Enjoy this Fame Games interview with Fiction Records A&R boss Jim Chancellor who signed Snow Patrol among many others.
Jim talks about the challenges of an indie record label, under the umbrella of a major label (Polydor), and much more. Of huge interest to any music fan.
Topic: From Snow Patrol to indie breakthroughs
Subject: Fiction Records A&R chief and CEO, Jim Chancellor
Fame Games Edition: 226 and GBC-20
First Airing Date: Jun 20, 2009
Interviewer: Tony Cowell
Discover the next worldwide hit! Fame Games Radio is a unique radio show dedicated to promoting and iscovering independent and unsigned artists. The show is currently syndicated across the USA via Envision Radio Networks in association with Triton/DialGlobal Radio Networks. It was previously syndicated through ABC Radio Networks (CitadelMedia). The show features an international cast of musicians, producers and radio presenters hailing from the US, UK and Spain. The show is also associated with Tony Cowell, author, journalist, head of CowellMedia, and brother of Simon Cowell. But rather than looking at wannabe karaoke singers, the Fame Games mission is to discover the best new music created by real artists within their own means, and giving them network radio airplay ON MERIT! Some of the music discovered on Fame Games is simply world class. Fans, other artists, experts and industry insiders are invited to review and vote for their favorite tracks and the resultant Fame Games chart-toppers easily rival (and more often than not OUTSTRIP) anything the major label-driven mainstream music media have to offer. As the popularity of this show and A&R platform continues to grow, the music industry is beginning to take notice. Already today hundreds of small labels, publishers, managers and other music industry professionals listen to the show regularly. Fame Games is also home to the Annual Effigy Awards.
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