by Ivan Berry, Speech presented at the CRNM Workshop on the Impact of Trade and Technology on Caribbean Creative Industries

Welcome everyone, my name is Ivan Berry and I'm the "Head Of A&R" and the "Head Of International" for Sony/BMG Canada. I'm West Indian via the small, but large in spirit, Islands of St.Kitts & Nevis. On a daily basis, I work closely with our domestic roster within most genres and try to sign and record the best artists and records possible. The genres included pop, rock, R&B, hop hop and adult contemporary music. Sony/BMG is one of the 4 multi-global companies that handle the careers of such artists like Usher, Santana, Whitney Houston, Wyclef Jean, Britney Spears, N'Sync, R.Kelly, Alicia Keys, all Idol brands, Elvis Presley, just to name a few.

Interview With Andre Gray, Founder/CEO Of Digital Electronic Music Organization
by Todd Beals, Â Recording Industry Association of America has officially launched its RIAA Digital Award Program this month with a recent reception in Miami as an expansion of its Gold and Platinum program. This is obviously the natural evolution of a growing new sales channel that is becoming widely adopted. According to Clive Davis, CEO of BMG North America, "even though U.S. music sales are up +9 percent so far this year, retailers are struggling to hold their ground in a market where digital sales are growing." According to recent reports by SoundScan , "there were 54 million legal downloads in the first half of 2004, compared to 19 million for the last half of 2003."

Press release by Karen Patient  Fakenham DJ Tony Miles joins in the non-stop six-day broadcast for Lynn's internet radio station Radio Gets Wild. Fakenham postie on international air waves A Fakenham postman took his place alongside DJs from across the globe this week as he joined a Lynn-based radio station for its six-day non-stop broadcasting marathon.