The Association of Music Producers - AMP - was created by a group of over forty commercial music houses (since expanded to over 80 companies nationwide) in the Spring of 1998 for the purpose of gathering and sharing information on all aspects of music production and the music business.


AMP was formed to address the common goals and concerns of those who make the music. A national organization with Chapters in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Miami, AMP has already made itself heard. From business matters such as production guidelines, composer royalties and Rights Agreements to consciousness and fund-raising events, AMP has turned up the volume on things that count most.


Coincidentally, AMP arrives at a time in American cultural history when popular music is having an unprecedented impact--in film, in television, in fashion, and in places where music never went before--from listening stations to desktops to iPods and cellphones.

Even music television is
everywhere today - just
a short time ago it didn't
exist. And radio stations
now broadcast in the
greatest number of formats
in history - from rock to
R&B to hip-hop to world to
dance to Latin to jazz to
pop...Pick a category and
you'll find a chart.


In taking the pulse of this world, the role of original music & sound for advertising has never been more important, both in the creation and execution. AMP will raise the bar in music production - by bringing music into the overall creative process earlier. Much earlier.
(If we could, we'd rob VH1's simple message: Music First!)


One of the first steps is this very website, and its premier online directory of AMP music house members. And that's just the beginning, so Join Now!