Interview - Ron Fair, A&M Records - Jun 19, 2006"There’s no set way to penetrate this business. This is why it’s such an exciting frontier as an industry. It’s the last place where you can come with nothing in your jeans and a year later be a star,"
... Is the gospel according to Ron Fair, president of A&M/Interscope Records, and recently chairman of Geffen Records. Fair signed Christina Aguilera and was behind her breakthrough single 'Genie In A Bottle', and later on her album 'Stripped'. He is also responsible for breakthrough releases for The Calling, Keyshia Cole, Vanessa Carlton and Pussycat Dolls.
Fair was No.10 on HitQuarters' World Top 100 A&R Chart 2002, and peaked at No.2 on the weekly A&R chart. Fair talked to HitQuarters about working with no set rules, good music as the central consideration for signing artists , letting the public judge, and keeping up with dramatic technological upheavals. Click here to read more Read On ... |
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