There have been massive changes on the A&R front over the last few months. Jeff Levin joins Atlantic while Sunny Lee joins Motown and Tom Lee joins Mercury. Max Gousse, David Wright and Angelo Sanders all join Island’s West Coast office. We’re always sad to report exits from the A&R World. Kenny ‘Tic’ Salcido and Joseph Weinberger exit Warner Bros., Lorne Behrman exits Blue Note, Susan Riley exits Word in Nashville and Steve Buckingham exits Vanguard. – A&R registry

My buddy Brent and I went over to Universal Studios Gibson Ampitheatre yesterday for the 2009 Mtv Movie Awards.  I have to say it was a pretty damn funny good time, especially seeing Bruno (Sasha Cohen) drop his ass in Eminem’s face.  We watched Kings of Leon perform who were okay but definitely killed the mood of the event, while Eminim was great to finally see live but not sure the crowd was that into him.  Andy Samberg did a great job hosting the event.  We saw tons of folks like Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller, Twilight kids, Zach Efron, Jim Carrey, and many many more.

Looking forward to next year…

geoff koboldt