A&R en · NOUN
Meanings
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(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, qualifier:music industry) Initialism of artist(s) and repertoire/repertory.
Those visiting British A&R men realized that it would be hard to package the Detroit music they were hearing as house: it was colder and more electronicky, its lineage was not disco, and it was more obviously conceptualized […]
1999, Mireille Silcott, Rave America: New School Dancescapes, page 27:I would describe him as an A&R of pop culture. He's a really multidimensional person that has so much to offer. He knows so many people, he loves art and he was a very huge moving factor in us meeting. Thank you, Thom [Muah].
2024 May 10, Justin Moran, quoting Isaac Dunbar, “Isaac Dunbar and Kerri Colby Were Built for This”, in Paper:
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