Hello my name is Alex Sttraw Artists and repertoire (A&R) I am in the business of scouting out new talent for record labels that I have dealings with I am responsible, for matching artist with labels or vice versa that I feel would be a good match, please excuse my french but.. I”M PRETTY DAMN GOOD AT IT!! I have been able to obtain Indie and Major deals for talent such as Las Vegas Hip hop artist Mad KD, R&B artist El-veh so to answer your question, No I am not new to this business.