Paul Marshall- Warner Music Group- Week 11

After a brief spring break, I've gone back to work at Warner Music Group.

This week, Warner is rolling out a new program called Play MPE. It's allowing us to send our music to our licensing clients without a physical product, and the shipping costs attached. That's right: Digital. I thought that our clients would be more hesitant to such a huge change. It doesn't feed into Itunes or Windows Media Player, it functions as it's own stand alone player. And! It only plays less than 2 minutes of a song.

I keep on trucking every week that goes by. I'm recieving new releases, distributing them to clients, ordering cds for clients, and giving my input on pitches to clients. That is the most enjoyable part. We're currently working on the new Clint Eastwood film; Mandela. A story set in Southern Africa, the music needs to reflect the Southern Africa sound, both present and past. I discovered a lot of great music from South Africa working on this project. Amadou & Mariam is amazing. I also found field recordings that a guy did all over the world in the 1960s with a tape recorder. Seriously amazing sounding material. He recorded remote villages on all continents, from Amazon drum circles to Zimbabwe vocal chants in the wind to Bali bird hunting songs.

California is a great place. With less than a month left, there's a lot to be done. I'm in the constant struggle to make it to anywhere before the sun goes down. But, more important than getting a tan is networking.

See you soon.