Thanks to industry legend Jason Flom for his shout out in his podcast with Bob Lefsetz, and the story about his success with Steve Tramposch at Virgin Records.

Jason talks about taking over Virgin, Steve’s obsession with A&R research data, and their first signing together, including a story few have heard before.
 
Story starts after 1:08 / 1:10, but the whole thing is worth a listen, what a career. Click image below.

For more on Steve Tramposch click here.

For more on Steve’s history of successful A&R discoveries and artist signings click here.

For more on our A&R Consulting services click here.

For more on our Music Consulting and Artist Development services click here.

Putting the A&R hat back on again FT.

Looking for amazing, career oriented artists and music.

To submit material, please complete the form below, and make sure to list the following:

• Name
• Genre & known talent you would file yourselves next to
• Links to material – music, video, credits, portfolios, etc.
• Social Media links and stats (following, likes, plays, etc.)
• Any other stats: live following, radio play, awards, etc.
• Any other important links or things we should know about
• Contact information

• Audio quality is not a deciding factor, talent is.
• Please send links to material, not files.
• For music, singing a cover is ok if you cannot record and submit an original.

Due to overwhelming volume, feedback is not guaranteed.

For guaranteed feedback please consider Music Consulting, A&R Consulting or another similar service.

Steve Tramposch stopped by RadioSeen.com last night to tape his second live video and radio interview for SM Enlightenment TV.

Topics included Launchpad, his career, state of the modern music business, A&R, and more.

Steve’s segment starts at approximately 41:00, click on the photo below to view the video.

For more information on Launchpad click here.

For more on SME TV click here.

Boston’s Berklee College of Music salary guide, a new study detailing salary ranges and areas of growth across the music business.

Musicians, performance, writing, business, audio technology, engineers, A&R, education, music therapy, and more.

Click photo below for the full pdf report.

Fantastic PBS documentary on music and entertainment mogul David Geffen, whose far-reaching influence — as agent and manager, record industry mogul, Hollywood and Broadway producer, and billionaire philanthropist — has helped shape American popular culture for the past four decades.

Click  on the image below to view.