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Informing Music People Since 1977

March 2022 • Vol. 46 • No. 3

Glass Animals

The U.K. band's frontman Dave Bayley talks about how despite the pandemic he and his mates rolled up their sleeves and got on with the job of promoting their album Dreamland, using whatever methods they could. It is an effort that resulted in a hit album, the “Heat Waves” single going double platinum, and the band getting nominated for two American Music Awards.

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From a Mono Dynaco to Mic Pre-Amps: Eric Ingram, founder and owner of the cutting-edge boutique company Ingram Engineering, traces his passion for designing and producing versatile, high-quality studio tools to his childhood in Valdosta, GA, where he was fascinated with his parents’ Mono Dynaco Mark 4 audio system and the connection between music and the equipment used to create it. His unique dual journey in music and electronics included growing up playing several different instruments and drumming for a popular regional indie band and later getting a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech. While studying RF Engineering, DSP and transistor designs, he also studied under “the tech god of audio” Dr. William Marshall Leach, who fostered Ingram’s understanding of the technical aspects of music reproductions. While developing an extramusical career that has involved work with everything from set top boxes to WiFi, he cultivated his passion for developing audio gear, starting with a specific interest in the interface of the mic into the mic pre-amp, and how that in turn interfaces with the rest of the signal chain. The Ingram Engineering MPA201: Though it is no longer in production, the MPA201 is significant in that it was Ingram’s first product 20 years ago. It provided two channels of semiconductor based 100% discrete two-stage amplification of microphone signals. Amplification is provided by all-discrete JFET input / Class-A Output circuits. He followed with the MPA681, which has a mic pre-amp and Direct Box integrated in a single chassis, with variable mic input impedance geared to the low impedance range; and the MPA685 Microphone pre-amp, a dual channel variable input impedance transformer coupled as a discrete mic pre, direct box and re-amplifier. Ingram calls this the most versatile studio tool available in a single chassis. EQ52 and MPA575: Ingram’s latest products are the EQ52 and MPA575, the EQ52 500 Series Equalizer, a single channel mastering quality equalizer with a simple and intuitive interface. It contains extremely versatile, musical

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sounding Low-Cut, High-Cut and See-Saw filters. The unique See-Saw filter is a combined bass and treble frequency control that allows broad frequency response adjustments with a single control knob. A new EQ52 feature, rarely implemented in analog filters, is the ability to sweep the See-Saw pivot frequency. With its features and sound quality, the unit can be used for virtually any task, from subtle EQ’ing during mixing or mastering to sidechain filtering for compressors or extreme filtering for effect. Ingram’s other dynamic new product is the MPA575, a 500 Series Microphone pre-amp, compressor and equalizer which is a complete and cost effective mic signal processor. Quote from Eric Ingram: “As a natural problem solver, I wondered if I could address specific issues not by recreating or repurposing a product that already existed, but creating a piece of gear that would offer something new to the market. My lifelong passion for writing and playing original music fed into my interest in creating original gear, and once people started using these products regularly, it made sense to build Ingram Engineering around that. My career has been all about learning and pushing things forward while building knowledge and experience.” Contact Ingram Engineering, 678-685-9838

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LaTrice Burnette

Sachin Doshi

Def Jam Recordings

Podimo

Executive Vice President

Chief Content Officer

LaTrice Burnette has been appointed Executive Vice President, Def Jam Recordings / President, 4TH & Broadway. Burnette will bring 4TH & Broadway to its new home at Def Jam Recordings, availing itself of Def Jam’s marketing and promotion acumen and resources. Burnette is Chair of the Programming and Curation Committee of Universal Music Group’s Task Force for Meaningful Change. In that role, Burnette’s committee promotes dialogue and understanding through speaker forums, counseling, and educational and creative programming focused on the themes of tolerance, equality and inclusion. Contact g.t@umusic.com.

Podimo, the subscription service for audio entertainment and podcasts, announces that Sachin Doshi has joined the company as Chief Content Officer. Following the announcement of their Series B Round investment in November 2021, Podimo now strengthens their executive management team with the former VP of Content at Spotify and Director of Product at Twitter. Doshi will lead Podimo’s Global Content team to unlock new audio experiences and help Podimo scale to new users, in new and existing markets, while ensuring both listeners and creators are always rewarded for their engagement. For more, contact brooke@podimo.com.

Lanre Gaba

Brian Hay

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Round Hill Records

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Head of Catalog

Lanre Gaba has been promoted to Co-President, Black Music, for Atlantic Records. Gaba joined Atlantic in 2002 in the A&R Administration department, advancing from Manager to Vice President. In 2015, she was appointed Head of Urban A&R Operations, and she became General Manager/Senior Vice President of Urban A&R in 2018. Since joining Atlantic, Gaba has climbed the ranks, with her role evolving to encompass A&R, marketing, strategic planning, finance, and the label’s recording studio operations. For more, contact sheila.richman@atlanticrecords.com.

Industry veteran Brian Hay has been named Round Hill Records’ Head Of Catalog. In his new position, Hay will relocate from Los Angeles to Nashville to develop product and marketing plans around the company’s vast and growing catalog (that includes The Offspring, Bush and Estelle). Hay will also seek out catalogs acquisitions and find new ways to help artists grow their audience and revenue. Prior to joining Round Hill, Hay was SVP Commerce, Consumption & New Business at Rhino Records and spent almost a decade as VP of Global Account Management for WEA at iTunes. Contact deborah@drpr.us.

Alyssa Johnson

Gary Gorman

Safford Motley PLC

RCA Records

Associate Attorney

SVP, Rock Formats Promotion

Safford Motley PLC has announced the addition of Alyssa Johnson, Associate Attorney, to the firm. Johnson brings her experience in the areas of transactional entertainment, intellectual property, and business law to the reputable firm that represents songwriters, recording artists, record labels, publishers, executives and more. Prior to joining Safford Motley PLC, Johnson served as a Judicial Law Clerk for the 21st Judicial District of Tennessee (Williamson County). Johnson graduated magna cum laude from Belmont University College of Law with a J.D. and Certificate in Entertainment and Music Business Law. For more, contact fountlynch@lynchpr.com.

Gary Gorman has joined the team at RCA Records as Senior Vice President, Rock Formats Promotion. In his new role, Gorman will oversee all rock radio formats, including Rock, Alternative & AAA. Most recently Gorman was the SVP Rock Formats at Capitol Music Group where he spearheaded chart-topping campaigns for artists including Beck, Bastille, Catfish & The Bottlemen, Halsey, Rise Against and many more. Prior to that he spent over 17 years at Atlantic Records, rising to VP Alternative Promotion, where he started in the New York office and moved to the west coast in 2006. Contact meghan.kehoe@rcarecords.com for more.

Ellen Mundy Ford

Justin Frazier

Manager, Syndication & Secondary Promotion BBR Music Group

BBR Music Group has announced the hiring of Ellen Mundy Ford to Manager, Syndication & Secondary Promotions. Reporting to Renee Leymon, VP of Radio Syndication & Group Strategy, Ford will assist with the label group’s syndication and radio group strategy, leading and executing satellite radio tours, live virtual radio tours, syndication/media days and content days for the label’s roster. Most recently, Ford worked at WORKS Entertainment as a day-to-day manager and at Reviver Music Group as their SE Manager, Radio Promotion. For more, contact jay@ bbrmusicgroup.com.

Head of Creative

Milk & Honey Music + Sports + Ventures

Milk & Honey Music + Sports + Ventures announced the hiring of Justin Frazier as Head of Creative for the music management company. In this capacity, Frazier will be working with Milk & Honey’s top songwriters and producers like Oak Felder, Stuart Price, Sir Nolan, J White Did It, David Hodges, Jamie Hartman and the company’s 100+ clients and talent. He will also help to build the Milk & Honey roster, signing developing and career level writer-producer talent for the firm. Frazier will play a key role in helping the company invest deeper into creative and internal A&R. For more, contact deborah@drpr.us.

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D'ADDARIO NEXXUS 360 RECHARGEABLE HEADSTOCK TUNER D'Addario's Nexxus 360 is a rechargeable headstock tuner that lasts for up to 24 hours of tuning on a single charge. Those small coin batteries are not cheap and they seem to never be ready to go when you just want to check your tuning. The Nexxus uses a Lithium Ion battery that is recharged using the included USB cable plugged into any (5V) socket in your laptop or phone charger. The Nexxus 360 was designed with Ned Steinberger and features 360-degrees of rotation, so no matter where or how you have it attached to your instrument, you can still see the bright, full-color LED display. The brand new D'Addario Nexxus 360 rechargeable tuner sells for $29.99 US MAP. ddar.io/nexxus.pr

CORT KX507 7-STRING MULTI SCALE Cort Guitars has introduced the seven-string KX507 Multi Scale guitar—it updates the 2018 KX500 instrument and features a slanted, 25.5 to 27-inch multi-scale with the neutral fret on the eighth position for a more natural spread angle and better playability. Enhanced sound comes from a multi-voiced Fishman Fluence Modern Humbucker set—the only way to pick up all of the sound and still be free of hum, noise, and inductance issues that plague most wire-wound pickups. The close-by controls include push-pull functions on both the volume and tone knobs in combination with the three-way pickup selector. The KX507 Multi Scale mahogany body with a figured poplar burl top is available in either a Star Dust Black (pictured) or a Star Dust Green finish. These guitars produce a warm yet punchy high-midrange sound that cuts through the mix. The 5-piece maple and Purpleheart Amaranth wood neck provides stability and a focused sound with a 24-fret Makassar ebony fingerboard with a 15.75-inch radius. Makassar is similar to rosewood in both look and sound. All this results in a tight, punchy low-end for the low B and E strings while maintaining the familiar feel and tension on the treble strings for speedy and string-bending solos. The KX507 Multi Scale neck has a Spoke nut hotrod truss rod and Cort Staggered Locking tuners at the other end; both required for easy and consistent tuning, stability and string changes. All hardware is black nickel. A great choice for drop-tuned players who want high-end features, good playability and looks. KX507 Multi Scale sells for $1,299.99 MSRP. cortguitars.com

OEKSOUND SPIFF PLUG-IN The spiff plug-in is an adaptive transient processor that detects the sudden and momentary jumps in audio level while leaving the rest of the audio program untouched. Once detected, you can have spiff either attenuate the transient “spikes” or increase their level. What separates spiff from other transient manipulators is the precision with which the process can be exactly “tuned.” In Cut mode, spiff works well to remove sharp clicks, mouth noises, and digital clicks. Boost mode will rescue any kick drum with excessive tonal and boomy sound by emphasizing just the frequencies contained in the attack or front portion of the drum's sound. The resizable GUI shows a 20Hz to 20kHz spectrum with four adjustable frequency centers or nodes available for transient modification. To adjust the weight of the spiff process, each of these nodes uses familiar parametric equalizer controls with a choice of filters—bell, shelving, or various high or low pass shapes. As a quirky effect in boost mode and to increase intelligibility, I tried spiff on a staccato rap vocal to add an aggressive attack to each word in a very busy and wordy rhythm. Determining which frequencies to emphasize or reduce is easy using the Delta button; it solos the affect on the transients of the entire plug-in. Other controls are: Sharpness controls the bandwidth of the process, Decay sets the time for the level to return back to its initial level, and Decay LF/HF sets a balance of decay times between the high and low frequencies. Between the excellent manual, helpful popup Tooltips, and dozens of excellent factory presets, you will have no problem using spiff to its full potential. It can be a lifesaver for serious audio problems or as a customizable effect. I can highly recommend this modern musical tool designed in Finland! Oeksound spiff sells for $169 MSRP as download. oeksound.com/plugins/spiff

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SHURE AONIC 40 WIRELESS NOISE-CANCELLING HEADPHONES Shure has released the AONIC 40 headphones; it joins their line that includes the AONIC 215 Gen 2 and AONIC 50. I've been using a pair of black AONIC 40 headphones and was struck by their stylish brushed aluminum frame and design; they're lightweight and good fit on my head. Once charged up using the included USB cable, I downloaded and installed their latest firmware plus the ShurePlus PLAY app on my iPhone 12. Now I was ready to go out and test them on my daily walk around my urban neighborhood. I preferred using the app; it opens up more customizable controls for the sound using an equalizer with preset memories. You can set three levels of noise cancellation as well as set the volume level for the Environment Mode—a way to listen in on what's going on around you. The sound quality is awesome—with plenty of volume and up to 25 hours of battery life and the noise-cancelling mode works very well to reduce loud noise from the street. Making phone calls is better than using my iPhone conventionally; I freely walk and talk around the studio, even outside for a short distance and leave the phone inside. Because of the beam-forming microphones, my voice sounds super-clear to my friends and they sound present and distinct; clear enough to hear the actual acoustics of the space they are talking in! I could answer/end/decline calls, adjust volume, play/pause music streaming and more all on the AONIC 40s; but the buttons are a little small to find easily. On my daily walks, even though I'm wearing a Covid mask and sunglasses, the good fit and the noisecancelling feature gave me great-sounding phone calls and good music streaming. Shure's AONIC 40 Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones are available in White/Tan and Black for $249 MSRP. shure.com/en-us/products/headphones/aonic4

IMPERATIVE AUDIO PORTABLE VOCAL BOOTH Auralex Acoustics is the distributor of the Imperative Audio Portable Vocal Booth. Imperative claims the PVB reduces the RT60 time down to 0.07 seconds—with an average of 28.4 dBa of sound level reduction from outside sources. That's incredible for a portable vocal booth that you can set up in a few minutes. If you've tried to record a vocal track or a simple narration voiceover, getting a quiet space for recording is only half the problem. By staying close to a directional microphone solves some of the sound isolation issues, but that leaves the acoustics of the space you're in. Recording in a clothes closet to deaden the sound and in the middle of the night to avoid external noise is not exactly a very professional and workable solution. The Imperative Audio Portable Vocal Booth is designed to free stand and nearly wrap around your voice talent while either seated or standing. There are three high-performance layers of acoustic treatment plus an optional roof is offered. The Portable Vocal Booth is made of lightweight aluminum and its cylindrical design ameliorates typical problems with right-angled vocal booths or sound screens. The PVB is adjustable from 5' 9″ to 6' 10″ tall. If you record from a seated position, the legs retract for positioning the PVB directly on your desktop to wrap around you, your mic, and your workstation screen. Equipped with a music stand and adjustable LED light, and comes with a protective carry bag, weighs 78 lbs., and sells for $1,650 MSRP. auralex.com/portable-vocal-booth-by-imperative-audio

OWC ACCELSIOR 8M2 The OWC Accelsior 8M2 PCIe card is a super fast SSD drive for both 2019 Mac Pros, Windows or Linux computers, and PCIe expansion systems. The full-length card utilizes the total bandwidth of the latest PCIe technology to provide ultra-reliable speeds up to 26,000MB/s. An Accelsior 8M2 has eight NVMe M.2 SSD slots that can run at their full x4 lanes of data throughput; you can have up to 64TB of total storage. Designed for large format post-production editing, real-time visual-reality, AI, and huge dataset I/O intensive applications, the Accelsior 8M2 comes with OWC's SoftRaid software for managing it as a RAID array. We immediately installed the 4TB version of the 8M2 in a 2019 Mac Pro computer. It comes pre-formatted as a RAID 0 array with 3.84 TB of storage. It is about 20 times as fast as our spinning 7,200-rpm archive drive; copying 10.8 GB from an internal SSD only took 6 seconds! Loading a 170 track Logic Pro Session took 20 seconds; a session with 25GB of virtual instrument samples in Kontakt loaded five times faster. This is beyond a different level for us! I think for super-size sessions in a DAW, this is a no brainer piece of kit. I'm always loading lots of different Pro Tools sesBARRY RUDOLPH is a recording engineer/mixer sions looking for certain details to use in other sessions—or just reminding myself who has worked on over 30 gold and platinum what that session was about. The load and re-load times can get tedious! records. He has recorded and/or mixed Lynyrd This is an awesome product that no professional should be without. With a Skynyrd, Hall & Oates, Pat Benatar, Rod Stewart, the fast computer, you could “rock” any gigantic audio or video project without slow Corrs and more. Barry has his own futuristic music down! The OWC Accelsior 8M2 is expandable and you can buy the bare Accelsior mixing facility in North Hollywood called Tones 4 $ card and plug in eight M.2 SSD Drives. Ours came with eight, 480GB NVME M.2 Studios. He is a lifetime Grammy-voting member of SSD drives. Prices range: 2TB at $1,299 up to 64TB at $12,999. NARAS and a contributing editor for Mix Magazine. eshop.macsales.com/shop/ssd/owc-accelsior-8m2

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Berklee Solo Ukulele By Karen Hogg

(paperback) $16.99 For players who want to advance their chops, Berklee Press, exclusively distributed by Hal Leonard, has published Berklee Solo Ukulele. The book will help players arrange and perform ukulele pieces unaccompanied. They'll learn essential ukulele techniques to capture the instrument's unique sonority and character, such as Campanella technique, clawhammer, tremolo, harmonics, and various fingerstyle patterns. Each concept and technique is supported by exercises and songs, including play-along demo audio tracks.

Hidden Man–My Many Musical Lives By John Altman

(hardcover) $60.00 An inspiring musical hero to many, composerarranger-orchestrator-conductor-saxophonist John Altman shares an insightful account of his incredible musical journey. With work including scores for Life of Brian, Goldeneye and Titanic, compositions for over 50 movies, over 4,000 commercials, musical directing for TV’s Miss Marple and Peak Practice, his collaborations include Rod Stewart, Barry White, Diana Ross, and others. He references touring with Hot Chocolate and Van Morrison, and includes anecdotes of the Beatles, Ingrid Bergman, Freddie Mercury, Pierce Brosnan, Charlie Chaplin, George Michael, The Wailers, Tina Turner and Amy Winehouse.

Through The Prism–Untold Stories from the Hipgnosis Archive By Aubrey Powell (hardcover) $39.95

Part of the team behind the legendary graphics firm Hipgnosis, Powell presents honest, entertaining, and revealing insider stories from the world of rock, featuring an eclectic cast of pop stars, comedians, actors, managers, gangsters, and inspirational world gurus from 1966 onward. His narrative is packed with anecdotes―from the founding of Hipgnosis to surviving drugs busts―and is richly illustrated with amazing Hipgnosis artwork (Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, many more) and Powell’s own photographs.

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The Ultimate Guide to Music Publicity By Ariel Hyatt

(paperback) $17.99 An experienced music publicst, Hyatt breaks down everything you need to know to master an effective and well-rounded communication strategy for your music. The book includes stepby-step exercises and mind maps that Hyatt created for her workshops, masterclasses and music industry programs taught around the world. It also provides samples of pitches, press releases, and bios utilized in successful music publicity campaigns. It features indispensable advice from a wide swath of music industry luminaries including veteran music publicists, bio writers, editors, playlisters, and podcasters.

Music Law In The Digital Age (3rd) Copyright Essentials for Today’s Music Business By Allen Bargfrede (paperback) $21.89

Lawyer, Verifi Media Co-Founder/Chief Strategy Officer, and Managing Director of Advance Advisors, Bargfrede has released the third edition of Music Law in the Digital Age. The updated guide addresses best practices in the music business and includes downloadable contract templates, as well as information on copyright basics and business transaction structure and sampling/fair use protocols. Bargfrede also discusses the Music Modernization Act (MMA), Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), 2019 EU Copyright Directive, updates to streaming royalties, and shares tips on TikTok and NFTs, the Metaverse and AI.

The Boys Next Door By Dan Greenberger (paperback) $9.99

This terrific work of imagination is a convincing account of what transpires when, in 1960, a priggish rock & roll hating American graduate student—abroad in Hamburg, Germany for a semester of higher learning— rents a dumpy apartment that happens to be right next door to a bunch of rough and rowdy English lads whose band—calling themselves The Beatles, of all things—who are gaining popularity in the local club scene.

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Perfect Mix Between a Bedroom Studio and Major Studio: Perched on a cliff in Malibu with majestic views of the Pacific in every direction, Harbor Studios has cultivated a one-of-a-kind creative environment. Once artists are able to get past the aesthetic grandeur of Harbor’s luxury world class facility, they get to learn the breadth of Harbor’s unique history as a private studio made public. Originally owned by legendary keyboardist and jazz fusion pioneer Joe Zawinal, Harbor’s history is nothing to be overlooked. After Joe, the studio was given a hefty facelift by Steve Klein in order to serve a film trailer composer who created the trailer compositions for some fan favorites in the studio, including Avatar and Avengers. In 2020, Harbor’s current owner, Zach Zimmerman, bought the space to preserve and continue the musical magic that has been living at the studio for over twenty years. ZR Quantum Acoustic Technology: Originally engineered to include three (now four) separate acoustic spaces within the same room, the bamboo wood-infused studio utilizes three different ceiling heights and various contrasting materials designed specifically for composing, tracking, and mixing within a shared studio environment, all while providing inspiring panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean. Hanson Hsu, known

for his critically acclaimed ZR Quantum Acoustic Technology, was then hired for his special ability in creating immaculate sonic detail and accuracy. These fabled ZR systems have been utilized and celebrated by many of the world’s elite audio engineers. And, to wrap it all up, the beautiful acoustic architecture of the studio space is topped off by a custom-designed blonde-maple workstation designed and hand-built by the legendary Robert Beijer. Quote from Owner Zach Zimmerman: A musician himself, Zimmerman decided his best road to impact the world with music would be in his ability to facilitate freedom of creativity for the world’s best artists and musicians at his one of a kind, otherworldly facility. “My goal is to bring the world’s best artists to an environment where they can feel free, creative and inspired to do their best work. With each client, I aim to facilitate their best, most honest art being made. I like to say I’m very hands on, and oftentimes, that can mean being very hands off. The small details matter, but in the end, the only thing that matters is the quality of the art that gets made here. It’s been fun becoming a guardian of creativity, keeping the pressure of the outside world at the gates while artists are here working.” Contact Harbor Studios, 310-770-1362

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BILLY BIO AT FIREWATER

Biohazard vocalist/guitarist Billy Graziadei wrote and recorded his second BillyBio album, Leaders And Liars, during COVID Lockdown. Graziadei is pictured working with Ernie C (Bodycount) at his Firewater Studios in Los Angeles.

DUA LIPA'S SERVICE95

Dua Lipa has announced her new media project, Service95, a global style, culture, and society concierge service created to highlight up-and-coming artists, grassroots activists and the sort of travel tips only an extensively travelled international pop star could offer. “The more we share with each other, the closer we become, the wider our circles grow,” Lipa says.

TWELVE'LEN AT SOUNDWAV

Independent R&B singer Twelve’len is pictured at Miami’s SoundWAV Studios in a photo by Frank Anthony. Twelve joined frequent collaborator Denzel Curry on Billie Eilish’s When We All Fall Asleep tour, and released Sugar Hill Express, featuring Guapdad 4000, Childish Major, Reid Waters and production duo FNZ.

GRANT GEISSMAN AT DRAGONFLY CREEK STUDIO

Jazz guitarist-composer Grant Geissman recently stopped by Malibu, CA’s Dragonfly Creek Studio for a session. Pictured (l-r): Josh Smith (producer), Grant Geissman, David Garfield (piano), Steve Shepherd (engineer), Trey Henry (bass), Ray Brinker (drums), Charley Pollard (Dragonfly Creek Studio), Russell Ferrante (keys).

“Once you stop learning, you might as well quit. I love working with other people, because there’s always something new to learn." - F. REID SHIPPEN (Little Big Town, Allstar Weekend)

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ALL HAIL QUEEN KWONG

“It’s not a fun record… but, at times, it’s a funny one," admits Carré Kwong Callaway a.k.a. QUEEN KWONG about her new album. Signed to indie record label Sonic Ritual , Callaway has assembled a notable cadre of contributing musician friends, including The Cure’s Roger O’Donnell (keyboards), Swans’ Kristof Hahn (lap steel) and Blood Red Shoes’ LauraMary Carter (backing vocals) who appear on assorted tracks on the upcoming LP.

WISDOM OF HÄLLAS

Swedish “Adventure Rock” stars HÄLLAS have returned with an evocative, feel-good blend of nostalgic 70s hard rock, prog, proto-metal, folk and psychedelic influences on their third studio album, Isle Of Wisdom, out April 8 via Napalm Records. The band will embark on an extensive European tour this Spring.

ALMIGHTY OPP AT UNITED RECORDING

United Recording staff engineer-producer Johnny Morgan (right) is helming a project with performance artist almighty Opp. For 18 years, almighty Opp has appeared in L.A. at the corner of Elmwood and Western Avenues on the last Saturday of the month. His performances create a musical, carnival atmosphere with his cast of singing puppets with odd, misshapen faces, haunting eyes and sometimes disturbing voices and lyrics.

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Notable Projects: JIMBOJAMZ (my solo projects), Todd Stanford (4 Country CDs), Ivy Lite Rocway (85 songs), Savannah Phillips (many songs), Tim Fleming’s Selective Amnesia, Mark R. Kent (3 CDs), Dr. Alias, the West Hollywood Cheerleaders, Dre Charles, Lisa Gold (1 CD), Thorn/Aerial School, Tom Powers, Carl Summers (Cix Bits), the Della Reese (UP church UFBL weekly Ministry) THOMAS HORNIG (freelance mixer, producer) Tomcat On The Prowl Productions Canaoga Park, CA 818-533-8669 Email: studio@tomcatontheprowl.com Web: tomcatontheprowl.com Styles: singer-songwriter, pop, americana, country/folk, rock Notable Projects: Jamila Ford – The Deep End (Engineer/Mixer), Matt Doherty – Dignity (Mastering), Red Bull Media – Blood Road (Post) Web: tomcatontheprowl.com Styles: singer-songwriter, pop, americana, country/folk, rock Notable Projects: Jamila Ford–The Deep End (Engineer/Mixer, Matt Doherty–Dignity (Mastering), Red Bull Media–Blood Road (Post) CHRIS JULIAN 145 Corte Madera Town Center Corte Madera, CA 94925 Ste 311 310-924-7849 Email: chris@chrisjulian.com Web: chrisjulian.com, ImaginePost.com Styles: rock,pop , AAA, alt., R&B. Artist development, allbudgets. *unsolicited material accepted KEVIN KILLEN Joe D’Ambrosio Management, Inc.

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• Creatively, less is more. If you find that you’re adding things to help the energy, maybe you should think about cutting some things out. • It’s not an insult to take care of your business; to make sure that you’re paid on something. Sometimes people walk into these things as friends and they’re not once it’s finished. • The last thing my father said to me before he died was ‘Don’t talk someone into singing something they don’t love because they might have to sing it for 50 years.’

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artist or song because everyone’s For You feed is different based on interests and what they’re engaging with.

Years with Company: Since May 2021 Address: Los Angeles, CA Web: moonprojects.com Email: hello@moonprojects.com Clients: Consultant for various agencies,

Grassroots Influencing You can always hire your top-tier, creator/ influencer. A lot of people always went to Charli D’Amelio or Addison Rae. That guarantees a lot of numbers, but is it going to stick? I prefer to have a more ground up approach.

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With a love for art and an uncanny eye for trends, Mary Rahmani carved a name for herself in both the music industry and tech spaces. Having left her position at TikTok, she combined these areas of expertise to form Moon Projects. Her company melds traditional record label services with newschool social media savvy. Major (Label) Limitations I learned a lot about the business but felt limited in my creativity. As I met more artists and felt I could advocate for them, I wanted to expand my wings. I pushed myself out of the label system and went into tech. When I worked at record labels, I did A&R. I was managing artists and being part of every aspect of their creative, from photos to videos. Even at TikTok, where my role was heading artist partnerships for North America, I wanted to go above and beyond. “What are you doing about touring? What’s your content strategy? What mixers and producers are you working with? Do you need to meet more writers or artists?” I’ve worn many hats in this business. I’ve taken all that knowledge and applied it to Moon Projects. I have a lot of freedom, which is something I didn’t experience in the label system.

“Grab your handle on all platforms as you learn and absorb. If you have a song that’s trending, you can jump on that moment quickly.”

App-y Days I saw how apps work, and how the tech world views music and creativity. I kept getting role after role, because tech companies needed someone from the music industry to help them understand how artists think. [Artists] don’t just say yes because of numbers. They want to feel like there’s a reason behind something. Moon’s Affiliation with Republic Records I’m a bit partial to Universal. I had three roles under the UMG system. I worked at Interscope and Geffen doing finance, and then creative, where I helped on photo and video shoots. A few years after that, I did A&R for a label called Harvest Records under Capitol Music Group when Steve Barnett took over. It’s always held a special place in my heart. But what got me feeling even stronger about [Republic] was, while I was at TikTok, I was engaging with so many record labels. Republic was always open to working with our artists. They said yes to so many things. It was refreshing to see a major label go with a new app. Talk Is Cheap I don’t charge anyone just to have a conversation. I’m happy to talk. When I take on a project, we do an hourly rate, a monthly rate, or a project rate. It sort of depends on the details of the work. When I sign an artist to Republic, it’s a traditional record deal. They get an advance and all the other bells and whistles.

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From Social Media to the Traditional Music Industry I just signed my first artist. Her name is Em Beihold, and I found her on TikTok. Her voice stood out to me. I am always looking at artists and songs that are trending and moving. But the kinds of artists I want to work with are not just stuck on short-form platforms. They have a chance at a career in the more traditional space. Social Media Visibility I’m always open to hearing about artists. A lot of the old formats have dissipated, such as blogs and going to shows, because of the pandemic. So it’s important for me to keep my eye on social platforms. It’s not because I want to be a part of virality. Of course, that’s not a bad thing if your song goes viral. But I don’t want a flash in the pan. I want two, three, four, five albums and for there to be a career. Creativity First, Then Data When I was at TikTok, I was tagged as the creative one because I didn’t look at data first. I’m looking based off goose bumps. Then, when I do a deeper dive, am I hearing tracks that mean something and have potential? Do you have a good head on your shoulders? Do you really want to have a career? Or do you just want to be social media famous? In terms of music, I’m looking for something that sounds familiar but is also left of center. Every Type of Creator I love working with micro creators, which are creators that have between 20,000 and 100,000 followers, sometimes less, sometimes more. They have pretty good views and engagement but don’t have that blue verification checkmark. I’ve hired medical students. People that do crafting. Beauty creators. Fashion creators. Mental health creators. It’s all topics, because life is about everything and so is music. There can be presence in various verticals about an

Social Media Awareness and Readiness [Artists] need to know that [social media platforms] exist. That’s step one - be present. Download [them] and spend time watching. Don’t assume you know everything about these platforms. They change constantly. You’re building your brand and need to know what’s happening so you can have an opinion. Grab your handle on all platforms as you learn and absorb. If you have a song that’s trending, you can jump on that moment quickly. Don’t feel like you have to be boxed into what you’re seeing. Push the boundaries and make unique, artistic content.

The Future of Digital Promotions TikTok is still going to be the biggest platform for at least another year or two, but I’m keeping a close eye on Discord. I’m very interested in Web3. I’m still learning a lot about what’s going to happen in the Metaverse, not just with the company formally known as Facebook, but in spaces like Roblox and Minecraft, and how traditional companies partner with those experiences. Will Traditional Labels Survive? I don’t think [the label system will] ever go away. We’ve been hearing that question since Myspace, even Napster. Change is scary for all of us. The industry has learned to be ahead of new technologies and platforms as they pop up. They have divisions dedicated to those endeavors. So it won’t go away, but it will change and it should. We need to modernize our approaches. And the ones that don’t will be left behind. Getting Out There Why do you want to be an artist? Why are you making music? Is it for you, or is it to be discovered and have a career? And if so, what are you doing to get those things in place? Yes, you have to make great music and have talent behind it. But if you’re looking to go on the road right now, it’s a bit challenging. And if you’re hoping for someone to write about you, those [opportunities] are also limited. So, the best thing you can do is put your music on platforms. Get active. Build a community. Build that connection. The rest will happen organically, because people can see how important it is to you, they love what you’re creating, and they’re rooting for you. To the Moon Moon Projects is me. Moon is my son’s middle name. And I’ve been in this business for about 25 years. I started as an intern and I’m an executive now. I did it on my own, fueled by passion, vision, and love for music and art. I give that passion and energy to all my projects. I don’t need to compare myself to other agencies or record labels; Moon is what’s inside my heart.

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and soundtrack production executives. Apply at Lensa.

Warner Music Group wants a Producer-Composer. You will work from their brand new state-of-theart recording studios in Hollywood and duties will be split between composing and executive producing as well as helping to spearhead our custom music-for-picture endeavors. You will help maintain their strong production values and creative standards through your own compositions for custom music and the library as well as through your oversight of freelance composers and producers providing music and sound design services. Apply at Salary.com.

Google wants a Manager, Music Publishing, YouTube Music. You will be on the YouTube Music team whose aim is growing labels, publishers, artists, and songwriters online, building successful careers for artists and songwriters and business models for the music industry on YouTube. You will be responsible for providing ongoing business development and relationship management to YouTube’s music publishing partners. Apply at LinkedIn. For More Career Opportunities, check out musicconnection. com daily. And sign up for MC’s Weekly Bulletin newsletter.

Creative Artists Agency is looking for an Assistant, Music Business Affairs. CAA is currently seeking an assistant to provide support to an executive in the Music Touring Business Affairs department. The position offers a tremendous opportunity to learn about the entertainment/ legal affairs business and provides exposure to industry executives and lawyers. The ideal candidate is a self-starter, possessing a desire to pursue a career in the business realm of the entertainment industry. Apply at LinkedIn.

LABELS • RELEASES SIGNINGS

Raleigh Music has entered into a multi-year deal to represent the legendary Jr. Walker & The All Stars catalog. Peter Raleigh, Co-Founder of the global music publishing company known for its iconic catalogs and successful track record of film, tv and commercial synch licensing, says, “We are honored to be showcasing the musical genius of Jr. Walker, a seminal artist whose influence still reverberates in today's music.”

NBC needs a Coordinator, Film Music Production. Universal Film Music services the music needs for the studio and its subsidiary divisions including Illumination Entertainment, DreamWorks Animation, Focus Features, Working Title, Amblin, Blumhouse, 1440 Home Entertainment, as well as various needs for Comcast NBCUniversal. The team is looking for a Coordinator that will support the film music

Los Angeles singer-songwriter Em Beihold has signed with Moon Projects and Republic Records. The artist’s debut release for the label is the “Numb Little Bug” single. “Last year, all of my dreams were coming true,” Beihold says. “Everything I wanted was

MOROCCAN-CANADIAN ARTIST FAOUZIA RELEASES “PUPPET” VIDEO The video is directed by Kyle Cogan, and it shows try artist breaking free of her captor, proclaiming that she will “never be your puppet.” “The idea for the ‘Puppet’ video is one I had been thinking of since I first wrote the song,” Faouzia says. “I’ve been not only thinking about what I wanted the visuals to be, but also about how I wanted to portray the meaning of the song through fashion, makeup, hair, and a story that feels true to myself.” Contact essica.nall@atlanticrecords.com for more info. happening, but somehow I didn’t feel anything. I was struggling with some heavy anxiety and I was on antidepressants. Songs weren’t really coming to me the way they used to. I felt numb. The antidepressants sucked the soul and energy out of me a little bit. I wrote ‘Numb Little Bug’ about the feeling.” Contact marisa.bianco@umusic.com for more info. Hard rock band Zinny Zan have signed to Wild Kingdom. The band includes Zinny Zan and Stefan Bergström (Easy Action, Shotgun Messiah, Zan Clan & Skintrade). The

debut release for the label is the “Heartbreak City” single. “A match made in Heaven,” the band said. “We did shop this album around and we had a few companies that showed interest but after sitting down with the team from Sound Pollution and also adding that we have been talking about doing something together for some time down the line since we’ve known each other for years now seemed like the perfect timing. That and the common view of this whole thing around this album made the choice quite easy.” Contact freeman@free manpromotions.com for more info.

he thinks it would be a fun task. “I’ve been alone, doing all this stuff, producing rock and metal music for myself,” he says. “But I The new No Signal EP is called still get ideas from all different sorts venus (lower case is deliberate), of genres, and I still experiment and Schmelzer recorded and with 808s and more hip-hop drum produced the project by himself. sounds. But I usually never end up “The way that I go about it is, using them because the song that I’m usually sitting downstairs I’m writing doesn’t call for it. But I doing something with friends or think it would be fantastic to work doing anything that isn’t music,” with another artist.” he explains. “I’ll have a song that Looking ahead, No Signal has comes into my head, and I put that huge plans once the EP is out. down in Logic Pro X, the software “I’m looking for big venue bookers that I use. The guitar, bass and so we can start doing a show,” vocals were all recorded at my Schmelzer says. “No Signal has house, alone in my basement. For never performed, because we’ve every project before venus, I would never had to. There’s never been do the drums as well, and every a direct reason other than just other production aspect. But this wanting to, and sadly in this day and time around, we headed out to age, wanting to play a show in the a studio to get an acoustic drum rock industry is not good enough. sound for the project.” Contact mgowen@ As of right now, the artist has milestonepublicity.com for more info. only produced his own work, but

Riley Schmelzer, 19 years old and also known by the moniker No Signal, grew up in a musical home and started to take his art seriously when he was 14. “That’s when I wrote my first EP and my first album,” Schmelzer says. “The EP was released when I was 15, and then I spent a bunch of time producing, writing and recording the first album. I released that when I was 17, when I deemed it was ready.” Five years on, Schmelzer struggles to define his own sound. “I think the whole genre labeling has never been my strong suit,” he says. “I would just go with alternative rock for now, but it evolves. God forbid, any musician or group keeps the same sound throughout their whole discography. But we’ll just go with that–alternative.”

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Jason Aldean has been named the Country Radio Broadcasters 2022 Artist Humanitarian Award Recipient. Aldean has contributed to numerous causes including Atrium Health Navicent Beverly Knight Olsen Children’s Hospital, GA’s Children’s Hospital, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, ACM Lifting Lives, and Red Cross. Contact christy@ aristomedia.com for more info. The D’Addario Foundation has launched the Drum Scholarship for Women with Musicians Institute. “We are proud to partner with the D’Addario Foundation and their ongoing support of the D’Addario Women in Guitar Scholarship and new Women in Drums Scholarship at Musicians Institute,” said Beth Marlis, Vice President at Musicians Institute. “These scholarships are powerful acknowledgments and recognition of the talents of deserving young women musicians at the college level. This kind of opportunity is truly transformative, empowering, and encouraging for young artists by providing support to excel in their music studies.” Contact natalie.morrison@daddario.com for more info.

THE BIZ

Warner Music Group has formed a lanes-wide partnership with Web3 company OneOf for artist and music NFTs. The deal will, according to a press release, see the company create exclusive NFTs for a range of artists across WMG’s legendary catalog of music content. “Web3 is a massive leap forward in technology: it will expand the scale and scope of both human and machine interactions far beyond what we can imagine today,” said Oana Ruxandra, Chief Digital Officer & EVP, Business Development, Warner Music Group. For more info, contact ctaillie@shorefire.Fans, Creators, and Artist Partne BRETT CALLWOOD has written about music for two decades, originally for Kerrang!, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and more in the U.K. He’s the author of two books, about Detroit proto-punks the MC5 and the Stooges. He’s now the music editor at LA Weekly, and has regular bylines in the SF Weekly, Tucson Weekly and idobi Radio, as well as here in Music Connection. He can be reached at brettcallwood@gmail.com

LINENDOLL RELEASES SINGLE AND VIDEO “RENAISSANCE LADY” Emmy-winning star Katie Linendoll, best known for her work on Rachael Ray, The Weather Channel, and CBS Sports Radio, has released a new single called “Renaissance Lady,” with the proceeds going to K9 Hurricane’s Heroes. “This song is for everyone, no matter your status,” Linendoll says. “I hope it makes you smile. I hope you sing along, and for my fellow single renaissance ladies, I hope it makes you realize everything you’ve been looking for you had all along!” Contact christy@aristomedia.com for more info.

CARDI B WINS DEFAMATION LAWSUIT BY GLENN LITWAK

Grammy Award winning rapper Cardi B (legal name: Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar) won over $4 million in a defamation case she filed (in March of 2017) against YouTuber Tasha K (legal name: Latasha Transrina Kebe) and her company, Kebe Studios LLC. The case was filed in federal district court in Georgia, alleging defamation, invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Tasha K posted almost 40 videos (which had millions of views) on her monetized YouTube channel and she had refused to remove them. Over a number of years, Tasha

K built up 1 million subscribers to her channel and she admitted in the trial that the videos helped. It is a well-known fact that the most popular YouTubers can earn over a million dollars a year. Tasha K filed a countersuit for assault, and intentional infliction of emotional distress, claiming that Cardi B “began to publicly trash” her online. However, the judge dismissed it. Cardi B contended that Tasha K waged a “malicious campaign” to “damage and destroy” her reputation with her fans. According to the lawsuit, “Kebe published multiple and defamatory statements about Plaintiff, including that Plaintiff was a prostitute, that Plaintiff was a user of cocaine, that Plaintiff had and still has herpes.”Cardi B also claimed that Tasha K made false statements about her marriage and child. Cardi B denied Tasha K’s claims. The lawsuit further claimed that “By making and publishing the statements, and campaign of harassing videos, including the Defamatory Videos, Defendants were intending to cause Plaintiff emotional distress.” Cardi B asserted

that she “suffered severe humiliations” and “mental anguish.” One interesting and unusual fact in this case is that Tasha K admitted while testifying at trial that she knew some of her statements were false. She claimed she was a journalist and then admitted in court that she is not. She said she did it to entertain her subscribers and increase traffic to her YouTube channel. The jury reached its verdict on January 24 and 25, 2022, found Tasha K liable on all three counts and awarded the following damages: • One million in general damages (pain and suffering and/or damage to her reputation); • $1,338,763.47 in costs of suit and attorney’s fees; • Medical Expenses of $250,000 (but all parties agreed to reduce it to $25,000); • And $1.5 million in punitive damages (to punish the defendant and deter such conduct). Defendant’s attorney has indicated they disagree with the jury’s verdict and intend on appealing the judgment. Cardi B released a statement:

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“These past couple of years have been difficult for me and constantly reliving it. Very hard on me.” “Thank you to the jurors, you know. The jurors took time off they regular live…and made a very fair and right decision.” This case is important because it shows courts may impose some restrictions on what people can say on social media with impunity. Hopefully this verdict will discourage others from posting false or misleading content. GLENN LITWAK is a veteran entertainment attorney based in Santa Monica, CA. He has represented platinum selling recording artists, Grammy winning music producers, hit songwriters, management and production companies, music publishers and independent record labels. Glenn is also a frequent speaker at music industry conferences around the country, such as South by Southwest and the Billboard Music in Film and TV Conference. Email Litwak at gtllaw59@gmail.com or visit glennlitwak.com.

– BRETT CALLWOOD – BRETT CALLWOOD

I Quit My Day Job Because I Make More Money From My Music. Matthew Vander Boegh, TAXI Member

hat’s every musician’s dream, isn’t it —quitting your day gig because you make more money with your music. Well, that’s my life now, and here’s how I did it…

I joined TAXI. Looking back, I wish I’d joined years earlier. TAXI taught me how to create music that people in the industry actually need. Then they gave me 1,200 opportunities a year to pitch my music!

My income keeps growing exponentially, and my music keeps getting better because it’s my full time gig now! Here’s the ironic part… I live in Boise, Idaho, not Hollywood, yet my music is on TV nearly every day. My studio is in a glorified tool shed in my backyard, and my gear setup is so quaint other musicians ask, “Really? That’s it?!” I’ve got a computer, monitors, a few mics, and a cheap little interface. No fancy outboard gear, no rack-mounted anything!

My Two Secret Weapons Targets and deadlines are my secret weapons. Knowing who needs music and when they need it motivates me to get things done. It’s changed my life! Actually, TAXI changed my life.

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ELDER DEVIL LUKE SITAL-SINGH

Date Signed: Sept. 12, 2021 Label: Prosthetic Records Type of Music: Grind Booking: elderdevilca@gmail.com Legal: N/A Publicity: Becky Laverty and Wil Collins - Prosthetic Records Web: elderdevil.bandcamp.com A&R: Steve Joh - Prosthetic Records

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tay cool and be chill with everyone. The scene is a spiderweb, and you can get to know people who are going to start a label or tour.” That’s the advice metal enthusiast and Elder Devil co-founder Jacob Lee provided when breaking down the band’s latest deal with Prosthetic Records, who have signed such acts as Skeletonwitch, All That Remains, Lamb of God, and more. To date, Lee had been a part of several record deals spanning various musical projects. Specifically for Elder Devil, Lee and company had released three full-lengths, supported by various small indie labels all across the globe. Those deals helped to print and distribute a finite number of the group’s music and provide some internet presence. Everything changed, however, when Lee’s frontman noticed Prosthetic Records began following them on Instagram. After completing the band’s upcoming EP, Elder Devil sent it to the label’s A&R department on the advice of a current Prosthetic band named Body Void. “It was actually really great hearing back from Steve [Joh] from Prosthetic. He was like, ‘Oh yeah, I’ve been meaning to write to you guys!” laughs Lee. Joh expressed how excited he was about their material, and shortly thereafter a record contract started to develop. However, due to most of Elder Devil’s previous agreements coming by way of proverbial handshake, Lee sought advice when signing on the dotted line.

“There was nothing we had to compromise or argue about.” “[Previously,] I signed a contract for my other band HellishForm with Translation Loss Records, so this Prosthetic deal was the second time I had to look over paperwork,” explains Lee. “This deal wasn’t too different. A lot of it was very agreeable.” They also reached out to Body Void, asking what to expect from a standard deal and help clarify any legal jargon. Upon first draft, Elder Devil were feeling good, but realized they wanted to add an addendum allowing the ability to still put out music with friends. Joh and Prosthetic took no issue with the request, as Lee explains. “They were really cool with providing things and there was nothing that we had to compromise or argue about. It was just like ‘Oh, yeah. I’ll add a couple of clauses for you!’” While it may seem on paper that Lee and his grindcore act have it all figured out, he expressed the importance of being willing to grow and learn. “Do it because it’s fun. I’m the riff writer, plus I produce and record [our music]. I wish I had focused up and polished those skills sooner.” The band’s Prosthetic debut will release in 2022. – Andy Mesecher

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Date Signed: Sept. 27, 2021 Label: Nettwerk Records Type of Music: Indie Folk Management: Julian Deane - Raygun Music Legal: N/A Publicity: Penny Palmer - Nettwerk Records Web: lukesitalsingh.com A&R: Mark Jowett - Nettwerk Records

ritish Indie Pop/Folk singer-songwriter Luke Sital-Singh’s label and release history is a cautionary tale for any artist who still thinks signing with a major is the ticket to the perfect career. Signed by Parlophone (onetime home of The Beatles) for his 2014 debut album The Fire Inside, he says he got paid a lot but lost artistic control. It was not a great fit and he was quickly dropped from their roster. After putting out his follow-up Time is a Riddle as a DIY, he continued to build momentum with two more full-lengths, Live at the Union Chapel and A Golden State, released under exclusive license with Raygun Records, a division of his Brighton-based artist-led management company. A few years ago, when the singer was looking for a support act for one of his tours, he hooked up—via their managers, who were friends—with Ben Cramer, whose persona as a recording artist is Old Sea Brigade. The two hit it off and Cramer told Sital-Singh about his solid relationship with Nettwerk Records, which planted a seed that would ultimately come to fruition after the two released the dual EP All The Ways You See in the Dark on the label.

"When you sign with a small indie, you have all the artistic control, but no budget." “I kept getting these good reports about what Nettwerk was doing for him,” Sital-Singh says, “and to me, Ben just seemed to have the best of all things from the label. He usually had good budgets for his albums and great tour support. Major labels give you funds, but then take ownership of your creative direction. When you sign with a small indie, you have all the artistic control, but no budget, so things are constrained. From Ben’s experience, Nettwerk was like a halfway house between the two. He made music the way he wanted to, without the struggle for money.” Sital-Singh views their EP as a trial run to see what the immediately interested Nettwerk was all about, without having to sign away a full album. Though he realized they would be great to work with, and they extended an offer in the wake of his collaboration with Cramer, he didn’t feel signing with them for A Golden State was the right move. “There was always a lot of passion from Mark Jowett,” he says, “and I rejected him once, but when he came back for the new album, I felt it was time. An important point is that they’re committing now also to my back catalog.” While the details of Sital-Singh’s upcoming album are TBA, Nettwerk has thus far released the lead singles “Me and God” and “Blind Missiles,” whose video was directed by Sacramento area documentary writer, director and cinematographer Joey Katches. – Jonathan Widran

KOLA ADIGAN

Date Signed: December 2021 Label: Prescription Songs Band Members: Kola Adigun Type of Music: Rap Management: Eighteen Company / SB Projects Publicity: Alexandra Greenberg - agreenberg@falconpublicity.com Web: instagram.com/goodkingkola A&R: Andrea Doman - Prescription Songs

ased in Texas, Kola Adigun first teamed up with producer D.A. Got That Dope (David Lewis “D.A.” Doman) in high school, working on music together in a rap group that D.A. began producing. Adigun moved away for college, but reconnected and started writing hooks with D.A. after graduating. Getting tracks from D.A., Adigun would add his hooks and lyrics, sending responses back through voicemail – which D.A. then turned into demos and started shopping around to publishers. Prescription Songs was paying attention and Adigun flew to Los Angeles to meet with a team of their writers and producers to get acquainted. Adigun has known Prescription A&R, Andrea Doman since middle school (she is D.A.’s younger sister). “She was one of the early ones that believed that I could make it in this business as a writer,” he says. “If there’s something she isn’t feeling, she’ll be honest about it [and] that was really important in picking which publisher to work with.” While he recognizes not everyone has contacts in the business, Adigun says, “You can always use social media. I still reach out to other producers,” adding that YouTube is a great source of information, and that writers and A&R professionals often post about writing sessions.

“For a Director of A&R to come and see me was very telling.” Artist development is very important to Prescription and—now signed to a multi-year publishing deal–Adigun is quick to give shout outs to previous collaborators including producers, Vaughn Oliver, Lo Lind and Kenneth “KP” Paige, writers Kaine and Kevo, and singer-songwriter Anthony Watts. Shares Adigun, “One of the things that was very impressive to me was Rhea [Pasricha], who actually came out to see me. For a Director of A&R to come and see me was very telling - that showed a lot about the leader she is.” Pasricha added, “When Andrea first brought Kola to my attention, I was immediately impressed with his talent and versatility. Meeting him in the studio, I got to witness his unparalleled work ethic and drive. I knew (that) Kola’s abilities – plus Andrea and D.A.’s guidance, alongside our team at Prescription Songs, would be a recipe for success. Very glad to officially welcome him to the family.” – Andrea Beenham

EALDOR BEALU

Date Signed: July 28, 2021 Label: Metal Assault Records Band Members: Carson Russell (guitar/vocals), Travis Abbott (guitar/ vocals), Rylie Collingwood (bass/vocals) and Michael Mulcock (drums) Type of Music: Progressive Heavy-Psych Management: Carson Russell Booking: Carson Russell Legal: Andrew Bansal - Metal Assault Publicity: Andrew Bansal at Metal Assault Web: EaldorBealu.bandcamp.com, Facebook.com/EaldorBealu A&R: Andrew Bansal - Metal Assault

or all the strategies on scoring a record deal (attracting massive followings on social media, ponying up for pay-to-play gigs, etc.), sometimes mere kismet does the trick. Take, Ealdor Bealu (pronounced “elder-blue”), a Boise-based progressive heavy-psych band. In May 2019, Andrew Bansal, owner of Los Angeles’ Metal Assault Records, asked Ealdor Bealu frontman Carson Russell if they would open for his label’s like-minded Solar Haze at their gig in Idaho’s capital. Russell said the show was fun enough … but when Ealdor Bealu swung through L.A. about a half-year later, and Bansal returned the favor, he tapped them to play a Metal Assault event that Russell called downright “killer.”

“We’ve put in our dues, and we’re ready for this.” “It was one of the best shows of the tour, and we kept in touch [with Bansal] after that,” Russell said during a full-band interview. Later on, “when we were done with the mixes and masters for our new album, I knew [Metal Assault] a little better and what was on [Bansal’s] roster. I was like, ‘I think he’s going to love this.’ And he did.” So much so that, in July 2021, Metal Assault announced the signing of Ealdor Bealu and reissued their sophomore album, Spirit of the Lonely Places, on CD for the first time. (The group independently released the record on vinyl/digital in 2019, as well as an independent CD/digital release of their debut full-length, Dark Water at the Foot of the Mountain, in 2017.) Now, Metal Assault is ready to release their third album, Psychic Forms, April 22. “Be Ye Gone”—the first song on the five-track, 40-minute effort—epitomizes the band’s mastery of an expansive, atmospheric sound befitting a hike on a high-desert trail in Boise’s foothills. “This will be our first album with Mike [Mulcock] on drums,” Russell said. “He came on in February and, shockingly, we were ready to record by April. We clicked immediately, and he’s also a consummate professional. He came in extremely prepared. “Mike is a drummer,” Russell continued, as Mulcock’s face turned red. “And that’s allowed us to push tempo a little bit, and [bassist/vocalist] Rylie [Collingwood] to really blossom as a bass player.” Guitarist-vocalist Travis Abbott noted that the new configuration jelled so well, they completed Psychic Forms in four days. – Kurt Orzeck March 2022

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ASCAP At Sundance

Now in its 24th year, the Sundance ASCAP Music Café delivers music, sight and sound from new and established artists over four days. Including composer conversations and artist performances from Shungudzo, The John Doe Folk Trio, Brandy Clark, and others, this year’s replays can be found online. Video replays at: youtube.com/ c/ascap/featured

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EISENMAN’S RAIN & DIRT

Singer-songwriter-guitarist Tara Eisenman has released Rain & Dirt, 11 songs recorded in New York, China, Tawain and Tel Aviv with a multicultural sound combining blues, rock, jazz and funk. Collaborators include Rea Mochiach and Yonatan Levy, Yoed Nir (cello), Chano Dominguez (piano) and Amit Friedman (sax).

SONY ADDS GELAW

Sony Music Publishing has named Ari Gelaw as Vice President, Creative. Based in the company’s New York Office, she will report to Senior Vice President, Creative, Ian Holder, and will be responsible for developing songwriters, fostering global creative collaborations, and will support songwriter discovery initiatives.

NABIL AYERS’ SUNSHINE

Music entrepreneur Nabil Ayers has released a memoir My Life in the Sunshine: Searching for My Father and Discovering My Family—navigating rejection, inclusion, race and family. Nabil is known as a musician, an iconic record store founder (Sonic Boom) and indie label owner (The Control Group). 28

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Kilometre Music Group has partnered with investment firm Barometer Management, forming “Barometer Global Music Royalty Fund,” and is set to spend $200 million on Canadian music catalogs. The team has purchased the full catalog of Murda Beatz, who has produced music for Travis Scott, Nipsey Hussle, Nicki Minaj, and Drake, and has over two million monthly Spotify listeners.

More Good Songs

Grammy- and Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter Peter Himmelman joins his son, filmmaker-journalist Isaac Himmelman for the second season of his podcast, The Good Songs, which Isaac launched to reminisce about the songwriting conversations of his childhood. Each episode focuses on one song (the hosts alternating their favorite selections week-toweek), with Isaac sharing his love and fascination for songwriting and his father delving into the skillset required. More at: linktr.ee/goodsongs

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Utopia Gets Proper

Growing Swiss fintech company Utopia Music is expanding into physical and digital distribution and has acquired U.K. distributor, Proper Music Group (PMG). Utopia is now looking to service independent and major labels with physical distribution, sales, manufacturing and digital distribution. PMG provides distribution for giants including AWAL, Believe, Ingrooves and Kartel, Concord and Orchard, and will continue to serve existing customers under Utopia.

HarbourView Scoops Fonsi

Puerto Rican music star Luis Fonsi—best known for his collaborative work with Daddy Yankee on “Despacito”—has sold his publishing catalog to HarbourView Equity Partners (HEP), launched by Sherrese Clarke Soares (previously CEO at Tempo Music). The agreement covers the songwriter and publisher shares on all of Fonsi’s written or co-written work. Sony Music Publishing will continue to administer Fonsi’s catalog.

Wise Baby Angel

Wise Music Group has purchased the entire 25-year song catalog of indie Italian publisher, Baby Angel Music (BAM). Owner/ Managing Director, Max Moroldo will continue to own and run Do It Yourself Entertainment and continue as a publishing consultant and Head of A&R to Wise Music Italy. The catalog includes hits, “Freed From Desire” (Gala), shares in “I Know You Want

Round Hill Music has purchased shares in master artist royalties, as well as securing long-term neighboring rights administration, in singer-songwriter-guitarist Nancy Wilson’s song catalog. The sale includes a large share of the music rights from her time with multiple Grammy-winning band, Heart.

– ANDREA BEENHAM Me” (Pitbull), “Seek Bromance” (Avicii) and “Occidentali’s Karma” and “Amen” (Francesco Gabbani). Wise Music Group publisher and imprint partnerships include: Chester Music, Associated Music Publishers, Le Chant du Mont, Bosworth Music GmbH, and others, and represents nearly 100 of todays’ most successful living composers and songwriters– including Ólafur Arnalds, Samuel Barber, Ludovico Einaudi, Philip Glass, Missy Mazzoli, Igor Stravinsky, Jean Sibelius, Joby Talbot, and more.

The MLC on Demand

To learn more about royalties and music licensing, you can check out The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC)’s on-demand recorded webinars. Recordings are available to prospective and active members, and cover topics including increasing royalty payments, self-administration tips, metadata, song registration, and Q&A sessions on a variety of topics. More at: bit.ly/TheMLConDemand

Icelandic Ingrooves

Expanding into Iceland, Universal Music Group (UMG)’s marketing and distribution company, Ingrooves Music Group has acquired Alda Music. As Iceland’s leading distributor and record label, the partnership provides an opportunity to help local artists move onto the world stage. CEO Sölvi Blöndal will lead the team based in Reykjavik, and will work to nurture the local music scene and build global opportunities for Iceland’s artists.

TRITT TO RESERVOIR

HSM Scoops Chesney

Backed by Blackstone Inc. via acquisition money held in the private Hipgnosis Songs Capital fund, Hipgnosis Songs Management (HSM) has struck an 80% acquisition of Kenny Chesney’s recording royalties, covering his music from 1994 through 2017, future Greatest Hits, live or acoustic albums, and full SoundExchange (U.S.) and Neighboring Rights royalties for Chesney’s entire catalog, and will continue to manage the rights and income streams on behalf of Hipgnosis Songs Fund.

Primary Wave Acquisitions

Primary Wave Music (PWM) has acquired an increased stake in Def Leppard’s catalog, in addition to master royalties. This comes on the heels of their $20 million share acquisition of singer-songwriterinstrumentalist, Paul Rodger’s publishing catalog and master recording income streams for his time with Free and Bad Company and a further $40 million invested in Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell’s music catalogs and certain name and likeness rights from the band America. ANDREA BEENHAM (aka Drea Jo) is a freelance writer and marketing consultant based in Southern California. The South-African born, Canadianraised California transplant has a passion for music, people and fun. She can be reached at drea@dreajo.com

Reservoir Media, Inc. has purchased double Grammy-winning Travis Tritt’s complete publishing and recording catalog for an undisclosed amount, covering work over his 30-year career, including hits, “The Whiskey Ain’t Workin,” “Nothing Short of Dying,” “I’m Gonna Be Somebody,” “Anymore,” and others.

PRESCRIPTION FOR JT DALY

Producer-songwriter-artist JT Daly has signed with Prescription Songs following production/co-writing work on K. Flay’s “Blood in the Cut” and debut album Everywhere is Somewhere, Benson Boone’s “Ghost Town,” collabs with PVRIS, grandson, Bren Joy and Quinn XCII, and film scoring for ESPN’s Chuck & Tito.

ELLIS RISES ABOVE

Rolling Stone Artist to Watch and BMI songwriter, Hannah Ellis, was the featured performer at the 2022 Rising Above virtual media summit, sharing originals including her new single, “Us.” She has performed with Devin Dawson, Dwight Yoakam and Gavin DeGraw, and debuted at the Grand Ole Opry in 2021.

BEATROOT AND DICE LAB

Independent distributor Beatroot has signed a worldwide distribution deal with Dreaming In Color Entertainment (DICE LAB), with four single releases—including “Thousand songs” and debut album, Big Thank by alt-indie-pop rock artist, King Youngblood, as their first partnership projects. March 2022

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Barn, the documentary film directed by Daryl Hannah that began streaming exclusively on YouTube in January, captures Neil Young with Crazy Horse as the band created their critically acclaimed album of the same name in a restored, 19th century log barn under a full moon. With single shots capturing entire songs, interspersed with dialogue between the music, the film offers an intimate look at the creative process for one of rock music’s most defining artists. The album Barn, produced by The Volume Dealers, composed of producer duo Neil Young and Niko Bolas, dropped last December and entered Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart at No. 9. Contact rick.gershon@warnerrecords.com.

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A24’s new horror movie X, directed by Ti West (The House of the Devil, In a Valley of Violence) and out March 18, stars rapper, songwriter, producer and actor Kid Cudi alongside Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Martin Henderson and Brittany Snow. The film was scored by musician, composer and producer Tyler Bates (John Wick, 300, Halloween I and II) and songwriter and musician Chelsea Wolfe. The trailer can be found at a24films.com/films/x. For more information, contact Claire Marcus at claire@tcbpr.com. In 1968, The Beatles had achieved global fame and fortune yet when they sought the spiritual guidance of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and traveled to Rishikesh, India to study transcendental meditation. The documentary The Beatles and India, released Feb. 15 on BritBox, takes a look at this time in John, Paul, George and Ringo’s lives and their pioneering role in adopting a world music sound. Drawing on archival footage, recordings, photographs and interviews as well as Ajoy Bose’s book Across the Universe—The Beatles in India, the film was directed by Bose and cultural researcher Pete Compton. The film received Best Film Audience Choice and Best Music at the 2021 U.K. Asian film festival, Tongues On Fire. For further details, contact Carol Kaye at carol@kayosproductions.com. February marked the worldwide theatrical release of Music, Money, Madness…Jimi Hendrix in Maui, the Grammy-nominated documentary from Abramorama. It screened in Los Angeles at the Regent Theater on Feb. 16 with a Q&A with director John McDermott, producer Janie

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Hendrix and recording engineer Eddie Kramer. The film chronicles the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s visit to Maui in 1970 and how they got caught up in the controversial counterculture film Rainbow Bridge. Told with never-before-released original footage and interviews with band members, Warner Bros. executives and Rainbow Bridge cast members and director Chuck Wein, the film received a Grammy nomination for Best Music Film. The Blu-ray for Music, Money, Madness…Jimi Hendrix in Maui is included in a package along with The Jimi Hendrix Experience Live in Maui 2CD/3LP, which entails the complete audio recordings of both 1970 live performances. Contact bobmerlis@ bobmerlis.com for more information. Country artist Kane Brown, in partnership with AEG Presents and Amazon Music, offered a global livestream, Kane Brown Live from the El Rey Theatre on Feb. 4, capturing an intimate performance by Brown from the famed stage in Los Angeles. Brown, a multiplatinum, five-time AMA award-winning artist, played from his albums Kane Brown, Experiment, Mixtape Vol 1 and more. He is currently on his Blessed & Free arena tour, where he is the first country artist to visit every NBA Arena in one tour. The show is available to watch for a limited time on Prime Video. Contact Jennifer Vessio at jennifer.g.vessio@gmail.com.

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema has partnered with GroundUP Music to present “GroundUP Music x Alamo Drafthouse,” a series of five classic silent films with new scores recorded by five unique artists from the GroundUP Music label. The series kicked off Feb. 20 at Alamo Drafthouse locations across the country, and will continue with new artist and film pairings through mid-March. Beginning March 25, each title will be available individually and as a bundle on Alamo On Demand worldwide, including all five silent films plus Snarky Puppy’s music documentary We Like It Here. The original motion picture soundtracks will also drop that day on all digital streaming platforms. The pairings include House of Waters with three silent shorts— Menilmontant (1926), Le Voyage Dans La Lune (1902) and Ballet Mecanique (1923); Sirintip with The Lost World (1925); PRD Mais with Waxworks (1924); Snarky Puppy’s Bob Lanzetti with Nosferatu (1922); and Snarky Puppy’s Chris Bullock with Aelita: Queen Of Mars. Contact joe.cohen@sacksco. com for further information. The new Courtney Barnett documentary Anonymous Club premiered in North America at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, TX. Danny Cohen, the film’s director, shot the film on vivid 16mm film over a three-year period. Anonymous Club chronicles the notoriously shy Barnett

– JESSICA PACE j.marie.pace@gmail.com during the ups and downs on the world tour for her album Tell Me How You Really Feel. Oscilloscope Laboratories will release the film in theaters starting in August.

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There’s still time to submit your musical or performance art for the 2022 Broadway Bound Theatre Festival, an independent theatre showcase that gives playwrights a professional venue and resources to affordably showcase their work. Rules and deadlines can be found at broadwayboundfestival.com/submit. The deadline is March 15. March 15 is the discounted deadline to submit your work to the Palm Desert Choreography Festival, with an extended deadline of April 1 for a pricier submission fee. The annual event will

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Schwart’s Snapshots and The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical. Best score soundtrack for visual media nominees include Bridgerton, Dune, The Mandalorian: Season 2, The Queen’s Gambit and Soul. For a complete list of nominees, visit grammy.com. 300 Entertainment recently announced the launch of its content and film division, 300 Studios. It is headed by Kevin Liles, chairman and CEO of 300 Entertainment and Elektra Music Group, with former Viacom Executives Kelly G. Griffin as head of creative strategy and Nolan Baynes as general manager. The new division’s debut project, RACE: Bubba Wallace, a sixepisode Netflix docuseries on the only full-time African American driver in the NASCAR Cup Series, Bubba Wallace, against the backdrop of a post-George Floyd America. It released in February in conjunction with Black History Month and

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be held Nov. 12-13, with a $10,000 Grand Prize for Division I winners. For application information and other details, visit mccallumtheatre.com/ index.php/education/choreography-festival/ submit-choreography. Applications are open for the summer Palomar Film Music Workshop, to be held June 20-28 in San Diego County. May 16 is the deadline to apply for this intensive course, which offers professional guidance for participants, whether their interest is composing for film, television, games or another medium. For more information and to apply, visit palomarworkshops.com/ pricing-registration.

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The 64th Annual Grammy Awards have been rescheduled this year for April 3 and will be held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Nominees within the musical theater category include Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella, Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater’s Some Lovers, Girl From the North Country, Les Misérables: The Staged Concert, Stephen

ahead of the Daytona 500. For more information, contact Communications@wmg.com. A study was conducted to find out which Netflix series have the most popular soundtracks, based on total number of streams per soundtrack on Spotify and estimated royalties earned. Coming in first out of 10 was 13 Reasons Why, with 5,895,166,129 in combined Spotify streams, and the most-streamed song on the soundtrack was “Lovely” by Billie Eilish, racking up 1,662,972,062 streams. Stranger Things came in second, followed by Peaky Blinders, Orange is the New Black, The Witcher, The Crown, Bridgerton, Sex Education, The Queen’s Gambit and Lucifer. The study was conducted by nodeposit daddy.com. Contact Vanessa Lima at vanessa@ journalistic.org. JESSICA PACE is a music journalist-turnednews-reporter based in Durango, CO. She is from Nashville, where she started a writing career by freelancing for publications including American Songwriter and Music Connection. Contact her at j.marie.pace@gmail.com.

Composer Julian Scherle’s score for 2021’s sports drama Heart of Champions was, interestingly, inspired partly by rock climbing. At the time, he was living east of L.A., and his daily routine was to watch a few sequences from the film, then go climbing—a mentally strenuous activity that connected him to the film’s narrative about an Ivy League rowing team. “Climbing is like a meditation, and there’s a similar thing in the movie—the rowing team calls it ‘swing,’ Scherle says. “That’s how I understood the feeling I wanted to go after and how to communicate that.” It was his first orchestral score. Scherle was not initially interested in writing music for film and television. “I was more interested in sound design, creating sound environments and weird textures and telling stories through that. I loved movies my entire life, but I wasn’t really interested in film music itself, because it felt like clichés. It’s a pretty obvious way of manipulating the audience. But I slowly started to understand you can depict emotion through sound in a much subtler way.” Though it’s “old-school advice,” Scherle says it’s reliable when it comes to breaking into this field: “Make your decisions for the right reasons. Be aware that it’s a long journey. Just keep going, and develop a thick skin. You get rejected 95% of the time; don’t take it personal. Find projects you’re excited about and people you want to work with.” Scherle, though he’s written music for multiple hit television shows including American Crime Story: People vs. OJ and American Horror Story, says he’s drawn to more experimental projects that allow him to explore new ways of approaching a score and reaching audiences. “We don’t know who we will reach with our projects. Sometimes I receive an email or message on something I did years ago from someone telling me they were touched by a story or could relate,” he says. “I think we have a sort of responsibility to create things that ultimately make this world a better place, and whenever I look at projects, I look at what it stands for, and what the message is, and is it something I can support?” March 2022

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SHAQ + STEVE AOKI'S PLAYHOUSE

Steve Aoki has joined forces with basketball legend DJ Diesel aka SHAQ on the new gametime anthem, “Welcome to the Playhouse,” out now via Aoki’s Dim Mak label.

DERMOTT KENNEDY BUSKS FOR CHARITY

Irish-born singer-songwriter Dermott Kennedy took to the streets of New York City and Dublin to raise money for multiple important causes including MusiCares, Pieta and Focus Ireland, resulting in a near combined total of $300,000 raised.

REBA REVIVED, REMIXED, REVISITED

Reba McEntire kicked off her anticipated Reba: Live In Concert tour with three backto-back sold-out shows in Evansville, IN, Huntsville, AL and Duluth, GA. Reba just released her three-part box set Revived Remixed Revisted at the end of last year.

TYLER BRAYDEN'S OPRY DEBUT

Country star Tyler Braden made his highly anticipated Grand Ole Opry debut. “There’s nothing like standing in that circle,” says Brayden. “There’s no way to say it without sounding cliché, but I’ll never forget that moment." 34

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JIMBO NFT RELEASES MUSIC VIDEO

Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) #9797 aka “Jimbo” has become the 1st NFT to release a music video with “Delist your ape (2DaMoon).” Exploding onto the forefront of pop culture last year, Bored Ape Yacht Club is one of the most popular NFT digital collectibles. Pictured is Jimbo performing with Post Malone and his ape BAYC #961.

The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players built an impressive buzz, playing Bonnaroo, SXSW, Conan O’Brien Show and more—all as an unsigned act. As daddy Jason explained to us in our cover story: “Simplicity and originality is what’s taken us to the next level.” Elsewhere in the issue, we profile the new online music distribution site, iFanz, and we interview Memphis-based producer, Pete Matthews (Echo 7).

INTERSCOPE’S 30TH

Interscope Records is celebrating its 30th anniversary celebration at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), The exhibition Artists Inspired by Music: Interscope Reimagined features original artwork inspired by Billie Eilish, Dr. Dre, Gwen Stefani, Lady Gaga, U2 and more. Pictured is visual artist Kehinde Wiley's “Still Dre Everywhere.”

JANN KLOSE HONORS DESMUND TUTU

Jann Klose released a new music video, “Never Fall,” as a tribute to the legacy of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the TutuDesk Campaign. The video documents Klose’s multiple visits to Mpumalanga Province near Johannesburg, South Africa during the making of his recent solo album, In Tandem.

2007–INGRID MICHAELSON–#19 We asked independent singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson, known for her intimate, cinematic piano-pop, about releasing both of her albums on her own label. “I’m making my own money and I pay who I have to pay,” she stated. “If I were with a label, they’d get most of the money, they’d give me my cut, and maybe it would be the same amount of money I’m making now, but I wouldn’t have the autonomy.”

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BRITISH INDIE ROCK BAND Glass Animals were just getting going on the tour to support their Dreamland album when the pandemic hit and closed everything down. The group, particularly songwriter Dave Bayley, were devastated, concerned that the record wasn’t going to get the chance it deserves. But this is a new world and, after a moment of reflection, they rolled up their sleeves and got on with the job of promoting Dreamland using whatever methods they could. That determination resulted in a hit album, the “Heat Waves” single going double platinum, and the band getting nominated for two American Music Awards. Knock on wood, but it feels like things are going to be getting better as the year rolls along. The effectiveness of the vaccinations against the Omicron means that venues are returning to something resembling normal, and Glass Animals are ready to get out there. We spoke to Bayley about all of this and more.

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Music Connection: A bit of background first— how and when did the band form? What was the mission? Dave Bayley: We’ve been friends since we were 12 years old; so, for a long, long time. Really, it started then. A long time ago. The first time we ever played together, we joined forces. I was asked by a to play at his 16th birthday party and the other three guys in the band were the only musical people that I knew. So, I asked them if they’d play some covers with me, and they said yes. I didn’t actually sing then. Drew [MacFarlane], who’s our guitarist now, was singing. I think we played some Strokes songs, and a Libertines song as well. We just fucked around for 20 minutes. That was the first time we were an actual band. The mission at that point was just to play some covers, but really when we started we didn’t have our eyes set on stardom or anything. We just wanted to have fun making music. It was an excuse to get together and we were best friends. We were looking for a way to spend some time together and thought it would be fun to do more shows. MC: How quickly did you realize you would be singing? Bayley: It happened only because, after that performance when we were 16, nothing happened for, like, four years. We all went to college or university, and it was in that time that I basically started writing songs. I was actually a DJ, and I would come back from doing DJ sets really buzzing on adrenaline and Red Bull at 3 a.m. I started making songs with a little synth and an old computer. I started singing over the top. That was it. I was too shy to sing, I really didn’t want to. I actually spent the first EP, recording the vocals sitting under a blanket. It happened slowly but it happened. MC: And all of this was in Oxford, England? Bayley: This was actually in London. We grew up near Oxford as little kids, but then I moved at college age to a place called Peckham in London. I was 18 when I moved out of Oxford, and 13 when I moved there. MC: What is the music scene like in Oxford (obviously a college town)? I know of the Zodiac venue, which is very cool… Bayley: I was always going to the Zodiac! That was why we became friends, when we were 13. Those guys were the first people I met at school. Drew, our guitarist, was the first person I met because he was the other American at school. So, I remember on my first day, I was introduced to Drew by one of the teachers saying that he was the other American, and we ended up being mates. We started going to see music together at the Zodiac. We’d sneak out of school and go to in-stores at HMV [a record/CD store in the U.K.]. We’d bunk off early. MC: Describe your sound. How has it evolved since the Zaba debut album in 2014? Bayley: I’m the worst person to try and describe the sound. It’s like trying to describe your own personality. Ask one of my mates. But the first album was definitely quite abstract and ethereal, and the vocals are really low in the mix. Some of the songs are nine minutes long. It sounded a bit shy, and I was a bit shy. Like I said, I was singing with a blanket over my head so nobody could watch. For the second album, we’d been out touring for quite some time, tour-

ing the first album. I think the second album was affected by that touring. I really liked the energy of touring. We ended up remixing a lot of the songs on the first album, making them heavier and shorter, punchier, faster. I think that bled into the second album. This latest album is the most personal. Finally, I had the confidence to write something personal, properly. Right on the nose. It takes from all of my childhood influences. Every song that I’ve ever listened to has bled into this latest record. It’s definitely the most representative of us. MC: That’s Dreamland, which came out in 2020… Bayley: Yeah, but sometimes I still feel like it’s 2020 now. Then sometimes I think 2020 was two decades ago. Time is weird. MC: Did the pandemic hinder it? I know it came out in August 2020… Bayley: It was all written pre-pandemic. We were getting ready to tour it. We’d actually

“I was absolutely distraught [by the pandemic]. I didn’t leave my room for about two

records. There didn’t seem to be any space for new music in that climate. So, I was absolutely distraught. I didn’t leave my room for about two weeks. And then I started to realize that the reason everyone was listening to older record and music from their past was because everyone was in this weirdly nostalgic state of mind. Then I saw the parallel, that I’d just written this album about nostalgia and the past. It all started to add up. I pulled myself together, and we managed to get it out. It was hard. Anyone who’s released music in the pandemic deserves a medal, or done anything creative and put themselves out there in any way. MC: Who did you work with on Dreamland? Where? Bayley: I did most of it in this room. We recorded most of it in this room. We did some drums at a place called The Church in North London. We worked with some engineers that we’ve worked with for a long time. Riley McIntyre is a genius engineer. I just produced it myself. Paul Epworth, who ran our previous label, was sort of overseeing it and exec-ing. MC: Did you learn to produce as you went along? Bayley: I spent a lot of time trying to learn that stuff, since album one. I was making dance tracks when we first started. I know our music is definitely not dance music anymore. I got more into songwriting, but it started with dance music because that’s all I had. All I had was a computer and an old Casio keyboard. So, I was doing what I could with what I had, and I kept reading more and more about it. So every time we did get into a studio, I would know what was going on. I could feel my way around. I remember studio time being so rare, and so expensive, that I would plan out every hour of what we were going to do for the whole time we were in there. I knew that, in that hour, I had to get all the drums down, and I had to know how to compress them and EQ them properly. Make sure it was all proper. I spent a lot of time buying weird bits of equipment and learning how to use it. That was very much the case on this latest record.

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MC: What was the songwriting process between the band members? Do you write it all? Bayley: Yep.They’re incredible players, and I’m not the best player. I can faff around and out the chords together. I’ll create a demo, then they’ll come in and play things well.

started touring it. We were doing a warm-up tour across America, and I think we’d got two weeks in. We were in San Francisco, and we started hearing about the virus. A few days later, all the cities were locking down. We were going to drop the album two months later, in April or May, and halfway through the tour, BAM. It was all pulled, we got sent back to England, and honestly I felt we were going to be going back and finishing the tour after two weeks. But it didn’t turn out that way. We had two show nights booked at Red Rocks, Colorado. We were going to play there for two nights with our friends. It was the big launch. But we just tore the whole plan in half, and I was torn apart, to be honest. I thought this album was the most personal album, like my baby. It felt like it wasn’t going to have a chance. Everyone was listening to older

MC: Tell me about one song you feel particularly good about—how it came to exist—from writing to recording. Tell us your process. Bayley: A lot of them start in the same way. Let’s do “Heatwaves.” A lot of songs start with an old classical guitar that I bought for literally five pounds in a market. I had a nicer guitar that my cousin bought me, but it got stolen. I went out and replaced it with this. I’ve written almost everything on it. It sounds like shit, but if you’ve written something with something that sounds like shit, it’s only going to get better. Hopefully, once you’ve added the production and things. That was actually a trick that Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine used. He writes all his massive riffs on a guitar like this. He’s like, “If it sounds heavy on this, it’s gonna sound insanely heavy when I put it through my Marshall Stack” or whatever he’s using. I took a leaf out of that book. I start with the guitar and I pick it up March 2022

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and start noodling around with chords. Depending on how I’m feeling, like if I’m feeling whimsical, I’ll write some whimsical chords. With “Heat Waves,” for instance, I was feeling really nostalgic. It was late at night, and I wanted to write some chords that told a story. A long chord progression. You can hear that in “Heat Waves.” It goes up and then down, and then resolves. But it always starts with the chords and guitar. Then I start humming over the top. Usually the chords will give me an idea of a moment, a memory, or something to start writing lyrics. I’ll start repeating the words over and over again. I hit record on my phone, and play around with the chords, repeating words over and over again, finding melodies for them, and I spend half an hour doing that. Then I take the recording, listen back, and be like, “verse, pre chorus, chorus, bridge, song.” At that point, I’ll structure it in the computer, and start adding other sounds. Start adding production. It all comes from the chords and maybe a little turn of phrase. All the sounds come from that atmosphere. “Heat Waves” was nostalgic so I tried to add some nostalgic pads and chords, that swell and blossom like memories flowing over you. I normally do drums after that. MC: At what point do show it to the guys? Bayley: It depends. Sometimes I have sent songs to them in that form. “Heat Waves” kind of ended up very, very similar to the demo that I sent to them. We tried to take it apart together and rebuild it, but it didn’t end up as good. So, you kind of hear the demo on “Heat Waves.” The first few seconds, where you can hear it really filtered down, that is my phone recording from that original little fuckaround that I did. Sometimes they’ll say they hate it, sometimes they say they just like the vocal line and we’ll take the whole thing apart and rebuild together. It just depends what they think of it, to be honest.

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MC: You were nominated for a couple of American Music Awards, losing out to Machine Gun Kelly and BTS. Thoughts on that? Bayley: It’s amazing. Really wonderful. When we started, it was never about awards or anything like that but it feels incredible to have any recognition, especially after the circumstances of how this album was released. Our drummer had a terrible accident and nearly died, and we were just coming back from that when we were hit with the pandemic. All of those plans were torn up, and with that and with it being such a personal record and having taken quite a big punt on that, it does feel amazing. MC: That’s right—I believe Joe Seaward had to learn to drum again? Bayley: It was quite a long process. We were halfway through touring the second record when he had that accident. He’s made an amazing recovery and is back on the drumkit, playing as well as ever. MC: The “I Don’t Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance)” single was your last release of the year. Why that song? Bayley: There’s a lot that comes with a record. Launching it is a lot of work. So every time after we’ve done an album, I find it’s quite daunting to start making music again because it’s associated with all that, not baggage, but a lot of other things. So I quite like just going into the studio and making a song. Giving yourself a few days, writing a few songs and just putting one out, so break through the pressure. It breaks the ice again. We’ve done that now after every record—released one or two songs as a stopgap that takes the pressure off. I hate the idea of not writing music at all between albums. It could really hinder the process. So that’s where that song came from.

MC: What do you see the future holding for live music in 2022? Planning to tour? Bayley: Yes, we’re going to tour a lot. I think it’s going to be really busy. We’re going back to the States in March, which will be wonderful. Then we’ve got Europe, then festivals, then there’s even more coming, then there’s Australia. We’re kind of making up for lost time. MC: Do you have a view on vaccine and masking mandates in music venues? Bayley: I think people should do everything they can to make shows as safe as possible. We did our last tour completely outdoors, and I think that was particularly helpful. Going into the next tour, we’ll assess the situation as it approaches, because I feel like everything’s changing every week at the moment. We’ve got to be safe. Live music is important, for everyone’s sanity. MC: What do you think of the overall state of the U.K. music scene? Bayley: It feels healthy. There’s a lot of amazing music coming out of the U.K. It feels really good. I think people are hesitant to tour, but it’s happening and shows are happening. I’ve been to a couple and they’ve been absolutely wicked. A band called Wet Leg, and a band called Squid, I really like. There’s a producer called Lil Silva that I love. Arlo Parks, I’ve liked for a long time. MC: Do you enjoy visiting the States? Bayley: I love it. I grew up in the States, so it feels like home. I feel like a kid again every time I come to the States. I grew up in Texas. Bryan, College Station. I spent some time in Massachusetts when I was really young. I was actually born in a place called Grafton. Population 8,000 probably. I was 13 when I moved to Oxford. It was quite a weird time to move because I was just sort of working out who I was and what I wanted to do with my life, and

that obviously shook things up a bit. It was a big move and a culture shock, but ultimately I think it was a good thing for me. I ended up meeting my best friends, and Oxford, England in general, is a pretty good place to grow up and live your teen years. You can walk everywhere. You’re not trapped at home, which I very much felt in Texas. Bryan is about three hours from Austin and a bit more than that from Dallas, a couple of hours from Houston. You’re not walking anywhere. MC: What gear do you use? Bayley: I’ve got a Mellotron M4000d over here and I use that a lot. Half of the synths that you hear in Glass Animals records is that. I’ve got a Jupiter-6 over here that I use a lot. That’s my baby—I love that thing. I use ProTools for tracking, and Ableton is really good for starting ideas and sketching ideas, because you can work so fast, loop things and pitch things around. I write a lot of songs really quickly, then throw them out because they’re all shit. I’ve got some old amps here that I use, and I have an old Fender ’57 Deluxe. That’s my favorite amp. I’ve got an old Laney VC30 amp over here that I use a lot. I use a lot of UAD stuff now. I’ve got an Apollo, and for recording my vocals I use a U67 mic. I used to go through a Neve 1073 areamp, but now I go through the new Neve Shelford Channel, which is really good, then the Tube-Tech CL1B. For bass, I like the sound of valves, so I usually have a Hofner 500 that I use on almost everything. That is really the bass sound that you hear on everything. I go through that Fender 5’7 Deluxe with the U47 mic, and I go through a Universal Audio 6176 Valve Pre for that. For guitars, I just use an SM57, on the mic going through that amp, and through an 1176 compressor. Usually, Neve preamps for guitars

QUICK FACTS • The band—Dave Bayley, Joe Seaward, Ed Irwin-Singer and Drew MacFarlane—are childhood friends and have been together since Glass Animals’ formation. • Glass Animals’ second album How to be a Human Being was nominated for a Mercury Prize. • The 2015 single “Lose Control” was a collaboration with rapper Joey Bada$$. • The song “Youth” was used on the soundtrack for the soccer video game FIFA 17. • Even before COVID, Glass Animals delayed the release of Dreamland to keep the focus on the Black Lives Matter movement.

and keyboards. I like the warmth. But I have so much shit. I use these old Hofner guitars that I’m obsessed with. I have like six of them, but they always fall apart. Hofner Galaxie, they’re called. They sound amazing when they work. What else have I got? Old Wems, old Casios, loads of old shit. I can talk for ages. MC: How about on stage, including the other band members? Bayley: I know that I use a Strat, a ‘50s Strat, and a Danelectro, but I only use the Danelectro because it’s really light and I broke my back. I use a DiPinto Galaxie. I use that on stage. And a whole bunch of pedals. Joe’s using a modern Ludwig kit live. Because it’s touring and vintage ones get battered. I love Reply vintage mahogany Ludwig kits. That’s my kit of choice—the kit on the records. Ed uses a modern Hofner 500 bass because taking an old one out is pointless.

Drew uses a Fender Jag and a Fino guitar. All with those Fender Deluxe amps live, and loads of pedals. And then loads of synths. But we’ve sampled all the synths live, so we actually run Ableton Live. We don’t use any backing tracks or click tracks, it’s all live live. Which causes problems but it’s worth it. But yeah, we sampled all the synthesizers that I have and that’s what we use in the live realm rather than bringing loads of vintage synths which would be a nightmare. MC: What’s next, in terms of more releases, shows, etcetera? Bayley: There’s stuff floating around, but really I’m gonna chill a little bit for the first bit of the year. There’s some potential collaborative stuff coming that I’m really excited about, but I can’t say any more. New sounds pretty soon. Contact taylor.vaughn@umusic.com

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Make Your Livestreams Shine

BY ARIEL HYATT

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ow that we are about to hit our twoyear pandemic mark, it has become clear that even as the pandemic wanes, livestreaming will not. In fact, it has become very clear that livestreaming can be an extremely effective way of getting your music out there—if done correctly. In the following article, excerpted from prominent music publicist Ariel Hyatt’s recent book The Ultimate Guide to Music Publicity, she delivers tips and insights to help you create livestream performances that your viewers will stick with and never forget. “It goes without saying that livestreaming is the new norm and if you have not taken the leap, now is the time,” explains Mike Farley, Michael J. Media Group & Concord Records Tour Press. “The best part of creating a livestream schedule and adhering to it is you will quickly realize who your superfans are. The people who you only saw a few times a year on tour now have the opportunity to see you more often than ever before. One of my clients who toured Europe every other year now has her European superfans tuning in every time she plays. Another received a $500 tip from a fan who was happy to support him and even happier to see him many times on multiple streams. You don’t only have to stream live music—you can host a happy hour, a live Q&A, a music masterclass, or an interview with another artist you admire. The more creative you get, the more publicity opportunities could open up.”

Conduct A Trial Run Make sure the audio and visuals are decent. You could purchase expensive equipment for the utmost quality, but plugging a microphone into your computer and shooting video with an iPhone may be more than adequate if you are skilled.

Set A Vibe Make sure you are setting some kind of vibe—hang up a sheet, some seamless paper or posters or drape a lamp with a colored scarf, but make sure you are not streaming from a place that will cause your viewers to focus on the background (they will if it’s distracting), pay attention to details like open closet doors or people walking into the frame, or even things that should be hidden like cords, exit signs, etc.

Get Great Lighting & A Backdrop Ring lights are great and they make everyone look better. You can get a full ring light setup online for approximately $100. If you want a backdrop (if you don’t have a nice looking corner of your home or studio), buy a stand and you can switch seamless paper rolls or even use cool wrapping paper when you want to change colors and vibes.

Dress The Part I know it’s tempting, but I also know that you probably don’t show up for all your gigs in sweats and a t-shirt, do you? Be mindful of choosing colors that pop so you can be seen, and remember your streams may very well be posted across your socials and seen well into the future so putting thought into your wardrobe is worth it. If you are performing in front of a dark/black background and you are wearing black or a similar color to the background you will look like a weird floating head.

Create Consistency Create a live stream schedule and stick to it. Being consistent is crucial to succeeding at the livestream game. Check your analytics to see when your fans are most likely to be on social media and cater to them.

Make It Newsworthy Give fans and media a reason for you to want to stream. Create themed setlists including fun covers, invite guest performers to join, interact with viewers holding Q&A sessions. Keeping shows different and fun each time will help bring back fans and create audience growth. Perhaps give proceeds to charity to tie in a cause.

Livestream Platforms to Consider

There are numerous streaming platforms to choose from, and you can earn revenue either by selling tickets or asking for donations. Don’t

be afraid to be honest with your fanbase. You deserve to get paid, so don’t be shy about sharing your Patreon, PayPal, Venmo, CashApp, or any other links during your streams. If you feel you are genuinely not ready for tips, use your streams to build your list.

• Stage.It Stage.It (stageit.com) has been hosting digital concerts for years. It is free to use, but they do keep a percentage of your sales. The video will not be saved after you stream, however fans will have an added opportunity to tip you during your stream.

• Twitch Twitch (twitch.tv): Gamers have been using it for years. If you are willing to do long format and spend a lot of time on this platform with consistency, then you could make a nice income on Twitch. It has built-in revenue options. Bandsintown has partnered with Twitch so you can become an affiliate and get up to speed quickly.

• Crowdcast You must buy a monthly subscription, but Crowdcast (crowdcast.io) offers easy integration to your website where you can build a password-protected page for your fans. Fans will have access to a replay, and you can also download a video of your livestream for guests to watch later if they missed the stream or want to re-watch. It integrates with your Patreon so that you can host live broadcasts limited to just your patrons. Crowdcast takes fees but you can sell tickets without getting charged commission through your Bandzoogle website.

• Zoom The entire free world learned how to Zoom when the pandemic hit and it can be a great solution, if you like interacting with your fans. Pay for the upgrade so your livestreams can be more than the 40-minute cut-off.

• Side Door Side Door (sidedooraccess.com) is a brilliant secure Zoom integration where you can see the audience and they can see each other. It’s not just a performance, it’s an impromptu community. They pay out Performing Rights Orgs like ASCAP/ BMI/SOCAN on your behalf. Work alone or split revenue right at the point of sale with online Presenters who can help you sell more tickets.

• Volume.com A relatively new player in the livestream world that launched during the pandemic, Volume.com has an easy-to-use livestream platform that encourages artists to be entrepreneurial to further grow and monetize their fan bases. In addition to offering ticketed shows, artists can choose to receive tips or contributions

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for a cause or charity from viewers in the form of AMPs, Volume’s digital currency. Artists can charge for concerts, hosted lessons, Q&As, fundraisers, or anything else that fits with their brand and plans and they can set up/ build subscriptionbased offers such as fan clubs, which can include regularly scheduled streams, exclusive videos, and & content access.

Make Premium Offers Only relying on tips or donations is the first step in generating real revenue. You must also alert your viewers that there are more available options by mentioning that you have other offers available. Plan when you will do this when mapping out the format of your livestream so it doesn’t seem like an afterthought when you ask. Many artists are truly uncomfortable with asking for money, so rehearsing a way to make it land in a non-sales-sounding way may be a powerful strategy for you.

Monetize Before You Publicize Before you jump straight to publicizing your livestreams ask yourself - have you set yourself up to monetize first? This is important to put into place before you take the time to drive PR and views. In response to COVID-19, many services have stepped in to help musicians make money by monetizing their livestreams. “Encourage them to buy your music directly (i.e. from Bandcamp or your merch store). And speaking of merch, you can do a special sale or release a limited run of a new design,” says Melissa Garcia, Manager, Collective Entertainment, Inc.

Contribute Some or All to Charities There are many amazing charities that help musicians specifically such as Sweet Relief, MusiCares, and Help Musicians. There are also many charities that are feeding kids or families in need. You can contribute some of your earnings and this may make asking feel more comfortable for you. Here’s the rundown of tools you are probably already using and how you can optimize them for monetizing livestreams.

Instagram IG is the musician’s favorite platform and I bet you use IG Live. Instagram doesn’t offer a tool for accepting payments for monetizing music livestreams so you’ll have to get clever. Making Your One Instagram Link Count: Update your link in your Instagram bio to include multiple links including one where fans can pay you and another where they can buy merch. Two tools for this are: Linktr.ee – add all of your payment links, highlight your other socials, invite email sign ups and even add a video.

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Lnk.bio – gives you a clean white page where you can type anything you want. Ask For a Contribution Old-School Style During his IG Live streams singer-songwriter Eli Lev pans over to where fans can find him online and tip using a whiteboard. It’s simple and effective.

Facebook Rich Genoval Aveo, who is one of a dozen indie artists featured in my book, did a fabulous job of monetizing his livestreams. He consistently streamed four times a week at 5:30 PM and his wife, artist Cat London, often joins him. They take piano bar style requests. He has branded the series the Pandemic Piano Party (PPP) and he skinned the livestream video to highlight the tip jar. He crossposts on YouTube so his fans can view there as well, and he has a VIP offer where they will record a custom Happy Birthday or any type of special song and message for $20. I asked Rich how he set up his tech and here is what he shared: “My stream is pretty standard. I use this freeware app called “OBS” to produce the stream, and a multicast system called “Castr” to multicast it to YouTube and Facebook. The learning curve might be a little steep at first, but once you learn the ins and outs (I’m still quite the beginner at it, and learned everything on YouTube), it’s pretty simple to navigate. Of course, using some decent lighting and sound gear doesn’t hurt. For the ads… I created the banner graphic myself, and within OBS I can cue up when the banner comes up, etcetera…. as it’s a production suite where you can switch scenes, etcetera… It’s definitely doing a little something!”

YouTube Live As long as your YouTube channel is verified, you can go live on YouTube using a desktop or a mobile phone. Unless you are an experienced YouTuber, monetizing is not that easy, as it happens through super chat as part of their partner program, or you can rely on ads, which will pay you pennies, or request tips and donations and merch sales (like you do on IG and Facebook Live). When your stream is over, it will automatically be saved to your YouTube channel.

Bandzoogle – Sell Tickets If you are a Bandzoogle member, you can sell tickets commission-free through your website in order to start monetizing your livestreams. The added functionality for virtual and streaming ticketing allows you to include a livestream link and password. This will be sent automatically to your fans once they purchase a ticket. Bandzoogle is offering this commission-free, and payments go directly to you.

SoundCloud Use Direct Support Links SoundCloud has added direct support links so fans can help you. Direct support links create a “Support Artist” highlight box on your SoundCloud profile which allows fans to pay

you or donate to your crowdfunding campaign. SoundCloud is not taking a fee for this service and you can connect to Paypal, Shopify, Patreon, Bandcamp, Cash.app, Kickstarter, or GoFundMe.

Bandcamp – Sell Bundles One great incentive you can put together for your fans is a bundle of goodies that you can plug during live streams. Bandcamp allows you to put together all of the music you’ve ever released, plus offer monthly features like special releases and discounts on merch. You can have your fans pay a one-time fee or pay by the month.

Spotify – Create an Artist Fundraising Pick Artist Fundraising Pick allows you to pin a payment destination where your fans can tip you. Spotify for Artists admin users select Get started on the banner at the top of their dashboard to submit their Fundraising Pick. You’ll be directed to a page where you can input your $cashtag, PayPal.me, or GoFundMe link.

Venmo & PayPal QR Codes Venmo’s in-app QR codes, which are automatically generated when you make an account, are an easy way to let your fans know where they can tip you. Not everyone uses Venmo though, so it’s important to give your fans multiple places that they can contribute to you. We recommend PayPal’s in-app QR code that goes directly to your PayPal.Me link. If you haven’t made a PayPal.Me link yet, do that to access your QR code. Open the PayPal app and click the “More” icon on the bottom right. Click “Get paid with QR codes” and your QR code will pop up. Save it to your camera roll and start sharing!

Patreon Patreon offers your fans ownership of the project and makes them feel more connected to you. It also builds a community that you can form deep bonds with and gives you something that will bring you ongoing income to ask for during livestreams. More than 30,000 creators (of all types, not just musicians) launched in the first 3 weeks of March 2020 alone, and these new creators are acquiring patrons faster than usual. You will need to educate your fans on what it is and how to use it. In April 2020, as the reality of the pandemic really began to hit home, I was surfing Facebook Live one evening and came across something really special. It was my past client Rich and his wife bantering with and taking requests from a captivated audience. It immediately became clear that this livestream was different than the countless others I’d come across. And, the best part was I could tune in the next night and the night after that.

Livestream Publicity Many music publicists have shared that they managed to get publicity for their clients’ livestreams and this will be possible once you

build up a strong audience or if you create livestreams that are newsworthy. “Every response from a journalist is treasured more now than ever. However, it’s not all doom and gloom. Now has also been a great time for artist creativity. Time off the road and away from promo schedules is driving more music and live streaming which all helps with publicity. There are definitely new opportunities in the world of social media and TV for artists to tap into! Now is a time of persistence and patience with PR—finding the balance between the two is an art we as publicists need to continue to perfect.” – Doug Hall, Founder, Big Feat PR Here’s a rundown of what to do to start the publicity wheels turning for your livestreams

Visualize Your Livestream Announcements Make sure these match your brand and style. These will be added to all of your socials, your blog or news section, and your website

Prep Your Website Change the artwork on the landing page to announce the livestream schedule. Add an announcement to the news section if you have one and add mention of the livestream schedule to the Bio/About section with a link to stream (studies show people tend to take action on the Bio page!). Also, add to your blog if you have one.

Send Dedicated Livestream Emails Something very telling happened when the pandemic started. Artists who had taken the time to build, maintain and use their email lists had a much easier time adjusting to the new realities. So, if you have not taken the time to work on your mailing list now is the time. Survey your subscribers for feedback on what platforms they want to see you on and what times work for your audience. Make ONE CTA per email for your fans such as: • Add my upcoming livestream to your calendar • RSVP here link • Follow me on Bandsintown so you never miss an update • Join my Patreon community for exclusive livestreams

Post On Your Socials Instagram: Change your bio to announce your livestreams, Add a link to schedule in your linktr.ee. Create a livestream tile and post. Create multiple livestream Stories and video snippets and post past livestreams to give your fans a preview of what to expect. Also, create tiles to spread out over the next few weeks with different fun ways to announce.

Build Hashtag Clouds on the notes section of your phone and add them as the first comment (you can add up to 30 including your hashtags in the comment!) Start the comment with 5 periods and returns. Use the IG Hashtag Expert for IG app to help generate clouds. Facebook: Upload a new banner to both your Facebook personal profile and Page, announcing your livestreams. Edit the “About” section to include the livestream schedule and make a mini banner with “LIVESTREAM SCHEDULE.” Post a status update announcing your livestream(s), and pin it to the top as a timeline feature. Boost or buy an ad: If you don’t already have your credit card set up on Instagram and Facebook to purchase promoted posts and ads, register so you can easily boost posts. Twitter: Make sure the top banner, profile picture, and bio reflect your livestream schedule. Tweet out your livestream announcements. Pin the tweet to the top of your profile. Create 5 separate tweets announcing in 5 ways. Example Tweets and Stories We are going LIVE on (date) at (time) on (platform)! We’ll be doing (x) songs. Reply with some requests! (link to platform) If you’re not busy this (day), come join our #virtualconcert on (platform) at (time)! We’d love to see you there. (heart emoji) (link to platform) We miss performing so much! That’s why we’ve decided to do a live show for you via (platform)! The show is (day) at (time) – please join us! (link to platform) We’re going LIVE on (platform) at (time) on (day)! Retweet this for a chance to join the

livestream with us and ask a question (rock on emoji) (link to platform) We’re livestreaming! Come hang with us (day) on (platform) at (time)! Drop some requests below (smile or fun emoji) (link to platform) YouTube: Customize the top banner, profile picture to announce livestream. Upload and annotate past livestreams. Bandsintown: Add your livestreams to your schedule. Message your followers to announce the shows. Ask fans to upload photos of your livestreams on your profile. Ask fans to post a review of your stream which can also be used to build quotes for your EPK. Snapchat: Snap the release and share! LinkedIn: At the top in your summary section, add your livestream schedule. TikTok: In order to go live on TikTok you must have 1,000 followers—so get to growing on this platform! It is the fastest growing app right now, and it’s a giant hub for indie musicians. If you’re over 18, people who are watching your livestream can send you “gifts”—digital currency that can be turned into cash. You can add an announcement when you go live and it will show up at the top of all of your followers’ notifications and feed. Once you have all of your promotions in place for your livestreams and you have created something that is newsworthy around your streams, you should try to get publicity. If there is a newsworthy angle and a full livestream schedule, I suggest a press release, and if you have local charities involved you should absolutely go for a local or regional publicity campaign. Also, try for niche outlets if your themes fit the bill.

ARIEL HYATT has been a fierce entrepreneur for 25 years and runs Cyber PR, a dynamic social media & content strategy company based in New York City. Her agency places clients on blogs and podcasts, establishes their online brands, and coaches them to create authentic relationships. She has spoken in 12 countries to over 100,000 musicians and is the author of four books on social media for artists, two of which hit number one on Amazon. Her book Crowdstart: The Ultimate Guide to a Powerful and Profitable Crowdfunding Campaign provides a clear, actionable roadmap that helps artists, entrepreneurs, and creatives figure out who’s in their crowd and how to marshal that support into an effective crowdfunding campaign. She has an active blog, Live Q&A series, and a podcast, all of which can be found at CyberPRMusic.com.

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Antelope Audio Zen Tour Synergy Core A

ntelope Audio’s philosophy as a company is centered on developing products that are more than the sum of their parts, a concept that is well represented in the Antelope Audio Zen Tour Synergy Core audio interface. The first-generation Antelope Audio Zen Tour audio interface was first introduced in 2016 and offered recording artists and content creators access to Antelope Audio’s rocksolid clocking and recording technology. The second-generation ZenTour Synergy Core is the flagship desktop interface in the Antelope Audio’s Synergy Core range of professional audio interfaces and utilizes the same form factor as the original Zen Tour. Designed for portability and collaboration, the Zen Tour Synergy Core is a Thunderbolt 3 and USB 2.0 audio interface that features the same professionalgrade analog-todigital conversion found in Antelope Audio’s high-end rack-mount studio audio interfaces. Offering Mac and PC compatibility, the Zen Tour Synergy Core allows for recording 24 channels over USB or 32 channels over Thunderbolt 3. The Zen Tour Synergy Core incorporates a touch screen that allows for flexible front-end control from the hardware interface including assignable talkback, monitor, dim and muting levels, screens for setting monitor, headphone, and line level output and playback levels as well as access to other essential audio controls necessary for effectively managing your recording sessions. The Antelope Audio Zen Tour Synergy Core features four XLR/Line inputs, four Hi-Z guitar inputs, two dedicated reamp outputs, and two TRS mastering grade monitor outputs. There are also eight line outputs (accessible via a standard DB25 DSUB cable), S/PDIF in and out, ADAT in and out and two stereo headphone outputs. The Zen Tour Synergy core’s four discrete ultra-linear microphone preamps offer 65 dB of gain. The Zen Tour Synergy Core’s Maximum Sampling Rate is 192 kHz. The four TRS inputs on the front of the Zen Tour Synergy Core are switchable between Hi Z and Line inputs. The four combination inputs on the rear of the Zen Tour Synergy Core are switchable between microphone and line level inputs.

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The Zen Tour Synergy Core incorporates Antelope Audio’s industry leading Acoustically Focused Clocking technology as well as Antelope Audio’s latest generation Synergy Core chipset, which integrates four DSP and two FPGA (Field Programable Gate Array) audio engines. They combine to provide for extremely high real-time processing power inside the interface itself and allows for mixing and tracking at near-zero latency, as well as recording with the company’s growing library of AFX studio grade effects. An available AFX2DAW bridge software plugin works over Thunderbolt and allows you use AFX inside your DAW. The flexibility of the Zen Tour’s control software, which controls all the Zen Tour Synergy

Synergy Core control software and how it interacts with your DAW at the top level is easy to understand. However, the available routing options are vast, and I found that it is relatively easy for your audio signal path to get “stuck in the pipeline” while tracking and playing back audio. That said, you should expect a learning curve to understand the full capability of the control software and how it interacts with the Zen Tour Synergy Core hardware, as well as how it interfaces with your DAW, before inviting your band over for a tracking session. The Antelope Audio Zen Tour Synergy Core is a premium-grade professional level recording interface that requires at least some knowledge of recording studio techniques to operate effectively. To get the most out of the Zen Tour Synergy Core’s extensive routing capability some prior experience working with patch bays is a definite plus. That said, as a recording tool the Zen Tour Synergy Core is a flexible, portable, professional recording interface with extensive I/O capabilities and is quite capable of tracking full sized recording sessions.

“Offers a level of routing flexibility I have not seen in any other audio interface currently available.”

Core’s hardware and software functions, is comprehensive in the extreme. Not just another front-end mixer to control basic digital recording parameters and set recording and playback levels, the Antelope Audio Zen Tour’s control software is a virtual patch bay that gives you the ability to route any input to any output while (for example) simultaneously recording dry and processed and re-amped inputs into your DAW (all at the same time!).This functionality includes the ability to route external ADAT inputs from within the software control software, a great feature which adds significantly to Zen Tour Synergy Core’s flexibility as a portable recording studio. Extensive metering capability is also available, as well as a set of diagnostics for troubleshooting and adjusting the inputs and outputs volume according to other equipment used. The basic functionality of the Zen Tour

Guitarists will find the Antelope Audio Zen Tour Synergy Core great for tracking and reamping as well as for integrating outboard pre-amps and multi effect processors into their signal path. The included library of virtual amps and cabinets make dialing in great sounding DI guitar tracks easy. The Zen Tour Synergy Core, to sum it up, sounds great, and offers a level of routing flexibility I have not seen in any other audio interface currently available. Antelope Audio’s customers include many Grammy Award-winning sound engineers, celebrities, and some of the most renowned recording, mastering and post-production studios around the globe. All of Antelope Audio’s products are built and supported at the company headquarters in Sofia, Bulgaria. Antelope Audio offers 21 hour a day tech support and are committed to offering comprehensive support for their products. The Antelope Audio Zen Tour Synergy Core is available now for $2,150 MAP. Find out more at: en.antelopeaudio.com/products/zen-tour

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Focus On Quality Not Quanity O

ver recent years I’ve noticed some musicians and bands have assumed the way to get noticed is to release as many songs in any given period, sometimes weekly, or to play as many gigs as possible, good or bad, thinking this output will impress industry professionals and get them noticed, leading to more income––in dollars, gigs and crowds. The overabundance of unnoticed music, bands and artists flooding the market, making it more difficult for quality work to be noticed and heard, is proof that focus on quantity over quality needs to be reassessed. Ask your self, would you prefer to have one quality ‘hit’ or hundreds of unknown songs? By focusing on producing quality over quantity, skinsNbones have had two Global Top 10 charting singles, “Forever On” and “There’s Reason,” both released many months apart yet charting together internationally for months. Our first single, “Is There Meaning?,” released early 2020, was selected to be on Bongo Boys Records Various Artists Album Howl-O-Grim Vol. 2, with “Forever On” being selected for both Bongo Boy Records Various Artists Album Krypt II Knight and their The 63rd FYC Album for independent artists music accepted by The Recording AcademyTM that made it through the first voting ballot in consideration for The 63rd Grammy Awards®. Our latest single “There’s Reason” is also on their upcoming Various Artists Album Krypt II Knight – Vol. II and charted three days prior to release, picking up hundreds of Billboard reporting stations. The quantity of airplay, charting positions, and achievements of our few songs––though starting in 2020, so not being able to perform live––is a direct result of the quality of our three singles produced and the quality of those who make up team skinsNbones. Having a world class audio producer-engineer, recording studio, radio and publicity promotor, etc. ensures that quality work is delivered by skinsNbones at all stages whilst highlighting the great value of a professional team. Experience has shown that quality advice from one Industry Expert in their dedicated field is worth more than the multitude of opinions from well-meaning industry peers yet to fulfill their dreams; that the amount of notes or beats played doesn’t equate to better quality work, rhythm or melody; that lyrical quality is worth more than any amount of time or energy spent on them; and that one quality gig in a quality venue is worth more than many gigs in just any establishment, just as a small engaged

audience at an intimate venue is worth more than a large crowd of uninterested patrons at the many venues here required to provide music to retain liquor licenses. Over the years I’ve seen focusing on quantity over quality in our local area resulting in the undercutting of professional acts and artists by those who simply want more gigs, or that can afford to play for the love of it, so that payment is less than 20 years ago. Australia is known for the strength and quality of their live acts. This comes from treading the boards. The focus on quantity over quality hasn’t been helpful to our live local music industry, or to those seeking to become a professional artist here, or the ability

as much as we value being able to work there. So, being honest about the quality and value of your work can also take you “a long way” – even “to the top” 10 internationally, charting alongside the Aussie legends who gave that Expert Advice in song long ago. This little attempt at humour and play on words, at which I’m clearly no expert, shows not everything has to be taken so seriously, that there’s value by being able to still play and have fun. As at each stage there’s a lot that can distract artists from what’s important – focusing on your work and it’s quality, which involves playing. Enjoying what you are doing and who with, feeling where you fit in, knowing your place, where others are coming from, who they are and respecting that, staying real and grounded, especially when working as a band, are qualities that are invaluable – they’re not quantifiable. Everything has a quality but not everything is quantifiable, making quality that much more valuable again. No matter how far you want to go, staying honest and focused on the quality of your work, getting quality airplay and charting positions, gigs, and top quality promotion, etc. naturally increases the quantity of audience, providing the greatest chances for your work to be heard and seen by larger and larger audiences. The opening of larger venues equal to your work’s quality again allows your work to be heard and seen by more listeners and viewers who want to engage with you, your performance and your work. Quality work brings quality crowds and more gigs of the same and/or higher standard. In this way, quantity of work is an outcome from the quality of your work produced. Ultimately, focusing on quality brings quantity, especially as the amount of work you produce naturally grows with each quality release and performance. At all stages quality of work, and the quality of where and how your work is heard and marketed, is more valuable than quantity. Quantity is the natural by-product of quality. So, focus on quality not quantity and you’ll get both, while knowing you’re playing a vital role in adding value to the music industry by providing the highest quality music and work that’s expected by fans and industry professionals alike.

“One quality gig in a quality venue is worth more than many gigs in just any establishment.”

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for professional artists to make a living from music in Australia as they achieved in the past. Being honest about the quality and value of your work goes a long way. From all experienced, the realistic big dreamer in me imagined larger quality pictures, wondering: “Would you prefer playing one gig to thousands of people or ten gigs to hundreds of people?” The simple mathematician in me just thought: “Would you prefer $1000s at once or 10 batches of $100s spread out?” And my expert advisor? “Keeping it real is extremely valuable for any one that has a lot of creativity.” Factoring in all the time, effort and expense of preparing for and travelling to play one good paying quality gig verses multiple gigs, possibly lower in payment, the greatest profit and benefit clearly comes from quality, not quantity. So, skinsNbones first performances will be in the U.S. We focus on quality over quantity and the U.S. has shown they value our work

RED is a musician and co-founder of the band skinsNbones. Check them out at skinsNbones.com.

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– NICHOLAS DONARSKI

How NFTs Give Musicians Royalty Protections in Perpetuity

ince the virtual advent of NFTs in late 2017, the demand for NFT’s integration has ballooned across numerous consumer markets. For musicians and musical artists, in particular, the broader utilization of NFTs offers numerous potential benefits to create value in perpetuity by allowing them to only sell the songs or other assets they mint into NFTs. This strategy, in turn, also opens an avenue for them to generate royalties in perpetuity whenever their NFTs are traded, sold, bought, and/or used by a third-party consumer or end-user through a decentralized blockchain marketplace. CURRENT NFT USES In June of 2017, the digital art world was upturned virtually overnight (pun fully intended) with the introduction of CryptoPunks—a collection of 10,000 unique pixelated characters created by Canadian software developers John Watkinson and Matt Hall. Each of these individual “punks” is its own NFT, meaning that each punk is inherently rare and exclusive in its ownership, which can be traced on the blockchain, verifying its unique value and authenticity. Because some CryptoPunks possess “types” that make them rarer than others, this has led some of them to be traded for upwards of $500 million, creating immense value for not only their creators, but also the real-world individuals who buy and sell them on the blockchain. Shortly after the launch of CryptoPunks began to make waves in media headlines, the adoption of NFTs made their way into the gaming industry through two major projects: CryptoKitties and My Crypto Heroes. Because both of these games were built upon existing blockchain technology as decentralized applications, or Dapps, their integration of NFTs allowed for players to create real-world value from acquiring and subsequently selling (or trading) the in-game assets serving as NFTs they obtained from simply playing these titles. In fact, CryptoKittes became so popular after its launch that the amount of NFT transactions resulting from its popularity temporarily crashed Ethereum’s blockchain network. With NFTs making global headlines so consistently throughout 2021, their continued adoption and use have piqued the interest of musicians looking to capitalize on the capability to mint their music as NFTs for sale and trade on the blockchain.

introduction of digital music streaming and downloading platforms such as Soundcloud and Spotify. While these platforms grant musicians access to millions (if not billions) of ears their music otherwise wouldn’t reach, allowing them to essentially build careers entirely online, they have come under fire in recent years for their inability to properly pay musicians royalties for the streams and downloads their songs receive. However, with NFTs, those issues could soon be all but alleviated. In releasing single

THE TRANFERABILITY OF NFTs IN THE METAVERSE Futurists have long debated what the evolution of life may look like in a hyper-digital world. With talks of the Metaverse now making waves across global media cycles, that future may be closer than we realized. • At its core, the Metaverse aims to serve as a virtual hub where consumers, content creators, and businesses alike can store all their digital assets—including NFTs. With the integration of blockchain technology into the Metaverse, it almost goes without saying that the Metaverse could potentially serve as a “onestop-shop” for the buying and selling of NFTs, including songs, albums, or other content released by musicians. And because NFTs (and blockchain technology) is inherently decentralized, it brings ownership privileges that have traditionally only been available to the wealthy to the general public. For instance, while many may not be able to afford to spend the cash needed for a weekend at Coachella or a full week at Burning Man, the cost for attending these festivals’ virtual counterparts in the Metaverse could be made more affordable through the value of NFTs. Let’s imagine that a virtual ticket to either event in the Metaverse serves as an NFT. That NFT can then be traded for another, generating real-world value for not only the purchaser and seller, but also the artists on those tickets. The end result of NFTs, regardless of industry or market, is one of appreciating value. By allowing greater portions of musicians and fans alike to share in that appreciation via NFT ownership and trade, real-world value is created in perpetuity—even within the Metaverse.

“For musicians and musical artists, in particular, the broader utilization of NFTs offers numerous potential benefits.”

FUTURE USES FOR STREAMING AND DOWNLOADING NFTS Over the past decade, musicians have been able to generate massive amounts of followers, fans, and listeners online thanks to the

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songs, entire albums, or even concert tickets as NFTs, musicians may soon be able to regain not only control over the value of their music as it is released, but also its value over time. “The best thing about…NFTs in general is we go direct to the fans,” Canadian rock vocalist Raine Maida told Spectrum News 1 in an interview last December. “You remove all those middle layers, which has always been a hindrance to creators, whether it's distributing, monetizing, and also community building,” Maida added. Should a greater portion of musicians follow Maida’s adoption and integration of NFTs in their music, it’s possible that the nature of streaming or downloading music could shift to one focused on providing value in perpetuity to musicians, both from the initial release of their content acting as NFTs as well as the appreciation in the value of that content over time. Additionally, it could be possible for future generations of fans and listeners to also share in the appreciation of real-world value generated by the continued use and sale of songs, albums, or even memorabilia minted from artists as NFTs. This latter point could prove especially true with the introduction of the digital Metaverse.

NICK DONARSKI is the technical expert behind ORE Sys, LLC, and the inventor of the multi-part ecosystem that is the ORE System comprised of the ORE Token, the ORE Forge, and the ORE SDK. Holding multiple certifications including MCSE+S, MCSA+S, MCSE, MCSA, MCP, and CEH, Nick is a cyber security expert and has been a featured speaker at multiple cybersecurity conferences and worked for some of the biggest names in the industry. He is fluent in numerous programming languages and blockchain technologies including Web3, Ethereum, Polygon, Binance, BSC, and Smart Contract Security and Testing. Nick is a “gamer” at heart with a passion to create games for users and help developers realize their dreams. The suite of tools within the ORE Ecosystem is the means to that end.

– MIKE MACPHERSON

Reopening Events After the Pandemic

athering in groups to enjoy entertaining events is part of our natural inclination to be around others, reveling in what we love. Whatever the events may entail, losing the events and the ability to gather throughout the pandemic was one of the hardest parts of the whole unprecedented time. Now that the pandemic’s peak is waning, many venues have expressed interest in opening and holding live events once again. However, COVID is not gone completely, so any reopening plan needs to be well thought out, with the safety of patrons and performers all strongly considered. Even before COVID struck, hosting large-scale events was no small feat. Pulling off an amazing event took the cooperation of venue operators, artists, management, and staff. Now, with this extra layer of concern built on top of the standard logistics, there may need to be additional care taken with the planning and putting on of events. In the following piece, Mike MacPherson, Sales and Marketing Director of VBO Tickets, an all-in-one ticketing software, gives you his take on reopening events. Here are some of his tips for reopening events postpandemic and how advanced ticketing software may be what venues need to make reopening successful.

since the pandemic began. Events can happen indoors safely, but specific measures need to be implemented to ensure people stay well. One solution is advanced ticketing that builds in social distancing between seats. Patrons can view on a map––pre-event––where they will be seated and how much space is put in between them and other event attendees. “An advanced ticketing solution, like VBO Tickets, provides unique social distancing features that apply automatically to your seating

ing the venue website. As venues slowly test the reopening waters, we can expect to see capacity limits carry over into 2022. Even though many are ready to start attending live events again, there are still those who will prefer ongoing virtual event options. Venues will need to weigh the benefits of offering virtual events and have a robust platform to provide those events to interested patrons. There are also hybrid event options to consider, which give patrons a choice between virtual attendance or live. Adherence to local and CDC guidelines should remain the top priority of venue and promotional management teams. “Almost every venue will now share their health and safety plans with patrons right off the bat,” explains MacPherson, “If guests better understand what to expect when attending an event, they are more likely to feel comfortable with attending in-person.” Selling Merchandise Ahead of Time One concern of venues is the mad rush of patrons purchasing food and merchandise at an event, effectively destroying the ability to socially distance or space out event-goers. The health and safety of patrons are greatly at risk when large crowds are gathered in one spot for an extended time, like when waiting in line for food. Some venues have begun pre-selling food, drink, or merchandise, putting this sale in with the ticket sale. The pre-sale approach lessens gathering crowds and facilitates easier, less crowded transactions. Safely reopening venues for live events will take a marriage of dedicated owners and promoters with available technology. Relying on programs like VBO Tickets to assist with the logistics of pulling off a safe and exciting return to live events can help ensure that success.

“Patrons can view on a map—pre-event—where they will be seated and how much space is put in between them and other event attendees.”

All Hands on Deck “Before the pandemic, event planning largely consisted of selecting an appropriate date and venue for the event, designing a budget so that event organizers can be prepared for all expected costs—as well as some unexpected costs—and getting your team coordinated on marketing, promoting, and selling tickets to the event.” says MacPherson. All that to say, event promotion and staging has always been an “all hands on deck” production. The difference now lies in the extra steps required to ensure the safety and security of patrons. When planning a reopening, venues and promotional teams need to ensure that all of their team members know the plan and have the necessary information to do their jobs safely and effectively.

Social Distancing MacPherson acknowledges that bringing back indoor events safely has been one of the biggest concerns for venues, across the board. Both promoters, venue owners, and patrons may have apprehension about being in such close quarters with others after what the nation, and the world, have been through. The stories of COVID outbreaks generating from large gatherings have peppered our newsfeeds

maps, as patrons are selecting their seats on your website,” says MacPherson. For event planners and promoters, VBO Tickets software allows them to predetermine the number of empty seats between sold or offered seats. MacPherson explains the technology, “As a ticket buyer, when viewing the seating map within the ticket buying interface, patrons can select as many seats next to each other as they like. Once those seats are selected, another ticket buyer, who’s also selecting seats on their computer or phone, will see non-selectable seats to the left and right of the seats sold.” This intuitive program allows for setting the social distancing parameters. Capacity Limits Just like controlling the social distancing limits, VBO Tickets allows for the setting of capacity limits as well. “For example, if your venue normally holds 200 seats, you can specify that only 100 seats can be sold,” says MacPherson. Patrons looking to purchase tickets will be made aware of the capacity limits while brows-

MIKE MACPHERSON is Director of Sales and Marketing for VBO Tickets. He is a passionate, proven leader of sales and marketing, with three decades of successful experience in motivating and leading sales/marketing teams. His most recent success was helping guide VBO Tickets through the dramatic circumstances resulting in the shutdown of event venues and ticketing sales in response to safety measures from the Covid-19 pandemic. MacPherson volunteers to support youth sports and he lives in the San Francisco Bay area with his twin daughters, and three dogs, Chloe, Beverly, and Grimm. In his free time, he likes to golf, cook, and travel.

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Robin & Judithe Randall Hollyridgeland

Melodic Rock Classic Producers: Andrew McNeice & Robin Randall

MacKenzie Grant Wonder World

Blackbird Record Label Producer: Phil Dubnick

Renowned lyricist Robin Randall pays tribute to masterful melodic pop songwriting partner (and mother), Judithe Randall in this 8-disc set, featuring previously unreleased original demos. The anthology of AOR, pop and melodic hard rock includes Marcie Free (Signal), James Christian (House of Lords), Airkraft and After Hours. Classics—along with 17 reimagined songs adding Robert Tepper, Curt Cuomo, Kelly Keagy, and others—delivers a beautifully remastered soundtrack of the ‘80s. –Andrea Beenham

Nashville-based singer-songwriter Grant, after being away from the music biz for over a decade, returns with a cache of touching and well-crafted tunes. The album is about truth telling and shedding personal conflict (“Memo to My Sister” and “Little Girl”) with hypnotic, compelling and dreamy sonic landscapes. “Turn the Other Way” explores the end of a relationship, with a rhythmically dense and jazzy lilt. “Coffee and Wine” and the uplifting “Putting Down Some Things” are emotionally charged and lyrically astute. –Eric Harabadian

Mild Orange

Nas

Looking For Space AWAL Producer: Josh Mehrtens

Everyone keeps saying rock is dead. Based on the popularity of New Zealand-based dream pop sensation Mild Orange, they may be right. This nu-psychedelic quartet gushes kaleidoscopic cadences alongside lyrics that inspire bellybutton gazing. Never do they act as a pressure release for societal angst, which feels out of step. That said, there’s a place for every artist, and these boys have built themselves an admirable niche. For their first outing in a proper studio, the results are satisfying if not earthshattering. – Andy Kaufmann

Rick Braun

Brauntosoarus Music Producer: Rick Braun The veteran smooth jazz hitmaker, trumpeter and flugelhornist manifests the fresh sonic directions he hinted at on his 2018 album Crossroads as he celebrates 30 years since his debut with a multi-faceted, self-titled urban funk/jazz meets exotica set. In lieu of all-star genre guests, Braun—who also dazzles on keyboards, particularly piano and Hammond B-3—digs deep instead with some of its top sideman, most prominently developing a collaborative relationship with guitarist Tony Pulizzi. – Jonathan Widran

Various Artists

Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono

Canvasback Music / Atlantic Records Producers: Various

This benefit compilation tribute, curated by Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard, features reimaginations by: Death Cab, Sharon Van Etten, David Byrne, Yo La Tengo, Thao Nguyen, U.S. Girls, Deerhoof, Japanese Breakfast, The Flaming Lips and more. Tracks vary from familiar to obscure, from faithful covers to original interpretations, with honorable mentions of: “Yellow Girl,” “Waiting for the Sunrise,” and “Dogtown.” Fans of Ono and any of the aforementioned artists on the project should definitely make the donation to WhyHunger and listen. –Joseph Maltese

Magic

Mass Appeal Producer: Hit-Boy and Corbett Nas released his 15th studio album (again produced by Hit-Boy) under his Mass Appeal records imprint. This nine-track release serves as an “appetizer” to hold fans over for the third and final installment of Nas’ King’s Disease album series. Nas continues to impress fans, as he’s still sharp with his pen. Moreover, HitBoy is on-point with production and shows that these two workaholic creatives, displaying their incredible dexterity for hip-hop music, serve as a combination for timeless music to occur. – Adam Seyum

Roky Erickson and the Explosives

Halloween (Live 1979-1981)

Freddie Steady Sound Recordings Records Producer: Freddie Steady Krc After helping found America’s first psychedelic band (The 13th Floor Elevators), Erickson was busted for cannabis—and sentenced to three years in a mental institution. For his second musical incarnation, he wrote undeniably compelling songs based on horror films, and hooking up with fellow Texans, The Explosives, arguably gave him the most high-energy performances of his career. These semi-raw live recordings show a band in peak form. – David Arnson

Inon Zur

Syberia: The World Before

Decca Records U.S. Producers: Davis John Patton & Patrick Cunningham Emmy-winning composer Inon Zur (Starfield, Fallout, Dragon Age and EverQuest) has released his third soundtrack for Syberia. The collection navigates Benoît Sokal’s narrative of two women’s life journeys in 1937 and 2004, and features Grammynominated Emily Bear on solo piano. Pensive string and woodwind lines (“Forgotten Train,” “Moonlight Tension”) create suspense, and rhythmic pizzicato (“Resistance”) adds intrigue, while orchestral flourishes (“The World Before”) shape Zur’s trademark intensity. A dreamily romantic collection that stirs the imagination. – Andrea Beenham

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Kika

Georgia’s own ZayReal shared music from his El Bandito album. The title track was enticing, with a Spanish guitar over trap beats, and clever lyrics with references in Spanish and English. (Our basic Español could decipher “pistols,” “amigos” and “bilingual.” Unfortunately the vocals were not recorded well. “Long Way” features a great chopped-up organ sample, and the emcee annunciates every word. “They Said” is quite the single, with a guest singer to offer auto-tuned levity. Zay comes in for the final third of the song with fast rhymes and confident delivery. This track seems like it’s from a different artist and different album—we’d like to hear ZayReal lean more into the Spanglish hip-hop lane.

This lo-fi, L.A.-based artist has made a collection of bedroom-style recordings whose spare, sombre arrangements amid generous amounts of reverb capture a well-enunciated voice whose persona is equal parts intelligent and innocent. “James” is just her voice (sometimes doubled for harmonies) and an acoustic guitar. There’s more production finesse on “Strangers,” with its strings and piano layers as city-bound Kika expresses her yearning for the country life. Her gift for subtle sonics continues on the atmospheric “I Am Not A Hateful Person, But For You I Can Be” whose arrangement features a full band, though perhaps too much feedback. In any case, this artist’s smart vocal presence is impressive.

Contact: zayreal@gmail.com Web: linktr.ee/zayreal Seeking: Booking, Film/TV Style: Hip-Hop

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Nine Mile Station

Building Upon The Revelation

Fronted by the raspy, gravel-pocked voice of Will Hawkins, this Los Angeles foursome are a rock-solid unit playing originals that are tight and craftily structured to deliver nice choruses. All of it is captured by polished production by the late, great Al Schmitt. Blues rocker “Caught In The Rain” features Hawkins’ raspy lead voice and some great turns by female backup singers . The somber “Santa Ana Winds” brings a sweet gust of fiddle fanfare along with solos and key changes. The fiddle’s vitality is again a key element of the upbeat , Pearl Jam-sounding “California,” on which Hawkins again shows his chameleon-like ability to give his voice a different shade and character. Nine Mile Station are altogether solid and likeable.

Music supervisors in need of recordings that can generate a kinetic, frenetic virtuosity will want to check out these multi-layered, high velocity themes, including “Patterns and Pathways.” It describes a world that moves at a breakneck pace; the music is so speedy, in fact, that it seems on the verge of imploding in a giant pileup of double bass-drum blasts. But the precise, expert musicianship maintains order. In fact, it’s impressive how well mixed these elements are so that the lead guitar parts always remain above the fray. The composer could look to to integrate more dynamics in his work, but what he’s got now is all-out exhilarating stuff.

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Andy Kahrs

Robert Minott

Contact: mgowen@milestonepublicity.com Web: andykahrs.com Seeking: Label, Booking, TV Style: Americana

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People who’ve had their fill of darkness in music, film, and TV could embrace Andy Kahrs, whose wholesome, feel-good vocal tone, and lyrics that, despite veering toward the superficial/cutesie, are nevertheless effective. “Nothing’s Sweeter Than Loving You” is a perfect example of Kahrs’ appeal; the song’s happy, carefree, mid-tempo pace is well-matched by the artist’s appealing voice, its soft, raspy texture. “Everybody’s In Town Tonight” celebrates friendship and comaraderie with a rousing call-and-response vocal chorus. And his cover of Glen Campbell’s “Southern Nights” is altogether fitting, allowing Kahrs to honor the master with some agile fretwork. We urge Kahrs to hook up with a fun-loving lyricist.

You don’t wait long for “Rasta Funk,” with its vibrant guitars, wah-wah fx, and infectious group vocals, to work its welcoming spell. And it’s no surpirse that the recording has been created by a native Jamaican, Robert Minott, whose smooth authoritative voice rides confidently over it all. “Can’t Hold Back” is an upbeat and bouncy love song with a female response vocal that answers Minott’s smooth, appealing tones. And how about something chill, laidback and sensual? Minott’s got that, too, on “Rub A Dub Party,” on which he puts the moves on his lady, (“the mood has got me in the groove”) voicing the splendors of joining him on his sexy love groove. These pristine recordings are ripe for the right film/TV opp.

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Absinthe Vows

Cigarette Juliet

Tracks by this Ohio-based artist are consistently dark, mechanized and otherworldly—call them dispatches from the depths of hell. The reality they seem to describe is a deep, dark dungeon from which escape is unlikely. The artist’s heavily fx’d vocals, his esoteric and referential lyrics, are prominent, and on “A Dazed Witness,” for example, it’s hard not to be reminded of classic British doomsters such as Bauhaus and, in its occasional dancier moments, such as the song “Faith In Sabotage,” Depeche Mode. Overall, though, the sound of Absinthe Vows is sad, echoing music that haunts the listener and maintains a thick, dark atmosphere from start to finish. As such, we’re thinking that film or TV placements would be ideal.

With tight, alert musicianship, Melissa Izbicki & co. have built a solid foundation for their brisk, hard-driving rock tunes, each of which has a pop-punk DNA. While we are not impressed by the nasally lead vocals on “Do or Die,” the singing gets much better on “Anxiety (“one step closer, masochistic poser”). Paydirt is achieved on “Money Honey,” which is spearheaded by a strong guitar riff and melodic singing in the verses. Best of all is that Izbicki’s voice on the song is deeper and therefore more convincing. All in all, though, what we hear is a unit that has a ways to go before it achieves something unique. Right now, Cigarette Juliet is altogether derivative, and cribbing way too heavily from the pop-punk playbook.

Contact: jmathews1199@gmail.com Web: absinthevows.bandcamp.com/releases Seeking: Film/TV Style: Post-Punk

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David D’Alessio

Brian Moritz

N.Y.-based David D’Alessio shows ample versatility on his top-notch recordings, particularly on the vocals, which ably cover the scale to meet his material’s shifting stylistic demands. There’s the falsetto-fueled “Before Tonight,” a ‘70s disco-inspired tune that not only showcases the artist’s vocals but also his backup band’s sax player, who really gets down. Shifting gears, “Everything We Want” is set to a low-key acoustic guitar and harmonium accompaniment to allow the artist to convey geniune warmth and humanity. Good genuine singing. Finally, we hear an ‘80s/modern-pop sheen to “Spinning Bottle, “ a love song propelled by a great bass sound. No question this artist’s work should be considered for film/TV placements.

Hailing from the Pacific Northwest, this prolific singersongwriter (4 albums so far) specializes in music that is proudly simple, straightforward, and sometimes even raw, as in the anti-war protest number “Rich Man’s War, Poor Man’s Fight” which, with its harmonica solos, takes inspiration from protest singers of yore to deliver a message that is still timely today. “Welcome to the World, Little One” is a gentle, optimistic tune intended for a newborn. The artist’s best, “You Should Be Ashamed,” is a jaunty, uptempo outing with a child-like “organ” solo that fits perfectly with Moritz’s overall rudimentary, unadorned approach to music-making, right down to his voice, which would give Kermit the Frog a run for his money.

Contact: moodyislandmusic@gmail.com Web: daviddalessio.com Seeking: Booking, Film/TV, Label Style: Pop, Singer-Songwriter

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Contact: brianlmoritz@gmail.com Web: brianmoritz.com Seeking: Film/TV Style: Blues Rock, Americana

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90 Racks

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New Jersey-native drill rapper 90Racks has a fast flow with a lot on his mind. “Why Would I Lie” features a contemplative piano that deconstructs before the vocals begin. 90Racks has a commanding voice and we believe him when he says, “I’m not the n**** to fuck with.” “For My Opps” samples an instrumental from a vintage music box. The song is good, but we were hoping to hear more perspective from this artist than “Let’s only talk about money.” On “Well-Protected,” 90Racks warns, “Give me a gun to get rid of my rivals.” This song, in context with the rest of his song catalog, is monotonous in theme and sound, though we believe he can somehow expand the depths of his storytelling.

Detroit trio Hyperiff are led by Serana Slade, whose powerful, emotive and versatile voice impresses us as it imbues the band’s melodic metal-tinged material with rock operatics. Yes, there is a theatrical element to Slade’s delivery, which suggests she’s had experience in musical theater and even jazz, not to mention possibly influenced by the altogether un-metal Celine Dion and Whitney Houston. And while Hyperiff’s material—”Give it to Me” with its colorful guitar solo; the ‘80s metal piano ballad “Take Me Back,” and the dramatic, disjointed, distress-filled “Simple Dreams”—isn’t so memorable, there is real talent here. Not only are Slade’s pipes terrific but the guitar work is well above average. and should not be under-estimated.

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Livestream Michigan Contact: contactmgrfirm@gmail.com Web: carrienewcomer.com Players: Carrie Newcomer, guitar, vocals; Gary Walters, piano; Allie Summers, violin Material: Michigan native Carrie Newcomer— singer, songwriter, poet, author, host—is something of a renaissance woman. Also, despite her last name (to grab some low hanging fruit), she’s been performing since 1980. This livestreamed show sees her perform the 2016 album The Beautiful Not Yet album, and then close out with a few extras. Attendees/viewers are invited to chat with Newcomer in the virtual lobby beforehand, and the artist appears genuinely enthused to see so many “heart” and “applause” emojis popping up on the screen as she plays. It might not be the same as bonafide audience feedback, but it’s way better than nothing at all. Musicianship: All three of the people on stage are phenomenal. Newcomer, of course, is an expressive guitar player, the instrument a real extension of her voice when conveying the emotion of songs such as “A Shovel is a Prayer.” Her voice, meanwhile, is warm and smooth, and resonates beautifully. It works perfectly with the blend of folk, Americana, bluegrass and gospel that she plays. The music is spiritual without being at all dogmatic, and her voice works in tandem with that. Walters and Summers are on either side of her, caressing their instruments and adding flourishes where it benefits the song but

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never over-playing. Both are accomplished musicians in their own right, but at this show they do exactly what is required of them.

home viewers to really wrap themselves around a personal song like “Cedar Rapids 10AM.”

Performance: It’s acoustic folk/country. There’s little in the way of a stage show. What there is is an essence of earthy authenticity and that’s exactly what this show needs. Newcomer is a natural speaker (possibly in part because she’s the co-host of a podcast called The Growing Edge), so she’s able to communicate with an invisible crowd as readily as she would one that is directly in front of her. It’s an impressive feat, and it encourages

Summary: All of Newcomer’s albums are worth checking out, but The Beautiful Not Yet is completely beautiful to the point of ethereal. It ties into a book of poems and essays of the same name that was also released in 2016, incidentally. To hear the body of work performed so well by three excellent musicians who appear to be having a great time (despite surroundings that could easily be awkwardly empty) is a real treat. – Brett Callwood “Personal Jesus,” he takes a valiant run at it before conceding that he’d rather learn it properly than just improvise. He can swing between the country stylings of Jimmie Rodgers and the jazz material of Cab Calloway, without breaking a sweat. Howell is a gifted guitarist, but his performance is as much if not more about feel than technical ability.

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Contact: marquis@therhythmhowlers.com Web: rhythm howlers.com Players: Marquis Howell (guitar, vocals) Material: U.K. heavy rock magazine Kerrang! once described Los Angeles band Marquis & the Rhythm Howlers as, “Cigarette-sodden alley music that feels like grubby prayers to a wheezing god.” It’s a fascinating and entirely accurate sentence not least because, in contemporary emo fashion, the contrast

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of light and dark (“grubby” and “prayers” for example) works undeniably well. That’s the Rhythm Howlers all over; beautifully hopeful and gospel-adjacent Americana, blues and folk, passed through a horror movie filter. For these regular livestreamed shows, we just get frontman Marquis Howell crooning some tunes. Viewers get to request songs which Howell may or may not play. It’s all very casual, and yet absolutely intriguing. Musicianship: Howell knows his stuff. When one fan asks him to play Depeche Mode’s

Performance: Howell is visually compelling, despite the fact that he’s simply sat at home. The dim lighting and red curtain behind him offer a nightclub-esque vibe which, combined with the crooning nature of his delivery and gothic themes, adds a surreal, David Lynch-ian feel. On top of all that, Howell is wearing a white eye mask and skeleton jacket, and sporting a mess of long hair and a signature mustache. The effect falls somewhere between cable TV host of a movie marathon, and Mardi Gras. Whatever— it all works spectacularly well. Summary: We’re two years into this damned pandemic now, and so we’ve seen a hell of a lot of these sort of home-based livestreamed performances. It’s very difficult to make them thrilling at this point, but Howell does a very good job. He barely moves, but his performance is hypnotic and the great news is these Howler Hours are still going on, so we certainly advise everyone to check them out and maybe PayPal a few bucks into the virtual tip bucket. – Brett Callwood

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impossibly smooth delivery on intricate runs and melodies, lent solid musical support, and collaborated superbly.

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Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz Los Angeles, CA

Contact: Fiona Bloom, fiona@thebloomeffect. com Web: stephanewrembel.com Players: Stephane Wrembel, guitar; Tommy Davy, guitar; Felix Kochendörfer, bass; Luanne Homzy, violin Material: Sharing solo guitar pieces, waltzes and gypsy jazz from Django Reinhardt, along with his original compositions, “Big Brother” (from Vicky Christina Barcelona) and “Bistro Fada” (from Midnight in Paris), guitar phenom Stephane Wrembel delighted jazz enthusiasts with an evening of fantastic music and story-

telling at his stop in Los Angeles. Opening with solo performances on “Improvisation 1,” “Improvisation 2,” and “Echoes of Spain,” he delivered his trademark intricate artistry, fingerstyle expertise, and flamenco flavors alongside entertaining anecdotes about the musical legends he has long studied. Musicianship: The addition of guitarist Tommy Davy and bassist Felix Kochendörfer shifted things to traditional gypsy stylings, including the magical lilting backdrop of “Montagne Ste. Geneviève“ and “Gin Gin,” adventurous delight of “Indifférence” (by Tony Morena), and equal parts delicate voicings—deliberate picking—heartfelt tones on “Dinah.” Davy and Kochendörfer shared

Performance: Wrembel’s dynamic, approachable demeanor created an easy, authentic vibe. Fabulous solo performances by Davy and Kochendörfer showcased their dedication to exquisite tone, and violinist Luanne Homzy added delicious string tension and precise pizzicato. The precisely timed cutoffs, seamless transitions, and incredible unity were magical to experience—especially on “Nuages,” where Wrembel and Davy switched to unison rhythm and chord lines to support Kochendörfer’s melodic bass solo. Another beautiful bass solo followed on “I’ll See You In My Dreams,” and “Tears” added gentle glissando runs and an unbelievably delicate unison ending. A mashup of Django’s “Claire de Lune” with Russian folk song, “Dark Eyes,” completed the set with solos all around. Summary: The evening presented a casual musical elegance from a true gypsy guitar master. His band of accomplished artists unveiled a seemingly effortless, unspoken musical thread, and shared an untouchable virtuoso mastery of an underappreciated genre of jazz. Wrembel’s clear passion, superb tonality and stunning finger work make the most mind-blowing guitar lines appear elementary, and the trio blended perfectly, alternating warp-speed solos and melody trade-offs with graceful ease. A wonderful celebration of pure musical spirit. – Andrea Beenham

The Shrine Expo Hall Los Angeles, CA Web: PoloAndPanMusic.com Contact: Rosie@GirlieAction.com Players: Paul Armand-Delille; Alexandre Grynszpan; Victoria LaFaourie Material: Polo & Pan are a duo DJ team hailing from Paris, France. They play electronic music encompassing techno, house, psychedelia, club and even disco. Many wild and crazy sounds come at you while Polo & Pan work their magic behind their workstations. They have you believing you were being taken on a worldly hunting safari as sounds and noises from all over the world take you to every continent on the planet.

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Musicianship: This DJ pair have mastered their craft. They come at you holding nothing back as they twiddle, tweek and fiddle their tools and mixers to the delight of the audience. The singing was very good. They took turns singing to different songs and they each turned in a superb presentation. LaFaourie was a welcomed addition to the set as she sang her heart out on a few tunes that took the audience (and the show) to a whole new level. Dancing seductively didn’t hurt anything, either.

and are rewarded for it. Cheers, screams and loud applause filled the Shrine as everyone cheered and bounced up n down in unison. Rants and raves were showered upon Polo & Pan by the audience as they danced to all the grooves and were treated to fabulous imagery on a screen and a fantastic lighting show.

Performance: Polo & Pan are seasoned veterans and know how to engage their audience with confidence and self-assurance;

Summary: Polo & Pan did it in style. The Shrine Auditorium shook as the bass from the sound system erupted in thunderous unison

with the beats that oozed out of, what seemed like, 50 speakers. Their 2021 single "Ani Kuni" is their biggest chart-topper to date, and it didn’t disappoint as the video played on the screen. The duo has released two studio albums, Caravelle in 2017, and the most recent, Cyclorama in 2021; not to mention a host of successful EPs and singles that could fill a library; So if you’re looking for some clubworthy electronic music, look no further; Polo & Pan deliver. – Pierce Brochetti March 2022

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The Whisky a GoGo West Hollywood, CA Web: mikandmaxi.com Contact: maxi.witrak@gmail.com Players: Mik Berthet, guitar, vocals; Maxi Witrak, drums, vocals Material: Mik and Maxi’s music is categorized as power pop, but there are so many influences coming off their vibe. Heavy power chords and thunderous beats ripped through the Whiskey’s walls as Mik and Maxi took the stage. The opening tune, “Getaway,” gave off a hefty grunge feel that Kurt Cobain would be proud of. Throughout their set, while all this “power pop” was going on, hints of rock & roll, grunge, country and rap, all came oozing out of the duo. “Bad Idea” was laden with meaty power riffs that screamed defiance, but it still had a good ‘ol country-ish melody that kept things balanced in a very triumphant sort of way. “Silent Chapter” was a pleasant surprise that brought out the creative side of this duo as both took the stage to rap to a backing track to put their show over the top. Musicianship: In this day and age of prerecorded music that helps to uplift the musical abilities of artists in a false and untrue manner, Mik and Maxi’s pre-recorded music was instead a catalyst that demonstrated their musical abilities. Being a duo, they didn’t have the capacity to play along live with a bass player,

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so the next most natural thing to do is to have a pre-recorded track to go along with their songs. It gave the music an added lift that shook The Whiskey. And on top of that, not only are Berthet and Witrak pros at their instruments, they have creativity that paid off in the end with their rap. Performance: Kudos to these two wonderful performers. It’s not easy playing to prerecorded tracks, but they pulled it off. They get their musical point across any way they can, and the lyrics to ”Silent Chapter” and “Put Me Down” are a testament to what they are feeling and trying to convey to their audience. These two rap songs brought out the duo’s poetic

abilities as they left everything on the stage. They rapped to the audience, to each other, and even the sound guy might have gotten a bit, too. Summary: Mik and Maxi is an unusual duo. Their attitude is reminiscent of the ‘70s group, The Runaways, with Joan Jett and Lita Ford. The music is rough, with round edges, and is very ”in your face,” but at the same time, they fill their audience with melodic choruses and lyrics full of inspirational messages. Loaded with energy, Mik and Maxi come at you with all they’ve got and leave no stone unturned. – Pierce Brochetti

Crawford’s emotional subject matter runs just as deep. That’s because her discography features chord progressions that range from Gospel and blues to funk and soul. During this showing at “Jam in The Van,” the eclectic bunch of musicians who accompanied her, presented a psychedelic soul song called “Spread Your Wings.” The manner in which they fused African percussion techniques with the funky guitar licks of Ishmael Perez certainly highlighted Crawford’s songwriting style.

NIKI J CRAWFORD

Livestream Los Angeles, CA

Contact: carlbyron@aol.com Web: nikijcrawford@gmail.com Players: Niki J Crawford, lead vocals; Ishmael Perez, guitar, backup vocals; Avi Yazd, keys; Mike Coles, bass; Greg Sadler, drums; Steward Killen, percussion

fiery live performer who has found a way to make her love for the amplified guitar a cornerstone for the way in which she blends various aspects of R&B and blues. Original compositions like “Countosh” highlight her penchant for meaningful wordplay and the way in which she meshes psychedelic rock music with soul and smooth jazz.

Material: Niki J Crawford was once a smalltown girl who fell in love with the traditional sound of hard rock music. Today, she is a

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Performance: Crawford kicked off her set by repeatedly chanting: “There ain’t no party like a Niki J party, cause a Niki J party don’t stop!” That classic hip-hop mantra was a prelude to the live performance of “Mama Cry,” an upbeat rhythm and blues song where her raspy lead vocals blended well with the smooth basslines of Mike Coles. This set the tone for a party-like atmosphere for all six musicians, as they played a three-song set in a cooped-up van. Summary: The energy that Niki J Crawford displayed during this performance on “Jam In The Van” had such a rousing effect on her band that it made the breakdown sections all the more jubilant, a notion that undoubtedly influenced percussionist, Stewart Killen, as he matched the singer’s upbeat demeanor with his spirited drum solos on the congas, which on occasion seemed like they came straight out of the infamous drum circle in Long Beach. Overall, this was a lively display by a collection of music veterans who know exactly how to complement one another with a combination of rhythmic timing and improvisation. – Miguel Costa

blue/cause when you dream it might come true/when you dream, dream big.

Livestream Cottonwood Heights, UT

Contact: beatrice@empktpr.com Web: ryanshupe.com Players: Ryan Shupe, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, vocals; Craig Miner banjo, mandolin, guitar, vocals; Levi Wunderlich, bass guitar, string bass, vocals, Dan Bates, guitar, mandolin, fiddle, vocals; and Jacob Smith, drums, vocals Material: In a recent holiday performance, Ryan Shupe brought quite the cast of players to his bluegrass extravaganza. Shupe, a

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Musicianship: it goes without saying that to be a good bluegrass player, you must be a master technician along with the other part of the equation––the energy and spirit behind it––and there’s no shortage of either with Shupe and Company. As lead vocalist, Shupe supports his playing decently, while all of the RubberBand players assist with backing vocals, sometimes with a few intonation snags, but always adding something positive to the performance.

fifth-generation fiddle player, knows his way around the genre and can take just about any song and make it work. Accompanied by his sidemen, RubberBand, in addition to seasonal favorites, Shupe showcased generic numbers full of uplifting sentiments. “In Dream Big,” a song of hope (which you can never have too much of), Shupe offers a recipe for preserving it: When you cry be sure to dry your eyes/ cause better days are sure to come… and when you laugh be sure to laugh out loud/ cause it will carry all your cares away…when you dream, dream big/as big as the ocean

Performance: The show took place at Brighton High School in Utah, where Shupe took advantage of staging opportunities. There are tasty instrumental interludes and solos featuring various band members, most notably a banjo and guitar duet of Eric Weissberg’s “Dueling Banjos,” and some great drum solos from Jacob Smith. There’s a mandolin quartet, a kid’s choir, an acapella number with bandmates, and visual backdrops projected on a screen. The show had something for every age group. Summary: Ryan Shupe is an entertainer who can reach across generational lines to provide entertainment on many levels. Besides being a proficient player, he fully grasps the notion that musicians should be showmen too. – Ellen Woloshin

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Directory of Everything Indie Music-makers into this list totoconnect with indie labels, marketing experts and indie publicists. loads of contact Music-makers tap intotap this directory connect with indie labels, marketing & promo experts and Plus indiethere’s publicists. Plus loadsinfo of contact to aid in promoting your career: swag & t-shirt manufacturers, CD/vinyl duplicators, blog sites, social media tools and more. information to aid you in promoting your music career, DIY style: T-shirt and CD development, blog sites and social media tools. INDIE LABELS

1-2-3-4 GO! RECORDS 420 40th Street #5 Oakland, CA 94609 510-985-0325 Email: store@1234gorecords.com Web: 1234gorecords.com *not actively accepting demos 1888 MEDIA Los Angeles, CA 310-228-8715 Email: info@1888media.com Web: 1888media.com Styles/Specialties: Americana, Rock, Roots, Jamband, Jazz, Folk, Alternative, Pop Roster: The Haunt, Ariella, Kevin Daniel, Town Meeting, Beth Snapp, Em Rossi, Tatiana DeMaria, Johnny Chops 300 ENTERTAINMENT 112 Madison Ave New York, NY 10016 Email: info@threehundred.biz Web: 300ent.com Notable Artists: Young Thug, Shy Glizzy, Famous Dex, Anna of the North 4AD RECORDS 17-19 Alma Rd. London, SW 18, 1AA, U.K. +44 20 8870 9912 Email: demos@4ad.com Web: 4ad.com Roster: Camera Obscura, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Atlas Sound, Zomby Additional locations: 134 Grand Street New York, NY 10013 212-995-5882 88RISING New York, NY & Los Angeles, CA Contact: Sean Miyashiro Email: shop@88rising.com Web: 88rising.com Notable Artists: Joji, Rich Brian, Masiwei “Prince Charming”, Keith Ape 825 RECORDS, INC. 8225 5th Avenue, Suite 335 Brooklyn, NY 11209 347-240-5417 Email: mattyamendola@825records.com Web: 825Records.com Styles/Specialties: Artist development, solo artists, singer/songwriters, pop, rock, R&B 10TH PLANET RECORDS P.O. Box 10114 Fairbanks, AK 99710 Email: 10planet@mosquitonet.com Web: 10thplanet.com A12 ENTERTAINMENT Email: contact@a12entertainment.com Web: a12entertainment.com, facebook.com/A12Entertainment Contact: Ashley Di Buduo Styles/Specialties: All genres, with a focus in Rock, Alternative, Metal, Indie-Rock, Classic Rock, Indie-Pop A389 RECORDINGS P.O. Box 12058 Baltimore, MD 21281 Email: dom@a389records.com Web: a389records.com. facebook.com/ a389recordings

AARON RECORDS P.O. Box 428 Portland, TN 37148 615-325-3340 Email: aaronrecords@aol.com Web: aaronrecords.com

AMERICAN EAGLE RECORDINGS 12 Lake Forest Court West St. Charles, MO 63301 888-521-8146 Fax 314-965-5648 Email: info@americaneaglerecordings.com Web: americaneaglerecordings.com

ACCIDENTAL ENTERTAINMENT, INC. E-mail: Hello@accidentalentertainment.com Styles: alternative, indie, rock, acoustic, Latin, electronic/pop, classical, international Services: Music licensing and sync, artist and composer development/representation, publishing and admin. *Please request via email to submit material Adam Moseley, President, Rosie Forster, A&R Mgr.

AMERICAN LAUNDROMAT RECORDS P.O. Box 85 Mystic, CT 06355 860-460-8903 Email: americanlaundromat@hotmail.com Web: alr-music.com *Not accepting demos *Business inquires only

BARSUK RECORDS P.O. Box 22546 Seattle, WA 98122 Web: barsuk.com Roster: Death Cab For Cutie, the Long Winters, Mates of State, Menomena, Nada Surf, Ra Ra Riot, Phantogram, Ramona Falls, the Wooden Birds, David Bazan, Maps & Atlases, Say Hi, Big Scary, Laura Gibson, Pacific Air, Chris Walla Distribution: Redeye *Please DO NOT send us MP3s or other audio files, but please DO send us links to your music or press kit. See website for submission.

AMHERST RECORDS 5221 Main St. Ste 2 Williamsville, NY 14221 716-883-9520 Email: info@amherstrecords.com Web: amherstrecords.com

BASEMENT BOYS INC. 2328 Champlain St, NW #309 Washington DC 20009 410-808-4004 Email: basementboys@att.net Web: basementboys.com

ANTI2798 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026 213-413-7353 Email: publicity@epitaph.com Web: anti.com, facebook.com/antirecords

BEC RECORDINGS P.O. Box 12698 Seattle, WA 98111 206-691-9782 Email: licensing@toothandnail.com Web: becrecordings.com

API RECORDS P.O. Box 7041 Watchung, NJ 07069 Email: apirecords@verizon.net Web: apirecords.com

BEGGARS GROUP (Also XL Recordings, Rough Trade Records, Matador Records, 4AD) 134 Grand St. New York, NY 10013 212-995-5882 Email: banquet@beggars.com Web: beggarsgroupusa.com Contact: Matt Harmon, President Styles/Specialties: indie-rock, pop, electronic and many more Roster: Vampire Weekend, Sonic Youth, Queens of the Stone Age, the National, Warpaint, the xx, Yo La Tengo and the New Pornographers Distribution: ADA

A-F RECORDS P.O. Box 71266 Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Email: demos@a-frecords.com Web: a-frecords.com *Currently accepting demos ACTIVATE ENTERTAINMENT 5062 Lankershim Blvd.-174 N. Hollywood CA 91601 818-569-3020 Email: submissions@2Activate.com Contact: James Arthur How to Submit: Urban, Soul/R&B, HipHop, Pop, Hard Rock, Country; Send Soundcloud &/or YouTube links, socials, email/text Genres: Pop, Hip-Hop, R&B/Soul, Rock, Country ALIAS RECORDS 838 E. High St. #290 Lexington, KY 40502 Email: accounts@aliasrecords.com Web: aliasrecords.com Styles/Specialties: indie-rock, singersongwriters, electronica Distribution: ADA *No unsolicited material ALLIGATOR RECORDS New Material P.O. Box 60234 Chicago, IL 60660 773-973-7736 Email: info@allig.com Web: alligator.com *Demo Submission see website for details ATTABOI MUSIC MAGAZINE Email: info@wildoatsrecords.net Web: attaboi.online Styles/specialities: popular music/ underground Distribution: online ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES P.O. Box 419092 San Francisco, CA 94141 510-596-8981 Email: mail@alternativetentacles.com Web: alternativetentacles.com Styles/Specialties: punk rock, spokenword, underground *Unsolicited material accepted AMATHUS MUSIC Attn: A&R P.O. Box 611 Rockville Centre, NY 11571 Web: amathusmusic.com Styles/Specialties: dance music, electronic, pop *We do not Accepts Demos

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APPLESEED RECORDINGS Music Submissions Department 1416 Larch Lane West Chester, PA 19380 Email: jim@appleseedmusic.com Web: appleseedmusic.com ARCTIC SIREN PRODUCTIONS 4105 Turnagain Blvd., Ste. L Anchorage, AK 99517 907-245-7311 Email: artcsirn@acsalaska.net Web: arcticsiren.com Contact: Peggy Monaghan ARKADIA LABEL GROUP/ VIEW INC. 11 Reservoir Rd. Saugerties, NY 12477 845-246-9955 Email: Viewvid@aol.com Web: viewb2bonline.com ASTHMATIC KITTY RECORDS 830 Glenwood Ave Suite 510-414 Atlanta GA 30316 Email: info@asthmatickitty.com Web: asthmatickitty.com Notable Artists: Mozart’s Sister, OMBRE, Roberts & Lord ASTRALWERKS RECORDS 1750 Vine Street Hollywood, CA Email: astralwerks.astralwerks@gmail.com Web: astralwerks.com, facebook.com/ astralwerks Styles/Specialties: electronic/rock *No unsolicited material accepted BAR-NONE RECORDS P.O. Box 1704 Hoboken, NJ 07030 201-770-9090 Email: glenn@bar-none.com Web: bar-none.com Contact: Glen Morrow, Owner Distribution: ADA *Unsolicited material accepted

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BIELER BROS. RECORDS 4100 N. Powerline Rd., Ste. U-5 Pompano Beach, FL 954-979-4781 Email: info@bielerbros.com Web: bielerbros.com If you are interested in submitting your music please send your EPK with audio or video links only Do not send MP3’s. We no longer accept any physical submissions BIG DEAL RECORDS 15503 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 300 Encino, CA 91436 818-922-0807 Email: Info@bigdealmusic.com Web: bigdealmusic.com Styles/Specialties: pop, rock, R&B *No unsolicited material Additional locations: 115 29th Ave. S. Nashville, TN 37212 615-942-8328 BIG NOISE 11 S. Angell St., Ste. 336 Providence, RI 02906 401-274-4770 Email: al@bignoisenow.com Web: bignoisenow.com Roster: Artists have included Christina Aguilera, Katharine McPhee, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Paul Doucette (Matchbox 20), Little Anthony & the Imperials, Jim Brickman, J. Geils, Bela Fleck and more.

Download at musicconnection.com/industry-contacts *We are currently accepting demo submissions. Please call or email first. BIT RIOT P.O. Box 647 LaGrange, IL 60525 Email: info@bitriotrecords.com Web: bitriotrecords.com, facebook.com/ bitriotrecords BLACKBERRY RECORDS 370 Towne Center Blvd. Ridgeland, MS 39157 601-206-4600 Email: blackberry@blackberryrecords.com Web: facebook.com/blackberryrecords BLACK DAHLIA MUSIC P.O. Box 631928 Highlands Ranch, CO 80163 505-672-0333 Email: blackd@blackdahlia.com Web: blackdahlia.com BLACKHEART RECORDS 636 Broadway New York, NY 10012 212-353-9600 Email: blackheart@blackheart.com Web: blackheart.com Styles/Specialties: all styles *Unsolicited material accepted, ATTN: A&R Dept. BLOODSHOT RECORDS 3039 W. Irving Park Rd. Chicago, IL 60618 773-604-5300 Email: bshq@bloodshotrecords.com Web: bloodshotrecords.com BLUE CANOE RECORDS Atlanta, GA & Tokyo Japan Web: bluecanoerecords.com BOMP/ALIVE NATURALSOUND RECORDS 919 Isabel, Unit G Burbank, CA 91506 Web: alive-records.com/category/bomp Contact: Patrick Boissel Roster: the Black Keys, Two Gallants, Buffalo Killers, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Soledad Brothers, The Warlocks, the Black Lips, SSM, Brimstone Howl, Trainwreck Riders, Black Diamond Heavies, Bloody Hollies Distribution: Lumberjack Mordam Music Group *Unsolicited material accepted. We are a small team, but we listen to it all. Do not contact us, we will contact you if we dig what we hear. BOOSWEET RECORDS P.O. Box 45256 Los Angeles, CA 90045 310-613-3535 Web: boosweet.com Styles/Specialties: jazz, jazz fusion, smooth jazz, R&B, pop, reggae, hip-hop, rap, rock, metal, guitar instrumental, alternative Roster: Miguel Mega, Kiko Loureiro, Vernon Neilly, Marcelo Roacio, Edu Ardanuy BRIDGE NINE RECORDS 282 Rantoul Street Beverly, MA 01915 978-532-0666 Email: info@bridge9.com Web: bridge9.com BLACK ROSE PRODUCTIONS Tri-Main Center 2495 Main St. Buffalo, NY 14214 631-367-8544 Email: blackroseproductions@gmail.com Web: facebook BURNSIDE RECORDS 6635 N. Baltimore Ave, Ste 226 Portland, OR 97203 503-231-0876 ext. 202 Email: skip@bdcdistribution.com Web: burnsidedistribution.com

CANYON RECORDS P.O. Box 61564 Phoenix, AZ 85052 800-268-1141 Email: canyon@canyonrecords.com Web: canyonrecords.com CASTLE RECORDS 106 Shirley Drive Hendersonville, TN 37075 615-430-0244 Email: loveyoumore2@mail.com Web: castlerecords.com CELESTIAL HARMONIES Division of Mayflower Music Corp P.O. Box 30122 Tucson, AZ 85751 520-326-4400 Fax 520-326-3333 Email: celestial@harmonies.com Web: harmonies.com CENTURY MEDIA The Century Family c/o Sony Music International 25 Madison Ave. New York, NY 10010 Email: centurymedia@musictoday.com Web: centurymedia.com, facebook.com/ centurymedia *Unsolicited material accepted, see web for details CEXTON RECORDS P.O. Box 80187 Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688 Offices in CA and NYC 949-766-1384 Email: johncexton@aol.com Web: cexton.com Contact: John Anello, Jr. Roster: Johnny Mandolin, Larry Luger, Chiz Harris w/ Conte Candoli, Doc Anello Trio, Tom Kubis Big Band, Jack Wood, Beach Front Property, Doc Anello & the Swing Machine Big Band, James L Dean Big Band, Reissues of Sinatra, Martin, Andante Duo Italian Music, Marie Anello Opera CD, Otaku in Crime Japanese Anime music Styles/Specialties: jazz, big band, swing and Italian-American artists Distribution: Indie, point of purchase, Internet, specialty stores CLEOPATRA RECORDS 11041 Santa Monica Blvd., PMB 703 Los Angeles, CA 90025 310-477-4000 Fax 310-312-5653 Web: cleorecs.com/home Contact: Brian Perera, Tim Yasui Styles/Specialties: gothic, rock, metal, rap, R&B, dance, classics, soundtracks *Music Submissions accepted CLICKPOP RECORDS P.O. Box 5765 Bellingham, WA 98227 Email: dave@clickpoprecords.com Web: clickpoprecords.com CLOSED SESSIONS Chicago, IL Email: alex@closedsessions.com Web: closedsessions.com Notable Artists: Jamila Woods, Kweku Colins, Webster X CMH RECORDS 2898 Rowena Ave., #201 Los Angeles, CA 90039 800-373-8073 Email: info@cmhrecords.com Web: cmhrecords.com Styles/Specialties: country, bluegrass, electric, children’s, Christmas COMMUNION RECORDS London & Brooklyn Email: info@communionmusic.com Web: communionmusic.co.uk Notable Artists: Michael Kiwanuka, Gotye, Tennis COMPASS RECORDS 916 19th Ave. S.

Nashville, TN 37212 800-757-2277, 615-320-7672 Fax: 615-320-7378 Email: info@compassrecords.com Web: compassrecords.com CONCORD RECORDS 5750 Wilshire Blvd. #450 Los Angeles, CA 90036 310-385-4455 Email: submissions@concordmusicgroup. com Web: concordmusicgroup.com Roster: Action Bronson, Andrew Bird, Arianna Neikrug, August Burns Red, Barenaked Ladies CROSSROADS ENTERTAINMENT 50 Fish Drive Arden, NC 28704 828-684-3066 Email: care@crossroadsmusic.com Web: crossroadsmusic.com, facebook. com/crossroadslabelgroup CURB RECORDS 48 Music Sq. E. Nashville, TN 37203 615-321-5080 Email: licensing@curb.com Web: curb.com, curb.com/licensing *No unsolicited material accepted D.C.R GLOBAL MEDIA/D.C.R.UNIVERSAL MEDIA Los Angeles, CA Email: dcruniversalmedia1@gmail.com Phone: (323) 718-2204 Roster: K.C.P. Tha Artist, Diezel The Great Styles/Specialties: Hip-Hop, Rap, R&B Services: Production, Remixes, Distribution Contact: Lamar Marty Mar Mar *No unsolicited material please prior to corresponding approval DAEMON RECORDS P.O. Box 1207 Decatur, GA 30031 Email: hello@daemonrecords.com Web: daemonrecords.com DANGERBIRD RECORDS 3801 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026 323-665-1144 Email: info@dangerbird.com Web: dangerbirdrecords.com Roster: Juiceboxxx, *Repeat Repeat, A. Sinclair, Holly Miranda DAY 6 ENTERTAINMENT 716 Oak Circle Drive East Mobile, AL 36609 251-662-3257 Contact: Cynthia Corral Email: newtalent@day6entertainment.com Web: facebook.com/Day6Ent DCD2 MUSIC Email: info@dcd2records.com Web: dcd2records.com DEAD TRUTH RECORDINGS 9238 N.W. 13th Pl. Coral Springs, FL 33071 Email: deadtruthrecordings@gmail.com Web: facebook.com/DeadTruthRecordings DEEP SOUTH RECORDS P.O. Box 17737 Raleigh, NC 27619 919-844-1515 Email: hello@deepsouthentertainment.com Web: deepsouthentertainment.com DELMARK RECORDS 4121 N. Rockwell Chicago, IL 60618 773-539-5001 Email: delmark@delmark.com Web: delmark.com DELOS PRODUCTIONS P.O. Box 343 Sonoma, CA 95476 800-364-0645, 707-996-3844

Email: orders@delosmus.com Web: delosmusic.com Styles/Specialties: classical DISCHORD RECORDS 3819 Beecher St. N.W. Washington, DC 20007 703-351-7507 Email: dischord@dischord.com Web: dischord.com D’MAR ENTERTAINMENT, INC. San Jose, CA Email: dmarmusic@yahoo.com Web: dmarmusic.com Styles/Specialties: smooth jazz, R&B, gospel *Accepts unsolicited material DOMO RECORDS 11022 Santa Monica Blvd., #300 Los Angeles, CA 90025 310-966-4414 Email: info@domocart.com Web: domomusicgroup.com Contact: Dino Malito Styles/Specialties: new age, world music, rock, soundtrack, ambient, electronic *If you are interested In submitting your music to us, please see our website DOMINO RECORDS P.O. Box 47029 London, UK SW18 1EG Web: dominorecordco.com Notable Artists: Blood Orange, Arctic Monkeys, Animal Collective DRAG CITY RECORDS P.O. Box 476867 Chicago, IL 60647 312-455-1015 Fax: 312-455-1057 Email: press@dragcity.com Web: dragcity.com DSPB 237 Cagua N.E. Albuquerque, NM 87108 505-266-8274 Email: dsbp@dsbp.cx Web: dsbp.cx DUALTONE RECORDS 3 McFerrin Ave. Nashville, TN 37206 615-320-0620 Email: info@dualtone.com Web: dualtone.com ENTERTAINMENT ONE MUSIC US 200 Varick St. New York, NY 10014 Web: entertainmentone.com EARWIG MUSIC COMPANY, INC. 2054 W. Farwell Ave., Ste G Chicago, IL 60645-4963 773-262-0278 Email: info@earwigmusic.com Web: earwigmusic.com EAST 2 WEST COLLECTIVE Los Angeles, CA 90025 323-963-8050 Email: jcolasacco@e2wcollective.com Web: muchandhousepr.com Contact: Laura Ackermann, Senior Publicist EMPEROR JONES RECORDS P.O. Box 4730 Austin, TX 78765 Email: brutus@emperorjones.com Web: emperorjones.com EPITAPH RECORDS 2798 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026 213-413-7353 Email: hector@epitaph.com Web: epitaph.com Styles/Specialties: alt-rock, punk Distribution: Indies *No unsolicited material

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Directory of Everything Indie ERASED TAPES RECORDS, LTD 174 Victoria Park Road London E9 7HD Great Britain Email: publishing@erasedtapes.com Web: erasedtapes.com Notable Artists: Nils Frahm, Masayoshi Fujita, Penguin Café Orchestra ESTRUS LLC P.O. Box 2125 Bellingham, WA 98227 Email: website@estrus.com Web: estrus.com *No unsolicited material EQUAL VISION RECORDS P.O. Box 38202 Albany, NY 12203-8202 518-458-8250 Fax 518-458-1312 Email: info@equalvision.com Web: equalvision.com Styles/Specialties: punk, hardcore, indie, emo, rock, pop, metal *No physical demos. Email links to stream your music (no downloads), with a biography FAT POSSUM RECORDS P.O. Box 1923 Oxford, MS 38655 662-234-2828 Fax 662-234-2899 Email: matthew@fatpossum.com Web: fatpossum.com, facebook.com/ FatPossumRecords FAVORED NATIONS ENTERTAINMENT 17328 Ventura Blvd., #165 Encino, CA 91316 818-385-1989 Email: info@favorednations.com Web: favorednations.com Styles/Specialties: all styles welcome (Label is co-owned by Steve Vai) FEARLESS RECORDS 5870 W. Jefferson Blvd., Ste. E Los Angeles, CA 90016 Web: fearlessrecords.com Styles: See website for details FERVOR RECORDS 1810 W. Northern Ave. A-5, Box 186 Phoenix, AZ 85021 Email: info@fervor-records.com Web: fervor-records.com *We do not accept unsolicited material FEVER RECORDS ATTN: Sal Abbatiello P.O. Box 219 Yonkers, NY 10710 914-725-0011 Email: fevermusic@aol.com Web: feverrecords.com FIRST ACCESS ENTERTAINMENT 6725 Sunset Blvd. Ste. #420 Los Angeles, CA 90028 Email: contact@faegrp.com Web: faegrp.com Published: see web How to Submit: no unsolicited material FORMUSIC Rua Bernardino de Campos, 277 Indaiatuba - São Paulo Ð Brazil Contact: Nando Machado Web: formusic.com.br Email: info@formusic.com.br Styles/Specialities: Indie/Rock/Hard Rock/Pop/Folk/Electronic Notable artists: Arctic Monkeys, Queens of the Stone Age, Radiohead, Tame Impala, Gavin James, Passenger FREDDIE RECORDS 5979 S. Staples St. Corpus Christi, TX 78413 361-992-8411 Fax 361-992-8428 Email: sales@freddierecords.com Web: freddiestore.com FRONTIER RECORDS P.O. Box 22 Sun Valley, CA 91353

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818-759-8279 Email: betty@frontierrecords.com Web: facebook.com/thefrontierrecords Styles/Specialties: hardcore punk, OC punk, punk-pop, alternative rock Roster: Adolescents, Middle Class, Eddie & the Subtitles *Does not accept demos G2 RECORDS 14110 N. Dallas Pkwy. Ste. 365 Dallas, TX 75254 972-726-9203 Email: info@g2records.com Web: g2recordsandpublishing.com GET HIP, INC. 1800 Columbus Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15233 412-231-4766 Email: gregg@gethip.com Web: gethip.com GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL P.O. Box 220395 Brooklyn, NY 11222 Email: booking@ghostly.com Web: ghostly.com Notable Artists: Mary Lattimore, Tadd Mullinex, Matthew Dear, Kllo, Tycho GLASSNOTE RECORDS Demo Submissions 770 Lexington Ave., 16th Fl. New York, NY 10065 646-214-6000 Fax 646-237-2711 Email: demos@glassnotemusic.com Web: glassnotemusic.com Roster: Phoenix, the Temper Trap, Mumford and Sons, Two Door Cinema Club, Givers, Oberhofer, Childish Gambino, Daughter, Little Green Cars, Robert DeLong, Flight Facilities, Half Moon Run, CHVRCHES, Foy Vance, Jeremy Messersmith, Panama Wedding Additional locations: Los Angeles 8201 Beverly Blvd, Suite 400 Los Angeles, CA 90048 Email: marc@glassnotemusic.com Contact: Marc Nicolas 323-822-4112 ext. 2279 London 10-11 Lower John St, Soho London W1F 9EB 020-7183-6887 Toronto 2450 Victoria Park, Ste. 1 Toronto, Ontario M2J 4A1 416-718-4424 HEADS UP INTERNATIONAL Concord Music Group 5750 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 450 Los Angeles, CA 90036 Email: submissions@concordmusic group.com Web: concordmusicgroup.com/labels/ Heads-Up HOPELESS RECORDS PO Box 495 Van Nuys, CA 818-997-0444 Email: ar@hopelessrecords.com Web: hopelessrecords.com *See web FAQ for submission guidelines HOT TOMATO RECORDS DEEP SOUTH ENTERTAINMENT P.O. Box 17737 Raleigh, NC 27619 919-844-1515 Email: info@deepsouthentertainment.com Web: deepsouthentertainment.com Additional Location: Nashville PO Box 121975 Nashville, TN 37212 615-953-4800

IAMSOUND RECORDS 524 N. Kilkea Dr. Los Angeles, CA 90048 Email: hello@iamsound.com Web: iamsoundrecords.com Roster: Bleeding Knees Club, Banks, the Black Ghosts, Charli XCX, Florence and the Machine, Fools Gold, IO Echo, Kate Boy, Little Boots, Lord Huron, Men, MS MR, Newvillager, Nikki Lane, Salem IDOL RECORDS P.O. Box 140344 Dallas, TX 75214 Email: info@idolrecords.com Web: idolrecords.com INNOVATIVE LEISURE 2658 Griffith Park Blvd, #324 Los Angeles, CA 90039 Contact: Nat Nelson, Jamie Strong & Hanni El Khatib Email: info@innovativeleisure.net Web: innovativeleisure.net Notable Artists: BADBADNOTGOOD, Nosaj Thing, Rhye INTEGRITY LABEL GROUP 4050 Lee Vance Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80918 1-888-888-4726 Email: customercare@integrityMusic.com Web: integritymusic.com Contact: David C. Cook *No unsolicited material Additional location: 1646 Westgate Circle, Suite 106 Brentwood, TN 37027 888-888-4726 IPECAC RECORDINGS Email: info@ipecac.com Web: ipecac.com Contact: Greg Werckman Distribution: Fontana Roster: Fantomas, Melvins, Northern State, Dalek, Skeleton Key, Peeping Tom, Dub Trio JAGGO RECORDS 323-850-1819 Email: jaggo@jaggo.com Web: jaggo.com/studios Styles/Specialties: pop, rock, jazz, R&B, hip-hop, soul, World music *Unsolicited material accepted JAGJAGUWAR 213 S. Rogers St. Bloomington, IN 47404 Contact: Darius Van Arman, Chris Swanson Email: info@jagjaguwar.com Web: jagjaguwar.com, facebook.com/ Jagjaguwar Notable Artists: Bon Iver, Angel Olsen, Unknown Mortal Orchestra JAZZ LINK ENTERPRISES 3721 Columbia Dr. Longmont, CO 80503 303-776-1764 Email: hiblerjude@gmail.com Web: jazzlinkenterprises.com JONKEY ENTERPRISES Sonic Safari Music 663 W. California Ave. Glendale, CA 91203 818-242-4034 Email: chuck@sonicsafarimusic.com Web: jonkey.com Contact: Chuck Jonkey Styles/Specialties: environmental, world, traditional, ethnic Distribution: Indies Roster: Chuck Jonkey, Carl Malone *No unsolicited material KEMADO RECORDS 87 Guernsey St. Brooklyn, NY 11222 Email: info@kemado.com Web: kemado.com Roster: the Sword

KILL ROCK STARS 819 SE 14th Loop Suite 106 Battle Ground, WA 98604 Email: feedback@killrockstars.com Web: killrockstars.com *Accepting demos from active, touring bands KOCH RECORDS See E1 Music Group K RECORDS P.O. Box 7154 Olympia, WA 98507 360-786-1594 Email: promo@krecs.com Web: krecs.com Roster: Karl Blau, Aries, Jason Anderson Currently not accepting demos KRANKY Chicago, IL Email: krankyinfo@gmail.com Web: kranky.net Notable Artists: Stars of the Lid, Grouper, Tim Hecker Currently accepting demos LAMON RECORDS CORPORATION Hollywood: 818-850-0625 Nashville: 615-379-2121 Email: dave@lamonrecords.com Web: lamonrecords.com LAZY BONES RECORDINGS 10002 Aurora Ave. N., Ste. 36 PMB 317 Seattle, WA 98133 310- 281-6232 Email: scott@lazybones.com Web: lazybones.com *At this time we are not accepting demos Additional Location: Melbourne, Australia (03) 9028 2200 LAZY S.O.B. RECORDINGS P.O. Box 4084 Austin, TX 78765 512-480-0765 Email: LazySOB1@aol.com Web: lazysob.com LEG (Loggins Entertainment Group) 615-323-2200 Email: staff@backstageentertainment.net Web: backstageentertainment.net LEVIATHAN RECORDS P.O. Box 745 Tyrone, GA 30290 770-257-8697 Email: promotions@leviathanrecords.com Web: leviathanrecords.com LITTLE FISH RECORDS P.O. Box 19164 Cleveland, OH 44119 216-481-1634 Email: lkoval@msn.com Web: littlefishrecords.com Contact: Greg David LIZARD SUN ENTERTAINMENT 1621 W. 25th St., Ste. 115 San Pedro, CA 90732 310-505-3958 Email: floyd@lizardsunentertainment.com Web: morrisonland.com Contact: Floyd Bocox, CEO & President Styles: country, pop, rock LOCAL ACTION London Email: info@localactionrecords.co.uk Web: localactionrecords.co.uk Notable Artists: Deadboy, Jammz, DAWN LOVECAT MUSIC P.O. Box 548, Ansonia Sta. New York, NY 10023 646-304-7391 Email: lovecatmusic@gmail.com Web: lovecatmusic.com

LUAKA BOP 195 Chrystie, 602B New York, NY 10002 212-624-1469 Email: iwasthinking@luakabop.com Web: luakabop.com Styles/Specialties: pop, world *No unsolicited materials MACKAVENUE 18530 Mack Ave., Unit 299 Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236 888-640-6225 Email: info@mackavenue.com Web: mackavenue.com MAGGIE’S MUSIC P.O. Box 490 Shady Side, MD 20764 410-867-0642 Email: mail@maggiesmusic.com Web: maggiesmusic.com MALACO MUSIC GROUP, THE P.O. Box 9287 Jackson, MS 39286 800-272-7936, 601-982-4522 Email: malaco@malaco.com demo@malaco.com Web: malaco.com MANIFESTO RECORDS 1180 S. Beverly Dr., Ste. 510 Los Angeles, CA 90035 310-556-9800 Fax 310-556-9801 Email: esc@manifesto.com Web: manifesto.com Contact: Evan Cohen, Business Affairs Styles: rock, indie, Brit-pop, punk Roster: Alice Cooper, Dead Kennedys, Tom Waits Distribution: MVD *No unsolicited material MARSALIS MUSIC 323 Broadway Cambridge, MA 02139 617-354-2736 Web: marsalismusic.com *Not accepting any artist submissions MASCOT LABEL GROUP P.O. Box 231 2650 AE Berkel & Rodenrijs The Netherlands Web: Mascotlabelgroup.com Contact: Ron Burman Ð President MLG North America/A&R Email: Burman@mascotlabelgroup.com Contact: Ed van Zijl Ð owner/A&R Styles: Rock, metal, guitar, prog, blues rock, jam MATADOR RECORDS 134 Grand St. New York, NY 10013 703-915-1211 Email: miwaokumura@beggars.com Web: matadorrecords.com Styles/Specialties: all styles *Unsolicited material accepted MELLO MUSIC GROUP Tucson, AZ Email: info@mellonmusicgroup.com Web: mellomusicgroup.com Notable Artists: Oddisee, Open Miek Eagle, Apollo Brown MERGE RECORDS Chapel Hill, NC Email: merge@mergerecords.com Web: mergerecords.com Roster: Arcade Fire, Barren Girls, Caribou, Divine Fits, Ex Hex, She & Him, Teenage Fanclub, M. Ward and more. METAL BLADE RECORDS 5632 Van Nuys Blvd., #1301 Sherman Oaks, CA 91401 Email: metalblade@metalblade.com Web: metalblade.com, facebook.com/ metalbladerecords Styles/Specialties: heavy metal, progressive, rock *No unsolicited material

Additional location: Metal Blade Records GMGH Marstallstrasse 14 73033 Goppingen, Germany METROPOLIS RECORDS P.O. Box 974 Media, PA 19063 610-595-9940 Email: demo@metropolis-records.com, facebook.com/MetropolisRecords Web: metropolis-records.com *accept CD or CD-R formats or SoundCloud links MEXICAN SUMMER 87 Guernsey St. Brooklyn, NY11222 Email: info@mexicansummer.com Web: mexicansummer.com Notable Artists: Ariel Pink, Weyes Blood, Dungen MILAN ENTERTAINMENT Sherman Oaks, CA Email: jc.chamboredon@sonymusic.com Web: milanrecords.com Styles: soundtracks, electronic, world MIND OF A GENIUS (MOAG) P.O. Box 3613, M.P.O. Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6B 3Y6 604-669-MINT Email: info@mintrecs.com Web: mintrecs.com, facebook.com/ mintrecords, mindofagenius.co.uk Notable Artists: THEY, Gallant, ZHURECORDS Roster: Hot Panda, Immaculate Machine, Fanshaw, Kellarissa, John Guliak *Accepts demos in CD in the mail with a handwritten note and contact info MILK RECORDS P.O. Box 35 Moreland LPO Coburg 3058 Victoria, Australia Email: millk@milkrecords.com.au Web: milk.milkrecords.com.au, facebook. com/milkrecordsmelbourne Notable Artists: Courtney Barnett MIXPAK RECORDS Brooklyn, NY Email: info@mixpakrecords.com Web: mixpakrecords.com Notable Artists: Popcaan, Palmistry, Murio MORPHIUS RECORDS 100 E. 23rd St. Baltimore, MD 21218 410-662-0112 Email: info@morphius.com Web: morphius.com MOTION CITY RECORDS P.O. Box 50624 Minneapolis, MN 55405 310-434-1272 Email: us@motorcitysoundtrack.com Web: motioncity.com Styles/Specialties: alternative rock Roster: Velvet, Voodoo, Brent Fraser, 10 Pound Troy, UFO Bro, Drag, Wendy Bucklew MOUNTAIN APPLE COMPANY, THE P.O. Box 22569 Honolulu, HI 96814 808-597-1888 Web: mountainapplecompany.com Styles/Specialties: traditional and contemporary Hawaiian MOUNTAIN HOME RECORDS 50 Fisk Drive Arden, NC 28704 828-684-3066 Email: info@mountainhomemusiccompany.com Web: mountainhomemusiccompany.com, facebook.com/mtnhomemusic Styles/Specialties: bluegrass *No unsolicited material

MRG RECORDINGS Email: submissions@mrgrecordings.com Web: mrgrecordings.com, facebook.com/ mrgrecordings Contact: A&R Styles/Specialties: rock, electronic, ambient, folk MY-ZEAL PRODUCTIONS, CO 23207 Lahser Rd. Southfield, MI 48033 Email: myzealproductions@gmail.com Web: MyZealProductions.com Styles/Specialties: gospel, pop, rnb, singer-songwriters Distribution: IndieBlu, MNRK N. E. H. RECORDS 7915 Oxford Rd. Niwot, CO 80503 303-652-0199 Email: mmcpherson@nehrecords.com Web: nehrecords.com NEW PANTS PUBLISHING INC. & OLD PANTS PUBLISHING INC. 119 N Wahsatch Avenue Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903 719-632-0227 Fax 719-634-2274 Email: rac@crlr.net Web: newpants.com, oldpants.com Contact: Robert A. Styles/Specialties: pop, rock, rap, R&B, country Roster: Stephanie Aramburo, Chad Steele, C. Lee Clarke, Tech T, James Becker, Kathy Watson, Lisa Bigwood, George Montalbano, Silence, Sherwin Greenwood, Joel Diehl, John Ellis and Phyllis Shaw. *Unsolicited material through management or lawyer only. Please contact before submitting NEW VISION MUSIC GROUP & NVM RECORDS 7306 Ann Cabell Lane Mechanicsville, VA 23111 804-350-4746 Email: newvisionmusicgroupnvmrecords @gmail.com Web: newvisionmusicgroup.com Styles/Specialties: New Country, Traditional Country, Bluegrass, Christian, Christian Country, Gospel & Americana NEW WEST RECORDS 2923 Berry Hill Dr. Nashville, TN 37204 615-385-4777 Web: newwestrecords.com Roster: see web *No unsolicited materials accepted NINJA TUNE P.O. Box 4296 London, SE11 4WW Email: demos@ninjatune.net Web: ninjatune.net/home Notable Artists: Bonobo, Actress, FaltyDL, The Bug *Only accepting demos in digital form NITRO RECORDS 7071 Warner Ave., Ste. F736 Huntington Beach, CA 92647 Email: info@nitrorecords.com Web: facebook.com/nitrorecords Styles/Specialties: punk/pop Roster: see web NOISEY BY VICE Brooklyn, New York 11249 Email: press@vice.com Web: vice.com/en_us/section/music NONESUCH RECORDS 1633 Broadway New York, NT 10019 212-707-2000 Email: info@nonesuch.com Web: nonesuch.com, facebook.com/ NonesuchRecords Roster: Emmylou Harris, Joni Mitchell, Gipsy Kings, kd lang, Randy Newman, Wilco, Brian Wilson, Stephen Sondheim,

Kronos Quartet, Youssou N’Dour, Buena Vista Social Club, Laurie Anderson OGLIO RECORDS 3540 W. Sahara Ave., #308 Las Vegas, NV 89102 702-800-5500 Web: oglio.com Contact: Carl Caprioglio, Mark Copeland Roster: George Lopez, the Sparks, Jackie the Jokeman Martling, reissues, novelty, soundtracks, Beatallica OH BOY RECORDS P.O. Box 150222 Nashville, TN 37215 615-742-1250 Email: info@ohboy.com Web: ohboy.com *no unsolicited material accepted PAPER GARDEN RECORDS 170 Tillary St., Apt. 608 Brooklyn, NY 11201 Email: info@papergardenrecords.com Contact: Bryan Vaughn Web: papergardenrecords.com Roster: Alcoholic Faith Mission, Darla Framer, Mighty Tiger, Pree Accepting Demos PARMA RECORDINGS 223 Lafayette Rd. North Hampton, NH 03862 603-758-1718 Email: info@parmarecordings.com Web: parmarecordings.com PAUL WINTER P.O. Box 72 Litchfield, CT 06759 860-567 8796, 800-437-2281 Email: elizabeth@waldmaniapr.com Web: paulwinter.com, facebook.com/paulwintermusic/info POSI-TONE P.O. Box 2848 Los Angeles, CA 90294 310-871-2652 Email: info@posi-tone.com Web: posi-tone.com Styles/Specialties: jazz Roster: Orrin Evans, Jim Rotondi, Ralph Bowen, Brian Charette, Jared Gold, David Gibson, Ehud Asherie, Doug Webb PPL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC PO Box 261488 Encino, CA 91426 310-962-3873 Email: pplzmi@aol.com Web:pplzmi.com *No unsolicited material accepted Contact: Maxx Diamond *No unsolicited material accepted. Must first write with SASE for permission. PRA RECORDS 212-860-3233 Email: pra@prarecords.com Web: prarecords.com Contact: Patrick Rains Styles/Specialties: jazz Roster: Jonatha Brooke, Randy Crawford, David Sanborn, Curtis Stigers Distribution: Ryko PRAVDA RECORDS 4245 N Knox Ste 7 Chicago, IL 60641 773-763-7509 Email: kenn@pravdamusic.com Web: pravdamusic.com PRIMARILY A CAPPELLA P.O. Box D San Anselmo, CA 94979 415-419-5509 Email: harmony@singers.com Web: singers.com Styles/Specialties: a cappella *Unsolicited material accepted QUARTO VALLEY RECORDS Woodland Hills, CA

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Directory of Everything Indie Email: info@quartovalleyrecords.com Web: quartovalleyrecords.com Roster/Notable Projects: Paul Rodgers, Savoy Brown, Edgar Winter, The Immediate Family, Narada Michael Walden, Richard T. Bear, Bonham-Bullick Band, Denny Seiwell, Sean Chambers, Dominic Quarto R&S RECORDS Email: bandcamp@rsrecords.com Web: randsrecords.com Roster: James Blake, Nicolas Jaar, Paul White RAMP RECORDS Santa Barbara, CA Email: Info@ramprecords.com Web: ramprecords.com Styles/Specialties: Eclectic Roster: Michael McDonald, Jeff Bridges *No unsolicited material RAZOR & TIE ENTERTAINMENT 250 West 57th Street - 6th Floor New York, NY 10107 212-699-6588 Email: press@razorandtie.com Web: concord.com/labels/razor-tie-records Roster: see website RED EYE MUSIC GROUP 505 Eno St. Hillsborough, NC 27278 877-733-3931 Email: info@redeyeworldwide.com Web: redeyeusa.com Note: no unsolicited material RED HOUSE RECORDS 916 19th Avenue South Nashville, TN 37212 800-757-2277, 615-320-7672 Email: info@compassrecords.com Web: redhouserecords.com *Unsolicited material accepted RELAPSE RECORDS P.O. Box 2060 Upper Darby, PA 19082 610-734-1000 Email: mailorder@relapse.com, Web: relapse.com, facebook.com/ RelapseRecords Roster: High on Fire, Jucifer, Origin, Brutal Truth REMBA RECORDS P.O. Box 611 Montrose, CA 91021 818-244-5661 Email: michael@rembarecords.com Web: rembarecords.com Contact: Jennifer Russell, Michael Gayle Styles/Specialties: all styles REVELATION RECORDS P.O. Box 5232 Huntington Beach, CA 92615 714-842-7584 Email: webmaster@revhq.com Web: revelationrecords.com Styles/Specialties: hardcore, punk, emo and metal Roster: See website *Unsolicited material accepted RHYMESAYERS ENTERTAINMENT 2409 Hennepin Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55405 612-977-9870 Email: info@rhymesayers.com Web: rhymesayers.com ROADRUNNER RECORDS Warner Music Group 1633 Broadway New York,NY 10019 212-275-2000 Web: roadrunnerrecords.com Styles/Specialties: rock *Unsolicited materials accepted, see web for details. ROUGH TRADE RECORDS 30 Rockefeller Plaza

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New York, NY 10112 212-664-1110 Web: roughtrade.com Notable Artists: Princess Nokia, jennylee, Parquet Courts SACRED BONES Brooklyn, New York Email: info@sacredbonesrecords.com Web: sacredbonesrecords.com Notable Artists: Amen Dunes, Zola Jesus, Jenny Hval SECRETLY CANADIAN 213 S. Rogers Bloomfield, IN 47404 812-335-1572 Email: info@secretlydistribution.com Web: secretlycanadian.com Notable Artists: Whitney, ANOHNI, serpentwithfeet, War On Drugs SHANGRI-LA PROJECTS P.O. Box 40106 Memphis, TN 38174 901-359-3102 Email: sherman@shangrilaprojects.com Web: shangrilaprojects.com SIX DEGREES RECORDS P.O. Box 411347 San Francisco, CA 94141 Email: licensing@sixdegreesrecords.com Web: sixdegreesrecords.com Distribution: Fontana *we do not accept unsolicited demos SMILE RECORDS Los Angeles, CA Email: smilerecords@gmail.com Web: smilerecords.homestead.com/ homepage.html Contact: Tony Valenziano, President SONIC IMAGES ENTERTAINMENT GROUP 12400 Ventura Blvd., #268 Studio City, CA 91604 323-650-4000 Email: sonicimages@sonicimages.com Web: sonicimages.com SOULECTION Los Angeles Contact: Joe Kay, Head of A&R Web: soulection.com Notable Artists: Goldlink, Sango, Ta-ku

Styles/Specialties: rock, jazz, punk, progressive rock *Unsolicited material accepted STONES THROW RECORDS, LLC 2658 Griffith Park Blvd, #504 Los Angeles, CA 90039 Email: losangeles@stonesthrow.com Web: stonesthrow.com Notable Artists: J Dilla, Dam-Funk, Madvillian SUB POP 2013 4th Ave., 3rd Fl. Seattle, WA 98121 206-441-8441 Fax 206-441-8245 Email: info@subpop.com Web: subpop.com Styles/Specialties: rock, alt. rock *No unsolicited material SUMMIT RECORDS P.O. Box 26850 Tempe, AZ 85285 1-480-491-6430 Email: sales@summitrecords.com Web: summitrecords.com Styles/Specialties: jazz--big band, contemporary Distribution: hard goods: Allegro Media Group (North America); digital: IODA SUPREME ENTERPRISES INTERNATIONAL CORP. P.O. Box 1373 Agoura Hills, CA 91376 Email: supreme2@earthlink.net Web: raggaforce.com Contact: J. Sarmiento Styles/Specialties: trance, Latin, reggaeton *No phone calls, please SURFDOG RECORDS 1126 S. Coast Hwy. 101 Encinitas, CA 92024 760-944-8000 Fax 760-944-7808 Email: demo@surfdog.com Web: surfdog.com Contact: Anita Strine Roster: Brian Setzer, Stray Cats, Richard Cheese, Gary Hoey, Rusty Anderson, Slightly Stoopid, Dan Hicks, Butthole Surfers, Gibby Haynes, Dylan Donkin, the Wylde Bunch *Unsolicited material accepted, see website

SOUND KITCHEN STUDIOS, LLC 112 Seaboard Ln. Franklin, TN 37067 615-579-4655 Email: iblonder@soundkitchen.com Contact: Ira Blonder Web: soundkitchen.com Specialities: All Genres *Unsolicited material accepted

SYMBIOTIC RECORDS P.O. Box 88456 Los Angeles, CA 90009 424-245-0416 Web: symbioticnation.com Syles/Specialties: All Roster: Ignacio Val, Eric Knight Services: Record Label *Accepts unsolicited material email links only, no phone calls

SOUNDSCAPES MEDIA GROUP 1534 N. Moorpark Road, #183 Los Angeles, CA 91360 805-405-8078 Email: info@soundscapesmedia.com Web: soundscapesmedia.com Styles/Specialties: Jazz, Acoustic, Vocal, Latin, Pop, Blues, Classic Rock, Classical - HD Recordings and Distribution, Immersive formats * Unsolicited Material Accepted

TANGENT RECORDS P.O. Box 383 Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 614-751-1962 Fax 614-751-6414 Email: info@tangentrecords.com Web: tangentrecords.com Contact: Andrew J. Batchelor, President Styles/Specialties: contemporary instrumental, rock instrumental, electronic, jazz-rock, world beat Distribution: self-distributed *Unsolicited material accepted

SPARROW RECORDS (Capitol CMG Label Group) 101 Winners Cir. Brentwood, TN 37027 615-371-4300 Email: info@capitolcmg.com Web: sparrowrecords.com Styles/Specialties: Christian *No unsolicited materials SST Records PO Box 1 Taylor, TX 76574 512-387-5331 Email: orders@sstsuperstore.com Web: sstsuperstore.com

TERRIBLE RECORDS Brooklyn, NY Contact: Ethan Silverman Email: orders@secondcityprints.com Web: terriblerecords.com, facebook.com/ terriblerecords Notable Artists: Solange, Empress Of, Blood Orange THIN MAN ENTERTAINMENT P.O. Box 322 Torrance, CA 90507 310-320-8822 Email: submissions@thinmanentertainment.com

Web: thinmanentertainment.com Contact: Jeremy Meza Styles/Specialties: alternative rock, darkwave, deathrock, gothic, industrial, jazz, junk, punk and psychobilly THUMP RECORDS P.O. Box 9605 Brea, CA 92822 Email: customersupport@thumprecords. com Web: thumprecords.com Contact: Bill Walker, CEO Styles/Specialties: Latin rap, old skool, rap, R&B, Latin, oldies, disco *New Artist submission guidelines: see website. TREASURE ISLE RECORDERS, INC. 2808 Azalea Pl. Nashville, TN 37204 615-297-0700 Email: fredvail@treasureislenashville.com Web: facebook.com/TreasureIsleRecorders TRUE PANTHER SOUNDS New York, New York Email: sounds@truepanther.com Web: truepanther.com Notable Artists: Tobias Jesso Jr. London O’Connor URBAND & LAZAR Los Angeles, CA London 323-230-6592 Email: help@urbandlazar.com Web: urbandlazar.com Styles/Specialities: indie, alt-rock, s-s *We do not accept unsolicited material VAGRANT RECORDS 5566 W. Washington Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90016 323-302-0100 Email: info@vagrant.com Web: vagrant.com *We do not accept unsolicited demos WARP RECORDS Sheffield London Web: warp.net Email: usa@warprecords.com Notable Artists: Hudson Mohawke, Danny Brown, Aphex Twin, Kelela *not seeking unsolicited demos WICKED COOL RECORDS 434 6th Ave., Ste. 6R New York, NY 347-229-2960 Email: scott@wickedcoolrecords.com Web: facebook.com/WickedCoolRecords XL RECORDINGS (Beggars Group) 1 Codrington Mews London, England W11 2EH +44 (0) 20 8870 7511 Web: xlrecordings.com Email: xl@xl-recordings.com YEAR0001 Krukmakargatan 22, 118 51 Stockholm Sweden Email: info@year001.com Web: year0001.com, facebook.com/ year0001 Notable Artists: Yung Lean, Bladee, Thaiboy Digital YEP ROC RECORDS 449-A Trollingwood Rd. Haw River, NC 27258 877-733-3931 Email: fred@yeprocmusicgroup.com Web: yeproc.com YOUNG TURKS London, UK Web: theyoungturks.co.uk Notable Artists: FKA Twigs, The xx, SBTRKT, Sampha

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1 SEO EXPERTS Los Angeles, CA 888-736-2413 Web: 1seoexperts.com Contact: Michael Guy Services: Providing cutting edge media and marketing CARDSCASHREWARDS.COM Los Angeles, CA 1-888-452.5959 Toll-Free in USA Email: info@cardscashrewards.com Web: cardscashrewards.com Styles/Specialties: We develop gift cards into marketing solutions that enable music artists to establish and sustain their careers independently. Our awardwinning approach to gift cards integrates online PR; social networking; cuttingedge ecommerce and more into any commercially-viable artists’ marketing mix to accelerate sales and cash-flow; grow and monetize social networks; establish new distribution channels; and new strategic partnerships and sponsorships. Our approach to gift cards also conveys S.M.A.R.T.er ways for indie music artists to crowdfund; digitally distribute music globally; sell directly to consumers. TWO SHEPS THAT PASS 1740 Broadway 15th Floor New York, NY 10019 646-907-8787 Email: info@twoshepsthatpass.com Web: twoshepsthatpass.com 360 MEDIA 1040 Boulevard SE, Suite C Atlanta, GA 30312 404-577-8686 Email: hello@360media.net Web: 360media.net 919 MARKETING COMPANY 104 Avent Ferry Rd. Holly Springs, NC 27540 919-557-7890 Email: letsworktogether@919marketing.com Web: 919marketing.com INDIEPOWER 5062 Lankershim Blvd., #174 N. Hollywood, CA 91601 818-505-1836 Email: info@indiepower.com Web: facebook.com/INDIEPOWERonline Contact: Jay Warsinske CEO (40+ year veteran) Styles/Specialties: All styles, worldwide, maximum PR, promotion, marketing and major distribution services by top pros ABC PROMOTIONAL MARKETING 20531 Rhode St. Woodland Hills, CA 91367 818-999-2226 Email: andrew@shopabcpromo.com Web: shopabcpromo.com AIM MARKETING SOLUTIONS 830 3rd Street South, Suite 203 Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250 904-881-0932 Email: info@aimmktgagency.com Web: aimmktgagency.com Styles/Specialties: sports and entertainment marketing A.D.D. MARKETING & ADVERTISING 6600 Lexington Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90038 323-790-0500 Email: info@addmarketing.com Web: addmarketing.com Styles/Specialties: rock, hip-hop, electronic *No unsolicited material/phone calls AFFORDABLE IMAGE 515 E. Grant Street, #216 Phoenix, AZ 85004 800-639-1622 Email: sales@affordableimage.com Web: affordableimage.com

AIRPLAY ACCESS 5018 Franklin Pike Nashville,TN 37220 310-325-9997 Email: staff@airplayaccess.com Web: airplayaccess.com Contact: Paul Loggins Styles/Specialties: all styles ANDERSON MARKETING 85 NE Loop 410, Suite 501 San Antonio, TX 78216 210-223-6233 Email: info@andersonmarketing.com Web: andadv.com ARIES OF NOHO PROMOTIONS P.O. Box 16741 North Hollywood, CA 91615 747-256-8911, 818-220-3423 Email: Shelby@ariesofnoho.com Web: ariesofnoho.com Contact: MJ Shelby Styles: Funk, Jazz, Old School, R&B, Soul, Urban, World Beat Services: Consulting, Radio Airplay, Marketing, On-Line Promotion, Band Management, Social Networking, Video Promotion and Internet Publicity

DEATH TO SLOW MUSIC Chicago, Il (646) 470-8009 Email: teamdeath@eathtoslowmusic.com Web: deathtoslowmusic.com Contact: Henry Bainbridge Styles: Indie, Punk, Rock, Folk, DIY, Underground Services: Music PR for punks, geeks, weirdos and the rest of us. Campaigns with soul. Killer bios. Punchy press releases. Straight dope advice. DEBORAH BROSSEAU COMMUNICATIONS Los Angeles, CA 323-314-4203 Email: db@deborahbrosseau.com Web: deborahbrosseau.com Contact: Deborah Brosseau DISTINCTIVE PROMO 646-727-9645 Email: promo@distinctivepromo.com Web: distinctivepromo.com FANSCAPE 12777 W. Jefferson Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90066 214-259-8472 Email: james@fanscape.com Web: fanscape.com

GONZALEZ MARKETING 2804 W. Northern Lights Anchorage, AK 99517 907-562-8640 Email: gm@gonzalezmarketing.com Web: gonzalezmarketing.com Contact: Steve Gonzalez HANDS ON PR & MARKETING Email: handsonpr@aol.com Web: expertiseinmedia.com Contact: Craig Melone Styles/Specialties: all styles/indie labels are our forte HOWARD ROSEN PROMOTION, INC. 1129 Maricopa Hwy. Ste. #238 Ojai, CA 93023 805-382-2200 Email: howie@howiewood.com Web: howiewood.com Contact: Howard Rosen Formats/Specialties: CHR/Top 40, AC, Hot AC, AAA, Alternative Specialty, Mainstream Rock, Modern AC, Country & College for artists of all label sizes including Independent. Social Media, Video Production

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HUMAN ELEMENT TV 453 S. Spring St., Ste. 937 Los Angeles, CA 90013-2089 213-232-1193 Email: info@humanelement.tv Web: melodymakerproductions.com Services: Logo creation, press kit design, album cover art, promo materials (stickers, flyers, etc.) audio post production, composition for TV/films/games, songwriting arrangement, record production, engineering, mixing, mastering, prepping, albums for duplication/replication, vocal coaching, vocal production, career consultation.

BLACK DOG PROMOTIONS 9920 South Rural Road, Ste. 108 Phoenix, AZ 85284 480-206-3435 Email: scott@blackdogpromotions.com Web: blackdogpromotions.com

FILTER 300 Lenora Street, Suite 1279 Seattle, WA 98101 800-336-0809 Email: info@filterdigital.com Web: filterdigital.com

IFANZ.COM (McCartney Multimedia, Inc.) 322 Culver Blvd., Ste. 124 Playa Del Rey, CA 90293 Email: info@ifanz.com Web: ifanz.com

BRYAN FARRISH PROMOTION 1828 Broadway, 2nd Fl. Santa Monica, CA 90404 310-998-8305 Email: booking@radio-media.com Web: radio-media.com Styles/Specialties: In-house and field staff to handle regular rotation on every commercial station in the U.S. and Canada, generating up to 3,000,000 listens per week on a single station in a single city. Also, college radio, specialty/mixshow radio, and gigchart.net for gigs in CA.

FLANAGAN’S RADIO PROMOTIONS 323-876-7027 Email: submt@FlanaganPromotions.com Web: flanaganpromotions.com Contact: Jon Flanagan, Taylor W., Tom S. Styles/Specialties: AAA, rock, AC, consult before pressing CD, building a band’s buzz!.

IMAGINE PR 262 West 38th Street Suite 703 New York City 212-922-1961 Email: info@imagine-team.com Web: imagine-team.com

ARISTOMEDIA Nashville, TN 37202 615-269-7071 Email: info@aristomedia.com Web: aristomedia.com BEHIND THE CURTAINS MEDIA 234 6th St. Ste #5 Brooklyn, NY 11215 347-699-4429 Contact: Michael Abiuso Email: mike@behindthecurtainsmedia.com Web: behindthecurtainsmedia.com

CARPARK RECORDS P.O. Box 42374 Washington, D.C. 20015 Email: info@carparkrecords.com Web: carparkrecords.com Notable Artists: Toro y Moi, Skylar Spence, Cloud Nothings CORNERSTONE 71 W. 23rd St., 13th Fl. New York, NY 10010 212-741-7100 Email: info@cornerstonepromotion.com, pr@cornerstonepromotion.com Web: cornerstonepromotion.com Contact: Rob Stone and Jon Cohen CREATIVE BRAND CONSULTING 2219 S. 48th St., Ste. 1 Tempe, AZ 85282 888-567-0522 Email: ron@creativebrandconsulting.com Web: creativebrandconsulting.com CYBER PR 389 12th St. Brooklyn, NY 11215 212-239-8384 Email: contact@arielpublicity.com Web: cyberprmusic.com

Additional location: 1999 Bryan St., Ste. 1800 Dallas, TX 75201 200 E. Randolph St. Chicago, IL

GAIL ROBERTS P.R. & INTERNET MARKETING 10061 Riverside Dr., Ste. 1400 Burbank, CA 91602 310-734-8193 Email: gailrobertspr@gmail.com Web: linkedin.com/in/gailrobertspr Contact: Gail Roberts Styles/Specialties: longstanding music PR firm with marketing and online promotion, internet publicity, social networking. Firm also handles marketing and media for painters, authors, corporations and ecological projects. GIANT STEP 281 N. 7th St., #2 Brooklyn, NY 11211 212-219-3567 Email: inquiries@giantstep.net Web: giantstep.net Additional location: 644 N. Fuller Ave. #127 Los Angeles, CA 90036 Email: esther@giantstep.net GIRLIE ACTION MEDIA & MARKETING, INC. 243 W. 30th St., 12th Fl. New York, NY 10001 212-989-2222 Email: info@girlieaction.com Web: girlieaction.com, facebook.com/ girlieaction

J&H PROMOTIONS P.O. Box 295 Indian Rocks, FL 33785 727-648-4274 Email: jhpro@att.net Web: jandhpromotions.com Contact: Mary Christopher, President Styles/Specialties: Award-winning promotions, brand management, ad agency, radio promotions, press/PR, representing all genres, from indie to major label. Clients: ABC Radio Networks, Dreamworks Records, Harrah’s Casino, MCA Records, Jones and Thomas Advertising Agency, Naxos Music, Stringtown Records, Town of Los Altos Hills, Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, Polk County Utilities, 3rd Battalion 3rd Marines, Main Street Bank and Trust and Virgin Records. JJ ENTERTAINMENT 530-412-3354 Email: Joddith@aol.com Web: jjentertainment.com Contact: Jodi Jackson Styles: All KAREN MORSTAD & ASSOCIATES 79 E. Putnam Ave. Greenwich, CT 06830 646-209-8055 Email: kmorstad@karenmorstad.com Web: karenmorstad.com KBH ENTERTAINMENT GROUP Van Nuys, CA 91405

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Directory of Everything Indie 818-786-5994 Email: support@kbhentertainment.com Web: kbhentertainment.com Contact: Brent Harvey Styles/Specialties: consulting, artist management, event production, music licensing and placement, publicity, talent buying & booking LABEL LOGIC Artist and Label Services Contact: Jay Gilbert and Jeff Moskow 566 Mindenvale Court Simi Valley, CA 93065 (310) 405-4155 (text), 818-431-0728 Email: jay@label-logic.net, jeff@labellogic.net Web: label-logic.net Styles/Specialties: All genres LAKES COMMUNICATION SERVICES Los Angeles, CA 90045 323-251-2358 Email: lakescommunications@gmail.com Contact: Jeffery Lakes Clients: Mark Drummond, Lakes The Voice Styles: R&B, HipHop, Smooth Jazz, Urban Contemporary Services: artist management, marketing, business development LAKES ENTERTAINMENT Las Vegas, NV 702-881-3593 Email: entertainmentlakes@gmail.com Contact: DJ A Smoove Summary: We are transforming music deejay services into game-changing artist promotional and showcasing opportunities for indie music artists. Our approach to deejaying integrates featured artist presentations and showcases into any event’s experiential mix as well as live streaming showcases across social media and digital streaming platforms. Styles: We specialize in urban-themed music, including R&B, classic soul, rap, hip-hop, and gospel. Other styles considered on case-by-case basis Additional: We also produce and distribute mixtapes as well as promotional flyers and postcards. LANE TERRALEVER 645 E Missouri Ave., Ste 400 Phoenix, AZ 85012 602-258-5263 Email: info@laneterralever.com Web: laneterralever.com LARRY WEIR National Record Promotion 137 N. Larchmont Blvd., S-#500 Los Angeles, CA 90004 323-658-7449 Email: lweir@larryweir.com Web: larryweir.com Specialties: Need radio airplay? Multiformat radio promotion LOGGINS PROMOTION 2530 Atlantic Ave., Ste. C Long Beach, CA 90806 310-325-2800 Email: staff@logginspromotion.com Web: logginspromotion.com Contact: Paul Loggins Styles/Specialties: all styles LOTOS NILE MARKETING P.O. Box 90245 Nashville, TN 37209 615-298-1144 Email: info@lotosnile.com Web: lotosnile.com LUCKIE & COMPANY 1143 1st Ave S, Suite 110 Birmingham, AL 35223 833-4-LUCKIE Email: press@luckie.com Web: luckie.com Additional location: 3160 Main St. Ste 200 Duluth, GA 30096

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LUCK MEDIA & MARKETING, INC. 8581 Santa Monica Blvd., #426 West Hollywood, CA 90069 818-232-4175 Email: info@luckmedia.com Web: luckmedia.com Contact: Steve Levesque MIA MIND MUSIC 254 6th St., Ste. #2 Hoboken, NJ 07030 800-843-8575 Email: info@miamindmusic.com Web: miamindmusic.com MAKE GOOD MARKETING & MANAGEMENT, INC. Paul Orescan 13636 Ventura Blvd., #185 Sherman Oaks CA 91423 (818) 749-7014 Email: paulorescan@me.com Web: makegoodmarketing.com MIKE MATISA Independent Agent Radio Promotions, Artist Development Email: mikematisa@gmail.com Website: mikematisa.com Contact: Mike Matisa Services: Independent agent and scout for a diversified portfolio of radio promotion and artist development professionals. Specializing in: Pop, Top 40, Adult Contemporary, Urban, Hot AC, Country, Triple A, Alternative, Active & Modern Rock, and Smooth Jazz radio formats. MILES HIGH PRODUCTIONS P.O. Box 93157 Hollywood, CA 90093 323-806-0400 Email: info@mileshighproductions.com Web: mileshighproductions.com Styles/Specialties: Social Marketing and digital press company catering to both indie and established artists. We specialize in rock, pop, dance, jazz, blues, country/roots, soul/urban and new age. Established in 2002. MIXED MEDIA Cranston, RI Email: ginny@mixedmediapromo.com Web: mixedmediapromo.com MOTION CITY RECORDS 1424 4th St., #604 Santa Monica, CA 90401 310-434-1272 Web: motioncity.com Styles/Specialties: alternative rock Roster: Velvet, Voodoo, Brent Fraser, 10 Pound Troy, UFO Bro, Drag, Wendy Bucklew MRY 299 W. Houston St., 14th Fl, New York, NY 10014 212-274-0470 Email: beth.nigro@moxieusa.com Web: mry.com NVE RECORDS Universal Music Group Distribution Murrieta, CA 951-444-8683 Email: info@nverecords.com Web: nverecords.com Contact: Gary Devon Dostson, CEO NEW MUSIC WEEKLY 137 N. Larchmont Ave., Ste. 500 Los Angeles, CA 90004 310-325-9997 Email: staff@newmusicweekly.com Web: newmusicweekly.com Contact: Paul Loggins, Larry Weir, Chuck Dauphin, John Loggins, Jon Hudson, Masika Swain, Debi Fee Styles/Specialties: all styles *National music magazine specializing in radio airplay charts, artist spotlights/ interviews and entertainment based editorials

THE ORIEL COMPANY 37 W 20th Street, Suite 1004 New York, NY 10011 Email: carleen@thorie.co Web: theoriel.co PACIFIC MARKETING LLC 740 NE 3rd Ste. 3-109 Bend OR 97701 503-880-5516 Email: luc@pacmarlic.com Web: pacmarllc.com PIERCE CREATIVE SERVICES 433 G Street Suite 302 San Diego, CA 92101 619-356-0164 Email: hello@piercesd.com Web: piercesd.com PINNACLE MANAGEMENT, MARKETING & PROMOTIONS, LLC 1129 Maricopa Hwy. Ste. #238 Ojai, CA 93023 805-201-6300 Email: pinnaclemanagement212@gmail.com Formats/Specialties: CHR/Top 40, AC, Hot AC, AAA, Alternative Specialty, Mainstream Rock, Modern AC, Country, College for artists of all label sizes including Independent. PEOPLE’S REVOLUTION, INC. 62 Grand St., 3rd Fl. New York, NY 10013 212-274-0400 Email: nycinfo@peoplesrevolution.com Web: peoplesrevolution.com Styles/Specialties: Fashion and lifestyle PR, marketing and events. This includes fashion show planning and production PFA MEDIA Entertainment Media & Marketing 214 W. 29th St., Ste. 702 New York, NY 10001 212-334-6116 Web: pfamedia.net Email: info@pfamedia.net Additional location: Nashville 615-840-8127 Email: info@pfamedia.net

Email: service@rockstarpromos.com Web: rockstarpromos.com Contact: Aaron Schimmel Styles/Specialties: CD/DVD replication, merchandise production (T-shirts, stickers, posters, postcards, merch items) and graphic design. ROCK STEADY 4201 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 400 Los Angeles, CA 90010 424-302-4140 Email: info@wearerocksteady.com Web: wearerocksteady.com RUDER FINN CREATIVE 425 E 53rd St. New York, NY 10022 212-593-6400 Email: taylor.johnson@ruderfinn.com Web: ruderfinn.com Contact: Taylor Johnson Additional locations: San Francisco 628-235-2101 Email: kimr@ruderfinn.com Contact: Robin Kim Washington, D.C. 202-921-1789 Email: monica.marshall@ruderfinn.com Contact: Monica Marshall SHINE ON PROMO Email: info@shineonpromo.com Web: shineonpromo.com Specialties: Radio Promotion for College/ Specialty / NONCOMM formats. #1 Albums in 2020: OSEES, Bully, Washed Out, Wolf Parade & of Montreal. SO MUCH MOORE MEDIA 615-202-1313 Email: martha@somuchmoore.com Web: somuchmoore.com Contact: Martha Moore Clients: Daryl Mosley (Bluegrass), American Blond (Country Rock and Sister Duo), Alex Miller (American Idol Alum, traditional country), Taylor Rae (Americana Blue/Jazz/Folk-Country)

PLA MEDIA, INC. 1303 16th Ave. S. Nashville, TN 37212 615-327-0100 Email: info@plamedia.com Web: plamedia.com

SONICBIDS CORPORATION P.O. Box 1407 White Plains, NY 10602 617-502-1300 Email: support@sonicbids.com Web: sonicbids.com Styles/Specialties: electronic press kits (EPK’s) for all styles of music

PPL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC PO BOX 261488 Encino, CA 91426 310-962-3873 Email: pplzmi@aol.com *No unsolicited material accepted

SPEAKEASY PR Los Angeles, CA 818-363-1315 Web: speakeasypr.com Email: Monica@Speakeasypr.com Contact: Monica Seide

PYRAMID COMMUNICATIONS 1932 1st Ave., Ste. 507 Seattle, WA 98101 206-374-7788 Web: pyramidcommunications.com

SPAWNAK Spawn Ideas, Inc. 510 L St., Ste. 100 Anchorage, AK 99501 907-274-9553 Email: info@spawnideas.com Web: spawnak.com

RANDOLPHE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP 67 S. Bedford St., Ste. 400W Burlington, MA 01803 877-202-1940 Email: contact@randolphe.com, christian@randolphe.com Web: randolphe.com *unsolicited material accepted RIOT ACT MEDIA Brooklyn, NY Portland, OR 206-890-9906 Email: nathan@riotactmedia.com Web: riotactmedia.com ROCKSTAR PROMOTIONS 1926 Hollywood Blvd., #202 Hollywood, FL 33020 954-767-8385

SPINLAB COMMUNICATIONS 12198 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 210 Studio City, CA 91604 818-763-9800 Email: info@spinlab.net Web: spinlab.net Styles/Specialties: branding campaigns, corporate communications, crisis communications, event planning and execution, public relations, publicity SPINS TRACKING SYSTEM A Backstage Entertainment Co. 5018 Franklin Pike Nashville, TN 38220 310-325-9997 Email: staff@spinstrackingsystem.com Web: spinstrackingsystem.com

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Additional location: 3685 Motor Ave., Ste. 240 Los Angeles, CA 90034 424-603-4655 BIG PICTURE MEDIA 85 Delancey St., Ste 47 New York, NY 10002 212-675-3103 Email: paul@bigpicturemediaonline.com Contact: Dayna Ghiraldi-Travers Web: bigpicturemediaonline.com BIZ 3 PUBLICITY Chicago, IL 60622 Email: info@biz3.net Web: biz3.net BLACK & WHITE PR The Lot 1041 N. Formosa Ave., Ste. 214 West Hollywood, CA 90046 Email: sara@phases2pr.com Web: blackandwhitepr.net BOBBI MARCUS PUBLIC RELATIONS & EVENTS, INC. Los Angeles, CA 310-889-9200 Email: admin@bobbimarcuspr.com, bobbi@bobbimarcuspr.com Contact: Bobbi Marcus BRADLEY PUBLIC RELATIONS & MARKETING 318 W Katella Ave. B Orange, CA 949-274-9651 Email: bob@bradleypublicity.com Web: bradleypublicity.com

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Contact: Doug Deutsch Styles/Specialties: Full-Service Artist Publicity and Promotion; Tour Publicity; Festivals/Special Events Publicity; New Record Release Campaigns Roster: Blues From The Top Festival; New Blues Festival; Woodystock Blues Festival; Thunderbird Management, Tab Benoit; Allman Family Revival Melody & Vaylor Trucks; Brother & Sister; Vanessa Collier; Victor Wainwright & The Train (Tour); Head Honchos; Karen Lawrence & Blue By Nature; Marlon Hoffman Band; Sandy Haley Band; Jeff Fetterman Band; Fred Hostetler; A Brothers Revival; Jangling Sparrows; Wild Ride. DOMINION3 PUBLIC RELATIONS 1420 Camden Ave., Ste. #5 Los Angeles, CA 90025 310-478-3393 Email: kim@dominion3.com Web: dominion3.com Contact: Kim Dixon DRPR 302-266-1273 Web: drprstrategies.com DUNN DEAL PR Los Angeles, CA 310-666-5336 Email: james@dunndealpr.com Web: dunndealpr.com

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Ducktape [a self-released digital download from 2012]—if you want to talk about the true spark that rocketed off into space— that was it.” Having released his songs online as Duckwrth, he wanted to develop his own solo sound, and joined the TeamBackpack cypher series on YouTube after a friend suggested he contact TeamBackpack cofounder Armani Cooper. Republic Records artist manager Xtina Prince discovered Duckwrth on YouTube, and mentored him for two years before his move to New York in 2014. As his manager, Prince delivered marketing and tour budgets, along with licensing and sync options. The artist’s 2017 label deal brought An XTRA UGLY Mixtape and The Falling Man, Tayla Parx and Louis The Child collaborations; Spider-man: Into The Spiderverse and Space Jam: A New Legacy placements; and work with Riot Games. South by Southwest in 2018 brought an introduction to Billie Eilish. The synergy between Duckwrth and Eilish was immediate, resulting in the forthcoming tour. Duckwrth’s writing has a unique flavor, which he attributes to having listened to a wide range of music from a young age, including classical, gospel, jazz, punk, and metal. His first public performances were in his church choir. He started out, he says, “just feeling like I had something different that I could bring,” and feels that artists should, “be a whole lot of  themselves. It's the key ingredient to [being] a good artist.” In a process that now involves artists, producers, and many others in collaboration, Duckwrth feels that, to make something special, it has to be organic and  present in the moment—created from scratch. His recommendation? Cre ate a bridge of sounds and genres to something new that people aren't yet doing, and to challenge yourself.  It would seem that South Central gave him his backbone, New  York built his strength, and San Francisco added color, vibration and texture to his style and sound. He’s always looking to push himself to  try new things and create on the next level. “I just want people to be  blown away by the music,” he concludes, “by the performance, by the energy. That’s a big goal  of mine.”

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San Pedro, CA 90732 310-547-1212 Email: melissadragich@gmail.com Web: madinkpr.com/about-us MICHAEL J. MEDIA GROUP 5 Timber Run Ct. Madison, WI 53719 608-848-9707 Email: mike@michaeljmedia.com Web: michaeljmedia.com, facebook.com/ mjmgroup

31 Southampton Row London, WC1B 5HJ +44 (1) 485-543-575 Email: london@lippingroup.com

MICHELLE ROCHE MEDIA RELATIONS Athens, GA 706-206-5552 Email: michelle@michelleroche.com Web: michelleroche.com

LOBELINE COMMUNICATIONS 6464 Sunset Blvd. Suite 650 Los Angeles, CA 90028 310-271-1551 Fax 310-271-4822 Web: lobeline.net Contact: Christopher Kingry

MIKE GOWEN MILESTONE PUBLICITY 1108 McKennie Ave. Nashville, TN. 37206 818-579-5862 Email: mgowen@MilestonePublicity.com Web: milestonepublicity.com

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MISSING PIECE GROUP 45 Academy St., Ste. 307 Newark, NJ 07102 862-234-0801 Email: info@missingpiecegroup.com Web: missingpiecegroup.com

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55 Pineapple St. Suite 7F Brooklyn Heights, NY 11201 LUCK MEDIA & MARKETING, INC. PO BOX 400250 Las Vegas NV 89140 213 500 8619 Email: steve@luckmedia.com Web: luckmedia.com Contact: Steve Levesque MAELSTROM MUSIC PR P.O. Box 2057 Crestline, CA 92325 909-265-6984 Email: maelstrompr@gmail.com Web: facebook.com/maelstrompr Client list: Asa Cruz, No Doubt, Limp Bizkit MAGIC TREE PRODUCTIONS Los Angeles, CA 917-865-1731 Email: seraroad@magictreeproductions.net Web: magictreeproductions.net *Do not accept client submissions MAGNUM PR New York, NY Email: info@magnumpr.net Web: magnumpr.net MARK PUCCI MEDIA Atlanta, GA 30350 770-804-9555 Email: mpmedia@bellsouth.net Web: markpuccimedia.com, facebook.com/ Mark.Pucci.Media THE MAVEN AGENCY 123 S. Broad St., Ste. 830 Philadelphia, PA 19109 215-434-7190 Email: info@themavenagency.com Web: mavenagency.com Contact: Meg McLean Specialties: Publicity, Marketing and Promotions McGUCKIN ENTERTAINMENT PR 500 Riverside Dr., Ste. 160 Austin, TX 78704 512-478-0578 Email: info@mcguckinpr.com Web: mcguckinpr.com MELISSA DRAGICH-CORDERO MAD Link PR 225 N. Malgren Ave.

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MIXED MEDIA Email: ginny@mixedmediapromo.com Web: mixedmediapromo.com MOTORMOUTH MEDIA 2525 Hyperion Ave., Ste. 1 Los Angeles, CA 90027 323-487-1998 Email: mick@motormouthmedia.com Web: motormouthmedia.com, twitter.com /motormouthmedia Contact: Mick Jacobs MRY 299 W. Houston St., 12th Fl. New York, NY 10014 212-274-0470 Email: beth.nigro@moxieusa.com Web: mry.com MSI COMMUNICATIONS 808 E Street, Ste 200 Anchorage, AK 99501 907-569-7070 Email: info@msialaska.com Web: msialaska.com NPM PR AND MARKETING Ed Bunker Email: Ed@NPMPRandMarketing.com Web: npmprandmarketing.com NASTY LITTLE MAN 285 W. Broadway, #310 New York, NY 10013 212-343-0740 Email: info@nastylittleman.com, steve@ nastylittleman.com Web: nastylittleman.com NOISY GHOST PR 5 West 40th St. Savannah, GA 31401 Email: general@noisyghostpr.com Web: noisyghostpr.com Contact: Michelle King O2 IDEAS PUBLIC RELATIONS 505 20th St. N., Ste. 1500 Birmingham, AL 35203 205-949-9494 Email: info@o2ideas.com Web: o2ideas.com THE ORIEL COMPANY 37 W 20th Street Suite 1004 New York, NY 10011

Email: carleen@thorie.co, chole@theoriel.co, jen@theoriel.co Web: theoriel.co PACIFIC RECORDS WORLDWIDE 447 Broadway 2nd FL #160 New York, NY 10013 Email: info@pacificrecordsworldwide.com Web: pacificrecordsworldwide.com Contact: Peter Donaghy - Publicist Specialty: PR and Promotion primarily for the independant artist. Distribution to global radio, reviewers, magazines and bloggers. Social media marketing and web design. PAVEMENT PR P.O. Box 2 Lake Geneva, WI 53147 262-903-7775 Email: tony@pavementpr.com Web: pavementpr.com Contact: Tony Bonyata PITCH PERFECT PR 4908 N. Ravenswood Ave. Unit 427 Chicago, IL 60640 773-516-4986 Email: jessica@pitchperfectpr.com Web: pitchperfectpr.com, twitter.com/pitchperfectpr Contact: Jessica Linker PLANETARY GROUP 6161 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste. 202 Los Angeles, CA 90038 323-952-5050 Email: info@planetarygroup.com Web: planetarygroup.com PLATFORM MEDIA GROUP 6767 Forest Lawn Dr. #211 Los Angeles, CA 90038 323-337-9042 Email: info@platformgrp.com Web: platformgrp.com Contact: Henry Eshelman, Managing Dir. Additional Location: 155 E. 55th St. #4 New York, NY 10022 POWDERFINGER PROMOTIONS P.O.Box 4935 Framingham, MA 01704 800-356-1155 Email: info@powderfingerpromo.com Web: powderfingerpromo.com *accepting submissions from bands or artists who are interested in promotion. PRESS HERE PUBLICITY 138 W. 25th St., 9th Fl. New York, NY 10001 212-246-2640 Fax 212-582-6513 Email: info@pressherepublicity.com Web: pressherepublicity.com PRESS HOUSE, THE 302 Bedford Ave., Ste. 13 Brooklyn, NY 11211 646-322-4903 Email: info@thepresshouse.com Web: thepresshouse.com/home Additional location: 24 Music Sq. W., Nashville, TN 37293 615-306-0737 PRESS OFFICE, THE P.O. Box #100 Saylorsburg, PA 18353 615-419-9989 Email: jim@thepressoffice.com Web: thepressoffice.com Contact: Jim Della Croce

Services: MAXIMUM PR! for the Entertainment Industry PUNCH MEDIA 10 N. 3rd St. Philadelphia, PA 19106 215-592-0120 Email: punch@punchmedia.biz Web: punchmedia.biz RANDOLPHE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP 67 S. Bedford St., Ste. 400W Burlington, MA 01803 877-202-1940 Email: contact@randolphe.com, Christian@randolphe.com Web: randolphe.com RANDEX COMMUNICATIONS 906 Jonathan Ln. Marlton, NJ 08053 856-596-1410 Email: randex@randexpr.com Web: randexpr.com Contact: Randy Alexander RECKONING PR 8439 Sunset Blvd., Ste. 306 West Hollywood, CA 90069 818-692-9065 Email: todd@reckoningpr.com Web: reckoningpr.com Contact: Todd Brodginski RED ROOSTER PR Boca Raton, FL 954-378-8328 Email: info@redroosterpr.com Web: redroosterpr.com RED ROOSTER GROUP 22 East 49th St. 7th Fl. New York, NY 1001 212-673-9353 Email: info@redroostergroup.com Web: redroostergroup.com RIOT ACT MEDIA NYC, Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Athens Email: nathan@riotactmedia.com Web: riotactmedia.com ROCK PAPER SCISSORS, INC. 511 W. 4th St. Bloomington, IN 47404 812-339-1195 Email: music@rockpaperscissors.biz Web: rockpaperscissors.biz ROSLAN & CAMPION LLC 200 Broadway New York, NY 10038 212-966-4600 Email: info@rc-pr.com Web: rc-pr.com ROGERS & COWAN 1840 Century Park E., 18th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067 310-854-8100 Email: newbusiness@rogerandcowan pmk.com Web: rogersandcowan.com Additional locations: 909 3rd Ave., 9th Fl. New York, NY 10022 212-878-5501 London 2 Waterhouse Square, #140 London, EC1N 2A +44 (0) 20 3048 0490 Email: ukinquiries@rogerandcowanpmk. com RUDER FINN ARTS & COMMUNICATIONS COUNSELORS, INC. 425 E. 53rd St.

New York, NY 10022 212-593-6420 Email: taylor.johnson@ruderfinn.com Web: ruderfinn.com *Offices in San Francisco, worldwide *Hubs in Washington D.C., Boston, Basel Additional location: London 1 Bedford St. London, U.K. 44 (0) 20 7438 3050 Email: nleonard@ruderfinn.co.uk SACKS & CO. 119 W. 57th St., Penthouse North New York, NY 10019 212-741-1000 Fax 212-741-9777 Email: louis.dadamio@sacksco.com Web: sacksco.com/contact.html Additional location: 801 5th Avenue S, Suite 201 Nashville, TN 37203 615-320-7753 Email: asha.goodman@sacksco.com RHONDA SAENZ-SAENZ OF THE TIMES PR 7254 Hollywood Blvd., Ste. 27 Los Angeles, CA 90046 323-823-7870 Email: saenz.pr@sbcglobal.net SARAH MCMULLEN McMULLEN & COMPANY PUBLIC RELATIONS 5715 Grape St. Houston, TX 77096 310-283-7907 Email: smcmullen@earthlink.net Web: linkedin.com/in/smcmullen SCHNEIDER RONDAN ORGANIZATION (SRO) Encino, CA 91316 818-380-0400 Email: msoorg@aol.com Web: sropr.com Clients: Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Celebrating David Bowie, Deadmau5, Electric Zoo, Joe Perry, Kraftwerk,Ozz Fest, Slash, Public Image Ltd., the Crystal Method, Van Morrison. See site for complete list.

310-650-8668, 561-465-2240 Email: sheryl@eastwestmedia.net Web: eastwestmedia.net SHADOW PR 414 West 14th St., Fl 3 New York, NY 10014 212-972-0277 Email: info@shadowpr.com Web: weareshadow.com Contact: Nick Carcaterra Additional location: 7257 Beverly Blvd., Ste. 224 Los Angeles, CA 90036 310-777-7572

1875 Connecticut Ave., N.W., 10th Fl. Washington, DC 20009 202-280-2398

SHORE FIRE MEDIA 32 Court St., Ste. 1600 Brooklyn, NY 11201 718-522-7171 Email: info@shorefire.com Web: shorefire.com

201 W. 5th Street, 11th Fl Austin, TX 78701 512-646-0149

Additional locations: Nashville Office 1017 17th Ave, South Ste 4 Nashville, TN 37212 615-280-5330 925 N La Brea Ave. Floor 4 Los Angeles, CA 90038 323-395-2444 SIDEWAYS MEDIA 8149 Santa Monica Blvd. #343 West Hollywood, CA 90046 Los Angeles, CA Email: info@sideways-media.com Web: sideways-media.com SLAB MEDIA 535 Albany St., Ste. 2A Boston, MA 02118 855-SLAB-WEB, 617-566-3433 Email: office@slabmedia.com Web: slabmedia.com SO MUCH MOORE MEDIA Email: somuchmooremedia@gmail.com Web: somuchmoore.com Contact: Martha E. Moore Current Clients: Alex Miller, American Blonde, Daryl Mosley and Taylor Rae SPEAKEASY PR Los Angeles, CA 818-363-1315 Email: Monica@Speakeasypr.com Web: speakeasypr.com, facebook.com/ speakeasypr Contact: Monica Seide

SECRET SERVICE PUBLICITY Email: austin@secretservicepr.com Web: secretservicepr.com Facebook.com/SecretServicePublicity Contact: Austin Griswold Clients: Bowling For Soup, Circle Takes the Square, Evans Blue, Polaris at Noon, Rival Sons, Social Distortion, the Wealthy West

SPINLAB 12198 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 210 Studio City, CA 91604 818-763-9800 Email: info@spinlab.net Web: spinlab.net Contact: John Vlautin

SERGE ENTERTAINMENT PUBLIC RELATIONS P.O. Box 5147 Canton, GA 301114 678-880-8207 Email: sergeent@aol.com Web: sergeentertainmentgroup.com SFPR/EASTWEST MEDIA Palm Beach, FL

Additional locations: 720 Cole Ave Los Angeles, CA 90038 323-822-9300

SCOOP MARKETING 5161 Lankershim Blvd. Suite 250 North Hollywood, CA 91601 818-761-6100 Email: PR@solters.com Web: scoopmarketing.com

SEPTEMBER GURL MUSIC Brooklyn, NY 718-768-3859 Email: patrice@septembergurl.com Web: septembergurl.com

SUNSHINE SACHS & ASSOCIATES 136 Madison Ave., 17th Fl. New York, NY 10016 212-691-2800 Email: info@sunshinesachs.com Web: sunshinesachs.com Contact: Tiffany Shipp

STEVE MOYER PUBLIC RELATIONS P.O. Box 5227 West Hills, CA 91308 818-784-7027 Email: moyerpr@earthlink.net Web: facebook.com/stevemoyerpr, Twitter, Linkedin Contact: Steve Moyer Services: Publicity for Musicians and Concert Artists STUNT COMPANY 67 35th St., Ste B505 Brooklyn, NY 11232 718-222-1746 Web: stuntcompany.com Contact: Sue Marcus

101 Marietta Street NW Suite 3000 Atlanta, GA 30303 404-334-3545 SUSAN BLOND, INC. 50 W. 57th St., 14th Fl. New York, NY 10019 212-333-7728 Email: joshua@susanblondgroupinc.com Web: susanblondgroupinc.com, facebook.com/SusanBlondInc TREND: PR, Branding, and Social Media 4657 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90027 323-668-9383 Email: hello@trendpr.com Web: TrendPR.com Contact: Hunter Scott, President Specialty: An Innovative PR and social media marketing firm specializing in music. Single/album reviews, special features, interviews on TV, radio, magazines, and blogs; TikTok and Instagram growth, full-service social media management. Free consultations are also available. THE SYNDICATE 1801 Willow Avenue #211 Weehawken, NJ 07086 201-864-0900 Web: thesyn.com THOMPSON & CO. PUBLIC RELATIONS 600 Barrow St., Ste. 400 Anchorage, AK 99501 907-561-4488 Email: info@thompsonpr.com Web: thompsonpr.com Additional location: 1415 North Loop West Ste 300-10 Houston, TX 77008 832-804-9918 THOMAS PR 1 Hewitt Square, Ste 186 East Northport, NY 11731 631-549-7575 Email: info@thomas-pr.com Web: thomas-pr.com Contact: Karen Thomas Client: Great Cat THREE BRAND MEDIA Fort Houston 2020 Lindell Ave, Ste A Nashville, TN 37203 615-712-9136 Email: info@threebrandmedia.com Web: threebrandmedia.com TOOLSHED INCORPORATED 45 Belcher Rd. Warwick, NY 10990 845-988-1799

Email: dhuey@toolshed.biz Web: toolshed-media.com TRUE PUBLIC RELATIONS 3575 Cahuenga Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90068 323-957-0730 Email: cyasst@truepublicrelations.com Web: facebook.com/truepublicrelations TRUE TALENT MANAGEMENT/PR 9663 Santa Monica Blvd., #320 Beverly Hills, CA 90210 310-560-1290 Email: ineedpr@truetalentpr.com Web: truetalentmgmt.com Contact: Jennifer Yeko Services: Artist Management, Music Licensing, Music PR TSUNAMI GROUP, INC. Email: inquiry@tsunamigroupinc.com Web: tsunamigroupinc.com Styles: Specializing in Entertainment, Music, Producers, Fashion, Sports and Products Clients: Lil Wayne, Skyz Muzik, Jessica Simpson, ONYX, Justin Timberlake TWO SHEPS THAT PASS 1740 Broadway, 15th Floor New York, NY 10019 646-907-8787 Email: info@twoshepsthatpass.com, vera@twoshepsthatpass.com Web: twoshepsthatpass.com VITRIOL INDEPENDENT PROMOTION 3421 5th Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55408 612-871-4916 Email: jesse@vitriolradio.com Web: vitriolradio.com W3 PUBLIC RELATIONS 1162 South Sierra Bonita Ae Los Angeles, CA 90019 323-934-2700 Fax 323-934-2709 Email: w3pr@yahoo.com Web: w3publicrelations.com WEBB N RETAIL Sherman Oaks, CA 818-453-8777 Email: webnretail@cs.com Web: musicmarketingbywebnretail.com Contact: Gale Rosenberg Services: Music Marketing, promotion and PR. Both online and traditional WHIPLASH PR 398 Columbus Ave., PMB #183 Boston, MA 02116 781-545-1301 Email: whiplashpr@aol.com Web: whiplashprandmanagement.com WORKING BRILLIANTLY P.O. Box 3457 Idyllwild, CA 92549 951-468-4372 Email: jennifer@workingbrilliantly.com Web: workingbrilliantly.com WOLFSON ENTERTAINMENT, INC. 2659 Townsgate Rd., Ste. 119 Westlake Village, CA 91361 805-494-9600 Email: jonathan@wolfsonent.com Web: wolfsonent.com Contact: Jonathan Wolfson XO PUBLICITY LLC Portland, OR 97211 (Detroit, Seattle, Los Angeles) 313-290-2744 Email: info@xopublicity.com Web: xopublicity.com Contact: Kaytea McIntosh

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ADOBE GRAPHICS DESIGN, INC. 33 Great Neck Road, Ste 1 Great Neck, NY 11021 800-726-9683, 516-482-7425 Email: oroders@coyotepromotions.com Web: coyotepromotions.com Services: Promotional and premium items for record labels, radio stations and TV stations. AFFORDABLE IMAGE 515 East Grant St. #216 Phoenix, AZ 85004 800-639-1622 Email: sales@affordableimage.com Web: affordableimage.com Additional location: 7700 Windrose Ave. G300 Plano, Texas 75024 ANENBERG PRINT 10096 6th Street, Unit D Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 909-987-0440 Email: info@anenberg.com Web: anenberg.com, store.anenberg.com Services: clothing wholesaler, custom garment screenprinting Styles/Specialties: oversized garment screenprinting, high quality plastisol, water-based and discharge inks, low minimums, fast turn-around, easy and friendly service ARTS PROMO P.O. Box 6 Northampton, MA 413-259-1227 Email: artspromo@artspromo.org, Web: artspromo.org Contact: Jaime Morton BAND MERCH 3120 W. Empire Ave. Burbank, CA 91504 818-736-4800 Email: info@brandmerch.com Web: bandmerch.com BAND SHIRTS Australian Tour Merchandising Pty Ltd. 43 Brady St. South Melbourne Victoria, Australia 3205 +61-(0) 3 9695 0104 Email: customerservice@bandtshirts.com.au Web: bandtshirts.com.au BANDWEAR 2025 Midway Rd., Ste C Carrollton, TX 75006 877-BANDWEAR, Fax 214-276-7350 Email: sales@bandwear.com Web: bandwear.com Services: Manufacturing of promotional and retail products. Vinyl stickers and custom die cutting custom paper printing. Posters and album flats. Any printed promotional products and “swag.” Enabling your website with e-commerce to sell your merchandise. BIG 10 INDUSTRIES, INC. Los Angeles, CA Web: Big10inc.com 310-280-1610 ext 1 BIG CARTEL Email: support@bigcartel.com Web: bigcartel.com Services: Shopping cart platform for Artists, Bands and Record labels BIOWORLD MERCHANDISING 1159 Cottonwood Lane Irving, TX 75038 888-831-2138 Email: info@bioworldmerch.com

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Web: bioworldcorp.com Services: Band and label merchandise management Additional locations: 1411 Broadway, #3109 New York, NY 10018 212-302-1922 191 E. Broad St. Athens, GA 30601 706-227-6850 McGladrey Plaza 801 Nicollet Mall, Ste. 615 Minneapolis, MN 55402 612-397-9601 266 Applewood Crescent Concord, Ontario, Canada L4K 4B4 905-669-8155 BLUE COLLAR PRESS 3235 Ousdahl, Ste B Lawrence, KS 66046 785-842-1414 Email: info@bluecollarpress.com Web: bluecollarpress.com BLUE RAVEN ARTIST MANAGEMENT 435 Byram Kingwood Road Frenchtown, NJ 08825 973-928-3565 Email: sean@blueravenartists.com Web: blueravenartists.com BRAVADO 1755 Broadway, 2nd Fl. New York, NY 10019 212-445-3400 Email: jaison.john@bravado.com Web: bravadousa.com Additional locations: 9255 Sunset Blvd., Ste. 200 Los Angeles, CA 90069 310-865-5025 Bravado International Group 4 Pancras Sq. London N1C 4AG United Kingdom +44 20 3932 6767 Web: bravado.com BULLETPROOF ARTISTS 241 Main St. Easthampton, MA 01027 413-527-9393 Email: patty@bulletproofartists.com Web: bulletproofartists.com Contact: Patty Romanoff BUSY BEAVER BUTTONS 3407 W. Armitage Ave. Chicago, IL 60647 773-645-3359, 855-439-2879 Email: orders@busybeaver.net Web: busybeaver.net CD ROLLOUT 5018 Lante St. Baldwin Park, CA 91708 310-374-9208 Email: mike@cdrollout.com Web: cdrollout.com Contact: Mike Naylor Styles/Specialties: CD/DVD replication, merchandise production (T-shirts, stickers, posters, postcards, merch items) and graphic design. CHASER 6424 Forest City Rd. Orlando, FL 32810 877-739-1173 Web: districtlines.com/Chaser Services: All merch - apparel, posters, etc. Online fulfillment

CLUBFLYERS.COM 2300 N.W. 7th Ave. Miami, FL 33127 800-433-9298 Web: clubflyers.com COMGRAPHX 1765 N. Juniper Greenway Business Park Broken Arrow, OK 74012 918-258-6502 Email: hello@comgraphx.com Web: comgraphx.com DESIGN 8 STUDIOS 5801 N. 90th St. Omaha, NE 68134 402-571-1837 Email: info@design8studios.com Web: design8studios.com DISC MAKERS Southwest U.S. area 800-468-9353 Email: info@discmakers.com Web: discmakers.com Services: CD/DVD manufacturing, graphic design, printing, packaging, authoring, mastering, manual and automated CD & DVD printers, blank media. Providing the industry standard of excellence for over 50 years Additional location: Eastern U.S. 7905 N. Route 130 Pennsauken, NJ 08110 800-468-9353 DYNAMIC ARTIST MANAGEMENT 5221 Central Ave., Ste. 202 Richmond, CA 94804 510-558-4000 Fax 510-558-4002 Email: info@dynamicartists.com Web: dynamicartists.com EARTH2EARTH 111 N. Perry St. Pontiac, MI 48342-2336 248-335-7015 Email: peter@freshhotshirts.com Web: facebook.com/freshhotshirts FRONTGATE MEDIA 22342 Avenida Empressa, #260 Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688 949-429-1000 Web: frontgatemedia.com Services: Full-service, strategic merchandising company designing and producing apparel and accessories for brands and bands, ministries and movements, and companies and conferences. GEARHEAD RECORDS P.O. Box 2375 Elk Grove, CA 95759 916-897-2451 Email: info@gearheadrecords.com Web: gearheadrecords.com GIGART San Francisco, CA Email: mail@gigart.com Web: gigart.com GO MERCH 60-62 E. 11th St., 6th Floor New York, NY 10003 Email: wholesale@gomerch.com Web: gomerch.com Services: apparel/product, email blasts, social media, VIP Pre-sales, Pre-order Campaigns GROOVY ACCENTS, LLC. 1632 N. Van Buren Ave. Tucson, AZ. 85712 214-995-0347 Email: GroovyAccents@Gmail.com

Web: GroovyAccents.com Services: Manufacturing custom, wholesale, guitar pick earrings for musicians’ merch tables and websites and associated trades and businesses. Our popular promo products are manufactured in Tucson, AZ. HOME RUN MEDIA GROUP 18331 Enterprise Lane Huntington Beach, CA 92648 714-536-3939 Email: info@hbdigital.com Web: hbdigital.com Services: Promotional Products Styles/Specialties: USB Flash Drives, Custom Logo Apparel IFANZ McCartney Multimedia, Inc. 322 Culver Blvd., Ste. 124 Playa Del Rey, CA 90293 Email: dischelp@ifanz.com, info@ifanz.com Web: ifanz.com INDIE EXTREME 14090 FM 2920, Ste. G117 Tomball, TX 77377 Email: kathyd@indieextreme.com Web: indieextreme.com Services: Merchandise fulfillment and distribution INDIEMERCHANDISING LLC 34440 Vine St Willowick, OH 44095 800-497-8816 ext. 8922 Email: info@indiemerch.com Web: indiemerch.com, indiemerchandising.com, indiemerchstore.com Services: Tech-based e-commerce provider, merchandise manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer for all areas of music merchandising INDIEPOWER 5062 Lankershim Blvd., #174 N. Hollywood, CA 91601 818-505-1836 Email: info@indiepower.com Web: indiepower.com Contact: Jay Warsinske CEO (40+ year veteran) Services: T-Shirts, Clothing, Caps, Accessories & Swag JAK PRINTS Jakprints, Inc 3133 Chester Ave. Cleveland, OH 44114 Email: info@jakprints.com 877-246-3132, 216-622-6360 Web: jakprints.com/contact Services: offset printing, screen printing, sticker printing, embroidery, more. KILL THE 8 Canada 416-531-6647 Email: orders@kt8merch.com Web: killthe8.com,myspace.com/killthe8 KLUCH CLOTHING CO. 215 S.E. 8th Ave. Boynton Beach, FL 33435 561-734-9665 Email: sales@kluch.com Web: kluch.com KUNG FU NATION MUSIC MERCHANDISE 1720 Capital Blvd. Raleigh, NC 27604 877-826-0518, 919-834-0230 Email: info@kungfunation.com Web: kungfunation.com MERCHNOW 888-387-3343, +1-518-458-9563

Email: support@merchmonkey.com Web: merchnow.com PICKGUY P.O. Box 1833 Southgate, MI 48195 734-626-9756 Email: info@pickguy.com Web: pickguy.com PLATINUM MONARCH DESIGN P.O. Box 922182 Sylmar, CA 91392-2182 1-888-889-2630 Web: platinummonarchdesign.com Services: websites, logos, flyers, cd covers, postcards, t-shirts and more PORT MERCH 1635 Old Louisburg Rd Raleigh, NC 27607 919-713-0078 Email: chip@portmerch.com Web: portmerch.com Services: Port Merch is a full service merchandise company providing solutions for bands, artists and record labels. ROCKIT DESIGN NYC Area Email: art@rockitdesign.com Web: rockitdesign.com Contact: Richard Nelson Services: Tour & Retail Merchandise Design,CD, DVD and Vinyl Package Design, Posters. Providing Service to the Music, Sports & Entertainment Industry for Over 30 Years. SCHOOL KIDS RECORDS 2237 Avent Ferry Rd. Ste 101 Raleigh, NC Email: chillskids@gmail.com Web: schoolkidsrecords.com/label Additional location: 405-C Franklin St. Chapel Hill, NC 27516 Email: skidschapelhill@gmail.com 919-960-9272 SMI PROMO 7247 Hayvenhurst Ave., Ste. A-3 Van Nuys, CA 91406 800-401-4488 Email: orders@smipromo.com Web: smipromo.com STICKER JUNKIE 9932 Prospect Ave., #134 Santee, CA 92071 619-328-6275 Email: customerservice@stickerjunkie.com Web: stickerjunkie.com

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CAM VIDEO PRODUCTIONS 1423 Gadsden Hwy, Suite 115 Birmingham, AL 35235 205-655-0829 Email: info@camvideoproductions.com Web: camvideoproductions.com Services: CD and DVD duplication, taping and authoring to DVD and CD. DISCOUNT DUPLICATION 212 41st St. South Birmingham, AL 35222 205-942-9460 Email: buzz@myimagehive.com Web: discountaudiovideotransfer.com Services: video duplication, dvd duplication, video conversion, film transfer at discount prices, highest quality and fast service HOLT AV 401 28th St. S. Birmingham, AL 35233 800-322-4658, 205-328-5231 Email: info@holtav.com Web: holtav.com Services: duplication and transfer services NHOUSE DIGITAL MEDIA 1530 Heritage Place Dr. Irondale, AL 35210 205-706-7163 Email: nhtapebiz@charter.net Web: facebook.com/NHouseDigitalMedia

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ACTION VIDEO PRODUCTIONS 430 W. 7th Ave., Ste. 100 Anchorage, AK 99501 907-360-4276. 907-360-4276 Email: actividstaff@gmail.com Web: actvid1.com Services: copy/duplicate just about any audio/video format

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DISC2DAY 13634 E. Williams Field Rd. Gilbert, AZ 85295 602-438-4848 Email: robert@disc2day.com Web: disc2day.com Services: CD/DVD duplication and replication TOM PARHAM 702-481-1663 Web: tomparham.com, mixdaddy.net

SUNSHINE DAYDREAM 830 W. Il Route 22 #120 Lake Zurich, IL 60047 847-550-9999 Email: store@sunshinedaydream.biz Web: sunshinedaydream.biz

US DIGITAL MEDIA 1929 W. Lone Cactus Dr. Phoenix, AZ 85027 623-587-4900, 877-992-3766 Web: usdigitalmedia.com Services: CD/DVD duplication and replication

VICTORY SCREEN PRINTING 346 N. Justine St., Ste 504 Chicago, IL 60607 312-666-8661 Contact: Mike Gilman Email: info@shirts-now.com Web: shirts-now.com Your one stop shop for custom screen printed apparel. Speedy turnaround, competitive pricing, worldwide shipping, and always friendly customer service.

CANTRELL VIDEO The Prospect Bldg., 2nd Floor, Ste 200 1501 N. University Ave Little Rock, AR 72227 501-664-2215 Email: info@cantrellvideo.com Web: cantrellvideo.com Services: CD/DVD authoring, transfer, duplication

WIKIMETAL Rua Bernardino de Campos, 277 Indaiatuba - São Paulo Ð Brazil Email: info@wikimetal.com.br Web: wikimetal.com.br

CLARK’S VIDEO GROUP, INC. 14794 Woods Lodge Rd. Rogers, AR 72756 479-636-7111 Email: clarksvideogroup@sbcglobal.net Web: facebook.com/ClarksVideoGroup

ARKANSAS

Services: DVD authoring, media conversions, CD/DVD duplication

CALIFORNIA

A1 INDIEPOWER 818-505-1836 Email: info@indiepower.com Web: facebook.com/INDIEPOWERonline Services: digital, physical, mobile worldwide ABACAB MULTIMEDIA, INC. 245 Fischer, Ste. A-9 Costa Mesa, CA 92626 714-432-1745 Email: sales@abacab.net Web: abacab.net Services: CD and DVD duplication, packaging and printing. Audio and video recording and post. ABET DISC, INC. 411 E. Huntington Dr., #107-372 Arcadia, CA 91006 626-303-4114 Email: sales@abetdisc.com Web: abetdisc.com Services: CD, DVD, replication, duplication, mastering, authoring, design, printing and packaging ACDC-AUDIO CD & CASSETTE Stella at Universal Mall (Drop off) 12400 Ventura Blvd., #150 Studio City, CA 91604 818-762-ACDC (2232), 805-245-5503 Email: steve@acdc-cdr.com Web: acdc-cdr.com Services: CD, DVD, cassette duplication Additional location: Physical and Mailing Address: 606 Alamo Pintado Rd., Unit 3, Ste. 281 Solvang, CA 93463 ADERRA, INC. 800-430-8189 Email: info@aderra.net Web: aderra.net Services: Record up to 1,000 USB flash drives within 15 minutes after a live event has ended our patent pending system is the size of a suitcase and can be hand carried. We can pre-load content onto the USB drives including video files, PDF documents, links to websites, slideshows, the possibilities are limitless. We can also custom design a user experience interface. This “DVD Style” navigation is opened when the user inserts the flash drive. It contains links to all of the content on the drive, links to external websites, etc. Please contact us for a demonstration. CD NETROM 12650 Westminster Ave. Santa Ana, CA 92706 888-265-7775, 310-906-6762 Email: info@cdnetcard.com Web: cdnetrom.com Services: CD and DVD replication, duplication, print packaging, design, mastering, fulfillment CREATIVE SOUND CORP. 5515 Medea Valley Dr. Agoura Hills, CA 91301 818-917-1544 Email: info@csoundcorp.com Web: csoundcorp.com Services: CD/record/tape/video duplication, DVD replication, graphic design, digalog process, major manufacturing. Lower prices on automatic desktop duplicators - Epson, Primera, Systor. DENOISE.COM 1050 Murray St. Berkeley, CA 94710 510-653-3838

Email: info@denoise.com Web: denoise.smugmug.com Services: sound and video production, CD and DVD copies DISC MAKERS 4425 W. Riverside Drive, Suite 204 Burbank, CA 91505 800-468-9353 Email: info@discmakers.com Web: discmakers.com Services: CD/DVD manufacturing, graphic design, printing, packaging, authoring, mastering, manual and automated CD & DVD printers, blank media. Providing the industry standard of excellence for over 50 years DISKFAKTORY 14 Chrysler Irvine, CA 92618 855-273-4263 Email: customer@diskfaktory.com Web: facebook.com/DiskFaktory Services: Online 24/7 and On Demand CD & DVD duplication and replication services *No-commission on iTunes and Napster submissions. A&R services, digital download cards. CD and digital store for musicians to sell to their fans. Low cost CD and DVD fulfillment E-MEDIATELY/RJR DIGITAL MEDIA, INC. 866-816-6845 Fax 619-501-1425 Email: sdweb@cox.net Web: rjrdigital.com Services: Replication and duplication, retail ready CD audio, ROM, DVD-5 and 9, and business card replication and duplication; graphic design. ERIKA RECORDS 6300 Caballero Blvd. Buena Park, CA 90620 714-228-5420 Email: office@erikarecords.com Web: erikarecords.com Services: CD, vinyl and cassette duplication (real-time and high-speed), picture discs, business card CDs, DVD replication services. GROOVE HOUSE RECORDS 5029 Serrania Ave. Woodland Hills, CA 91364 888-476-6838 Email: cdrep@groovehouse.com Web: groovehouse.com HB DIGITAL 18331 Enterprise Ln. Huntington Beach, CA 92648 714-536-3939 Email: info@hbdigital.com Web: hbdigital.com Services: CD and DVD duplication/replication, digital printing, signs, banners and displays HOOK STUDIO SERVICES, THE Los Angeles, CA 818-759-4665 Email: mfrenchik@fastmail.net Web: thehookstudios.com Services: CD & DVD pro quality duplication, same day, overnight, Saturdays, superior color print on disc, panel inserts, cd printed sleeves, custom packaging IFANZ McCartney Multimedia, Inc. 322 Culver Blvd., Ste. 124 Playa Del Rey, CA 90293 Email: dischelp@ifanz.com, info@ifanz.com Web: ifanz.com IMPERIAL MEDIA SERVICES 3202 Pennsylvania Ave. Santa Monica, CA 90404

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Directory of Everything Indie 310-396-2008 Email: sales@imperialmedia.com Web: imperialmedia.com Services: CD/DVD/video duplication/replication/packaging, CD/DVD mastering and authoring, any quantity--same day service available, we deliver on spec, on time, on budget. Additional location: 5482 Wilshire Blvd, Ste. 240 Los Angeles, CA 90036 M2 COMMUNICATIONS 235 Bellefontaine St. Pasadena, CA 91105 626-441-2024 Email: m2com@aol.com Web: m2com.com Services: audio duplication, CD replication, packaging, DVD duplication MASTER GROOVE STUDIOS Los Angeles (Northridge) Nashville (Hendersonville) 818-830-3822, 615-799-9366 Email: leafcake@att.net Web: mastergroovestudios.com Services: full mastering/small runs of CD duplication of 50 or less, cassette duplication MASTERTRACK 3749 Buchanan St. Unit 487 San Francisco, CA 94147 844-805-7710 Email: Customercare@mastertrack.com Web: mastertrack.com Services: duplicator/replicators of CD/ DVD as well as full video duplication & digital editing services. 8mm, Super 8mm, and 16mm film transfer to VHS or DVD Additional locations: 1223 NE Alberta St., 2nd Floor Portland, OR 97211 243 West 30th St. 6th Floor New York, NY 10001 MEDIA TECHNICS 4 Bluehill Ct. Scotts Valley, CA 95066 800-474-8996 Email: information@mediatechnics.com Web: mediatechnics.com MEDIA TEK OPTICAL INC. 13450 Brooks Dr., Ste. A Baldwin, CA 91706 626-962-1919 800-826-3873 Email: sales@a1mediatech.com Web: mediatekoptical.com Services: CD, DVD, cassette and video replication/duplication, Sonic Solutions mastering, design, printing and packaging major label quality. MIXONIC 3749 Buchanan St. Unit 487 San Francisco, CA 94109 866-838-5067 Email: customercare@mixonic.com Web: mixonic.com Services: CD, CD-ROM, DVD, USB, Flashdrives CD/DVD duplication and replication, printing, packaging, fulfillment, design services Additional locations: New York, Oregon, Wisconsin NEW CYBERIAN SYSTEMS, INC. 1919 O’Toole Way San Jose, CA 95131 877-423-4383, 408-922-0682 Fax 408-884-2257

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Email: sales@newcyberian.com Web: newcyberian.com NOTEPAD, THE Pasadena, CA 626-794-4322 Email: thenotepad@earthlink.net Services: CD and DVD replication, CD-R and DVD-R duplication, graphic design, mastering and printing, small to big orders QBT 1938 S. Myrtle Ave. Monrovia, CA 91016 626-357-1330 Email: mike@qbtmedia.com Services: CD, CD-ROM, DVD duplicating & replication, printing, packaging RECORD TECHNOLOGY, INC. (RTI) 486 Dawson Dr. Camarillo, CA 93012 805-484-2747 Email: hello@recordtech.com Web: recordtech.com Services: vinyl, CD manufacturing REEL PICTURE 5330 Eastgate Mall San Diego, CA 92121 866-502-3472 Email: keith@reelpicture.com Web: reelpicture.com Services: cassette, CD, CD-R and record manufacturing, DVD replication, printing, packaging RHYTHM NET DESIGN GROUP 9860 Irvine Center Dr. Irvine, CA 92618 949-783-5000 Email: info@rinteractive.net Web: rinteractive.net Services: CD replication, CD duplication, printing, film, graphic design RUNTECHMEDIA INC 2107-D W. Commonwealth Ave., Ste. 324 Alhambra, CA 91803 626-656-8900, 866-656-8999 Email: sales@runtechmedia.net Web: runtechmedia.com Services: all DVD and CD media services, printing and packaging SIENNA DIGITAL P.O. Box 502 Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 888-504-1620, 650-344-0456 Email: naomi@siennadigital.com Web: siennadigital.com Contact: Naomi Delott Services: CD’s and DVD’s, Digipaks, Eco Wallets, Sleeves, Mailers and Jewel case products Graphic Design and Mastering SOUND ADVICE RECORDING 12750 E. Rancho Estates Pl. Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 909-987-6930 Email: sales@sarecording.com Web: sarecording.com Services: cassette, CD, CD-R, DVD, and video duplication, authoring, complete in-house mastering, packaging services SPEEDLIGHT DUPLICATION, INC. 21822 Lassen St., Unit G Chatsworth, CA 91311 818-727-0200, 818-727-0264 Email: speedlight.duplication@gmail.com Web: speedlightduplication.com TSI CD MANUFACTURING 24831 Ave. Tibbitts Valencia, CA 91355 800-310-0800 Email: fulfillment@cdmanufacturing.com Web: tsidm.com Services: CD, DVD, USB Drives, Fulfillment and drop shipping, packaging/ graphic services

UNITED AUDIO/VIDEO GROUP 7651 Densmore Ave. Van Nuys, CA 91406 800-247-8606, 818-980-6700 Fax 818-508-TAPE Web: unitedavg.com Services: Audio/Video duplication

COLORADO

CROSSPOINT 940 Wadsworth Blvd., Ste. 100 Lakewood, CO 80214 303-233-2700 Email: info@crosspoint.com Web: crosspoint.com Services: one stop shop for any type film or video production DENVER DISC 3141 Meade St. Denver, CO 80211 303-991-3837 Email: info@denverdisc.com Web: denverdisc.com Services: CD/DVD duplication and printing

CONNECTICUT

BUZZ MEDIA COMPANY 32 Bruggeman Pl. Mystic, CT 06355 860-536-1830 Email: info@buzzmediacompany.com Web: buzzmediacompany.com Services: video transfer

DELAWARE

DELAWARE DIGITAL VIDEO FACTORY 1709 Concord Pike, Rt. 202 Wilmington, DE 19803 302-TV-TAPES (888-2737) Web: ddvf.com Services: CD/DVD duplication KEN-DEL PRODUCTIONS, INC. First State Production Center 1500 First State Blvd. Wilmington, DE 19804-3596 302-999-1111 Email: info@ken-del.com Web: ken-del.com Services: Graphics, CD/DVD Replication, Duplication, Transfers from any format, printing

D.C., WASHINGTON

ACE PRESS 910 17th St., N.W., Ste. 100 Washington, DC 20006 202-338-4006 Email: acepress@aol.com Web: acepress.com Services: Printing, Copying and Mailing

FLORIDA

BISON DISC 803 S. Orlando Ave., Ste. J Winter Park, FL 32789 888-540-9786 Email: sales@bisondisc.com Web: bisondisc.com Additional location: 5405 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 347 Los Angeles, CA 90036 888-473-5289 CRYSTAL CLEAR CD 7370 Dogwood Park Fort Worth, TX 76118 800-880-0073 Email: jim@crystalclearcds.com Web: crystalclearcd.com Services: CD, CD-ROM, Cassette, DVD replication, printing, packaging, mastering, graphic design, fulfillment, promo items DIGITAL DOMAIN 478 E. Altamonte Dr., #108-122

Altamonte Springs, FL 32750 407-831-0233 Email: bobkatz@digido.com Web: digido.com INTERMEDIA DISC 3827 NW 125 St. Opa Locka, FL 33054 305-392-9572/9573 Email: info@intermediadisc.com Web: intermediadisc.com/en Services: CD/DVD replication PROGRESSIVE MEDIA & MUSIC Holmes Beach, FL 34217 813-251-8093 Email: info@progressivecds.com Web: progressivecds.com Contact: Ken Veenstra Services: CD, CD-ROM, Vinyl, DVD, CD/ DVD-R, thumb drives replication, graphic design, packaging, DVD authoring, inventory management, printing, mastering, video editing S & J CD DUPLICATION, INC. 105 College Dr., Ste. 3 Orange Park, FL 32065 904-272-0580 Email: sales@snjcd.com Web: snjcd.com

GEORGIA

INFINITY DISCS 5105 Peachtree Industrial Blvd., Ste. 103 Atlanta, GA 30341 770-451-7400 Email: sales@infinitydiscs.com Web: infinitydiscs.com Services: CD/DVD duplication and replication, printing and packaging ROVIX The Proscenium Tower 1100 Peachtree St., Ste. 900 Atlanta, GA 30309 877-ROVIX-77, 404-869-0706 Email: solutions@rovix.com Web: rovix.com Services: CD/DVD duplication/replication

HAWAII

RAINBOW PHOTO VIDEO 661 Keeaumoku St., #101A Honolulu, HI 96814 808-943-0276 Email: rainbow@rainbowphotovideo Web: rainbowphotovideo.com Services: CD/DVD/DVD-R duplication

IDAHO

IE PRODUCTIONS 2975 McNeil Dr. Idaho Falls, ID 83402 208-528-9593 Email: chad@idproductions.com Web: ieproductions.com Services: full service video shop

ILLINOIS

CHICAGO PRODUCERS 7507 Madison St. Forest Park, IL 60612 800-467-1497, 312-226-6900 Email: info@chicagoproducers.com Web: chicagoproducers.com Services: CD/DVD duplication and replication SONY DADC 430 Gibraltar Dr. Bolingbrook, IL 60440 630-739-8060 Email: sales@sonydadc.com Web: sonydadc.com Services: all DVD and CD media services, printing and packaging VIDEO ONE PRODUCTIONS 1820 W. Webster Ave., Ste. 201 Chicago, IL 60614

773-466-8762 Web: video1pro.com Services: CD/DVD duplication/replication

INDIANA

DIGITAL VIDEO CONCEPTS 5342 Emerson Dr., Ste. D Indianapolis, IN 46203 317-544-2150 Web: digitalvideoindy.com Services: Full-service Duplicating of Cassettes DVD’s, CD’s and Floppy Discs

IOWA

DUPLICATION MEDIA 8126 Douglas Ave. Urbandale, IA 50322 316-558-5313 Email: info@duplicationmedia.com Web: duplicationmedia.com Services: CD/DVD duplications, videotape duplications, video to DVD transfers, audio to CD transfers and more

KANSAS

PAT + JUDY HANDLEY 1510 W. Douglas Wichita, KS 67203 316-558-5313 Email: info@patandjudy.com Web: patandjudy.com Services: duplication services from many professional and consumer formats to DVD/CD/VHS

LOUISIANA

FAST FORWARD MULTIMEDIA, INC 1428 S. Hugh Wallis Rd. Lafayette, LA 70508 337-262-0401 Email: ffmm@fastforwardmm.com Web: fastforwardmm.com Services: CD/DVD duplication

MARYLAND

BLUE HOUSE PRODUCTIONS 2201 Westview Dr. Silver Spring, MD 20910 301-589-1001 Email: info@bluehouseproductions.com Web: bluehouseproductions.com Services: CD/DVD duplication CD DEPOT 9039 Baltimore Avenue College Park MD 20740 301-982-3472 Web: cdepot.com MORPHIUSDISC MANUFACTURING 100 E. 23rd St. Baltimore, MD 21218 410-662-0112 Fax 410-662-0116 Email: info@morphius.com Web: morphius.com Services: CD, CD-ROM, DVD, Blu-ray, vinyl, shaped CD/CD-Rom/vinyl, cassette, picture vinyl replication, insert printing, sticker printing, packaging, graphic design, digital download and physical distribution, fulfillment, inventory management

MASSACHUSETTS

CD WORKS 30 Doaks Ln. Marblehead, MA 01945 800-239-6757 Email: moo@cdworks.com Web: cdworks.com Services: state of the art CD and DVD duplication and replication services ECLIPSE VIDEO SERVICES 2400 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02140 800-345-6024, 617-491-1714 Fax 617-661-1543 Email: info@eclipsevid.com Web: eclipsevid.com Services: CD/DVD duplication

KLARITY MULTIMEDIA 222 Rosewood Drive Danvers, MA 01923 857-453-7911 Email: hello@klarity.com Web: klarity.com Services: all related service

MICHIGAN

NOBUCKS DOT NET 790 Glaspie Rd. Oxford, MI 48371 877-NOBUCKS, 877-662-8257 Web: CDupe.com Services: CD/DVD duplication, VHS to DVD Kits, short runs are no problem VOLK VIDEO SERVICES Auburn, MI 248-515-0184 Email: info@volkvideo.com Web: volkvideo.com/contact Services: CD/DVD duplication/transfer

MINNESOTA

ALLIED VAUGHN 7600 Parklawn, Ste. 300 Minneapolis, MN 55435 800-323-0281, 952-832-3100 Fax 952-832-3179 Email: jim.laib@alliedvaughn.com Web: alliedvaughn.com Services: DVD and CD replication/duplication, authoring, Media on Demand, VHS duplication, packaging solutions, graphic design, printing, inventory mgmt. *Offices throughout the U.S., see Website. Additional locations: Chicago 901 Bilter Rd., Ste. 141 Aurora, IL 60502 630-626-0215, 800-759-4087 Email: raventi@alliedvaughn.com Detroit 11923 Brookfield Livonia, MI 48150 734-462-5543, 800-462-5543 Email: chris.barkoozis@alliledvaughn.com COPYCATS MEDIA 2155 Niagara Lane N., Ste. 110 Minneapolis, MN 55447 612-371-8008, 888-698-8008 Web: copycatsmedia.com DUPESHOP.COM/DVB MEDIA 7720 W 78th St. Minneapolis, MN 55439 866-874-8725, 763-315-4939 Email: sales@dupeshop.com Web: dupeshop.com Services: DVD duplication MEDIAXPRESS 1515 Nicollet Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55403 612-436-3474, 800-879-8273 Email: info@mediaxpress.net Web: mediaxpress.net SOUND 80 222 S. 9th St., Ste. 3600 Minneapolis, MN 55402 612-339-9313 Email: info@sound80.com Web: sound80.com Services: CD/DVD duplication and transfers

MISSISSIPPI

JASPER EWING & SONS INC 1220 E Northsdie Dr. #370 Jackson, MS 39211 601-981-2178 Services: CD and DVD Duplication

MISSOURI

SMITHLEE PRODUCTIONS INC. 7420 Manchester Rd. St. Louis, MO 63143 314-647-3900 Email: sales@smithlee.com Web: smithlee.com Services: CD/DVD replication/fulfillment

MONTANA

MR. VIDEO PRODUCTIONS, LLC 1480 Spiritwood Victor, MT 59875 888-961-4970 Email: mrvideo.com@gmail.com Web: mrvideo.com Services: duplication and transfer PEAK RECORDING & SOUND INC. 395 N. Valley Dr Bozeman, MT 59718 406-586-1650 Email: info@peakrecording.net Web: peakrecording.net Services: CD/DVD duplication/design

NEBRASKA

OMAHA TRANS-VIDEO LLC 14925 Industrial Rd. Omaha, NE 68144 402-894-0105 Email: theresa@omahatransvideo.com Web: omahatransvideo.com Services: CD/DVD or VHS duplication TMS Theatrical Media Services, Inc. 7510 Burlington St. Omaha, NE 68127 402-592-5522 Email: tms@tmsomaha.com Web: tmsomaha.com Services: Touring, Festivals, Corporate, Theatrical, House of Worship

NEVADA

JETKOR P.O. Box 33238 Reno, NV 89533 775-846-1185 Email: info@jetkor.com Web: jetkor.com Contact: Sherri Del Soldato Services: full-color printing, promo packet development, cover art design, posters, web design.

NEW JERSEY

DISC MAKERS 7905 N. Crescent Blvd. Pennsauken, NJ 08110-1402 800-468-9353 Fax 856-661-3450 Web: discmakers.com Services: CD/DVD manufacturing, graphic design, printing, download cards, distribution, packaging, authoring, mastering, manual and automated CD and DVD printers, blank media, distribution, marketing services, also 12-in vinyl. Providing the industry standard of excellence for over 50 years. OASIS CD MANUFACTURING 7905 N. Route 130 Delair, NJ 08110 888-296-2747 Email: info@oasiscd.com Web: oasiscd.com Services: CD/DVD manufacturing, graphic design, printing, eco-packaging, direct glass cutting (Audiophile)

NEW MEXICO

CINE VIDEO PRODUCTIONS & DUPLICATION 35 Domingo Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87508 505-466-6101 Email: startzman@me.com Web: cinevisionproductions.com

Contact: Richard Startzman Services: all video production need KOKOPELE PRODUCTIONS Santa Fe, NM 87501 505-501-0589 Email: Christopher@kkpele.com Web: kkpele.com Services: DVD duplication

NEW YORK

A TO Z MEDIA 243 W. 30th St., 6th Fl. New York, NY 10001 212-260-0237, 888-670-0260 Email: info@atozmedia.com Web: atozmedia.com Services: DVD, CD, cassette and CD-ROM duplication/replication, design, printing. DISC MAKERS 150 W. 25th St., Ste. 402 New York, NY 10011 800-468-9353 Web: discmakers.com Services: Replication, graphic design, on-disc printing, packaging, authoring, recordable media, mastering, master transfers multimedia authoring, manual and automated CD and DVD printers, blank media. Providing the industry standard of excellence for over 50 years DUPLICATION DEPOT INC. 7 Plane Tree LA Saint James, NY 11780 631-752-0608 Email: copymydisc@gmail.com Web: duplicationdepot.com Services: CD/DVD transfers, duplication and replication MF DIGITAL 19 W. Jefryn Blvd., Ste. 2 Deer Park, NY 11729 631-249-9393 Fax 631-249-9273 Email: support@mfdigital.com Web: mfdigital.com Services: CD/DVD duplication, DVD/CD replication, USB duplication MIXONIC 243 W 30th St., 6th Flo New York, NY 10001 866-838-5067 Email: customercare@mixonic.com Web: mixonic.com Services: CD, CD-ROM, DVD, USB, Flashdrives CD/DVD duplication and replication, printing, packaging, fulfillment, design services PLAY-IT PRODUCTIONS 735 Port Washington Blvd. Port Washington, NY 11050 800-815-3444, 212-695-6530 Web: play-itproductions.net Contact: Tony Tyler Services: complete CD/DVD manufacturing, printing and packaging, along with graphic design, mastering and DVD authoring SHELBY MARKETING, LLC 1001 Lexington Ave. Suite 800 Rochester, NY 14606 585-377-0750 Web: direct2marketsolutions.com Services: CD/DVD printing and duplication, printing, packaging and fulfillment

NORTH CAROLINA

STUDIO SOUTH 4912 Old Pineville Rd. Charlotte, NC 28217 704-525-0296 Email: Service@studiosouthmedia.com Web: studiosouthmedia.com Services: CD/DVD duplication and transfer

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Directory of Everything Indie TRIANGLE DUPLICATION SERVICES 714 Red Horse Way Wake Forest, NC 27587 919-622-0746 Email: joe@triangleduplication.com Web: triangleduplication.com Services: CD/DVD duplication, printing. Mini DV 8mm and VHS to DVD conversions

NORTH DAKOTA

SUPER STUDIO 101 10th Street North Suite 110 Fargo, ND 581042 701-499-2147 Email: contact@superstudio46.com Web: superstudio46.com Services: CD/DVD duplication

OHIO

AM TECH VIDEO, INC. 6585 B Smith Rd. Brook Park, OH 44142 216-676-0441 Email: support@atvproductions.com Web: facebook.com/ATVproducer Services: CD/DVD duplication A TO Z AUDIO 9449 Brookpart Rd., Unit C Parma, OH 44129 440-333-0040 Email: atozaudio@atozaudio.com Web: atozaudio.com Services: CD/DVD duplication and replication, printing INDIE MERC STORE 34440 Vine Street Willowick, OH 44095 855-210-1412 Web: indiemerchstore.com

OKLAHOMA

CREATIVE PHOTO VIDEO, LLC 1907 W 33rd Street, Ste 100 Edmond, OK 73013 405-728-4336 Web: cpvokc.com Services: CD/DVD duplication

OREGON

A TO Z MEDIA 1223 NE Alberta St. 2nd Floor Portland, OR 97211 503-736-3261. 888-670-0260 Email: info@atozmedia.com Web: atozmedia.com Services: DVD, CD, cassette and CD-ROM duplication/replication, design, printing. CRAVEDOG CD & DVD MANUFACTURING 611 N. Tillamook St., Ste. B22 Portland, OR 97227 503-233-7284 Email: tc@cravedog.com Web: cravedog.com Contact: Michael Fitzgerald Services: CD, CD-ROM, DVD, CD Biz Card replication, printing, packaging, graphic design, promo items and apparel CRAZY DAISY PRODUCTIONS 8540 S.W. Monticello St. Beaverton, OR 97008 541-517-1458 Email: info@crazymastering.com Web: crazymastering.com Services: Mixing, Mastering, Duplication MEGALODON MANUFACTURING 888-234-2283 Email: hello@megalodon.com Web: megalodon.com, megalodon.com/about-megalodon.html MIXONIC 1223 NE Alberta St., 2nd Fl. Portland, OR 97211

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866-838-5067 Email: customercare@mixonic.com Web: mixonic.com Services: CD, CD-ROM, DVD, USB, Flashdrives CD/DVD duplication and replication, printing, packaging, fulfillment, design services

PENNSYLVANIA

RELICOPY 1735 Market St Philadelphia, PA 19103 972-702-8388 Web: replicopy.com Services: CD/DVD duplication, Video, Promotional printing, packaging

SOUTH CAROLINA

PRINTS2DAY.COM Greenville, SC 864-255-9559 Email: Prinsts2day@gmail.com Web: facebook.com/prints2day Services: CD/DVD duplication, Upload Music CD, Posters

TENNESSEE

THE TRANSFER LAB 127 Franklin Rd., Ste. 260 Brentwood, TN 37027 615-251-3380 Email: customerservice@thetransferlab. com Web: earmarkdigital.com WE MAKE TAPES, CD’S & VIDEOS 711 Spence Lane Nashville, TN 37217 615-244-4236 Email: csr@wemaketapes.com Web: wemaketapes.com WTS DUPLICATION 2841 Hickory Valley Rd. Chattanooga, TN 37421 888-987-6334, 423-894-9427 Email: sales@wtsmedia.com Web: wtsduplication.com Services: CD and DVD replication and duplication Additional location: Nashville

TEXAS

ARCUBE 1845 Summit Ave Suite 407 Plano, TX 75074 877-677-9582 Email: sales@arcube.com Web: arcube.com/contact-us Additional locations: Houston, TX 832-573-9444 Austin, TX 877-677-9582 BLUEBONNET MEDIA GROUP, INC. 1850 Audubon Pond Way Allen, TX 75013 214-803-9920 Email: atalis@bluebonnetmediagroup.com Web: bluebonnetmediagroup.com Services: CD/DVD, Video production NATIONWIDE DISC 7370 Dogwood Park Richland Hills, TX 76118 1-866-704-3579, 817-885-8855 Email: information@nationwidedisc.com Web: nationwidedisc.com REPLICOPY 200 E. Market St. Ste. 108 San Antonio, TX 78205 972-702-8388

Web: replicopy.com Services: CD/DVD duplication/replication

UTAH

HIT TRACKS STUDIOS / VEGAS DISC Tom Parham 128 W. 400 N. Cedar City, UT 84721 702-481-1663, 702-735-4283, 800-246-5667 Email: info@vegasdisc.com Web: hittrackstudios.com, vegasdisc.com Contact: Tom Parham Services: Custom CD/DVD duplication and replication, Blu-ray replication and USB duplication, Full color offset printing and packaging. Multi-track recording, CD Mastering and DVD authoring services. Duplication and Pro audio equipment sales. Replication equipment by Singulus, Guann Yinn, Heino and Gima with and 10 million per month capacity. Studio and Mastering equipment include, SSL, NEVE, API, MANLEY, HDCD, Sonic Solutions, ProTools and Final Cut Pro LARSEN DIGITAL SERVICES 1144 W. 2700 N. Pleasant View, UT 84404 800-776-8357, 801-782-5155 Email: info@larsendigital.com Web: larsendigital.com Services: CD/DVD duplication and replication MEDIAFAST 767 S. Auto Mall Dr., Ste. 8 American Folk, UT 84003 888-598-6526 Web: mediafast.com Services: CD, DVD, Blu-ray duplication, replication, authoring, testing and complete packaging solutions

VERMONT

VERMONT DUPLICATION 802-734-8836 Hinesburg, VT Email: info@vermontduplication.com Web: vermontduplication.com Services: CD/DVD duplication VIDEOSYNCRACIES INC Green House Building 180 Flynn Ave. Burlington, VT 05401 802-861-6161 Email: paul@vidsync.com Web: vidsync.com Services: DVD and CD duplication, from 1 to 1000 FAST with awesome on-disc label printing. DVD and CD Replication, as few as 500 factory pressed. DVD authoring full service video production and editing video transfer to DVD.

VIRGINIA

FURNACE MFG MEDIA DUPLICATION SOLUTIONS 6315 Bren Mar Drive, Suite 195 Alexandria, VA 22312 703-205-0007 Email: sales@furnacemfg.com Web: furnacemfg.com Services: CD and DVD duplication and replication, print, packaging, design and fulfillment. Audiophile vinyl manufacturing, print and packaging. Premium Optical Disc manufacturing CD, DVD, CD-R, DVD-R, pre-press, packaging, DVD and Enhanced, CD authoring. USB drive branding and loading. iPod loading.

WASHINGTON

COMPACT DISC SERVICE 1000 SE Tech Center Drive, Suite 160 Vancouver, WA 98683 800-260-9800, 360-816-1800 Email: info@cdsg.com Web: cdsg.com Services: CD and DVD replication, CD-R

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DIGITAL TRANSFER SERVICE OF WEST VIRGINIA 1041 Bridge Rd. Charleston, WV 25314 304-343-5180 Email: swej22@gmail.com Web: swej22.wixsite.com/digital-transfer Services: video duplication, 8mm to DVD, video editing, VHS to DVD and DVD transfer TELVIDEO & AUDIO PRODUCTIONS 231 Heritage Dr. Huntington, WV 25704 304-529-4480 Email: telvideo@frontier.com Web: telvideo-audio.com Services: audio/video transfers

WISCONSIN

A TO Z MEDIA 2018 S. 1st St., Suite 219 Milwaukee, WI 53207 414-289-0982 Email: info@atozmedia.com Web: atozmedia.com Services: DVD, CD, cassette and CD-ROM duplication/replication, design, printing MIXONIC 2018 S. 1st St., Ste 217 Milwaukee, WI 53217 866-838-5067 Email: customercare@mixonic.com Web: mixonic.com Services: CD, CD-ROM, DVD, USB, Flashdrives CD/DVD duplication and replication, printing, packaging, fulfillment, design services

WYOMING

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MICROFORUM 1 Woodborough Ave. Toronto, ON, Canada M6M5A1 416-654-8008, 1-800-465-2323 Web: microforum.ca Services: CD and DVD replication and digital download cards, prints and USB DUPLIUM 127 Jardin Drive Vaughan Ontario Canada 905-709-9930, 800-819-0701 Email: info@duplium Web: duplium.com Services: CD and DVD Duplication,Vinyl Records, Templates and Resources, Disc Packaging

PROMO SITES

BANDCAMP Web: bandcamp.com Notes: promote music, all genres BANDS IN TOWN Web: bandsintown.com Notes: shows

BAND VISTA Web: bandvista.com Notes: band website creation BANDZOOGLE Web: bandzoogle.com Notes: band website creation BOMBPLATES Web: bombplates.com Notes: band website creation DATPIFF Web: datpiff.com Notes: music promo, hip-hop mixtapes DJ BOOTH Web: djbooth.net Notes: hip-hop promo, music reviews EVENTFUL Web: eventful.com Notes: shows HOMEGROWN HITS Web: homegrownhits.com Notes: Billboard-like chart for indie artists, all genres, competition INDIE ARTIST RADIO Web: indieartistradio.net Notes: music promo INDIE ON THE MOVE Web: indieonthemove.com Notes: Venue reviews MERCH DIRECT Web: next.merchdirect.com Notes: merch PUREVOLUME Web: purevolume.com Notes: music promo REVERBNATION Web: reverbnation.com Notes: music promo SECTION 101 Web: section101.com Notes: website creation SONGKICK Web: songkick.com Notes: shows STAGEIT Web: stageit.com Notes: stream shows STORE ENVY Web: storenvy.com Notes: merch

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CD BABY Web: cdbaby.com Notes: distribution/online retail CARDSCASHREWARDS.COM Web: cardscashrewards.com Email: info@cardscashrewards.com Notes: NFT development from conceptualization through minting and fan-focused sales and distribution. CHIRPIFY Web: chirpify.com Notes: Twitter app for distribution/online retail GUMROAD Web: gumroad.com Notes: Twitter app for distribution/online retail HELLO MERCH Web: hellomerch.com

MERCHNOW Web: merchnow.com ORCHARD Web: theorchard.com TUNECORE Web: tunecore.com TUNEPORT Web: tuneport.com

FAN MAIL/CAREER MANAGEMENT

ARTIST GROWTH Web: artistgrowth.com Notes: career management FANBRIDGE Web: fanbridge.com Notes: fan management IFANZ Web: Ifanz.com Notes: fan management

ONLYWIRE Web: onlywire.com Notes: Post to 47 social networks

NETWORKING/SOCIAL/GIGS

ARTIST DATA Web: sonicbids.com/artistdata Notes: Helps organize social media

INFORMATION/OPPORTUNITIES

CARDSCASHREWARDS.COM Website: cardscashrewards.com Notes: Company actively accepts music submissions for sponsored marketing services DATAMUSICATA Web: datamusicata.com Notes: info/articles for artists, blog style DIGITAL MUSIC NEWS Web: digitalmusicnews.com Notes: Up-to-date industry news HIP HOP MAKERS Web: hiphopmakers.com Notes: articles for hip-hop producers HYPEBOT Web: hypebot.com Notes: music business news and articles INDIE BIBLE Web: indiebible.com Notes: contacts, info INDIE MUSIC Web: indie-music.com Notes: info on everything indie KINGS OF A&R Web: kingsofar.com Notes: opps

DAT PIFF Web: datpiff.com Notes: blog, hip-hop mixtapes DJ BOOTH Web: djbooth.net Notes: blog, hip-hop, R&B, soul HIPHOPDX Web: hiphopdx.com Notes: blog, hip-hop, R&B, soul INVISIBLE ORANGES Web: invisibleoranges.com Notes: blog, heavy metal KINGS OF A&R Web: kingsofar.com Notes: blog LHYME Web: lhyme.com Notes: up-and-coming indie music and food fusion website out of Nashville. they feature a different indie artist each week or month and create recipes inspired by the artists background, music style, lifestyle and favorite foods. LOSANJEALOUS Web: losanjealous.com Notes: blog, show listings

MUSIC CONNECTION Web: musicconnection.com

MICHAEL DOLAN’S BLOG Web: jmichaeldolan.com Notes: Founder and previous Publisher of Music Connection

MUSIC NOMAD Web: musicnomad.com Notes: music industry resources listing

PITCHFORK Web: pitchfork.com Notes: blog

GIGSALAD Web: gigsalad.com

MUSIC REGISTRY Web: musicregistry.com Notes: music industry directories

RADIOLAB Web: Radiolab.org Notes: blog

FESTIVAL NET Web: festivalnet.com Notes: find and book festival gigs

MUSIC XRAY Web: musicxray.com Notes: submissions for opps, licensing

SINGERSROOM Web: singersroom.com Notes: blog, R&B/Soul

MUSIC2DEAL Web: music2deal.com Notes: networking

SONICBIDS Web: sonicbids.com Notes: opps

STEREO GUM Web: stereogum.com Notes: blog

MUSICIANS CONTACT Web: musicianscontact.com Notes: Find musicians, gigs

STAR POLISH Web: tiwaryent.com/advice-library Notes: opps, info, articles

THE HYPE MACHINE Web: hypem.com Notes: blog

MUSICPAGE Web: musicpage.com Notes: social network for music industry

TAXI Web: taxi.com Notes: opps/info

SONICBIDS Web: sonicbids.com Notes: Social music marketing platform, connects bands, promoters, brands and fans

TRUE TALENT MANAGEMENT Web: truetalentpr.com Notes: articles/info

CARDSCASHREWARDS.COM Website: cardscashrewards.com Notes: Live streams of artist showcases sponsored by company and it’s strategic Partners. Company actively accepts submissions all commercial genres CONCERTS IN YOUR HOME Web: concertsinyourhome.com

WEGETNETWORKING Web: wegetnetworking.com

LICENSING

BROADJAM Web: broadjam.com Notes: licensing FILMMUSIC.NET Web: filmmusic.net Notes: licensing MUSIC2DEAL Web: music2deal.com

BLOGS

OTHER

ARTIST SHARE Web: artistshare.com Notes: fan funding like Kickstarter KICKSTARTER Web: kickstarter.com Notes: fund raising website for DIY artists

2DOPEBOYZ Web: 2dopeboyz.com Notes: hip-hop blog

SONGDEX Web: songdex.com Notes: Industry song database

ALLHIPHOP Web: allhiphop.com Notes: hip-hop blog

SOUND EXCHANGE Web: soundexchange.com Notes: collecting online royalties

ARI’S TAKE Web: aristake.com Notes: Artist blog on the industry

TUNESAT Web: tunesat.com Notes: collecting royalties

AQUARIUM DRUNKARD Web: aquariumdrunkard.com Notes: blog

MUSIC SUPERVISOR Web: musicsupervisor.com

BROOKLYN VEGAN Web: brooklynvegan.com Notes: blog

TAXI Web: taxi.com Notes: licensing

DATAMUSICATA Web: datamusicata.com

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Want to Improve Your Vocals? Here’s How!

UP YOUR GAME! LISTEN TO RECORDINGS OF YOURSELF One of the best pieces of advice is to record yourself singing, and then listen back to it. When I first started singing and playing the acoustic guitar, a friend/ mentor suggested this technique. I was uncomfortable with the idea of listening to my own voice—it seemed incredibly awkward, and I didn’t do it at the time. But then, when I started recording my own vocals, oh wow, my ears were opened wide! I heard all the lazy consonants that got lost, and the iffy pitch spots. I even heard how my tone changed on higher and lower notes. A powerful tool is to know thyself—know your own voice— with its strengths, weaknesses and limitations. Listening back to recordings of yourself is the only way I know of to accomplish this without working closely with a vocal coach. And you don’t need fancy recording equipment. Even recording into your phone’s voice memos will give you valuable feedback.

appropriate for your range (how high or low you can sing). After you’re all warmed up, sing your heart out! As a voice teacher, I usually have my students pick songs that they love, and we work on those. You have to love it! Music should feel good. Don’t you agree? THE LOWDOWN ON SINGING TERMS Breath – Breath support is everything in singing. If you don’t have enough breath support to hold a note, then as sure as the sun will rise, that note will go flat. Proper breath support comes from the ab muscles continually pushing in as you sing (between breaths). I’ve actu-

the consonants will be weak and people will miss lyrics. Frontal production of consonants is most efficient and clear. Form your consonants as much toward the front of the mouth and lips as you can. Timbre – In general, vocal timbre is the natural tone of someone’s voice. Norah Jones, for example, has a warm, slightly raspy tone that the world went crazy over when they first heard it. Even when someone simply talks, you can still hear the inherent timbre in their voice. Color – Tone color ranges from dark to bright. This isn’t just people singing low or high, but the overtones of treble and bass within a person’s vocal tone. Darius Rucker and Anita Baker have a dark, rich tone color, while Taylor Swift and The Weeknd have a brighter vocal tone. Many popular singers, though, have a balance that lies somewhere in the middle. To an extent, you can change the color of your own vocal tone by experimenting with it. Tone placement – This is the location in your oral cavity where the sound is coming from. Frontal tone placement carries the furthest and has the purest, clearest tone. I always tell my voice students that before microphones, people were performing operas to huge auditoriums. The reason these singers could project so far is because of their frontal tone placement. You can try it. Hold a note, and feel it coming from the back of your mouth near your throat. Then, consciously bring that tone forward to the top front area of your soft palette, just behind your teeth. You’ll hear the difference. At the end of the day, the more you sing, the better you’ll get (if you’re striving to improve). Singing is a timeless art, and it makes you feel alive. If you have the desire to sing, don’t let anyone or anything stop you. You can do it! CHRIS FARINA

ho are your favorite singers? Ariana Grande? Sam Smith? Or maybe one of my all-time favorites, Freddie Mercury? If you’ve tried your hand at singing, you probably know that these accomplished artists didn’t just wake up one day and sound like that. They worked hard to be that good. And everyone, yes everyone, can get better at singing! No matter what skill level you’re at, there’s a lot to think about when it comes to a compelling vocal performance. In this article, I’ll cover tips on how to hone your skills behind the mic, followed by some basic concepts of singing.

“When I started recording my own vocals, oh wow, my ears were opened wide!”

Work it! – Practice, Practice, Practice! The first step in a good vocal workout is a warm-up. Just like stretching before exercising, you might be tempted to skip a warmup because you just want to bust into belting out “Let It Go” from Frozen, full force. However, it is much kinder to the physical mechanisms that produce your voice if you treat them with TLC. Many vocal lesson books come with audio files for practice, and there are plenty of YouTube videos with warmups and exercises. You may have to search a bit to find one that’s

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ally noticed that I’m a stronger singer when I’m regularly doing ab exercises. To sing well, you have to bring enough air in and use it in a measured way through each vocal phrase. Pitch – Ah, pitch. The bane of us all. If people cringe at a “bad” singer, it’s usually because that person is off pitch, meaning they are not hitting the right note, or they’re noticeably flat or sharp (too low or too high). The good news is that ear training is a learned skill that can be improved dramatically with targeted effort. Diction – Rappers know what diction is. They’re great at it. Diction is the clarity of your pronunciation. You have to emphasize consonants so they come off clearly to the listener. You can’t just sing like you speak, or

Singer-songwriter ANGELA PREDHOMME’S music has been heard by millions through television, film, radio and streaming. Her soulful songs have been featured in the popular Hallmark movie Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane, Lifetime’s hit show Dance Moms, commercials for ING Bank and Fiat, and more.

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Songwriter Profile: Jools Holland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . By Andrea Beenham

Expert Advice: How NFTs Give Musicians Royalty Protections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . By Nicholas Donarski

Tip Jar: Want to Improve Your Vocals? Here’s How! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . By Angela Predhomme

Artist to Artist: Focus On Quality Not Quantity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . By RED

Producer Crosstalk: Michael Knox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . By Rob Putnam

Exec Profile: Mary Rahmani, Moon Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . By Andy Kaufmann