PETER PIPER
MANAGING DIRECTOR @ OVERVIEW MUSIC
Owner of Overview Music & View Artists
SPEAKER TOPIC
A&R - GET SIGNED
A&R: What We're Looking For (and why your Demo got ignored!).
The most-asked question in music, answered by the people who actually decide. Five A&Rs. Five very different labels. One room.
On the panel: A&R boss at one of drum & bass's most respected institutions, a label that's been pushing the underground since 2002. An A&R from Armada Music, Armin van Buuren's empire and one of the biggest independent dance labels in the world. VP A&R at Ninja Tune, the legendary UK independent home to Bonobo, Bicep, Black Country New Road, Little Dragon and a roster that's defined leftfield electronic music for 30+ years. The head of Overview Music, the genre-spanning home for forward-thinking DnB. Plus the man behind Big Love and until recently long time A&R at Defected.
Five A&Rs, five rosters, five wildly different filters, but they all sit on the other side of the inbox you're trying to break into.
Expect honest answers on:
⚡ what gets opened, what gets binned, and why
⚡ the difference between 'good' and 'signable"'
⚡ how they actually find new artists in 2026 (it's not your demo email)
⚡ what makes a label say yes... beyond the music
⚡ the red flags, the green lights, and the myths that need to die
Whether you're sending demos, running a label, or just nosey about how the gate actually keeps!
pull up a chair this one's for you
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