A&R Directory
Record Label Contacts
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Alligator Records Bruce Iglauer/President |
Accepting unsolicited material; Specializing in blues and
roots music. Maximum four songs per demo; seven month
backup in replying. |
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Ark 21 Stevo Glendinning/Sr. VP A&R |
Accepting unsolicited material |
| Astralwerks Justin Nichols/A&R 104 W. 29th St. 4h Flr. New York, NY 10001 212-886-7500 www.astralwerks.com |
Accepting unsolicited material |
| TVT Records, Inc. Bryan Leach/VP Urban A&R Leonard Johnson, 23 E. 4th St., 3rd Flr. New York, NY 10003 212-979-6410 www.TVTrecords.com |
Accepting unsolicited material |
| Immortal Happy Walters/President Jason Markley/A&R 10585 Santa Monica Blvd, Ste 120 Los Angeles, CA 90025 310-481-1800 E-mail: info@immortalrecords.com www.immortalrecords.com |
Accepting unsolicited material |
| Atlantic (WEA) Mike Caren/Sr. VP A&R Kevin Weaver/Sr. VP Film Music 3400 W. Olive Ave. 3rd Flr. Burbank, CA 91505 www.atlantic-records.com |
No unsolicited material |
| Atlantic Records(WEA) (includes Lava) Andrew Karp/Head of A&R (both Lava and Atlantic) Mike Caren/Sr.VP A&R 1290 Ave. of the Americas New York, NY 10104 212-707-2000 www.atlantic-records.com |
No unsolicited material |
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Aware(Sony/BMG) Steve Smith/VP A&R |
No unsolicited material |
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Capitol Records (EMD) Wendy Goldstein/Sr. VP A&R 1750 N. Vine St. Hollywood, CA 90028 323-462-6252 www.hollywoodandvine.com |
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Capitol Nashville (EMD) Larry Willoughby/VP A&R |
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Columbia(Sony/BMG) Hilari Farrel/A&R Coordinator |
No unsolicited material |
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Columbia (Sony/BMG) Steve Lillywhite/Sr. VP A&R 550 Madison Ave.,24th Flr. New York, NY 10022 212-833-4000 www.columbiarecords.com |
No unsolicited material |
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Curb Records Doug Johnson/VP A&R Country 48 Music Square East |
No unsolicited material |
| Dreamworks (UMG) (see Universal Music Group) |
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| Elektra Entertainment (WEA) (see Atlantic Records) |
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| Elektra (WEA) (See Atlantic Records) |
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| Epic Records Group (Sony/BMG) Mike Flynn/Dir. A&R/Staff Producer 2100 Colorado Ave. Santa Monica, CA 90404 310-449-2100 www.epicrecords.com |
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| Epic Records Group(Sony/BMG) David Massey/Exec. VP A&R(Sony Music Intl.) Kaz Utsunomiya/Sr. VP A&R 550 Madison Ave.,22nd Flr. New York, NY 10022 212-833-8000 www.epicrecords.com |
No unsolicited material |
| Epitaph Brett Gurewitz/Owner Andy Kaulkin/President 2798 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026 213-413-7353 www.epitaph.com |
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| Geffen(UMG) Ron Fair/President Geffen Thom Panunzio/A&R 2220 Colorado Ave., 4th Flr. Santa Monica, CA 90404 310-865-4500 www.geffen.com |
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| Hollywood Records Mitchell Leib/President, Music & Soundtracks,Walt Disney Pictures & Television/Buena Vista Music Group Geoffrey Weiss/Sr.VP A&R 500 S. Buena Vista St. Old Team Bldg. Burbank, CA 91521 818-560-5670 www.hollywoodrec.com |
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| Hollywood Records Jason Jordan/VP A&R 825 8th Ave, 30th floor New York, NY 10019 718-832-0868 www.hollywoodrecords.com |
No unsolicited material |
| Interscope / A&M (UMG) Jimmy Lovine/CEO Mark Williams/Exec. A&R Interscope 2220 Colorado Ave. Santa Monica, CA 90404 310-865-1000 www.interscoperecords.com |
No unsolicited material |
| Interscope / A&M (UMG) Debbie Southwood-Smith/ A&R Rock Ron Gillyard/A&R-Urban 1755 Broadway, 8th Flr. New York, NY 10019 212-841-8000 www.interscope.com |
No unsolicited material |
| Island Def Jam music Group (UMG) Paul Pontius/Exec. VP A&R Daniel Shulman/Dir. A&R 8920 Sunset Blvd, 2nd Flr. Los Angeles, CA 90069 310-276-4500 www.islandrecords.com |
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| Island Def Jam Music Group (UMG) Karen Kwak/Sr. VP of A&R Op Paul Pontius/Exec. VP 825 8th Ave., 29th Flr. New York, NY 10019 212-333-8000 |
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| J / Arista Records (Sony/BMG) Clive Davis/CEO Peter Edge/Exec. VP A&R 745 5th Ave., 6th Flr. New York, NY 10151 646-840-5600 www.jrecords.com |
No unsolicited material |
| Jazz & Classics EMI Records Bruce Lundvall/President/CEO Blue Note Eli Wolf/ Sr.Dir A&R Blue Note Keith Karwelies/ Mgr., A&R Admin. 150 5th Ave., 6th Flr. New York, NY 10011 Fax 212-786-8666 www.bluenote.com, www.angelrecords.com, www.manhattanrecords.com |
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| Jive(Sony/BMG) Pablo Mathiason/Dir A&R - Rock 2100 Colorado Ave. Santa Monica, CA 90404 310-449-2100 www.zombalabelgroup.com |
No unsolicited material |
| Lava Records (see Atlantic) |
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| Lost Highway Luke Lewis/Chairman Kim Buie/VP A&R 54 Music Square, Ste. 300 Nashville, TN 37203 615-524-7500 |
No unsolicited material |
| Maverick Recording (WEA) Scott Austin/A&R Kevin Williamson/A&R 3300 Warner Blvd. Burbank, CA 91505 www.maverick.com |
No unsolicited material |
| Narada Records (also Narada Jazz, Back Porch, Higher Octave & Shakti) Rich Denhart/Sr. Dir. A&R Mike Bailey/A&R Rep. 4650 N. Port Washington Rd. Milwaukee, WI 53212 414-961-8350 E-mail: Friends@narada.com www.narada.com |
No unsolicited material |
| Nettwerk Records Mark Jowett/Head of A&R 1650 W. 2nd Ave Vancouver, BC V6J 1H4 604-654-2929 www.nettwerk.com |
No unsolicited material |
| Peak Records Andi Howard/President Mark Wexler/Exec. VP 100 N. Crescent Dr., Ste. 275 Beverly Hills, CA 90210 310-385-4040 www.peak-records.com |
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| Priority Records (EMD) (See Capitol Records) |
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| Putumayo World Music Dan Storper/Founder CEO Michael Kurtz/A&R Coordinator 411 Lafayette St.,4th floor New York, NY 10003 212-625-1400 www.putumayo.com |
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| RCA Music Group (Sony/BMG) Matt Marshall/VP A&R Matt Walsh/A&R Mgr. 2100 Colorado Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90404 310-449-2662 www.rcarecords.com |
No unsolicited material |
| RCA Records(Sony/BMG) Ashley Newton/Exec. VP A&R Steve Ralbovski/Sr.VP A&R 550 Madison Ave.,11th floor NewYork, NY 10022 212-833-8000 |
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| RCA Music Group (Sony/BMG) Joe Galante/Chairman Renee Bell/Sr VP A&R 1400 18th Ave. S. Nashville, TN 37212 615-301-4300 www.twangthis.com |
No unsolicited material |
| Roadrunner Records Jonas Nachsin/President Monte Conner/Sr. VP A&R 902 Broadway 8th Flr. New York, NY 10010 212-274-7500 www.roadrunnerrecords.com |
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| Rounder Records (Rounder Books) Ken Irwin/Owner/A&R Mariah Leighton/Owner/A&R 1 Camp St. Cambridge, MA 02140 617-354-0700 E-mail: info@rounder.com www.rounder.com |
No unsolicited material |
| Sony Music Nashville (Sony/BMG) (Columbia Records/Epic Records) Joe Galante/Chairman Mark Wright/Exec. VP A&R 34 Music Square E. Nashville, TN 37203 615-742-4321 www.sonynashville.com |
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| Tommy Boy(WEA) Victor Lee/Head of A&R 120 5th Ave.,7th Flr. New York, NY 10011 212-388-8300 E-mail: a&r@tommyboy.com www.tommyboy.com |
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| Universal Motown(UMG) Tone/Exec. VP Kevin Law/Exec.VP UNI Records Bruce Carbone/Exec. VP A&R 1755 Broadway, 7th Flr. New York, NY 10019 212-373-0600 www.universalrecords.com |
No unsolicited material |
| Universal Music Group (Mca, Mercury Records, Dreamworks) James Stroud/Co-Chairman Allison jones/VP of A&R Brian Wright/Dir.of A&R 60 Music Square E. Nashville, TN 37203 615-524-7500 |
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V2 Music Keith Morris/A&R West Coast Los Angeles, CA www.v2music.com |
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| Vanguard/Welk Music Group (Ranwood,Sugar Hill) Steve Buckingham/Sr. VP A&R 2700 Pennsylvania Ave. Santa Monica, CA 90404 310-829-9355 www.vanguardrecords.com |
No unsolicited material |
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Verve Music Group (UMG) Ron Goldstein/President/CEO New York, NY 10019 212-331-2005 www.verve.com |
No unsolicited material |
| Virgin Records (EMD) Brian Postelle/Sr. VP A&R 5750 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036 323-692-1100 www.virginrecords.com |
No unsolicited material |
| Virgin(EMD) Jason Flom/CEO Virgin Jeff Kempler/EVP Virgin David Wolter/VP A&R 150 5th Ave., 3rd Flr. New York, NY 10011 212-786-8200 www.virginrecords.com |
No unsolicited material |
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Warner Bros. (WEA) Craig Aaronson/A&R Music Group 3300 Warner Blvd, 3rd Flr. Burbank, CA 92505 818-846-9090 |
No unsolicited material |
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Warner Bros. Records 75 Rockefeller Plaza, 8th Flr. New York, NY 10019 212-275-4596 www.wbr.com |
No unsolicited material |
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Warner Bros. Nashville (WEA) Paul Worley/Chief Creative Officer |
No unsolicited material |
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Zomba Label Group Peter Thea/Sr. VP - ZLG Records 137-139 W. 25th St, 9th Flr. |
No unsolicited material |
| See the two-page article in the May 2006 issue of EQ
Magazine on Separation Mastering,
by John Vestman and
Don Sundstrom. The acclaimed mastering format is getting highest praise from Vestman Mastering clients, engineers and listeners. |
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