{"id":6016,"date":"2023-09-08T17:37:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T17:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.a-train.com\/wp\/?page_id=6016"},"modified":"2023-09-08T19:31:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T19:31:29","slug":"endorsements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.a-train.com\/wp\/about\/endorsements\/","title":{"rendered":"Endorsements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twttr_buttons\"><div class=\"twttr_twitter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Endorsements\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"\" data-hashtags=\"\"  data-size=\"default\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.a-train.com\/wp\/about\/endorsements\/\"  data-related=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Tweet<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>WHAT THEY&#8217;RE SAYING&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;I cannot overstate how critical Al has been to my company\u2019s survival and well-being. I place unconditional trust Al\u2019s judgment, and his business, management, and distribution skills. Al consistently responds in no more than 24 hours and has an amazing attention to detail and tracking of pending contracts and developing projects. My words here are inadequate to express the profound importance that Al Evers has been to Canyon Records and to me personally for a quarter century.&#8221;<br><\/p><cite>&#8211; Robert Doyle, <em>Canyon Records<\/em><br><br><br><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;We\u2019d like you to know how happy we are with our working relationship with A-Train over the last few years. We appreciate your generosity, integrity, and professionalism, and are looking forward to many more years of partnership.&#8221;<br><\/p><cite>&#8211; Bhikkhu and Waduda, <em>New Earth Records<\/em><br><br><br><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote style=\"text-align:right\" class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Real Music worked with both The Orchard and then A Train Entertainment with regards to digital operations.&nbsp; After transferring our catalog to A Train, over the course of several years the income generated from said operations increased notably, making it clear we had made the right decision to switch.&nbsp; <\/p><p>As Real Music\u2019s Operations Director working very closely with Al Evers and A Train\u2019s staff, I feel this increase was the result of the personal attention A Train was able to give our company and catalog of music, their searching for and providing promotions that were the best fit to our genre, their understanding of and ability to stay on top of a continuously morphing DDL industry, and a \u201cget it done\u201d attitude.&#8221; <\/p><cite>\u2013 Sylvia Pacheco, <em>Real Music<\/em><br><br><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;I have known and worked with Al Evers for more than 25 years. He is super reliable and responsive at all times. By the time A Train had geared up their digital side sufficiently to handle the RM 2,000 track catalog by 2014 I had no hesitation in switching over from the Orchard to work with them. Over the next five years our revenue increased 4 fold, primarily due to the personal relationships A.T. has with ALL the primary digital platforms. Nearly all our new releases were featured in some shape or form with many securing prominent placements.&#8221;<br><\/p><cite>Terence Yallop, Real Music &#8211; Founder and CEO (1986 ~ 2019)<br><br><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote style=\"text-align:right\" class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>&#8220;His Ear-Up label has contracted the services of A Train Entertainment, an international distributor and publisher dedicated to expanding the horizons of international artists&#8230;<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u201cHaving help is important but it is has to be the right kind of help. I&#8217;m not a control freak in the sense that I want to control everything. I&#8217;m a control freak in the sense that it has to be <strong>right<\/strong>. And it has to represent my ideal of what I want the label to be, of how I want to present music and how the artists we are showcasing deserve to be presented.\u201d&#8221;<\/em><br><\/p><cite>&#8211; Jeff Coffin (from<em> Downbeat Magazine<\/em>, June 2021)<br><br><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;A lot of thanks for being with us for more than 30 years, Through thick and thin. It was undoubtedly the best business decision we made in our life.&#8221;<\/p><cite>&#8211;  Flora Purim and Airto Moriera<br><br><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote style=\"text-align:left\" class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;When I left CD Baby and came to A Train my income tripled; A Train\u2019s client service was outstanding.&#8221;<\/p><cite>&#8211; Marcus Anderson<br><br><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote style=\"text-align:right\" class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>&#8220;I view Mr. Evers as a consummate professional and cannot speak highly enough of my experience working with him and his staff.&#8221;<\/em><br><\/p><cite>&#8211; Peter Jackson<br><br><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT THEY&#8217;RE SAYING&#8230; &#8220;I cannot overstate how critical Al has been to my company\u2019s survival and well-being. 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