FLATIRON DISTRICT, MANHATTAN: In your quest for integrity within the dark art of A&R, cast your gaze upon Ron Burman, Senior Vice President of A&R for Roadrunner Records. During his 13-year tenure at one of America’s premier rock labels, Burman single-handedly transformed the airwaves with his signing of Nickelback, followed Read more...
KATONAH, NY: A few years ago, when Sony closed its studios on W. 54th Street, Thom Cadley was one of the hundreds of Sony staffers cut loose. He’d been Sony’s chief mixing engineer as long as the studio had been running. “I was one of the first people hired at Read more...
Before SXSW, there was fire, stone wheels, a couple of caves to live in. Now that the little gig in Austin has blossomed into the mama of all music and interactive gatherings, showing up Down South has become an annual rite of passage for all those in the biz.
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MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN: Electronic music is mos def staying strong in the multimedia world — Georg Bissen is making sure of that. As both a notable solo artist and composer/sound designer for NYC’s cutting-edge house MetaTechnik (AT&T, Sierra Mist, Burker King), it’s his job to keep his tasty tastes on top Read more...
MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN: Want a hot Internet tip? Visit the Wikipedia page for “organization” and go to town with it, it’s such a deep topic. SonicScoop was hooked from the starting sentence, “An organization is a social arrangement which pursues collective goals, controls its own performance, and has a boundary separating Read more...
