A2IM: American Association of Independent Music

Posted in Special Offers by A2IM

MIDEM has announced the launching of MIDEM 2011’s new project : MIDEM Sync, a day dedicated to sync licensing which will take place on Monday 24 January, 2011 in Cannes.

Read this press release to learn about the MIDEM Sync panelists and the Music Pitch Sessions!

DON’T MISS: MIDEM will also offer 10 participants the chance to pitch their music to PJ Bloom (Glee Music Supervisor) in person during 10-minute face-to-face meetings. PJ Bloom himself will select the 10 lucky participants via a call for entries, which is open to labels, publishers and artists.

Posted in Advocacy by A2IM

The effects of piracy on the music community have been dramatic, especially on the small and medium sized businesses that make up the A2IM community due to our limited economic resources to fight widespread piracy. In response to a request for comment, A2IM filed a statement today with the U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration Office of Intellectual Property Rights on the issues confronting our community and the need for government intervention to provide a worldwide solution to our economic issues. In our filing we commended the Obama Administration and the Congress for the initiatives that have been undertaken on a bi-partisan basis and encourage further action to be undertaken on a worldwide basis.

The A2IM filing with the Department of Commerce can be read here

We seek your feedback and any questions you may have about the A2IM statement.

Posted in Special Offers by A2IM

MIDEM 2011, taking place in Cannes, France from Jan.23 – 26, 2011, is one of the world’s premier music industry events. Artist performance applications are currently accepted through Sonicbids, and MIDEM 2011 is extending a special offer to all A2IM members. If you’re interested in submitting your application to perform at MIDEM 2011, complete the steps below to get $5 off your application fee; a special discount just for A2IM members. If you’re not an existing Sonicbids member, your application will also include a free 2-week Sonicbids trial.

• Visit the MIDEM 2011 listing at www.sonicbids.com/midem2011
• Click the link that says “Enter Promo Code” just below the red Submit button on the top right of the screen
• Enter the code
  
  This is members only content.

  User Name	:
  Password	:

  
  

• Click red Submit button and complete the submission process.

MIDEM 2011 submissions end on Oct.29^th, so if you’re interested, complete your submission now!

If you have any questions or need help with your submission to MIDEM 2011, please contact Sonicbids’ support center: www.sonicbids.com/support

Posted in Events, Member Services, Members Only, Special Offers by A2IM

In March 2011, Canadian Music Week will be celebrating 29 years as one of the premier entertainment events in North America. Combining conferences, award shows, a trade exposition, film festival, and Canada’s biggest new music festival – Canadian Music Fest – it is a mini global village for artists and industry executives from around the world and all sectors of the business to engage in a free trade of ideas. (more…)

Posted in Chapters, Events by A2IM

Wednesday, December 8 from 6-9PM

Drink Specials: $1 OFF all beer / $3 pints of Busch from 7-9PM

This event is open to all in the indie music community.

Molly Malone’s
575 S. Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, map

RSVP to jen@a2im.org

This event will be held in honor of our friend Andy Kotowicz on what would’ve been his 38th birthday.

Some of Andy’s childhood friends will join us for an evening of Laughter, Levity and Love to remember and celebrate the man, the husband, the kid, the father, and friend we all loved. Please join us and bring photos, stories, musical moments you shared with Andy, or just come and hoist a few with us.

A2IM is a non-profit trade organization serving the independent music community as a unified voice.

Posted in Member Services by A2IM

A2IM will be communicating our members’ 1^st round nominees for official GRAMMY nomination.

The first-round ballot of all artists, albums, and singles submitted for consideration has been shipped out.  If your submission(s) has been selected for Grammy nomination consideration you should have received notification from The Recording Academy.  To have your artists/albums/tracks included in our communication read on.

We are creating a list of our members’ nominees and circulating this list to our full contact list early next week.

By the close of business Thursday, October 21^th please send ryan.kane@a2im.org a list of your 53rd Annual GRAMMY nominations from the distributed first-round ballots in the following format using this spreadsheet Include info for all columns on the spreadsheet:

Part (either 1 or 2, 1 for general field, 2 for all other fields):
Field Number (29 in total, no field numbers for general categories):
Field Title (ie. General, Pop, Dance, Rock, etc.):
Category Number (109 in total):
Category Title (ie. Record of the Year, Best Alternative Music Album, etc.):
3 Digit Entry Number (Assigned by The Recording Academy, not the number you used for submission):
Artist:
Album / Song Title:
Label:

If you have any questions on the above, please don’t hesitate to contact ryan@a2im.org or 212 999 6113 ext. 3.

IMPORTANT: if not in the above format using the spreadsheet, your nominees will not be included in our members list that we’ll be distributing to our contacts.  We’ll be sending our comprehensive list in a quick turnaround to get into the hands of as many Recording Academy voters as possible by October 23^rd.

If you are a voting member please hold your ballots and tell your friends to hold theirs until we send out our list so you can support and vote for your fellow A2IM members.

Good luck and remember, VOTE INDEPENDENT!

A2IM