolidation, they've expanded rapidly across the nation. Since 1999, they've been slowly acquiring at least one or more radio stations in almost every market. With over 850 radio stations in their network today, it's almost impossible to go anywhere in the United States without coming across a Clear Channel radio station.

When the internet began to become the preferred way to listen to music at home and on personal devices like the iPod, piracy began to change the entire industry as well. It almost collapsed the major record label market. Many labels were bought, sold, and dissolved as a result. Now we have an entirely new industry. Fewer CD's are sold and less money is made selling music on the internet. Artists and labels were forced to find new ways to sell music, and that was through live performances and on radio performance royalties, because traditional mechanical royalties weren't paying the bills.


Labels recoup much of their initial investment from their artists through Radio Royalties. Radio royalties or what is commonly known as performance royalties are tracked and paid out by the performance rights organizations like ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, SOCAN, and SoundExchange. Artists and labels also make money through satellite radio and internet radio, but the internet radio station must be licensed in order for the artist to get paid any royalties. To find out if an internet radio station is properly licensed, look for the ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, SOCAN, and SoundExchange logos and disclosures. If they do not disclose their licensing information, they are operating illegally.

WHY CAN'T I GET MY MUSIC ON MAINSTREAM RADIO?

You can, but it costs a lot of money to do so. Radio campaigns range differently in price depending on the size of the region and how large a network you want to market in. If you want to market to radio stations in the major metropolitan areas, then get ready to cough up in upwards of $250,000 per campaign. If you're doing your own promotion, be prepared to be ignored and get your CD's tossed in the garbage. A station manager or program director gets upwards of 20 to 100 CD's per day. By email, they are unsolicited by hundreds of indie labels and do-it-yourself artists. Guess who's emails and appointments they're going to accept? Not yours unless you're a rep from the "Big 3" (Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group) or one of the smaller major labels including Columbia Records, RCA Records, and Epic Records. Priority goes down from there to the next highest labels in the chain.

SO, WHERE DO ALL MY CD's AND PRESS KITS REALLY GO?

You want to know the truth? It goes in a big cardboard box in the back of the office or studio usually where the interns sit during six months of the year. You have to look at the industry from the radio station manager/program director's perspective. It's all about the numbers. If you're barely coming out of your parents garage and you have no following and no "virility", then you are less likely to get their attention. Also, do not just slap together a CD cover with you holding your guitar that you snapped with your iPhone and expect it to be opened and certainly don't write on the CD with a Sharpie and think it's going to be played. It won't. Radio industry folks are people and they WILL judge your book by its cover, so make sure you have a professional looking CD jacket in a professionally shrink wrapped case.

In almost ALL radio stations, guess who's opening your CD's and listening to your music? 9 out of 10 times it is an intern from a local college. These interns are individuals that are typically brainwashed by mainstream society and they most likely listen to popular music and they have no patience for bad art. If your design happens to catch their attention, it better sound the way it looks. If your music doesn't sound like the music they're currently listening to, that intern won't bother handing your CD to his or her boss. The intern already has a specific set of instructions as they go through the big box of CDs, "If you don't like it, don't bother giving it to me". That's a scary thought, right? It's true. Don't believe me, ask for yourself.

HOW DO I KNOW MY MUSIC IS READY FOR MAINSTREAM RADIO?

The best way to find out if your music is ready for the "big time" and will be accepted by a professional representative that will successfully shop your music, is send your music to alternative mainstream radio stations like KGUP 106.5FM "The Emerge Radio Networks" and various other alternative-mainstream radio stations that have a good reputation and play QUALITY independent music. Other reputable alt-mainstream radio stations in Los Angeles include 98.7fm, KCRW 89.9, KROQ 106.7, Indie 103.1,KXLU 88.9FM, and KCLA 99.3FM.

DON'T SUBMIT IT AND FORGET IT

Be proactive. Make sure you are promoting the radio station that is playing your music. Ask your fans to request your songs. If you don't, you may find that your songs aren't even being played anymore. Radio stations often keep your music on rotation based on how well you promote, so make sure you create a designated page on your website and list all the radio stations that play your songs and LISTEN TO THE STATION TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE PLAYING YOUR MUSIC. Do this weekly with all the radio stations you submitted your music to. If you don't hear your song inside of 2 hours, don't complain to the station manager, because he won't listen to you. The only way to get your music back on the air is get your fans to call the station's hotline, emails, or Tweets them to ensure your song is on rotation at all times. The moment you stop promoting, the station managers know this, because they keep a daily log of ALL requests that come in.

GET YOUR MUSIC PROFESSIONALLY REVIEWED

Before you pay thousands of dollars to a representative to shop your music to all the major radio stations in the bigger markets like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Nashville, New York, Atlanta, or Miami, get lots of reputable reviews from magazine publications, professional music reviewers, and music bloggers. If you're constantly getting rejections, that is a sign that your music isn't ready and needs to be reworked. If you are rejected, don't act proud and curse out the reviewer for rejecting your music. Instead, ask why it was rejected. You might get some constructive criticism that you might be able to use when you record your next song or album.


GET YOUR MUSIC LICENSED FOR FILM AND TELEVISION

Another sure way to get your music heard in a major market radio station is to get your music played on a major film or popular television show. Find a licensed agency that will shop your music for the right film or tv show. However, it's not that simple. You need to think like a Sound Engineer. The Sound Engineer is responsible for taking raw footage of a film, tv show, or commercial and puts music in the background of a scene. Don't just throw your music in all directions hoping it will get picked up somewhere. First, have a meeting with your agent and brain storm the available opportunities and visualize your music in that specific scenario. If you think your music will fit a specific score and the right opportunity comes up, you'll have a better chance at landing a licensing deal. Once your song is placed on a major film or tv show and it's a box office hit or a popular tv show with high viewer ratings, then likely your music video will go viral. If your song goes viral on YouTube, it will not only catch the attention of radio station managers and program directors, but also to major record label executives.

YOUR PROFILE

You need a following. Don't just create a website and one profile on MySpace. You will get rejected before anyone presses "play". MySpace is no longer the barometer used to measure your popularity. Other sites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are. Sites like Reverbnation will pull data from all your social media sites to measure your relevancy. Sure, 500,000 Likes on Facebook sure looks great and it does look great on your resume, but it's not necessary, because more executives know anyone can buy Followers and Likes. There are plenty of career recording artists that make a decent living by having their music played on the lessor radio markets and it all adds up. Some of these artists have less than 30,000 combined followers and fans (excluding MySpace). You have to assess your own overall profile. Industry professionals like to look at your entire profile and evaluate your activity. They often ask themselves, is this artist proactive? Are their fans interacting with them? Are they frequently performing? Are they involved in charity activities?

IS YOUR MUSIC RELEVANT?

The station manager/program director or executive will ask his or herself, "Is the music trendy today?" You cannot have aged music. Your music cannot sound like it should have been released during 1971. Even 2004 is behind the times. NEVER BE BEHIND THE TIMES. It needs to sound like today or tomorrow. Tomorrow is better, but today is acceptable. Sometimes, it takes more than just good music to engage your fans. You need to bond with them. That means you need to make more appearances and you must never stop applying to perform at festivals, appearing on radio shows, getting on network television and become the "artist of the week". All these things develop a unique persona that make fans want to engage with the artist.

PRODUCTION AND ENGINEERING

To most people in the industry and especially in radio, sound quality is as important as the timeliness and relevancy of your sound. Make sure you are working with a sound engineer that understands what "normal" compression levels are and how frequency is done correctly. But, be careful. Even if you ask the right questions, you might have some "hack" lie straight to your face. If you have any doubt, ask for referrals or don't do business with him. Compressing a song for FM radio is vital and can make or break your career before it even gets off the ground, especially if you just spent $5k or $10k to make this EP all to find out that your engineer screwed up and doesn't know how to fix it.

There is a lot to learn about the industry that most independent artists either never learn, learn the hard way, or the information is never shared, because other people don't want to see you succeed. Now you have an idea what really goes on in an actual radio station and how to get your music played on the "all-mighty" FM radio station you've always dreamed of. Now get to work.

Saturday, January 24, 2015

Artists looking for Recording Labels

Here is the list of record labels in the United States, Canada and the U.K. For a very comprehensive list of label A&R Executives, which includes the names of each company's A&R execs, producers and staff (plus direct phone & fax numbers and e-mail addresses), we highly recommend the A&R Registry, which is compiled by Music Business Registry.

4 AD (WEA)
www.4ad.com
17-19 Alma Road
London SW18-1AA England
44-208-870-9912. Fax: 44-208-871-1766.
4ad@4ad.com

604 (UNI)
www.604records.com
101-1001 W. Broadway # 362
Vancouver, BC V6H 4E4 Canada
info@604records.com.

A&M/Octone (UNI)
www.amoctone.com
113 University Place, 11th floor
New York, NY 10003
646-845-1700.
info@amoctone.com

Aftermath (UNI; Dr. Dre's label)
www.aftermathmusic.com
2220 Colorado Ave., 5th Floor
Santa Monica, CA 90404
310-865-7642. Fax: 310-865-7068.

Alert Music (IND)
www.alertmusic.com
51 Hillsview Ave.
Toronto, ON M6P 1J4 Canada
416-364-4200.
contact@alertmusic.com

Alligator (blues/roots label)
www.alligator.com
P.O. Box 60234
Chicago, IL, 60660
773-973-7736. Fax: 773-973-2088.
info@allig.com

American Recordings (WEA)
www.americanrecordings.com
310-865-1000.

Ardent (IND)
www.ardentrecords.com
2000 Madison Ave.
Memphis, TN 38104-2794
901-725-0855.
info@ardentmusic.com

Asthmatic Kitty (IND)
www.asthmatickitty.com
P.O. Box 1282
Lander, WY 82520-1282
307-332-5404.
info@asthmatickitty.com

Astralwerks
www.astralwerks.com
150 5th Ave.
New York, NY, 10011
212-786-8410.

Atlantic (WEA)
www.atlanticrecords.com
1290 Avenue Of The Americas, 26th floor
New York, NY, 10104
212-707-3300.

3400 W. Olive Ave., 2nd floor
Burbank, CA, 91505.
818-238-6800. Fax: 818-562-9214.
Electric Lighting Station, 46 Kensington Court, 4th floor
London, W8 5DA, England
44-207-938-5500. Fax: 44-207-368-4935.
www.atlanticrecords.co.uk

Attack Media Group
www.attackmediagroup.com
401 Richmond St. W, # 395
Toronto, ON, M5V 3A8, Canada
416-340-9111. Fax: 416-340-1941.

Aware (SONY)
www.awaremusic.com
1316 Sherman Ave., #215
Evanston, IL 60201-4419
847-424-2000.
awareinfo@awaremusic.com.

Bad Boy (WEA)
www.badboyonline.com
1710 Broadway, 4th Floor
New York, NY, 10019
212-381-2028.

Bandit (IND; country label)
www.banditrecords.com
635 W. Iris Dr.
Nashville, TN 37204-3127
615-242-1234.

Beggars Group (IND)
www.beggarsgroupusa.com
304 Hudson St., 7th Floor
New York, NY 10013-1012
212-995-5882.

17-19 Alma Road
London SW18-1AA England
44-208-870-9912. Fax: 44-208-871-1766.

Beluga Heights (IND; JR Rotem's label)
www.belugaheights.com
Based in Los Angeles.
info@belugaheights.com

Big Machine (UNI)
www.bigmachinerecords.com
1219 16th Ave. South
Nashville, TN 37212
615-324-7777.
mail@bigmachine.us

Black River Entertainment (IND; country label)
www.blackriverent.com
Based in Nashville.
615-780-3070.
info@blackriverent.com

Bloodshot (IND)
www.bloodshotrecords.com
3039 W. Irving Park Rd.
Chicago, IL 60618-3538
773-604-5300.
bshq@bloodshotrecords.com

Blue Note (UNI; jazz label)
www.bluenote.com
1750 N. Vine St.
Hollywood, CA 90028-5274

Broken Arrow (IND)
www.brokenarrowrecords.com
Based in California.
info@brokenarrowrecords.com

Broken Bow (IND; country label)
www.brokenbowrecords.com
Based in Nashville.
bbr@brokenbowrecords.com

Brushfire (UNI; Jack Johnson's label)
www.brushfirerecords.com
424 N. Larchmont Ave.
Los Angeles, CA, 90004
323-957-9967.
info@attackmediagroup.com.

Canvasback (WEA)
www.canvasbackmusic.com
1290 Ave of the Americas, 26th Floor
New York, NY 10104-0184.

Capitol (UNI)
www.hollywoodandvine.com
1750 N. Vine St., 9th floor
Hollywood, CA, 90028
323-462-6252. Fax: 323-469-4542.

150 5th Ave.
New York, NY 10011-4311
212-786-8200.

364-366 Kensington High St., 5th Floor
London, W14 8NS England.
44-207-471-5750.

Cargo (UNI)
www.cargomusic.com
4809 Clairemont Dr., #364
San Diego, CA 92117-2706
858-483-9292. Fax: 858-483-7414.

Carnival (IND)
www.hollywoodandvine.com
Record label & music publishing company.
24 Music Square West, # 200
Nashville, TN 37203-3204
615-259-0841.

Cashmoney (UNI; hip-hop/urban label)
www.cashmoney-records.com
Castle
www.castlerecords.com
30 Music Square West, # 103
Nashville, TN, 37203.
615-401-7111.

Columbia (SONY)
www.columbiarecords.com
550 Madison Ave., 24th Floor
New York, NY, 10022
212-833-4000. Fax: 212-833-5607.

9830 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA, 90212
310-272-2100.

9 Derry St.
London, W8 5HY England
44-207-361-8000.

Compass (IND)
www.compassrecords.com
916 19th Ave. South
Nashville, TN 37212
615-320-7672.
info@compassrecords.com

Compound (Ne-Yo's label)
www.compoundent.com
1755 Broadway, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10019.
info@compoundent.com

Concord
www.concordmusicgroup.com
100 N. Crescent Dr., G Level
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
310-385-4455.

Curb (WEA)
www.curb.com
48 Music Square East
Nashville, TN, 37203
615-321-5080. Fax: 615-742-3152.

Custard (IND)
www.custardrecords.com
Hit writer/producer Linda Perry's record
label, based in Los Angeles.

DB (BMG)
www.dbrecords.co.uk
P.O. Box 19318
Bath, BA1 6ZS, England
44-1225-782-322.
info@dbrecords.co.uk

Decca Label Group (UNI)
www.deccalabelgroup.com
Beaumont House
Kensington Village Avonmore Rd.
London, W14 8TS England.
44-208-742-5400. Fax: 44-207-474-4593.

825 8th Ave., 19th floor
New York, NY 10019
212-333-8000.

Def Jam (UNI; hip-hop/R&B label)
www.islanddefjam.com
825 8th Ave., 28th floor
New York, NY, 10019
212-333-8000. Fax: 212-445-3649.

2220 Colorado Ave, 5th floor.
Santa Monica, CA 90404
310-865-4000.

Dualtone (IND)
www.dualtone.com
203 N 11th St,, Suite B
Nashville, TN 37206
615-320-0620.
info@dualtone.com

Earache (IND; rock label).
www.earache.com
Suite 1-3 Westminster Bldgs Theatre Square
Nottingham, NG1 6LG England
44-7534-075-825.

4402 11th St # 507A
Long Island City, NY 11101-5142
347-507-1402.

Elektra (WEA)
www.elektra.com
3400 W. Olive, 2nd floor
Burbank, CA 91505
818-238-6200.

Emblem Music Group (WEA; Matt Serletic's label)
www.emblem-music.com
24003-A Ventura Blvd
Calabasas, CA 91302-3926
818-222-9160.
info@emblem-music.com

EMI U.K. (EMD)
www.emirecords.co.uk
27 Wrights Lane
London, W8 5SW, England
44-207-795-7000.

EMI (EMD)
www.emimusic.com
150 5th Ave., 3rd floor
New York, NY 10011
212-786-8200.

EMI Christian Music Group (EMD)
www.emicmg.com
P.O. Box 5084
Brentwood, TN 37024
615-371-6800.

EMI Classics (EMD)
www.emic.co.uk
27 Wrights Land, 2nd floor
London, W8 5HY, England
44-207-795-7000.

Epic (SONY)
www.epicrecords.com
550 Madison Ave., 22nd Floor
New York, NY, 10022
212-833-8000. Fax: 212-833-4054.

9830 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
310-272-2100. Fax: 310-272-2848.

Epic U.K. (SONY)
9 Derry St., 2nd Floor
London, W8 5HY, England
44-207-361-8000.

Epitaph
www.epitaph.com
2798 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA, 90026.
213-413-7353.

Fearless
www.fearlessrecords.com
16400 Pacific Coast Highway # 204.
Huntington Beach, CA 92649-1822.
562-592-3438.

Fo Yo Soul Entertainment (SONY; Kirk Franklin's label)
5760 Legacy Drive, Suite B-3518
Plano, TX, 75024
972-407-9797.

Fueled By Ramen (SONY)
www.fueledbyramen.com
1290 Ave. Of The Americas, 28th Floor
New York, NY, 10104
212-707-2233.

G-Unit (UNI; 50 Cent's label)
25 W. 31st St., 4th floor
New York, NY 10001
212-359-3000.

Glassnote (SONY)
www.glassnotemusic.com
770 Lexington Ave., 12th floor
New York, NY 10065
646-214-6000.

9830 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
310-272-2412.

Hidden Beach (SONY; R&B/jazz label)
www.hiddenbeach.com
8750 Wilshire Blvd # 200
Beverly Hills, CA 90211-2707
310-453-1400. Fax: 310-453-6760.

Hollywood (UNI)
www.hollywoodrec.com
500 S. Buena Vista St., Old Team Building
Burbank, CA, 91521
818-560-5670.

815 8th Ave., 29th Floor
New York, NY, 10019
212-445-3307.

Hybrid Recordings (WEA)
www.hybridrecordings.com
100 5th Ave, 11th floor
New York, NY 10011
212-277-7171. Fax: 212-719-9396.
info@hybridrecordings.com


Independiente (SONY)
www.independiente.co.uk
40 Adam & Eve Mews
Kensington London, W8 6UJ, England
44-207-565-5555.
info@independiente.co.uk

Infectious Music UK (IND)
www.infectiousmusic.com
47a Frith Street, 1st floor
London, W1D 4HT, England
44-207-292-3900.
info@infectiousmusicuk.com

Interscope (UNI)
www.interscoperecords.com
2220 Colorado Ave., 5th floor
Santa Monica, CA, 90404
310-865-1000. Fax: 310-865-7908.

Island UK (UNI)
www.island.co.uk
364-366 Kensington High St.
London, W14 8NS, England
310-276-4500. Fax: 310-278-5862.
44-207-471-5300.

Island/Def Jam (UNI)
www.islandrecords.com
825 8th Ave., 29th Floor
New York, NY, 10019
212-333-8000. Fax: 212-603-7654.

2220 Colorado Ave., 5th floor
Santa Monica, CA 90404.
310-865-4000.

Lava (UNI)
www.lavarecords.com
1755 Broadway, 4th floor
New York, NY, 10019
212-841-5137


Marsalis Music (UNI; Branford Marsalis' label)
www.marsalismusic.com
323 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-354-2736. Fax: 617-354-2396.
info@marsalismusic.com

Matador (IND)
www.matadorrecords.com
17-19 Alma Rd.
London, SW18 1AA, England
44-208-875-6200.
info@matadorrecords.com

Meanwhile (EMD; Nelle Hooper's label)
www.meanwhile.co.uk
4 Lonsdale Road
London, NW6 6RD, England
44-207-604-4604. Fax: 44-207-604-4612.

Mercury U.K. (UNI)
www.mercuryrecords.co.uk
364-366 Kensington High St. 4th floor
London, W14 8NS England
44-207-471-5400.

Mercury U.S. (UNI)
www.mercuryrecords.com
1755 Broadway, 7th Floor
New York, NY, 10019
212-333-8000.

Ministry Of Sound (UNI; dance/electronic label)
www.ministryofsound.com/
103 Gaunt St., 1st floor
London, SE1 6DP, England
44-8700-600-010.

Mom & Pop Music (IND)
www.momandpopmusic.com
729 7th Ave., 16th Floor
New York, NY 10019
212-515-4400

Motown (UNI)
www.motown.com
1755 Broadway, 3rd Floor
New York, NY, 10019
212-373-0600.

2110 Colorado Ave., #100
Santa Monica, CA, 90404.
310-235-4961.

Mute (EMD; alt./rock label)
www.mute.com
330 W. 38th St., # 606
New York, NY 10018-8593
646-502-7491.
mute@mute.com

1 Albion Place
London, W6 0QT England
44-208-600-7979.

Nettwerk (EMD)
www.nettwerk.com
1650 W. 2nd Ave.
Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6J 4R3
604-654-2929. Fax: 604-654-1993.
info@nettwerk.com

345 7th Ave #1101
New York, NY 10001-5030
212-760-1540.

New West (IND; Americana label)
www.newwestrecords.com
3723 W. Olive Ave.
Burbank, CA 91505
818-433-3500.

Nonesuch (WEA)
www.nonesuch.com
1290 Ave. Of The Americas, 23rd Floor
New York, NY, 10019
212-707-2900.
O-Town (IND)
www.otownrecords.com
2090 North Forsyth Rd., Suite 209
Orlando, FL 32807
888-600-0906 ext: 1. Fax: 888-278-3417

One Little Indian (IND; alt./rock label)
www.indian.co.uk/
34 Trinity Crescent
Twotingbec, London, SW17 7AE, England
44-208-772-7600. Fax: 44-208-772-7601

Parlophone (EMD)
www.parlophone.co.uk
27 Wrights Lane
London, W8 5SW, England
44-207-795-7000.

Patriot (Ryan Tedder's label)
www.patriotrecords.com
1223 Wilshire Blvd., #1775
Santa Monica, CA 90403.

Peak (smooth jazz/urban/AC)
www.peakrecords.com
100 N. Crescent Drive, # 275
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
310-385-4040. Fax: 310-385-4050.

Polydor (UNI)
www.polydor.co.uk
364-366 Kensington High St.
London, England W14 8NS
44-207-471-5400. Fax: 44-207-471-5349.

Provident Music Group (SONY; Christian/Gospel)
www.providentmusicgroup.com
741 Cool Springs Blvd.
Franklin, TN 37067
615-261-6500.

Q Division
www.qdivision.com
363 Highland Ave.
Somerville, MA 02144
617-625-9900.

Razor & Tie (SONY)
www.razorandtie.com
214 Sullivan St., 4th Floor
New York, NY 10012
212-598-2200.
info@razorandtie.com

RCA (SONY)
www.rcarecords.com
550 Madison Ave. 11th floor
New York, NY 10022
212-833-8000.

9830 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90212-1804
310-272-2100.

9 Derry St., 4th Floor
London, W8 5HY, England
44-207-361-8000

Red Bull (IND)
www.redbullrecords.com
3535 Hayden Ave., # 350
Culver City, CA 90232
323 606-7682.

Republic Nashville (UNI)
www.republicnashville.com
1219 16th Ave. South
Nashville, TN 37212
615-324-7790.

Roadrunner (WEA)
www.roadrunnerrecords.com
1290 Ave of the Americas, 26th Floor
New York, NY 10104
212-707-3300.

Robbins Entertainment (SONY)
www.robbinsent.com
35 Worth St., 4th floor
New York, NY 10003
212-675-4321.
info@robbinsent.com

Roc Nation (UNI; Jay-Z's label)
www.rocnation.com
1411 Broadway, 38th floor
New York, NY 10018
212-292-8500.

9348 Civic Center Dr.
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
310-867-7000

Rounder (UNI)
www.rounder.com
1 Rounder Way
Burlington, MA 01803
617-354-0700.
info@rounder.com

Ryko (IND)
www.rykodisc.com
1290 Ave. Of The Americas, 23th Floor
New York, NY, 10104
212-707-2864

S-Curve (UNI)
www.s-curverecords.com
285 Madison Ave., 10th Floor
New York, NY 10011
212-210-3761.
info@s-curverecords.com

SDC/Flagg/KSR/MasterTrack/ (IND)
www.sdcomnimedia.net
1930 Vollintine Ave.
Memphis, TN 38107
901-310-9061
sdcinternetics@msn.com

Shady (UNI; Eminem's label)
151 Lafayette St., 6th floor
New York, NY 10017
212-324-2410. Fax: 212-324-2415.

Show Dog/Universal (UNI; country label)
www.sdumusic.com
2303 21st Ave South, 4th Floor
Nashville, TN 37212
615-324-7797.

Sire (WEA)
www.sirerecords.com
1290 Ave. Of The Americas, 23th floor
New York, NY 10104
212-707-2000.

So So Def (IND; Jermaine Dupri's label)
www.sosodef.com
1946 Briarwood Court
Atlanta, GA 30329
404-888-9900.

Sony Music Nashville (SONY; country division)
www.sonynashville.com
1400 18th Ave. South, 4th floor
Nashville, TN 37212
615-858-1300.

Sony/BMG Canada (SONY)
www.sonymusic.ca
150 Ferrand Drive., # 300
Toronto, ON, M3C 3E5, Canada
416-589-3000.
Sony Music Latin (SONY)
www.sonybmglatin.com
3390 Mary St., #220
Coconut Grove, FL 33133
305-420-4900.

Sub Pop
www.subpop.com
2013 4th Ave.
Seattle, WA, 98121
206-441-8441. Fax: 206-441-8245.
info@subpop.com

Surfdog
www.surfdog.com
1126 South Coast Highway 101
Encinitas, CA 92024
760-944-8000.
demo@surfdog.com

SYCO (SONY; Simon Cowell's label)
9 Derry St., 4th floor
London, W8 5DA, England
44-207-361-8000.

9830 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA, 90212
310-272-2100.

Team Love (IND; Conor Oberst's label)
www.team-love.com
151 1st Ave., #115
New York, NY 10003
212-253-1119.
info@team-love.com

Tommy Boy (IND)
www.tommyboy.com
902 Broaway, 14th Floor
New York, NY, 10010
212-388-8300.

Universal/Republic (UNI)
www.universalrepublic.com
1755 Broadway, 8th floor
New York, NY 10019
212-333-8000.

2220 Colorado Ave 3rd Floor
Santa Monica, CA 90404
310-865-1000.
Universal Nashville (UNI; country division)
www.umgnashville.com
401 Commerce St., #1100
Nashville, TN 37219
615-244-8944.

Universal Music Latin (UNI)
www.universalmusica.com
1425 Collins Ave.
Miami Beach, FL 33139
305-604-1300.

Universal U.K. (UNI)
www.universalmusic.co.uk
364-366 Kensington High St,. 7th floor
London, W14 8NS England
44-207-471-5000.

Universal Canada (UNI)
www.universalcanada.com
2450 Victoria Park Ave., # 1
Toronto, ON, M2J 4A2, Canada
416-718-4000. Fax: 416-718-4224


Vanguard (IND)
www.vanguardrecords.com
2700 Pennsylvania Ave., #1100
Santa Monica, CA, 90404
310-829-9355.
info@vanguardrecords.com

Vapor (IND)
www.vaporrecords.com
1460 4th St # 300
Santa Monica, CA 90401-3415
310-393-8442.
webstar@vaporrecords.com

Verity (SONY; Gospel/Christian label)
www.verityrecords.com
550 Madison Ave.
New York, NY, 10022
212-833-8000.

Verve Music Group (UNI)
www.vervemusicgroup.com
2220 Colorado Ave., 6th Floor
Santa Monica, CA 90405
310-865-9681

1755 Broadway, 3rd Floor
New York, NY, 10019
212-331-2000.

Virgin U.S. (UNI)
1750 N. Vine St., 9th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90028
323-871-5151.

Virgin U.K.
www.vmg.co.uk
27 Wrights Lane
London, W8 5SW, England
44-207-795-7000.

Warner Classics & Jazz (WEA)
www.warnerclassicsandjazz.com
3rd Floor Griffin House
161 Hammersmith Road
London, W6 8BS, England
44-208-563-5100

Warner Bros. (WEA)
www.warnerbrothersrecords.com
3300 Warner Blvd.
Burbank, CA, 91505
818-846-9090.

1290 Ave. Of The Americas, 23rd Floor
New York, NY, 10019
212-707-3260.

Warner Music Nashville (WEA)
www.wbrnashville.com
20 Music Square East
Nashville, TN, 37203
615-748-8000.

Warner Music U.K. (WEA)
www.warnermusic.com
12 Lancer Square
London, W8 4EH, England
44-207-368-3500.

Warner Music Latina (WEA)
555 Washington Ave., 4th floor
Miami Beach, FL, 33139
305-702-2222.

Warner Music Canada (WEA)
www.warnermusic.ca
3381 Steeles Ave. E (Main Level) # 100
Toronto, ON, M2H 3S7, Canada
416-491-5005. Fax: 416-491-8203.

Wind Up (SONY)
www.winduprecords.com
79 Madison Ave., 7th Floor
New York, NY, 10016
212-895-3100.

Word (WEA)
www.wordlabelgroup.com
25 Music Square West, 3rd floor
Nashville, TN, 37203
615-251-0600. Fax: 615-726-7888.

XL Recordings (IND)
www.xlrecordings.com
1 Codrington Mews
London, W11 2EH England
44-208-870-7511

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Dave Dyer Promoted to Senior Vice President Promotion, Warner Bros. Records

Dave Dyer Promoted to Senior Vice President Promotion, 
Warner Bros. Records
Dave Dyer
Warner Bros. Records VP of Promotion Dave Dyer has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Promotion.

"Since his arrival at Warner Bros. Records in 2010, Dave has worked tirelessly to better the brands of our artists and company in the mainstream Top 40 arena," saidPeter Gray, Executive Vice President, Warner Bros. Records in making the announcement. "His results speak for themselves, with multiple #1 airplay hits fromJason DeruloMacklemore & Ryan Lewis, as well as a chart-topping debut for Passenger. Dave’s bold path to breaking new artists catapulted newcomers Nico & Vinzto #1 last summer, and has positioned the newly platinum act Echosmith for major stardom in 2015 and beyond."

Prior to his role at Warner Bros. Records, Dave was mentored by Clive DavisRichard PalmeseLA Reidand Steve Bartels, which lead to his vast airplay success for many high-profile artists, including Maroon 5P!nkUsherAlicia KeysChristina AguileraPitbull, Ke$haOutkastKelly ClarksonKings of LeonChris Brown and Justin Timberlake, among others.

Gray added, "His broadened role will allow Dave to expand his reach into new areas of radio, as he’ll work closely with me using his generous knowledge and influential relationships to support our strategies and campaigns throughout the mainstream airplay formats and their national programming initiatives." 

Dyer commented, "Cameron [Strang] and Peter have created a dynamic and creative work environment designed to fuel passion while inspiring aggressive risk taking. Helping foster that unique corporate culture is a great honor. At its finest, Promotion is a team sport - and I’d be remiss not to thank Josh Reich, who is easily the hardest working promotion man in the business." 


He continued, "Our team in the field has embraced our 'Work and Win as a Team' mentality and continues to push the boundries of how and where radio and records can together find new and greater successes. All of our achievements start with them."

Sunday, January 18, 2015

Rita Ora



This morning, the nominees for the 87th Annual Academy Awards were revealed, including the nominees for Best Original Song. Though there were plenty of songs that were widely assumed to be shoo-ins, such as Lana Del Rey's "Big Eyes" and Lorde's "Yellow Flicker Beat," they were passed over for some pretty left-field choices (most surprisingly, only one of the songs on this list was also nominated for a Golden Globe). Here are the five Academy Award nominees for Best Original Song ranked, from worst to best.

Amara Duru



Amara started singing at the age of 10 in her church choir. As the years passed by she became the lead vocalist in the choir and progressed to a worship leader. She also developed in this role becoming a solo singer and started ministering in different churches. Amara moved to New Zealand in 2007. Since then she has been in the worship team at the Elim Christian Centre, under the ministry of Pastor Luke Brough,, where she regularly uses her gift to bless the congregation in ministering in songs.

Amara has participated in New Zealand’s Find a Star on TV One and was one of the semi-finalists. She also participated in the Maroke Singing Competition on Maori TV. On a timid humanitarian gesture, Amara has done work for charities helping people in need and serving the community. She worked with Christian against Poverty; and the Flemlily Charity Trust, raising money to help widows and HIV orphans in Zimbabwe. She also worked as a volunteer with Ole Lafitanga Trust, reaching out to the community. Her singing has been a cheerful tool which she has humbly used to reach out to the community and a lot of churches in Nigeria, New Zealand, Pacific Islands and Australia.

Amara is a song writer, composer, gospel singer and someone who loves the Lord. Amara composed her first song at the age of 11, which was titled Dance, Dance, Dance and her brother Wilfred, at 10 and sister Blessing at 8 were her backing vocals. She is a very passionate person and loves to serve with her gift. Amara has just produced her debut album titled – Beautiful, inspired by accepting yourself, loving yourself and believing that you are fearfully and wonderfully made, no one is like you, you are original and unique.(Psalm 139v14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvellous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.)

We are beautifully made in the image of God. God loves us just the way we are. It doesn’t matter what we’ve been through, or what we are going through, or what we look like, or where we are in life; God loves us just the way we are.

Thursday, January 15, 2015

FMQB Breaking News

Patrick Davis Expands VP/Programming Duties for iHeartMedia to Include Austin and Dallas
Patrick Davis
iHeartMedia has announced that Patrick Davis will expand his duties as Vice President of Programming to include the Austin market, effective immediately.

As Vice President of Programming, Davis will oversee all programming operations for both the Dallas and Austin markets. He started his career as "Flash Phillips" doing mornings and as Program Director in Waco, Texas for eight years.  Davis then became Program Director of WFMF in Baton Rouge and later moved to Dallas in 2002 as Kidd Kraddick's Operations Manager.  Two years later he was named Program Director for KHKS, where he took the station from No.12 to No.1.  In 2011, Davis was named Vice President of Programming of the Dallas cluster.

"We are pleased to have Patrick leading the programming and brand strategies for both the Dallas and Austin clusters," said Brad Hardin, EVP/Programming, iHeartMedia.  "This is a well-deserved and great opportunity for Patrick ­ he has a proven track record and I know he will drive results and lead both markets to even greater ratings success."

"I am confident that Patrick's reputation for success, thorough understanding of our business and extensive CHR experience will help boost the Austin stations to a heightened level of performance," said Pam McKay, Market President, iHeartMedia Austin.  "I am extremely excited to have him as my programming and business partner."

"I'm delighted to have the chance to work with the legendary brands and the amazing team in Austin," said Davis.  "A big thank you to Brad Hardin, Kelly KiblerPam McKay and Deidre Richter for this incredible opportunity. "

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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

ASCAP Announces Elizabeth Matthews as New CEO

JAN
2015
Beth Matthews, ASCAP, CEO
 
ASCAP Announces Elizabeth Matthews
as New CEO
 
Today, ASCAP announced that Elizabeth Matthews has been named the new Chief Executive Officer of the organization. Matthews, who has served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel at ASCAP since 2013, was a unanimous choice among the Board’s 12 writer and 12 publisher members. Matthews replaces former ASCAP CEO John LoFrumento, who retired on December 31st after 33 years of service to ASCAP, including 17 years as CEO. Matthews begins her tenure at the helm of ASCAP immediately.
“Now, more than ever, songwriters and composers need an advocate we can trust to ensure our work is valued fairly in a rapidly changing music marketplace,” saidASCAP President and Chairman Paul Williams. “What we do is vital to the future of music. Beth’s experience in the global multimedia content sector, her deep understanding of the complexities of the music business and her passion for protecting the rights of music creators make her singularly qualified for the CEO role. Her enthusiasm for taking on the new challenges of the digital era is unparalleled.”
Beth Matthews
(pictured, l-r) ASCAP President and Chairman Paul Williams, Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA), ASCAP songwriter Ne-Yo, Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC) and Beth Matthews before a 2014 panel discussion hosted by Creative Rights Caucus Co-Chairs Chu and Coble on music licensing updates
As ASCAP’s Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Matthews played an important role in planning ASCAP's future. She led development of a six-year transformative strategic plan that anticipates the future competitive landscape and changing needs of ASCAP members and customers. Matthews was a key internal leader on modernizing ASCAP’s licensing systems and pushing for reform of ASCAP’s consent decree. She also spearheaded ASCAP's support for introducing the Songwriter Equity Act in Congress.
Prior to ASCAP, Matthews served as Executive Vice President & Deputy General Counsel at Viacom Media Networks (formerly MTV Networks) since 1998. There she guided her Business and Legal Affairs teams through the early days of the shift to digital. Previously, Matthews worked in the Intellectual Property and Corporate Groups for Chadbourne & Parke and the Business Technology Group for Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy.
"ASCAP is an expansive, forward-looking and adaptive service organization that successfully built and grew the market for performance rights for songwriters and publishers in the United States. As CEO, I am excited about building upon our unique assets to offer new and innovative services to our members and our licensing partners. As new media platforms transform how people listen to music, it is critical that we evolve our own business model and update outdated music licensing laws to better reflect the reality of today’s music marketplace. I am honored to work on behalf of the world’s greatest music creators who call ASCAP home."
- ASCAP CEO Elizabeth Matthews
Read Matthews' message to ASCAP staff here