“Wisp’s music has always existed in this beautiful duality,” said Max Motley, an A&R executive at Interscope.

His free agency is a geographic catastrophe, and also an A&R failure, says Paul.

Ben Maddahi, the singer’s A&R rep at Columbia, says the label’s chairman, Ron Perry, knew Wetzel was primed for a breakthrough even if Wetzel himself seemed unsure.

The complaint describes Pisciotta, 35, as a music industry veteran with more than 15 years of experience in management, A&R and marketing.

It was driven by the rise of composers like Anu Malik, Jatin-Lalit and A R Rahman.