A&R ExecutiveA&R executives don’t make music—but without them, you probably wouldn't have heard your favorite song. They're the folks at record labels who discover bands and musicians, get them record deals, and then shepherd them through the music industry bureaucracy until their albums are in stores. It's an amazing career where you can meet unknown, talented musicians and if you really believe in them help make their wildest dreams come true.
You just got a little misty eyed, didn't you?
What's A&R?A stands for
artists, the actual human musicians, and R stands for their
repertoire, or their songs. So the A&R department is the part of a record label that first scouts and discovers the Artists, and then develops their musical talent, Repertoire, with th ...
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