A2IM: American Association of Independent Music

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RED Joins A2IM

RED Distribution is recognized widely as the industry leader in music distribution and artist development. Originally founded in 1979 and headquartered in New York, RED specializes in digital and physical sales, marketing, DTC, radio promotion and product development for more than 60 independent record labels. Digital integration with The Orchard has expanded RED’s reach into international as well as domestic markets. RED’s marketing outreach is unsurpassed in generating consumer awareness for artists, labels and brand partners. In 2009, RED launched ’stache media, a full service marketing agency specialized in music, offering online marketing & publicity, college lifestyle marketing, advertising & consumer research, brand & partnership marketing, radio, video promotion and creative production. RED maintains field staff in Los Angeles, Nashville, Chicago, Boston, Dallas, Miami, Minneapolis, New Orleans, San Francisco and Seattle, which gives the company national reach in sales, radio promotion and marketing.

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SOLID would like to personally invite you to join them next Wednesday, May 15th from 5:30PM–8:30PM in the SESAC parking lot (66 Music Square West, map) for their Annual SOLID Crawfish Boil.

They will be serving delicious FREE food and FREE cold Miller Lite, Batch 19, Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy and Blue Moon Belgian White beer from their friends at Miller-Coors.

It should be a fantastic event to chat with friends, meet new ones, and network with Music Industry professionals.

We hope you join us!

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CMJ Music Marathon, New York City’s largest music event, will continue in its decades-long tradition of pioneering the best new music from all over the world. CMJ’s daytime conference will be headquartered at New York University’s campus on Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village; at night, CMJ Music Marathon takes over more than 80 of New York City’s premier clubs and music venues to showcase thousands of the best new artists.

Register for a CMJ badge for access to hundreds of showcases, more than 100 conference events and seminars, exclusive parties and other special events. A2IM members receive an exclusive discounted rate of

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Shore Fire Media, the leading public relations and digital strategy firm who represents diverse clients in music, entertainment, film, venues, books, technology, food, non-profits and special events, has opened an office in Nashville, expanded in the Digital Media arena and announced a number of staff promotions.

The new Nashville presence is headed by General Manager Jacquelyn Marushka, who came to Shore Fire from Sony Music Entertainment’s Provident Label Group where she rose to Vice President of Public Relations over 14 years with the company.  During her tenure at Provident, Marushka spearheaded publicity for a roster of award-winning artists while managing corporate media relations for the company’s three labels, publishing and distribution arms, and film and home video division.

President Marilyn Laverty notes of the expansion, “The past year has been the best, most interesting, and most dynamic in our history, and our staff additions and promotions will prepare us for another year of growth. We love Nashville, and are delighted to expand our role in the city.”

Another recent development at the company is the institution of its highly regarded Client Club, a service designed to provide its clients insider information, invitations, introductions, and discounts. The company’s most popular Client Club perk is its semi-monthly webinar sessions that have featured special presentations from have included Twitter’s Head of Music, an expert on Google Analytics, the founder of Kickstarter, a top Wikipedian and high level execs from NARAS.

Shore Fire’s central office in Brooklyn is also growing. Mike Baumgarten joined the company’s growing Digital Media department as Digital Strategy Manager in 2012, having previously worked at Crush Music Media Management. He aids in the digital and social media efforts of Shore Fire and its clients.

Carrie Tolles has been named Director of Publicity, previously holding the position of Senior Account Executive since April 2011. Tolles joined Shore Fire in 2005 from the Associated Press. She heads publicity for a diverse roster of clients including Mavis Staples, St. Vincent, Bon Iver, Grizzly Bear, and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. When she’s not checking out new music she can be found in the yoga studio or exploring a far off corner of the world.

Elizabeth Lutz has been named Director of Publicity, previously holding the position of Senior Account Executive since April 2011. Lutz joined Shore Fire in 2008 after working for Weber Shandwick Worldwide in Boston. Lutz, a fearless client proponent, leads the media relations for several artists including Bonnie Raitt and Zac Brown Band, A2IM, and the start-up Artist Growth in addition to work on other music, charity and technology accounts.

Andrea Bussell joined Shore Fire in 2012 as Senior Account Executive, leaving a position as the publicity manager for both Nation and Basic Books. She also co-authored Eddie Trunk’s Essential Hard Rock and Heavy Metal (Abrams) and worked as a freelance music publicist for several established acts.

Jon Bleicher has been named Senior Account Executive. Bleicher joined Shore Fire in 2010 and was previously Account Executive.

Josh Page has been named Junior Account Executive. Page joined Shore Fire in 2010 and was previously Publicity Coordinator.

Ray Padgett has been named Junior Account Executive. Padgett joined Shore Fire in 2012 and was previously Publicity Coordinator.

Shore Fire also announced the addition of Publicity Coordinators Rob Dekker, Bryant Kitching and Alison Smith to its staff.

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Tune Takeout is excited to offer its mobile studio program to members of A2IM. Through its mobile studio, Tune Takeout records touring live performances. We sell those performances to the concert attendees. After engineering the recordings into a multi-track, MP3 format, a link to the recordings is distributed to purchasers for download. Distribution typically occurs 48-72 hours after the live performance. Additionally, the recordings then become available to all fans for future purchase through the Tune Takeout website.

Over 30 artists have utilized Tune Takeout’s mobile studio because of the unique benefits:

1. The mobile studio is a vertical commerce opportunity that increases show revenues and salable song inventory.

2. We handle marketing and sales of the recordings. Our brand ambassadors aggressively sell the recordings during the show.

3. Mobile studio pays for itself through sales. No per show out-of-pocket expenses.

4. Labels and artists retain ownership of rights

5. The MP3s meet high quality standards.

Do you have artists touring this summer/fall in Kansas City, Lawrence, Wichita, Topeka, St. Louis, Chicago, or Memphis? If so, we want to put our mobile studio to work for you. Please visit our site and register: www.tunetakeout.com/registration.html. You can find more info on our site HERE or email alan@tunetakeout.com to start today.

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It’s time for another get together! Randall Foster of Naxos would like to officially invite you to a Syncs and Drinks event at Film-Com April 18, 2013. This will take place upstairs at the Hard Rock from 5:00 to 7:00 and there is no admission charge.

RSVP to Randall Foster HERE

Film-Com Week 2013 is an international film & television business market that takes place in Nashville from Saturday, April 13 to Friday, April 19. Participants include film and television executives from LA and New York, production companies and filmmakers from around the U.S. and international territories. The focus of Film-Com is on projects in progress, meaning that they are still in the phase of packaging actors, crew, musical score, songs and other elements of development and pre-production.

Film-Com is an annual packaging, financing and distribution market which directly connects filmmakers and their new projects to domestic and foreign distribution companies, as well as connecting all parties in the equation to P&A capital, banks, gap financing, co-production partners, packaging agents, product integration specialists and any entities related to the success of getting a film made and to market.