The difference amidst success and failure is information, notes Ritch Esra, and he should know. Along with his partner, Stephen Trumbull, Esra is a leading part of the number one the majority -reliable source of information on “who’s who” and “who does what” in the music business. perfect of all, they could tell you where everybody is located.
Five Volumes Of Data.
The Music Business Registry (http://www.musicregistry.com) publishes five directories: the “A&R Registry,” the “Music Publisher Registry,” the “Music Business Attorney Registry” the “Film and television Music Guide,” and the “Record Producer and Recording Engineer Directory.” For many in the business, these are indispensable reference works.
The directories give any person vital, accurate and the most up-to-date information they need to contact the entire A&R, music publishing, legal and film/TV music communities, Esra states. From comparing notes with dozens of professionals in all of these areas of expertise, I could tell you that no one disputes his claim.
More than one music industry executive has told me that the Music Business Registry publications are value their weight in platinum. Tess Taylor, president of NARIP (National Association of Record Industry Professionals), says “I couldn’t get through one day in the absence of the directories from the Music Business Registry. These publications are the finest in the business.”
Each directory tells you how to reach industry professionals by regular mail, e-mail, direct dial telephone and fax. The books provide each individual’s exact title, street address, the name of their guide ant and the styles of music in which each executive specializes. Websites are furthermore included.
Updates? You Want Updates?
The world of the A&R executive is exhilarating but ever-changing. Which is to say, there’s a lot of turnover in this part of the industry. So much turnover, in fact, that the A&R Registry is completely updated and reprinted every eight weeks, whereas the publisher volume is biannual and the other books come out yearly.
Need A Producer? Here Are 1,700 Of Them!
Created in partnership with RPM Direct, the “Record Producer & Recording Engineer Directory” presents 1,700 of now’s leading Record Producers, Recording Engineers & Remixers throughout the US, Canada and Europe in every genre of music. Included in the book are:
1. Complete contact information for every Producer, Remixer & Recording Engineer along with a list of their credits.
2. Producer/Engineer/Remixer Management organizations including a complete staff listing as well as full client rosters.
3. A Complete Index to simply locate any producer.
4. Several Interviews and articles with today’s leading Producers & Engineers.
No wonder you may find the Music Business Registry’s publications in the offices of top record company executives, music publishers, artist managers, agents, music attorneys, recording musicians, studios and other music business professionals all over the place from Los Angeles to London, NY to Nashville, Chicago to Copenhagen, Toronto to Tokyo, Stockholm to Sydney and Minneapolis to Munich.
