About Us

:: the a-train team ::

Sam

Executive Vice President, Development Director, Credit Manager

Al Evers

Owner

Bob Williard

Premium Products; Digital Distribution Manager

Ryan Safreno

Office Manager

Jim Kennedy

Publishing Manager

:: Who We Are ::

For general inquiries, you can email us at postmaster (at) a-train.com

Office Hours

We are open Monday through Friday from 9am - 5pm, PST

Company Location

Oakland, CA

A Train Entertainment is celebrating its 27 year anniversary, founded in 1985 as an option for independent artists to receive professional assistance in developing and managing their musical careers. Over the years we have expanded our services to include publishing administration, artist management, physical and digital distribution, international sales and more. Our digital and CD distribution network covers the world. We distribute to over 450 digital download sites in 70 countries and export to over 200 customers. Our digitally distributed titles doubled in the last year and we anticipate similar growth in 2012.

A Train Entertainment coordinates significant marketing and outreach programs to over 1,000 recipients worldwide-including music supervisors for film/TV, marketing agencies, video game licensees and more. We secure overseas master use licensing & finished goods deals with various global and regional distribution companies, negotiate synchronization licenses and work hand-in-hand with our artist and label partners to maximize their assets.

A Train Entertainment is continually developing new markets for our artists, labels and content partners. Where practical, we endeavor to have direct agreements in place with all leading digital music partners and mobile carriers on the planet. This provides labels and content owners with maximum ingestion to these portals and greater opportunity for success; our success rate with obtaining placements and editorial coverage for our releases is unparalleled.

A Train administers over 20,000 song titles worldwide (over 200,000 in the U.S.), all while keeping ownership in the hands of the composers who created them.

Get on board the A Train!

We are NOT currently open to solicitation from new artists. Material sent to A-Train Entertainment without prior approval will be discarded.

Photo by Sarah Evers

Jill Karjian

Publishing & Digital Asst

A Train Entertainment helps independent musicians, composers and film makers make their voices heard in today's world. With the digital music marketplace changing the way we listen to and receive music, we are at the forefront of this boom, dealing directly with the top digital distribution sites around the world. By marketing directly to these distributors, we can pass the savings on to you. The way we as consumers enjoy films and television is moving away from theaters and televisions to computers and mobile units - A Train is digitally distributing independent films and long form music videos around the world. With the dominance of the singer/songwriter, there is less need for a traditional publisher; you can own your own compositions and A Train can collect the income for you around the world, while also soliciting licensing opportunities and synchronizations.

Why throw your income away by letting more people get their hands in the pot?

We make it easy to get your creations out there so you can do what you do best: create wonderful art, whether it is music or film.

And while we will always do our best to let our clients work be heard and seen, we remain steadfast in our mission to keep the ownership of the art with the artists that created it.

It’s your creation... why should we own it?