Promotion Coordinator for A&M Records, and by 1991 became the Director of A&R for Arista Records, and worked extensively with such artists as Thompson Twins, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, and Melissa Manchester just to name a few. He now runs the Music Business Registry out of Los Angeles. He also coordinates the events and activities at the 3 day for the Independent Music Conference hosted by BMI. Rich discusses the aspects of today's record business, and how its changed over the years".

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