New Era of A&R
Talent discovery through the web has become common place. A new era of A&R has emerged. Indie labels scour the Internet on a daily basis and talent scouts no longer spend late nights hanging out in bars and nightclubs; they’ve become just as successful browsing various sites and platforms for fresh talent. Find out the methods and identifiers labels are using for finding new talent in this new era of A&R.
Presenters
Blaise DeAngelo
Label Mgr
OWSLA
GM of Skrillex's OWSLA label, DJ, and all-around dance music enthusiast based in downtown LA.
Diana Kimball
Sr Mgr Creator Engagement
SoundCloud
Diana Kimball leads SoundCloud's Creator Engagement team, surfacing the stories and sounds that need to be heard. She’s preoccupied by narratives and numbers in equal measure and brings to her role a love of data and an eye for detail. Before moving to Berlin to join SoundCloud, she worked at Microsoft as a Program Manager on the PowerPoint team and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Mike Smith
Pres of Music
Virgin EMI Records UK
Nathan McLay
Founder
Future Classic
Future Classic is an artist management team, record label & music publisher based in Sydney. We throw parties & highly endorse dancing.
Artists: Flume, Jagwar Ma, Flight Facilities, Panama, What So Not, Wave Racer, Seekae, Chet Faker, Touch Sensitive, Charles Murdoch, Mitzi, Chrome Sparks, Bodhi, Cashmere Cat, Scenic, Baio, Hayden James, Roosevelt
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