Signing an artist to a record deal is a lot like dating, says Pete Ganbarg, president of A&r over at Atlantic Records. But Ganbarg — who has brought in Twenty One Pilots and Christina Perri, as well as the blockbuster cast albums/soundtracks to Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, and The Greatest Showman — says the job of an A&r executive has been completely turned on its head since the pandemic lockdown began prohibiting people from traveling, taking meetings, and going to shows two months ago.
A&r, shorthand for Artists & Repertoire,...
A&r, shorthand for Artists & Repertoire,...
- 5/5/2020
- by Samantha Hissong
- Rollingstone.com
As a songwriter and producer, Warren “Oak” Felder’s resume encompasses hits from Nicki Minaj (“Your Love”), Usher (“Good Kisser”) and Alessia Cara (“Here”). He’s been in the industry for nearly 15 years and, until 2018, he had never heard anyone say “skip rate” in the studio.
“That word was not uttered,” Felder says. But it’s become increasingly common: “Now there are conversations we all have as songwriters — ‘yeah, we just want the skip rate of this song to be super low.'”
Skip rate indicates whether listeners make it...
“That word was not uttered,” Felder says. But it’s become increasingly common: “Now there are conversations we all have as songwriters — ‘yeah, we just want the skip rate of this song to be super low.'”
Skip rate indicates whether listeners make it...
- 3/7/2019
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
In 2005, Mariah Carey released the biggest hit of that decade, an indelible piano ballad titled “We Belong Together.” At the time, a young Ray Romulus was serving as personal assistant to the writer-producer Jermaine Dupri, who had a hand in four songs on Carey’s best-seller The Emancipation of Mimi, including “We Belong Together.” “I would be around Mariah all the time,” Romulus remembers. “We would fly to Mexico to her house and kick it.”
So “it was definitely full circle” when he met Carey again recently, this time as...
So “it was definitely full circle” when he met Carey again recently, this time as...
- 11/21/2018
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
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