Ed Christman Hopeless Records VP of business development and A&R Eric Tobin, on the far right, and the band Air Dubai gang-up on Baker & Taylor’s VP of retail and entertainment Steve Harkins, who vows to go to the mat on behalf of the band’s album, but only because Universal Music Group Distribution chairman/CEO Jim…

Big Deal Music brings together veteran industry executives in a new music publishing firm, which has just cut an administration deal with BMG for North America and parts of Europe. The company brings under one roof Chrysalis Music colleagues Kenny MacPherson, Dave Ayers and James Cerreta with artist manager Michael McDonald and publisher Pete Robinson….

Renman asks Drew Simmons, Manager of Young the Giant, what his thoughts are regarding the Artist Developmentprocess. On a prior episode of Renman Live!, Steve welcomed Bruce Flohr onto the show from Red Light Management, and Bruce proposed the notion that it takes 10 years for an Artist to truly develop and grow into their own skin. That’s on many levels: as a touring act, a recording act, and in terms of finding their True North to properly tell their…