Meddling offers free A&R listing service to ‘democratize A&R’

For more than 10 years Meddling has provided data tools for A&R professionals. Now the company is launching a free A&R listing service for artist signings and label departures.

Meddling’s data driven approach offers a counterpoint to the hand curated approach to A&R called for by industry veteran Steve Leeds and others.

Meddling offers free A&R listing service to ‘democratize A&R’

Making deal flow available free is part of Meddling’s ongoing effort to democratize A&R.

“As independent market share continues to explode, I want Meddling to be helpful to all segments of the industry without compromising on the premium data platform,” explains Meddling founder and CEO Travis Rosenblatt. “By launching a free deal flow service, I hope more people can get an idea of how leveraging data can save them time at all rungs of the ladder.”

Meddling’s free A&R Listing Service tracks the label affiliation of artists as they change between releases based on copyright changes.

Since 2015, Meddling has provided fully customizable and automated analysis of global music consumption in real time. Based on their own A&R investment criteria, Meddling users are quickly alerted to emerging artists before they would have discovered them otherwise.

“My hope is that with the Meddling Listing Service providing deal flow, you’ll only take music lawyers out to lunch if you actually want to,” says Rosenblatt.