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I’ve been working as a vice president of A&R for 39 years with various companies including, Island records, Capitol Records, MCA Records, Lost Highway, Thirty Tigers, Palm Pictures, and NewWestRecords. I have signed and or worked with the following artists including Rodney Crowell, Elvis Costello, Lucinda Williams, Ben Folds, Hayes Carll, Caroline Rose, Ron Gallo, Ryan Bingham, The Nude Party, Richard Thompson, the Secret Sisters, Nortec Collective, Drivin n Cryin, Etta James, Tom Waits, Freestyle Fellowship, and more. It has been a joy to have nurtured and/or advocated all of the talents I have been lucky enough to work with. Helping them go through Songs, setting up co-writes, Looking at producers, tapping outside musicians, string arrangers, and sometimes the beast I can do is to get out of the way. Working with publishers, PRO’s, artist management, Recording studios, Mastering Lab’s, managing budgets, And overall, being there to serve the artist needs and goals. I know the job well, and have extensive industry relationships.
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Kim Buie breaks down her three-pillar approach to evaluating artists for signing.
"Are they vocally unique? Are they distinctive? Do they have a sound that is unique and distinctive and is theirs wholly and what is the songwriting level? So if you can get two out of those three, that's pretty darn good. If you get all three, that's pretty great."
-Kim Buie
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