Baseware Remote is the outlet Beatport uses
iTunes Producer is the outlet iTunes uses
RED is Sony Music's distribution service
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Week 3: Overcoming Obstacles at Phase One Network
This summer I have been mainly focusing on A & R and discovering new producers/DJ's for my company to possibly work with and sign. If I find an artist that showed some potential, I would let my boss know. If he enjoyed their sound as well, he would reach out to them with an offer. My boss recently told me he has really liked the talent I had been discovering and explained that we both have a similar ear for music; do to this, my boss gave me the opportunity to try something new and gain a valuable experience: ingesting music into iTunes, Beatport, and RED. For those who don't know, Beatport is an online music store that mainly comprises of Electronic Dance Music as opposed to iTunes which is comprised of all genres and RED is Sony Music's distribution service. I was really excited about this opportunity because I always wondered how musicians uploaded their music into these outlets and now I was finally going to learn. Another employee gave me a sort of "music ingestion 101" class and explained to me how to actually upload the music to these sites. Eventually, my boss assigned me albums and songs to upload on my own and it has been a very valuable experience.
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This sounds like a really interesting experience, and is also totally different from mine. The talent search aspect sounds very intuitive even as you develop your ear for good talent. Your experience also shows that internships can be great learning opportunities, as you learned an entirely new skill from yours.
ReplyDeleteWow this sounds like it was an absolutely amazing experience! It always is a rewarding feeling to be complimented by an employer!
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