HAVE YOUR MUSIC HEARD BY
SOME OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER A&R CONTACTS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY ON THE A&R LIVE HOOKUP FOR DEAL CONSIDERATION
AND LIVE FEEDBACK ON THE SPOT!
Lenny
S, Vice President A&R
Def
Jam Records
(Hip Hop, Rap, R&B)
Jeff
Blue, Sr. A&R Consultant
Jive
Records
(Rock, Pop, Alt, R&B, Rap-Rock)
Darius
Jones, (former) Sr. Dir A&R
Capitol Records
(Hip Hop, Rap, R&B, Rock, Pop)
Demetrius Spencer, (former) Sr. VP A&R
Universal Motown Records
(Hip Hop, R&B, Pop)
Ant
Rich, A&R Manager
Jive
Records
(Hip Hop, Rap, R&B)
Riggs
Morales, Sr. Dir A&R
Shady
Records
(Hip Hop, Rap, R&B)
Stephen Strother, CEO,
A&R Music Live
(Rock, Pop, Hip Hop, R&B)
Serge Durand, A&R Consultant
Atlantic Records
(Hip Hop, Rap, R&B)
Eric
Beasley, Dir A&R
Asylum Records
(Hip Hop, Rap)
Tim
Carhart, A&R Mgr
Warner Bros / Sire Records
(Rock, Pop and some Hip Hop)
Max
Luces-Tucker
Music
Supervisor / Film Director
Burnim Murray Productions
(Rock, Pop, Hip Hop, R&B, Alt,
Dance)
Shari
Reich, A&R Manager
Jive
Records
(Rock & Pop))
Huy
Nguyen, VP A&R
Valiant Records
(Pop, Hip Hop, R&B, Gospel)
Alvin
Williams, Sr Dir of Music
Talent & Acquisitions
Gospel Music Channel
(Gospel)
Paul
Stewart, CEO
Music
Supervisor
Next
Thing, A&R Music1.com
(Rock, Pop, Hip Hop, R&B, Alt,
Dance)
A&R Music Live, LLC., is an
independent A&R and consulting company. Founded in Atlanta, GA, in 1993,
by Stephen Strother, CEO / Consultant, the company hosts weekly
A&R Hookups with record company A&R,
exclusive demo listening sessions and workshops by PHONE and WEB! The
company has hosted more than 890 music listening sessions and workshops with top industry executives. More than 35 acts, including Grammy winner India Arie, TLC, and Usher, have used A&R Music1.com products and services in pursuing their recording contracts. Many more attendees have landed television licensing deals, major label production work and publishing contracts.
Participating A&R and executives, from the following companies, include:
Aftermath Entertainment, Artemis Records, Atlantic Music Group, ASCAP, Bad Boy Entertainment, BMG Publishing, BMI, Capitol Records,
Cherry Lan Music Publishing, Columbia Records, Compadre Records, Compound
Entertainment, Def Jam Recordings, Disney Music Publishing, Elektra Records, EMI Publishing, Geffen Records, Island Records, Hidden Beach Recordings, Interscope, Island Def Jam, J-Records, Jive Records, Koch Records, Maverick Records, Motown Universal, Music World Entertainment, MTV's The Real World, RCA Music Group, SESAC,
Shady Records, So So Def / Virgin, SonyBMG,
Suretone Records / Interscope, Universal Music, Universal Republic Records, TVT Records, Verity-Gospel Centric Records,
Warner Bros Records and many more.
Alumni and guests from the 2007-2009 A&R Hookup season included Senior Vice President of A&R / RCA Music Group,
Vice President of A&R / Def Jam, Vice President of A&R / TVT Records, Vice President of A&R / Koch Records, Director of A&R / Interscope and other A&R Directors, A&R representative, A&R Managers, Creative Directors, Paul Stewart Music Supervisor for Hustle and Flow, as well as many platinum producers and songwriters.
GENRES: Alternative, Country, Gospel, Hip Hop, Holy Hip Hop, Neo-Soul, Pop, Reggaeton, Rap, R&B and Rock
Stephen Strother, CEO
and founder of A&R Music Live, LLC., has more than 22 years of experience in the music
industry and corporate America. He is
a graduate of Auburn University with a major in psychology. Strother was
also a four-time NCAA Track and Field All-American.
Strother has held
positions that include Consultant and Entertainment Recruiter for Turner
Broadcasting, HR Consultant, Regional Recruiting Manager and U.S. Diversity
Consultant for Hewlett Packard, Systems Analyst and Customer Service Shift
Supervisor for IBM and Caseworker for Big Brother Big Sister. As a prep student
Strother was President of the Spike Shoe Society and a Board Member of the
Academic Honesty Committee.
Today, Strother consults and connects artists, producers and songwriters to
record and publishing companies for deal consideration through the A&R LIVE
HOOKUP program. Some of the industry's most notable talents that used his company’s products and services
in pursuing their deals include India Arie, TLC, Zane, Kris Kross and J-Pat Management for
Usher."
SOME HISTORY ABOUT A&R MUSIC LIVE
Strother, as the author of the new audio book “How To Break Into The
Music Biz”, has been a guest on radio stations throughout the U.S., Bahamas and
Bermuda. Strother was featured on the Atlanta station, NBC 11 Alive news,
as a music industry expert on the Atlanta music market, along with TLC, Usher
and former CEO of LaFace Records and Island Def Jam Records, L.A.
Reid.
On the seminar circuit
Stephen has moderated major A&R panels at NARAS, ASCAP, SESAC, Atlantis Music Conference, Jack The Rapper, National Entertainment
Seminar Series, Soul Summit, Southern Music Conference, Bermuda Songwriters
Association and the Bahamas Sun Splash to name a few. Stephen founded and hosted
A&R Live Hookup, I Just Want To Have My Music Heard at Billboard Live,
Breaking Into The Music Biz and Power Workshop Series. Strother serves on
the Academic Advisory Board for Bauder College in Atlanta, GA.
