11.   Recording executives buy most of the tickets for the event.

12.   Such a move now would have allowed BMG to introduce Reid at the big gathering of its recording executives next week.

13.   The catalysts for the movement, recording executives and performers agree, were an unusual combination of a single singer and the technology of the Internet.

14.   The folder has not yet surfaced elsewhere on America Online, said two recording executives who used to post there.

15.   He said he was rescued by a recording executive who heard a bit of jazz in his style and urged him in that direction.

16.   Recording executives said the deal marks the first time so many major labels have agreed to license music for mass online distribution.

17.   Recording executives said they finally figured out an online distribution solution that could be commercially viable and ensure their copyrights.

18.   Recording executives said they finally had figured out an online distribution solution that could be commercially viable and ensure their copyrights.