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Signing Story: Jobi Riccio
Date Signed: January 2023 Label: Yep Roc Records Type of Music: Americana / Indie Management: Chris Tetzeli and Nate Meese - 7S Management, nate@7smgmt.com, 303-565-5690 Booking: N/A Legal: David Wykoff ... -
Signing Story: Zandi Holup
Date Signed: September 2023 Label: Big Loud Records Type of Music: Country / Americana / Folk Management: N/A Booking: Marissa Smith and Josh Garrett - United Talent Agency, marissa.smith@unitedtalent.com, josh.garrett@unitedtalent.com ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Tab Nkhereanye
Songwriter and A&R executive Tab Nkhereanye embarked on his career when he began to scribe alongside multi-platinum artist and producer Robin Thicke. That golden gig was followed by a publishing ... -
Stocking Stuffers 2023
Stock, Stock Stocking on Heaven’s Door 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, you'd done no shopping and felt like a louse. That’s how things played out ... -
Industry Profile: Frank Joseph -- HARMAN International
Frank Joseph is the senior director of marketing for HARMAN International North America, Professional Solutions. A lifelong musician, he built his own recording studio and later worked for Guitar Center ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Noah Sierota
Noah Sierota, bassist with the Chino, CA sibling trio Echosmith, has dabbled in production ever since the band’s 2013 debut Talking Dreams. In fact, he was exposed to engineering from ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Carter Lang
Six-time Grammy nominee and Chicago native Carter Lang studied classical piano as a child, advanced to electric bass in middle school, and then graduated to guitar in high school. He ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Noah Sierota of Echosmith
Noah Sierota, bassist with the Chino, California sibling trio Echosmith, has dabbled in production ever since the band’s 2013 debut Talking Dreams. In fact, he was exposed to engineering from ... -
Singing Story: Sweet Pill
Date Signed: September 2023 Label: Hopeless Records Band Members: Zayna Youssef, vocals; Jayce Williams, guitar; Sean McCall, guitar; Ryan Cullen, bass; Chris Kearney, drums Type of Music: Emo/Punk influenced Management: Joe Marro, joseph@lessermatters.com, kirk@lessermatters.com Booking: Lisa Schiffman, lschiffman@tbaagency.com Legal: Paul ... -
Signing Story: Brenn!
Date Signed: February 2023 Label: Fourward Music / Darkroom Type of Music: Folk Management: Fourward Legal: Michael Barkoff - Eisner, LLP, mbarkoff@eisnerlaw.com Publicity: Amanda.Pappalardo@42west.net Web: Instagram @brennnnnnnn A&R: Jake Sarno, ... -
Industry Profile: Alex Moore of Third Encore Studios
Launched in 1989, Third Encore Studios operates a 70,000 sq. ft. Main music production campus adjacent to the Burbank Airport, in North Hollywood. Third Encore features: 7 large production studios; ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Judith Sherman
Judith Sherman started down the classical music engineering and production path in 1971 and earned her master’s degree in music a short time later. Studio work in various New York ... -
Masters of Mastering 2023
A Music Connection specialty is to pick the brains of industry pros, to help artists and music-makers understand how the industry works, both from a technical standpoint and a business ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Drew Thornton
Front-of-house (FOH) engineer Drew Thornton embarked on his audio odyssey from the heartland of Kansas. He studied engineering in Arizona and then made for New York City. There he honed ... -
Signing Story: Ken the Man
Date Signed: July 2023 Label: Roc Nation Type of Music: Rap, Hip-Hop Management: Melissa Keklak, MK Entertainment, instagram.com/melissakeklak_ Booking: Melissa Keklak, MK Entertainment Legal: Adam Zia, The Zia Firm, 610-466-8003 ... -
Signing Story: Megan Moroney
Date Signed: November 2022 Label: Sony Music Nashville / Columbia Records Type of Music: Country Management: Juli Griffith and Hayley Corbett, contact@punchbowlent.com Booking: elisa.vazzana@unitedtalent.com Legal: Judith A. Ricci, judith@jarlaw.net Publicity: ... -
Industry Profile: AFM & SAG-AFTRA Fund
Celebrating 25 Years of Paying Musicians & Vocalists Session musicians and background vocalists have largely been the (ahem) unsung heroes of recorded music since the dawn of the industry. A ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Rachel White
Los Angeles native, guitarist, producer and engineer Rachel White waded into the waveform waters by way of GarageBand, dove deeper with Logic and surfaced, ultimately, to record her own music. ... -
Signing Stories: Loki's Folly
Date Signed: May 2022 Label: Kitten Robot Records Band Members: Annie Kuchenmeister, guitar, vocals; Oskar Kuchenmeister, bass, vocals; Nissa Kuchenmeister, drums, vocals Type of Music: Punk/Grunge Management: Self-managed Booking: Ryan ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Crystal Carpenter
Engineer and erstwhile studio manager Crystal Carpenter sailed into the profession on the wings of her turntables. While attending The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, she’d spin records at night, ...
























