If you live in Europe and you want to become an A&R Talent Scout like the best people from the US music industry, you can do it. It’s not a dream. I know what I’m saying, because I did it.
How? Try to find our A&R Talent Scout Training Program® by GREATERTHAN and become the part of our pack. I’m one of only 100 global talent scouts selected for the A&R Talent Scout Training Program. We scout for emerging talent in music and report our top discoveries to the GREATERTHAN A&R Innovation Team who then shares top scout reports with decision makers from music companies, brands, investment firms, agencies, and other deal makers who invest in creative talents.
In A&R Talent Scout Training Program we learn to create and execute scouting strategy from start to finish. We train to combine unique qualitative and quantitative information from research of relevant emerging talent with emotional intelligence to present unique value. We learn what industry decision-makers are looking for, how they operate, and how to get their attention.
I asked the creator of A&R Talent Scout Training Program® by GREATERTHAN – Paula Moore, why this program is unique and to whom Greatherthan app is?
1/ You are the creator of the first worldwide A&R Talent Scout Training Program. Where did this idea come from?
I’ve been training scouts for major labels for many years. When I was a scout starting out, there was no training for me, and I wanted to create a way to train A&R talent.
2/ To whom this A&R Talent Scout program is intended? Who can take part in it and how to become a participant?
The program is for those with an interest in A&R, but the training can prepare anyone looking to pursue a career in music management, marketing, publicity, publishing, starting their own label, and more.
3/ GREATERTHAN app is the place where your Talent Scouts share their reports for brands, labels, music producers. Can you tell us more about GREATERTHAN app?
GREATERTHAN is a discovery app delivered in culture magazine format. It is the new home for creatives, including today’s hottest emerging artists, innovators, entrepreneurs and startups, and creative culturists — filled with a curated content balance that matches interests in order to connect creatives globally. GREATERTHAN launched in November 2020 and is ranked in the Top 100 music and market research startups to watch in 2021.
We are the first global A&R Innovation Team in the music industry. Among many other global initiatives rooted in talent discovery, we develop and manage the world’s leading A&R research and discovery system and the only A&R Scout Training Program in the world. Our soon to be announced major label group deal will be the first-of-its-kind, and creates groundbreaking opportunities for our discoveries.
4/ What kind of personality traits should a good A&R have? Can anyone be an A&R Talent Scout?
It’s not so much personality traits as it is that they need to be immersed in culture and be able to identify emerging talent.
5/ What should a good A&R look for? Is music the most important in A&R hunt?
Talent that can connect with a growing audience is the most important thing.
6/ You’re working as an A&R for many years. How A&R’s work has changed in recent years?
I have been working in A&R Research and talent discovery my entire career. Developing a competitive advantage in emerging talent discovery is what I do, and my new venture is now leading the charge in A&R Innovation. Now the problem that the music industry has right now is that everybody’s fishing from the same pond. If everybody has the same exact data, they’re all looking at the same thing.
Our proprietary research system with our own “secret sauce,” includes a reinvention of my unmatched global scout program, which launched as The A&R Scout Training Program® by GREATERTHAN October 2020, to train the next generation of music industry executives.
