Lessons from A&M helped me grow my business

[RichardWarner]

...put up a new blog post today: lessons from the most successful independent record company in history helped guide me in business. http://bit.ly/VNYZNg

 

[Harry]

Good job Richard. Thanks for letting us know about it.

Harry

 

[Steve Sidoruk]

Nice piece!


Steve

 

[LPJim]

Great article. All the artists I've encountered have positive things to say about their associations with A&M.
JB

 

[RichardWarner]

NPR did a feature story on artists' feelings toward A&M. You can listen to it here:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2012/11/14/165052112/a-m-records-independent-with-major-appeal

 

[AandMFan]

Richard, I don't believe this. I followed you at WAGA-TV and at WXIA-TV, I watched you every morning at 11Alive. I was the one who sent you the memo about the release of Lovelines. Richard Carpenter's people sent me a letter in response to my letter asking if there were more unreleased recordings. I picked up on two unreleased songs from Richard and Karen in the CBS-TV movie, "The Karen Carpenter Story". I checked with A&M once a month afterwards because they didn't want to release information on the new album because the choice for the title had not been finalized. Once Richard made up his mind, A&M gave me the album name and release date. I sent the information to you and was surprised when you read it on the air. I didn't know if it would be considered business news but I took a chance. I have always studied A&M and their artists. I learned about release rights from Amy Grant. She moved over to A&M in 1985. She continued to be carried on Word Records in Christian bookstores and had the A&M label at Turtles and other stores. If you are up for lunch, I live in metro Atlanta, boy would I like to talk to you. Herb Alpert has been another great A&M artist I have followed.

 

[RichardWarner]

Richard, I don't believe this. I followed you at WAGA-TV and at WXIA-TV, I watched you every morning at 11Alive. I was the one who sent you the memo about the release of Lovelines. Richard Carpenter's people sent me a letter in response to my letter asking if there were more unreleased recordings. I picked up on two unreleased songs from Richard and Karen in the CBS-TV movie, "The Karen Carpenter Story". I checked with A&M once a month afterwards because they didn't want to release information on the new album because the choice for the title had not been finalized. Once Richard made up his mind, A&M gave me the album name and release date. I sent the information to you and was surprised when you read it on the air. I didn't know if it would be considered business news but I took a chance. I have always studied A&M and their artists. I learned about release rights from Amy Grant. She moved over to A&M in 1985. She continued to be carried on Word Records in Christian bookstores and had the A&M label at Turtles and other stores. If you are up for lunch, I live in metro Atlanta, boy would I like to talk to you. Herb Alpert has been another great A&M artist I have followed.

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