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A&R Music1.com Internships (Right Place, Right Time and Right Opportunity)

We accept your internship as a professional obligation and business partnership to help develop your A&R skill-set for the future of the music industry.

As the music industry reinvents itself to take advantage of opportunities created by technology and the Internet, more entertainment employers are looking to innovative internship programs as a primary provider of road-tested, full-time executive talent for their organizations. 

The purpose of our internship program is to provide you with valuable on-the-job training and supplemental learning experience while assisting our company and partners to meet strategic business goals. 

During your 4-6 month internship you’ll have ongoing opportunities to develop "real life" business skills and hands-on experience to put to use in your career.  As an A&R intern you will develop a deeper understanding of the work and skills required to discover, develop, shop and place marketable talent in the emerging digital music industry. 

Based on your development and performance through assignments we will team you up with artist representatives and record executives from our A&R Hookup network for special project opportunities.  This rare inside exposure and experience will play an important role in molding and shaping you as a potential A&R and give you an opportunity to develop industry relationships.

A&R Music1.com Internships are available in the following areas:

• A&R
• Marketing & Sales
• Promotions & Publicity
• Technology
• MySpace Promotions Team

Internship Term (4-6 months)

The initial internship is from two to six months with an evaluation at 2 and 4 months.

Time Requirements

We will meet with you to determine:

·         length of your individual internship

·         number of hours per day and days of the week

·         adequate hours are provided to receive college credit and experience.

Job Duties 

Your job duties will depend on your genre and market.  Below is a list of potential A&R intern assignments.  We will meet with you individually to help determine your assign tasks and team you with other interns, artist reps and management.

• Work with Artist Rep sales team.
• Brand Armusic1 as a direct connect to record execs and digital opportunities in the music industry.
• Develop creative contests and ideas to attract the best talent to Armusic1.
• Develop presence for ARMUSIC1 and exploit record company access and digital company opportunities
• Populate Armusic1 with the best marketable talent from your region and online (major label potential).
• Cultivate relationships in your market.  Establish yourself through ARMUSIC1 as the hot person in town for entry into the music business.
• Evaluate talent and match with potential audience tastes.
• Follow leads on artists with an emerging buzz.
• Source and screen music and talent.
• Scout bands and groups online and at clubs, showcases and events.
• Present the best talent to Artist Reps and A&R business partners during bi-weekly A&R Calls.
• Organize songwriters and producers within ARMUSIC1.
• Create collaborations between songwriters, producers and artists on ARMUSIC1.
• Solicit tracks and remixes.  Find suitable producers and recording studios.
• Provide creative input and direction on artist’s material when appropriate.
• Find the best beat-makers to license to ARMUSIC1 beats database.
• Get your talent on A-List A&R Hookups.
• Search for new songs for talent A&R Lookie List (industry insider' who's looking for talent list).
• Coordinate relationships between ARMUSIC1 and selected talent from the A&R Hookup and artist.

How will we communicate on projects?

We’re working on a couple of virtual office solutions.  In the interim we’ll use:

• Word Press blogging software installed on our dedicated ARMUSIC1 server,
• Teleconferences
• Email / phone
• Private Groups feature on Armusic1.

Note:  Please become familiar with Microsoft Outlook.

Compensation Opportunities

Internships provide a supplemental learning experience and hands-on training. All internships with A&R Music1.com and its subsidiaries are exempt from salary.  However, interns are eligible to earn affiliate referral commissions through our Artist Rep sales campaigns for the A&R Live Hookup program, as well as finder fees on talent placements for entertainment employment (i.e. record, publishing and licensing deals)

College Credit

A&R Music1.com and the Intern will determine the length of your internship, the number of hours per day and days per week  to insure adequate hours are provided to receive college credit.  Many internship programs require 50 hours of work per credit and allow students to earn up to three elective credits. Please check with your college or university internship guidelines and provide A&R Music1.com the required documentation for compliance.

Beyond the Internship

In general, interns are not guaranteed employment upon completion of their internship. However, you may apply for full-time and part-time positions as well as other programs. Upon request and satisfactory performance of your internship A&R Music1.com will provide you with a letter of recommendation for your prospective employers and accept calls for verbal references. 

Evaluation

To make sure A&R Music1.com and the intern meet mutual development goals, an evaluation will be held at a half-point of the internship term.  For internships that end in six months A&R Music1 management will give a  close-out evaluation. 

Evaluations will focus on:

·         work quality

·         productivity and completed assignments

·         execution

·         dependability and punctuality

·         customer and relationship maintenance

·         strengths and weaknesses

·         creativity, professionalism and teamwork

Note: Internship extensions beyond a 4-6 months period depend on a favorable evaluation, A&R

Music1.com business needs, and your college internship guidelines.

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