Before I embarked on my bear book series, my writing was predominately based on music industry articles and interviews. For example, I contributed 7 articles to the Musicians' and Songwriters' Yearbook 2008 . This major release is published by A&C Black of Soho Square, London (a Bloomsbury company). I am also formally listed as a Contributing Editor in this publication.
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Musicians' and Songwriters' Yearbook 2008: The Essential Resource for Anyone Working in the Music Industry
I also contributed 3 articles to the 2007 edition of this book:
Musicians' and Songwriters' Yearbook 2007
The following weblinks include some earlier examples of my contributions to BBC News:
EMI Tunes up for Finances Revamp
Could EMI Become No 1 Bid Target?
Other examples of music industry writing:
A Guide to Understanding Music Publishing (first published in Music Business Journal) and featured in MusicDish of New York
Record Label Start-Up Guide in SoundControl magazine
My "The Republic of Ireland : A Music Industry Overview ", is formally referenced in this Report:
Musicians and the Entertainment Industry in Bermuda. Prepared for The Hon. Dale Butler, JP, MP, Minister of Community Affairs and Sport, Government of Bermuda
and in this book:
U2: An Irish Phenomenon by Visnja Cogan
I also conducted interviews with the following individuals and these were published in Music Business Journal:
*Andrew Yeates : Director General of the BPI in London
*Arjen Davidse : Creative Managing Director at the Dutch Rock and Pop Institute (NPI) in Amsterdam
*Brian Robertson : President of the CRIA (Canadian Recording Industry Association) in Toronto
*Christer Lundblad : Managing Director of Export Music Sweden in Stockholm
*Dave Bartholomew : General Manager, Pop Sales, Universal Music (UK) in London
*Debs Wild, A&R Consultant to WEA/London Records in the UK in London
*Mark Jones, Founder of Jeepster Recordings in London
*Mike Chunn : Manager of the New Zealand branch of APRA in Auckland
*Richard Wheeler, A&R Assistant at Jive Records in London
*Simon Aldridge : A&R Manager at Windswept Music Publishing in London
*Simon de Winter, A&R Representative at Gut Records in London
*Tim Hollier : Head of Music Publishing for the Music Copyright Solutions plc group of companies in London
*Ben Challis : UK Music Industry Lawyer and Consultant (including Glastonbury Festival)
*Elita Milgrave : Managing Director of Mikrofona Ieraksti and Official Representative of LaMPA (The Latvian Music Producers’ Association) in Riga
*Greg Jarvis : International Music Industry Executive, Manager and Entrepreneur
*Gunnar Guðmundsson : Icelandic National Group of the IFPI in Reykjavik
*Iain Hill : Agent, Promoter, Manager, Lecturer and Music Industry Consultant
*John Simson : Executive Director at US collection body, SoundExchange in Washington DC
