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How Muze EPM™ Clients Benefit Click here to see a data sample. Merchandising tool for all music commerce initiatives Increase page views Become a trusted destination for consumers Reliably serve an eclectic clientele Recommendations from the authority on popular music Easy website integration Optimized for short-form displays such as mobile Cross-department merchandising When you present EPM™, you present the past, the present, and the future of popular music

About the Editor For Colin Larkin, the editor and mastermind behind The Encyclopedia of Popular Music®, music is life. During the 1960s, he wrote about the U.S.A.'s exploding West Coast rock scene. In the '70s, Larkin founded his own book publishing company, Scorpion Publishing, where he published such titles as Timeless Flight: The Definitive Story of the Byrds, and Bob Dylan’s Unreleased Recordings. In 1989, he began the monumental task of producing the first extensive encyclopedia of popular music; the first edition of The Encyclopedia of Popular Music® arrived in 1992, quickly becoming the preeminent reference on popular music. The encyclopedia has generated 56 spin-off books, including the best-selling All Time Top 1000 Albums. Larkin lives in Suffolk, England. To hear Colin's BBC Interview, click here. To read Colin's USA Today Interview, click here.

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

irst published in 1992, the Encyclopedia of Popular Music® (EPM™) is the world's most authoritative information source on rock, pop, and jazz artists. This comprehensive data set covers the broad sweep of popular music from the 1900s to the present, including folk, blues, country, world, rock, heavy metal, techno, reggae, hip hop, and more. Each biography contains a thorough synopsis about the performer and their body of work, following their career from beginning to end. Compiled by music expert Colin Larkin, the EPM™ marks the history of the players, the producers, and the behind-the-hits stories.

“Remarkably open-minded, crisply writtenand musically reliable.”

– The Chicago Tribune

“Absolutely invaluable... a work of almost frightening completeness...”

– The Times of London

In addition to the more than 24,000 artist biographies, EPM™ chronicles all aspects of pop music: the styles, the trends, record labels, concert venues, festivals, and noteworthy events. The story of pop music is always evolving, and EPM™ is there to cover it with on-going updates.

Muze EPM™ features:

• Album ratings (1-5 stars) for complete discographies
• Over 24,000 artist encyclopedic biographies
• Over 72,500 album hyperlinks
• Complete assessments of each artist's contributions
• Written by credible, published authors on the subject of popular music
• Hyperlinks to all artists and albums referenced in EPM™
• Fully indexed song titles, record labels and release dates
• Discographies and five star album ratings based on the artist's career
• All EPM™ information is thoroughly researched and investigated. Fact-based information only — no rumors, rough dates or maybes.

All Muze EPM™ listings are fully matched to other Muze product databases, and utilize the MuzeID (or UPC, for non-current Muze clients) for identification and matching. As with all Muze products, MuzeEPM™ is fully supported by a dedicated Muze Client Services team, and MuzeEPM™ clients will be assigned a dedicated Account Manager to provide assistance with initial integration and implementation as well as with ongoing client support.

For more information, contact your Muze sales or client service representative, or contact us at e-sales@muze.com

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