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17
Mar
2011
2011
A2IM Adds 15 New Label Members Including Big Machine, Jagjaguwar/Secretly Canadian, S-Curve & VP Records
A2IM Also Adds 15 New Service Provider Associate Members
The A2IM community is growing and over the past few months the organization has added a 15 new label members, bringing the imprint total to over 270 independently owned labels. The new members include many leading independent music labels and represent a broad cross-section of the industry, with myriad geographic locations, staff sizes, release calendars and, most importantly, musical genres. Such creation is the force that broadens the cultural diversity of the music industry here in the U.S. and abroad.
A2IM welcomes the following new label members:
- Allegro Media Group (Portland, OR)
- Alliance Records (New York, NY)
- Adroit Records (Nashville, TN)
- Big Machine Records/Valory Records (Nashville, TN)
- Bright Antenna (San Francisco, CA)
- Dolly Records (Nashville, TN)
- Jagjaguwar Records/Secretly Canadian/Dead Oceans (Bloomington, IN)
- Krishnamurthy Tandon Foundation (New York, NY)
- Maverick Music Group (Midlothian, VA)
- S-Curve Records (New York, NY)
- United Musicians (New York, NY)
- VP Records (Queens, NY)
“The VP Records family is proud to join our fellow independent labels in supporting the efforts of A2IM to insure that our community’s vital contribution to the music market place is properly defined and treated equitably by commerce partners entering the music space. We appreciate A2IM as a resource assisting our team in keeping up on issues relevant to our business and on methods to maximize revenue streams.” – Randy Chin (President, VP Records)
“Dolly Records is pleased to join A2IM and support independent record label advocacy. Dolly is currently preparing to independently release her fourth album on the label titled “Better Day” due out this summer in conjunction with a world tour.” – Danny Nozell (Dolly Parton’s Manager and President, Dolly Records)
“Dead Oceans, Jagjaguwar and Secretly Canadian are three artist-development-focused independent labels operating out of Bloomington, Indiana, that strive for artist-friendly, hands-on, community-based approaches to distributing music. Some artists that the labels work with are TheTallest Man On Earth, Bon Iver, Yeasayer, Antony, Dinosaur, Jr., and Phosphorescent. Embracing the same principles, affiliated company SC Distribution exclusively distributes the three labels world-wide and also distributes such labels as Temporary Residence, Ltd., Sacred Bones, K Records, Asthmatic Kitty, FatCat Records, Constellation, No Quarter and Acephale, to name a few.” – Darius Van Arman (Co-Owner, Jagjaguwar)
“As a label group and management company, that is the home for Aimee Mann’s Super Ego Records and Suzanne Vega’s Amanuensis Productions, we greatly appreciate the level of advocacy representation, commerce inclusion and member services provided by A2IM to our artist oriented label group and the independent music community as a whole.” - Michael Hausman of the United Musicians music label and Michael Hausman artist management
“A2IM proudly stands for the voices of many and guarantees we are not just heard but represented. We are proud to join them and the many, many great independent labels.” Scott Borchetta President/CEO Big Machine Records Label Group
As the primary voice of independent music companies, the not-for-profit A2IM maintains a focus on forward-thinking initiatives, advocating for representation and visibility for the independent label and artist community. Recent efforts include a Billboard commentary by A2IM President Rich Bengloff, challenging Billboard and Nielsen SoundScan’s methodology for calculating market share. Bengloff and A2IM suggest calculation based on ownership of masters rather than distribution, a method that would accurately reflect the prominence of independents in today’s music market and give them the full commercial recognition they deserve. Details on other A2IM advocacy, commerce, and member service initiatives can be found at www.a2im.org.
In addition to great new music label members, there are a 15 new associate members who have joined A2IM in 2011, bringing A2IM’s associate member total to nearly 140 companies. A2IM’s associate member community is made up of service providers who support the independent label community, recognizing that this segment of the label community is where the action is. The new associate members are:
- Beyond Oblivion
- Boss Sounds
- Clear Music Now
- Ditto Music
- finetunes
- Mobile Backstage
- Music X-Ray
- Nail Distribution
- Robot of the Century
- Roqbot
- Orpheus Media Research
- Packet Video
- SC Distribution/Bellwether Manufacturing
- Stream Jam/The Electric Sheep Company
- The Chinese Audio/Video Association
A2IM will celebrate its new members at their 6th annual SXSW breakfast this year at Austin’s Champions Sports Bar & Restaurant on Thursday, March 17 (a MEMBERS ONLY business networking event).
For more information, or to become a member, please visit www.A2IM.org.
