HitQuarters was an international music industry publication and contact database founded in 1999. It was noted for its in-depth interviews with industry figures, as well as its A&R and manager contact directory, free artist promo pages and song sale facility, demo reviews and A&R chart,[2] and was the sister site to the songwriting tip sheet SongQuarters. The site was sporadically active from May 2017 up until September 20, 2020, and no posts have been made on its Twitter and Facebook accounts since March and May 2015 respectively.
The website had a strong focus on offering unsigned and independent artists, songwriters and producers with tools to help develop their music careers, whether through attracting the attentions of record label A&R and management, pitching songs and tracks, releasing and marketing music independently, or just learning more about how the music industry works.
To this aim the website featured an extensive contact database known as HitTracker, where users could find contact information for A&R, publishers, managers, producers and songwriters based on their track records, a news bulletin service, free artist promo pages, demo review feature judged by A&Rs, producers and managers, and an archive of several hundred interviews with industry figures that were geared towards offering constructive career advice and industry know-how.[3]
The website also ran a regular demo review feature where a changing panel of industry experts reviewed songs uploaded to the site by unsigned artists, assessing their hit potential and offering advice on how the tracks can be improved.[citation needed] Judges included Visible Noise CEO Julie Weir, and producers Colin Richardson and Eddie Galan and producer and publisher Steve "Blast" Wills.[citation needed]
A&R chart
HitQuarters founded the world's first A&R chart that measured the success of individual A&R representatives based on points accumulated from their respective artists' chart success. Most notably, 2004 saw Wind-Up Records' Diana Meltzer become the first woman to top HitQuarters' World Top 100 A&R Chart,[4] a considerable achievement in what is traditionally a male dominated field.[5][6] Previous number 1s included Clive Davis, Tommy Mottola, Dr. Dre, and Mark Williams.[2]
HitQuarters was a companion site to SongQuarters, an online tip sheet for "songwriting leads to major and developing artists".[citation needed] It shares the same contact directory as HitQuarters and its members automatically had access to the HitQuarters site.[citation needed] It was also a subscription-based service with 7-day trials available for those wanting to try it out first.[citation needed] The songwriting leads were split into three categories according to the level of the artist they relate to: 'Top 500', 'Newly Signed and Developing' and 'Unsigned and Up-and-coming'.[citation needed]
^Where are the female A&Rs?, The Guardian, 23 July 2009.
External links
Official HitQuarters Facebook page, no posts since May 2015
Official Twitter, no posts since March 2015
January 06, 2023
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A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view Please discuss further on the talk page June 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message HitQuarters was an international music industry publication and contact database founded in 1999 It was noted for its in depth interviews with industry figures as well as its A amp R and manager contact directory free artist promo pages and song sale facility demo reviews and A amp R chart 2 and was the sister site to the songwriting tip sheet SongQuarters The site was sporadically active from May 2017 up until September 20 2020 and no posts have been made on its Twitter and Facebook accounts since March and May 2015 respectively HitQuartersHitQuarters logoType of siteMusic database webzineAvailable inEnglishURLwww wbr hitquarters wbr comRegistrationYesLaunchedSeptember 20 1999 23 years ago 1999 09 20 1 Current statusDefunct Contents 1 Focus on aiding unsigned and independent artists 2 Interviews and features 3 A amp R chart 4 SongQuarters 5 References 6 External linksFocus on aiding unsigned and independent artists EditThe website had a strong focus on offering unsigned and independent artists songwriters and producers with tools to help develop their music careers whether through attracting the attentions of record label A amp R and management pitching songs and tracks releasing and marketing music independently or just learning more about how the music industry works To this aim the website featured an extensive contact database known as HitTracker where users could find contact information for A amp R publishers managers producers and songwriters based on their track records a news bulletin service free artist promo pages demo review feature judged by A amp Rs producers and managers and an archive of several hundred interviews with industry figures that were geared towards offering constructive career advice and industry know how 3 Members of HitQuarters that had gone on to find success include Christelle The Knife Dominique Young Unique Bobby Creekwater Lesley Roy and State of Shock Interviews and features EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed October 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message One of HitQuarters most prominent features was its weekly in depth interviews with major industry figures such as A amp Rs producers managers songwriters promoters and publishers citation needed Interviewees included pop impresario and entertainment mogul Simon Cowell industry executives and A amp R Martin Kierszenbaum Mike Caren Jason Flom Peter Edge Chris Hicks Richard Russell Miles Leonard and Ron Fair managers Jonathan Dickins Dumi Louis Walsh and Eric Harle songwriters Diane Warren Wayne Hector Rami Yacoub and Andreas Carlsson producers RedOne Chris Braide Steve Mac JR Rotem Richard X and Phil Ek and songwriter producer and A amp R Linda Perry citation needed Wind up Records A amp R Diana Meltzer poses with HitQuarters award that made her the first No 1 female A amp R The website also ran a regular demo review feature where a changing panel of industry experts reviewed songs uploaded to the site by unsigned artists assessing their hit potential and offering advice on how the tracks can be improved citation needed Judges included Visible Noise CEO Julie Weir and producers Colin Richardson and Eddie Galan and producer and publisher Steve Blast Wills citation needed A amp R chart EditHitQuarters founded the world s first A amp R chart that measured the success of individual A amp R representatives based on points accumulated from their respective artists chart success Most notably 2004 saw Wind Up Records Diana Meltzer become the first woman to top HitQuarters World Top 100 A amp R Chart 4 a considerable achievement in what is traditionally a male dominated field 5 6 Previous number 1s included Clive Davis Tommy Mottola Dr Dre and Mark Williams 2 SongQuarters EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed October 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message HitQuarters was a companion site to SongQuarters an online tip sheet for songwriting leads to major and developing artists citation needed It shares the same contact directory as HitQuarters and its members automatically had access to the HitQuarters site citation needed It was also a subscription based service with 7 day trials available for those wanting to try it out first citation needed The songwriting leads were split into three categories according to the level of the artist they relate to Top 500 Newly Signed and Developing and Unsigned and Up and coming citation needed References Edit HitQuarters com WHOIS DNS amp Domain Info DomainTools WHOIS Retrieved 2016 11 12 a b A amp R Star Makers The Vanishing Gatekeepers LA Weekly 11 February 2010 Archived 2010 02 17 at the Wayback Machine Demo Directions Sound On Sound November 2000 Women in music industry kind of Archived 2009 11 28 at the Wayback Machine Feministing com 12 April 2004 dead link 1 Billboard 19 Jul 2003 Where are the female A amp Rs The Guardian 23 July 2009 External links EditOfficial HitQuarters Facebook page no posts since May 2015 Official Twitter no posts since March 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HitQuarters amp oldid 1086556188, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
