Here's your  MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS  for this week:

     As you probably know, it hasn’t exactly been a quiet last few weeks in the A&R world. Of course, the big news after the sale of EMI was approved was that longtime Columbia Records CEO Steve Barnett was leaving to take over the Capitol Records Group and decided to move the label group’s headquarters from New York to Los Angeles. We hear that Dan McCarroll and other New York-based executives will be joining Barnett in Los Angeles soon. It was also just announced that Max Hole has been named Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group International. Hole, who will be based in London and responsible for the company's operations outside of the United States, will report directly to Group CEO and Chairman Lucian Grange.

     On the A&R front, there were quite a few appointments made from the ranks of successful record producers including Dallas Austin and The Dream who join Island/Def Jam’s A&R department. Producer Salaam Remi joins Sony Music’s A&R staff as Executive VP A&R working across all of the Sony Music labels. Longtime Sony A&R Admin department executive Allison Woest joins Columbia’s A&R creative staff in New York along with J Grand and Mister Morgan who are just the latest editions to RCA’s newly restructured A&R department under Executive VP of A&R Keith Naftaly. Meanwhile, Candace Campbell joins Epic in Los Angeles and veteran A&R executive Julian Palmer joins Columbia’s A&R department in the UK. In other UK activity, Mike Smith is appointed President of Mercury while Clive Cawley is appointed MD. Nick Burgess and Markell Casey both join Virgin’s A&R department while both Charlie Moss and Cleo Russell join the A&R team of Warner Bros. UK. Back in Los Angeles, Crazed Hits Founder and Publisher Alex Wilhelm joins Warner Bros. while Latoya Lee and Ben Horin join Warner Music’s A&R department under Mike Caren. Staying with Warner Music for the moment, the Warner Bros. label has just come under the oversight of Warner/Chappell CEO Cameron Strang. In other label executive appointments, former Sony Music A&R executive Rod Kukla joins the U.S. office of the Mascot Label Group and veteran A&R executive Kawan ‘KP’ Prather joins Atlantic’s A&R department in Atlanta.

     There are also a few A&R moves and exits to announce. Matthew Marshall joins Concord Music from Warner Bros. and Steve Yegelwel joins David Massey’s U.S. A&R team at Mercury leaving his longtime post at S-Curve. Also, veteran executive Chuck Mitchell joins Sony Music Masterworks as Sr. VP from his longtime job at EOne Music. Exiting their A&R posts are Shari Reich who exits Warner Bros. Randi Razzano and Shani Gonzales both exit Epic and in the UK, Jay Greenwood exits Mercury and Scott Jason, Jordan Jay and Harry Lloyd Jones exit Polydor. Jordan Jay has joined XL Talent handling their stable of Record Producers. Randi Razzano joins Pulse Music in Los Angeles.

     In looking at 2012 in review, some interesting statistics emerge. There were fifty-five A&R executived hired by the labels in 2012 up from only thirty-one hired in 2011, twentry-three in 2010, but well below the fifty-eight hired in 2009 or the eighty A&R executives hired in 2008. 

     Sadly, twenty-seven A&R executives left their jobs in 2012, down from thirty-eight in 2011, forty in 2010, fifty in 2009 and sixty-four in 2008. Out of the twenty-seven who left their A&R jobs this year, not one has currently found another A&R job at a label. In 2010, only one A&R executive who left his A&R job found another job in A&R (Rob Stevenson - Universal/Republic). In 2011, we saw the same thing - only one A&R executive who left their job that year found another A&R job (Shawn Holiday - RCA).

     In 2012, only nine A&R executives were fortunate to move from one A&R job to another while still employed (way down from twenty-six in 2011, ten in 2010 and fourteen in 2009). Thone nine blessed and extremely fortunate executives include Steve Yegelwel, Mollie Moore, Matthew Marshall, Jeff Sosnow, Alex Black, Autumn House, Ricardo Frendandez, Will Street and Olivia Marconie. Thanks to Michael Taylor for the graphic below that puts all of these numbers in stark perspective.

     For those of you trying to reach the Film/Television/Video Game Music market, the brand-new, updated Film & Television Music Guide (14th Ed) has also been released. You can place an order online at http://www.musicregistry.com or by calling us at 800-552-7411 (or 818-781-1974). We are also now underway in preparing for the upcoming 2013 Film & Television Music Guide (our 15^th Edition). We have just opened up some advertising space for the new issue so if you are interested in reaching this incredible market and expose your company, service or artist to over 10,000 active Motion Picture, Television and Video Game Music professionals, please be sure to contact Ritch Esra right away by email at ritch@musicregistry.com or by phone at 818-781-1974. Also, if you have any updates, additions or moves (or know of any), please let us know since we’ll be starting our final updating soon.

     Indie musicians on the west coast can embrace the emergence of the feminine this spring as Ladies Rise Up and Rock launches its inaugural event in San Francisco March 23, 2013. Initiated by a conversation with legendary songwriter JD Souther, this concert featuring women making their mark in music will benefit Grammy in the Schools. More info about the event can be found at http://wp.me/pLVTl-rt Media contact is Janet Hansen who can be reached at 615-891-2113 or by email at conbriopr@gmail.com

Here's the rest of the news we wanted to make sure that you didn't miss! It represents what our Twitter and Facebook followers found the most interesting so be sure to follow us online!

Quick Music Notes:

Rizvi Traverse Management Buys 75% Stake In SESAC: Report  http://bit.ly/VPb8Mh

Irving Azoff's Live Nation Exit Leaves Many Questions Unanswered | Music News http://bit.ly/ZlnUrl

Musician David Byrne discusses his latest book "How Music Works" on Charlie Rose http://bit.ly/Sew8zq

How Much Streaming is Really Worth to Artists: a Consumption Analysis  http://bit.ly/SbqSMz

Beggars Group's Claim That Its Artists Earn More From Streaming Tracks Than Downloading, Unpacked  http://bit.ly/VPamP9

How To Finance a Music Career & Achieve Complete Creative Control | Promote Your Music http://bit.ly/XZEufo

Cutting Edge Group Buys Varése Sarabande - http://bit.ly/VPayxW

Sony Issues Bob Dylan Recordings to Keep European Copyright - http://bit.ly/VMPYOR

5 Tips To Develop An International Fanbase  http://bit.ly/UCt6Ga

How Labels Are Making Money from YouTube http://bit.ly/VMKWBV

Just a Handout? British Musicians Demand a Private Copying Levy... http://bit.ly/VMGXoL

Layoffs at EMI Amid UMG Restructuring: Sources  http://bit.ly/UFRner

Sony Rejoin With BMG To Raid EMI Labels  http://bit.ly/VMjqEH

Open Letter From a Bar Owner to Musicians  http://bit.ly/UqdLok

Labels Intensify Their War Against Vimeo... http://bit.ly/SfukGq

Music Biz Wants To Block Pirate Bay….Plus 260 Additional Sites  http://bit.ly/X9GeiM

10 Tips from Music Supervisor Daryl Berg http://bit.ly/SfKBex

Hollywood Records VP/Promotion Scotty Finck promoted to SVP/Promotion Disney Music Group http://bit.ly/S9Gssr

5 Expert Tips for your Band from Ariel Hyatt | How To Run A Band http://buff.ly/X65JSb

7 Things You Probably Don't Want to Hear as a Musician... http://buff.ly/UnOU2I

Why Classic Rock Acts Will Still Get Plenty of Love in 2013 http://bit.ly/X62avn

Ignoring Your Fans: The Quickest Way To Fail As a Musician http://bit.ly/TwxVOy

4 Reasons Buying Fake Numbers Can Destroy Your Music Career  http://bit.ly/ZcK7HR

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A&R Registry - 20th Anniversary 2013 - Brand new--just released!

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Music Attorney, Legal & Business Affiars Registry

Film & Television Music Guide - 14th Edition - Updated!

Music Publisher Registry - Brand new- just released

Indie Bible - new 13th Edition

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20th Anniversary 2013 - Brand new--just released!

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Right now our database contains over 3,000 companies and 8,000 contacts- nearly every A&R rep, CEO, Film and TV contact, publisher, attorney, artist manager, and almost every other music industry position. In the past month our team made changes to over 2,100 contacts- that's 1/4th of our entire database! Buy any other list and we guarantee it will be stale in a matter of weeks. But with the recordXpress update feature, your list is always fresh- on a hour-by-hour basis!

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Whether you are a Label, Music Publisher, Artist Manager, Attorney, Songwriter, Artist, Band or Composer in today's changing business climate, you know the value of placing your music into film, television and video games. In our 13th year of publication, the Film & Television Music Guide is a must-have resource for everyone looking to make their music work for them. The 416-page Film & Television Music Guide lists all Music Supervisors in Film & TV, Film Studio and TV Music Departments, Video Game Companies, Music Editors, Music Libraries, Film/TV Music Departments, Film/TV Trailer Houses, Music Placement Companies, Composers and Composer Agents, Orchestras, Music Editors, Score Mixers, Commercial Music Production, Music Clearance, ASCAP, BMI and SESAC's Film/TV Music Departments, Scoring Stages, Recording Studios, Music Preparation, Music Contractors, Music Payroll, Music Services and much more. The directory covers the US, Canada and UK markets and lists direct dial phone and fax numbers as well as email and website addresses. This is the most comprehensive directory of its kind! So, when you're ready to make your music work for you, there is really only one choice -- the Film & Television Music Guide.

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