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Q&A on music supervising award-winning film ‘Norman’ with PEYMON MASKAN, owner of Little Mountain Music Supervision - Archives |  |
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What’s involved in supervising the music for a film? Continuing our series on music licensing, Q&A asks music supervisor Peymon Maskan how he curated the music for the award-winning new indie movie Norman, and its acclaimed accompanying soundtrack. 
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Jan 24, 2011 … Singer-songwriter Ne-Yo has been named Senior VP of A&R at Motown Records. The artist’s Compound Entertainment will also move to Motown and he will join its artist roster following a switch from Def Jam. source
Jan 16, 2011 … Sony/ATV Music Publishing’s Joshua Sarubin has left his position as Vice President, A&R, for a new opportunity to be unveiled shortly. source
Jan 2, 2011 … Former Glassnote Records A&R, Adam Herzog, has joined Warner Bros. Records in New York as VP of A&R. While at Glassnote Herzog worked with Phoenix, Mumford & Sons, Two Door Cinema Club, amongst others. source
Dec 15, 2011 … Grammy Award-winning producer, songwriter, arranger and executive David Foster has been officially named chairman of Verve Music Group. His new A&R team includes Jaymes Foster, Jay Landers and Dahlia Ambach-Caplin. source
Dec 9, 2011 … Acclaimed producer Ethan Johns (Kings of Leon, Laura Marling, Ryan Adams) has joined Atlantic UK in an A&R role. source
Dec 8, 2011 … Chris Anokute has been appointed Senior VP of A&R at Island Def Jam Music Group. source
Dec 6, 2011 … Edgar Bronfman Jr is to leave Warner chairman position. source
Dec 1, 2011 … Recent departee from Jive/Sony, Nick Burgess, has rejoined Virgin Records UK, and president Miles Leonard, as its new VP of A&R. source
Dec 1, 2011 … Polydor A&R Nick Shymansky is to move to Island UK to be Senior A&R Manager, according to Record of the Day. Shymansky signed La Roux and is the one-time manager of Amy Winehouse.
Nov 29, 2011 … Former Interscope SVP or A&R Shawn Holiday has been named both SVP of A&R at RCA for the West Coast, and SVP at Sony/ATV Music Publishing. source
Nov 29, 2011 … Epic Records is expected to name songwriter-producer Christopher “Tricky” Stewart as its new Head of A&R. source
Nov 24, 2011 … Sony UK & Ireland have promoted Nicola Tuer to the position of Executive Vice President where she will report to Chairman and CEO Nick Gatfield. source
Nov 17, 2011 … Ben Mortimer is set to move from Island UK to Polydor to become A&R Director as part of Ferdy Unger-Hamilton’s team. Mortimer signed Florence + The Machine and Tribes. source
Nov 15, 2011 … Universal Music Group chairman and CEO Barry Weiss has announced the appointment of former Jive executive Peter Thea to Executive Vice President of Universal Republic and Island Def Jam. source
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