Max Martin's company MXM Music AB

[turnaround]

Anyone knows something about it? Is Maratone AB no more?

Did he split up with Tom Talomaa?

Here are some information about MXM Music AB.

Positions
Board member Karl Martin Sandberg (f 1971)
Deputy Gert Erik Staffan Boström (b 1950)
Auditor Curt Åke Johansson (born 1952)


http://www.proff.se/befattningshavare/mxm-music-ab/stockholm/-/5566203161/

This site is very interesting.

http://www.proff.se/befattning/karl-martin-sandberg-/-/10695674/

[Gus_Pin]

that company is started in 2001 so i don't think anything new has happened.
Martin is running alot of different music companies..so of course some of the songs will come from Mxm 

[turnaround]

Ah yes, it's quite old. But some of the new songs are published on MXM. Any reason for this?

[RuHa]

http://www.121.nu/onetoone/person/Karl_Martin_Sandberg/552984f0bfc9f1db668517e2b2e91e4d

This is a really great site if you're interested in his different companies. It's in swedish though but there's a lot of info about everything from revenue to equity. 

edit: Didn't check your site before i posted, but the sites are quity similiar..  =)

[Joshua]

There's a news post on cheiron-music.com that shows some liner notes for Usher's "Scream", produced by Max & Shellback for MXM Productions, and recorded at MXM Studios, Stockholm. Hmmm.

[davegeenz]

Very good investigations team.  I've visited the Maratone building a few times on vacations to Stockholm (as well as Max's great restaurant East)... Who wants to join me on my next excursion to stake out the MXM Music building?   

[Eddie Krommer]

Maybe it's because of record companies contracts. Maratone works with some and MXM with others. Remember when Cheiron was attached to BMG and Jive, now Dr. Luke works exclusively for Sony labels. That could solve this big mistery 

[davegeenz]

Hmm more good sleuthing.  I didn't realise Dr Luke had signed a Sony-exclusive deal. How long ago was that? That'll annoy a few artists at rival record companies who're looking for a quick hit I'm sure!

[Eddie Krommer]

Here's the article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/business/media/at-sony-music-a-plan-to-dominate-the-industry.html?_r=4&pagewanted=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1320764480-mTdixeGIePxPpKDXHQoLDA&;

[davegeenz]

Thanks for that Eddie, really interesting article.  I knew Dr Luke had been given the Kemosabe label for his work, but I didn't realise the deal also came with a Sony-exclusive restriction!

The article mentions Dr Luke not being able to work with Katy Perry any more... did the singles "Part of Me" and "Wide Awake" sneak in by being recorded pre-November 2011 (even though the releases were later, or do you think he's managed to negotiate some sort of loophole for one of his biggest artists if he's working as part of a combo team with Max or others?

Fair play to Dr Luke for signing a lucrative deal, it just seems a shame if it restricts his songs to artists from just one of the (admittedly now pretty giant) major record companies, when there could be a better fit with an artist at the other major.

[Joshua]

Maybe it's because of record companies contracts. Maratone works with some and MXM with others. Remember when Cheiron was attached to BMG and Jive, now Dr. Luke works exclusively for Sony labels. That could solve this big mistery 

Hmm you might be onto something. But I was thinking, if they were locked into a contract like that, surely a record label wouldn't allow them to just change their name to get around it when they wanted to work for other labels, what would be the point?