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January 8th
10:45 AM
I was browsing the music industry blog Coolfer when I came across this post for their job board. The first thing I thought was, “Is anyone in the record business actually getting hired right now?” It wasn’t until I clicked through a hyperlink for “A&R Jobs” that I stumbled upon the sad reality of the music biz in 2009: There’s an Abercrombie & Fitch in Columbus, Ohio, that would love to use your A&R talent as a Front Desk Associate.

I was browsing the music industry blog Coolfer when I came across this post for their job board. The first thing I thought was, “Is anyone in the record business actually getting hired right now?” It wasn’t until I clicked through a hyperlink for “A&R Jobs” that I stumbled upon the sad reality of the music biz in 2009: There’s an Abercrombie & Fitch in Columbus, Ohio, that would love to use your A&R talent as a Front Desk Associate.