INgrooves is owned and operated by Isolation Network, which offers functional distribution and marketing services through their branches: INgrooves, Inscribe Digital, and ONE Digital Divisions. These entities offer a vast array of services through their worldwide infrastructure and boast relationships with industry leaders such as ReverbNation and Universal Music Group.

To find out more information on INgrooves visit www.ingrooves.com.

indieExtreme, with offices in Houston, TX, and Nashville, TN, represents musicians ranging from folk legend Judy Collins, to 7 year-old singer and Disney actress, Kaitlyn Maher. The firm partners with INgrooves for distribution and retail marketing, along with providing label services such as marketing, publicity, social media management, management consulting, music licensing and online marketing systems to independent labels. To learn more about indieExtreme, please visit www.indieextreme.com, call: (615) 309-1718 or (281) 890-5034, or e-mail: kathyd@indieextreme.com.

The traveling bluesmen began their creative collaboration in 2008. For the next three years they poured their souls and sweat through the hissing amplifiers and microphones, and onto the pages. Zombie Nation was born from thirty years collective experience playing the blues, along with multiple album successes between them. McKnight broke into the music scene with his debut album Braid My Hair which fans and critics acknowledged as a “breath of fresh air.” He followed up with the album The Last Country Store (2005) which earned him chart spots internationally and in the US. He then established himself with Supa Good (2007) which merited an independent music award nomination for “Best Blues Song.” McKnight’s friend and partner Bob Bogdal has been belting the blues through his harmonica for twenty years and running. He began carving out his solo career with the release of Underneath the Kudzu (2005) in which he conjured up the eerie vibes and mystery of the southern delta. Zombie Nation embodies both the classic flavors of the artists, along with a new vision for the future of blues music.

You can purchase the album on their website at www.bigblackhand.com. The physical album is also for sale on Amazon and CD Baby. The duo is booking for the upcoming festival season with Frank Roszak Promotions of Van Nuys, CA as a duo and also as a full band. For more information about McKnight & Bogdal go to www.bigblackhand.com.

indieExtreme, with offices in Houston, TX, and Nashville, TN, represents musicians ranging from folk legend Judy Collins, to 7 year-old singer and Disney actress, Kaitlyn Maher. McKnight & Bogdal are signed to Desert Highway Records, a client label with indieExtreme. The firm partners with INgrooves for distribution and retail marketing, along with providing label services such as marketing, publicity, social media management, management consulting, music licensing and online marketing systems to independent labels. To learn more about indieExtreme , please visit http://www.indieextreme.com, call: (615) 309-1718 or (281) 890-5034, or e-mail : kathyd@indieextreme.com.

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From a kitchen table record distribution to national tours in 18-wheelers, every artist has different needs and different dreams. Where does a manager enter the picture? Panelists include three managers who work with several of the hottest acts in the Texas music industry today:

George Couri, Triple 8 Management, Austin, who represents Kevin Fowler, Jack Ingram, the Eli Young Band and Joe Nichols;

Howie Edelman, Durango Artist Management, Fort Worth, who has worked for some time with Roger Creager and recently added Cody Johnson to his roster; and

Denise Nichols, The Primacy Firm, Nashville. In addition to her entertainment law practice, she acts as management consultant for Bleu Edmondson and other up and coming artists.

The managers will share their approaches to bringing creative vision to the marketplace and maximizing each artist’s strengths.

In addition to the management session, the seminar agenda includes sessions on using social media, getting radio airplay, “Fan funding” and eating right on the road. Sessions cover business-related matters for recording artists, musicians, songwriters, promoters-anyone making music in Texas.

This year’s Keynote Interview is with Pat Green. The most-played artists in Texas during the first 10 years of the Texas Music Chart, Green shares ups and downs of the pursuit of his art and stories from the roads he’s traveled and the stages he’s played.

“I’ve Made a Record…Now What?” is sponsored by Indie Extreme, Major Label Resources for Independent Labels and Artists (www.indieextreme.com) and is presented by the weekly Texas Music Chart and monthly Best In Texas® Music Magazine.

It’s scheduled 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM, Wednesday, February 1, at the “Show Room” at Dave & Buster’s, 6010 Richmond Avenue at Fountainview in Houston, four miles east of the Sam Houston Tollway and 3 miles west of Loop 610.

Registration is $129.00 per person and includes all seminar sessions, seminar workbook, and Dave & Buster’s lunch. Registration is available online with a secure PayPal link at www.TexasMusicChart.com/Pages/seminar.htm or by phone at 713-952-9221.

Cohen will advise about how to use sponsorship effectively to give a return on investment in a session called, “Sell the Sizzle without Selling Out.” The session is based on Cohen’s expertise in sports marketing and media advertising.  He advises San Antonio Missions baseball, Utah Grizzlies hockey, and Yahoo! Sports Radio among other brands, including Best In Texas magazine.

He’ll discuss how to make your product – you – attractive to sponsors.  He’ll share tips on what to offer potential sponsors and what they might expect from a relationship with you.

During the past ten years, “I’ve Made a Record…Now What?” has been a source of education and networking for the burgeoning Texas music scene covering business-related matters for recording artists, musicians, songwriters, promoters, and others making music in Texas.

Singer-songwriter Pat Green is the Keynote Interview for the annual music industry event.  He releases his eleventh album, a sequel to his 2001 hit collaboration with Cory Morrow, titled Songs We Wish We’d Written II, in February.

Also on the seminar agenda are sessions on using social media, getting radio airplay, management issues, “Fan funding” and eating right on the road.

The seminar is sponsored by Indie Extreme, Major Label Resources for Independent Labels and Artists (www.indieextreme.com).  As well as the weekly Texas Music Chart and monthly Best In Texas® Music Magazine.

“I’ve Made a Record…Now What?” will be held 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM, Wednesday, February 1, at the “Show Room” at Dave & Buster’s, 6010 Richmond Avenue at Fountainview in Houston, four miles east of the Sam Houston Tollway and 3 miles west of Loop 610.

Registration is $129.00 per person and includes all seminar sessions, seminar workbook, and Dave & Buster’s lunch.

Registration is available online at www.TexasMusicChart.com/Pages/seminar.htm or by phone at 713-952-9221.

Nashville, TN (November 18, 2011) —- CCM artist, Laura Kaczor, continues to garner strong support from Christian radio as her latest single Yours Forever was one of the top Most Added on Billboard’s Soft AC/Inspirational chart for three consecutive weeks. Kaczor has been connecting with key radio stations and programmers across the country and recently visited with KYCC in Stockton, CA. She recorded an interview with the station’s Music Director and Morning Show Host, Theresa Schaad. You can hear Kaczor’s interview here, http://www.creativepromotions.net/newmusicnow/phocadownload/Laura_Kaczor_KYCC_Interview/KYCC_Int.mp3. Kaczor’s previous single Alive In You peaked at #17 on Billboard’s Soft AC/Inspirational chart.

Besides being a Top 20 recording artist, Kaczor is an inspirational speaker and worship leader who has started her own LifeThirst ministry for teens and Lift Up U-niversity for teen girls, and both ministries are currently being booked across the country. During Kaczor’s California trip she ministered at three key events on the west coast, as the worship leader at a women’s conference in Concord, CA and as the guest speaker and worship leader at two teen events in Brentwood, CA. At both events Kaczor was met with standing ovations as her ministry touched those in attendance. The week before the California trip, Kaczor ministered at two secular high schools in the Decatur, AL area to give the churched and unchurched messages of hope and inspiration, which led to fourteen students giving their lives to Christ.

For more information about Kaczor’s music and ministries please visit www.laurakaczor.com, or www.facebook.com/laurakaczormusic.

Baton Rouge, LA: This has been an amazing year for Gospo-Fella Entertainment. Debuting in the top one hundred on the gospel music charts for their release of “Constantly” by Kevin-G ‘The Music Maker” and the overwhelming response from the release of their debut compilation project Gospo-Fella Entertainment presents”The COUNTDOWN”; Now nominated for (4) four 2012 Rhythm of Gospel Awards.

Gospo-Fella Entertainment has been nominated in the following categories: Alternative Gospel CD for ‘The COUNTDOWN” Alternative Christian Song of the Year “Invincible featuring Alayna Maberry”, Best Recording Artist with a featured Soloist “Chosen to be Separated featuring Kevin-G The Music Maker and Special Event CD of the Year for “The COUNTDOWN”.

Voting for the 5th Annual 2012 Rhythm of Gospel Awards is open to the public and now under way. You can cast your vote at www.therhythmofgospelawards.com. Voting ends March 1st, 2012. The Award Show will be held July 25th-29th, 2012 in Jacksonville, Florida.
The Rhythm of Gospel Award Show offers a platform for “Independent Gospel Artist” and gives them the opportunity to network formally while congratulating trailblazers of various sectors in all communities in a positive collaboration towards bringing all ethnicities together. For additional information on the 2012 Rhythm of Gospel Awards visit www.therhythmofgospelawards.com.

For bookings and additional information contact: Wanda Adams at marketingministry@live.com

Eli Gerstner, the producer of The Yeshiva Boys Choir, is without a doubt one of Jewish music’s most prolific stars. A household name on account of his stellar solo albums and hand-crafted male vocal groups, “The Chevra”, “Menucha” & “Tek-noy”, Eli was not content to rest from exploring new innovative sounds and venues to advance the prestige of Jewish music. In 2003, together with his close friend Yossi Newman, Eli charted new territory with the formation of a boys’ choir that would quickly become one of the most sought after acts in the nation.

With amazing musical compositions, engaging performances, and creative choreography as their trademark, Yeshiva Boys Choir has something to excite every member of their audience and will have you out of your seats and dancing in the aisles. Seven years and five wildly successful albums later the Choir is going strong. They earned their place in stardom with the release of three YBC Live! DVDs, productions that capture the energy of a Yeshiva Boys Choir performance by creating a “you are here” feeling.

YBC has performed in countless sold-out shows, both within the U.S. and abroad, including three sold out shows in Israel for the very first time this past summer. Some of their most special moments include shows at “The Theater” & “The Garden” at Madison Square Garden, Carnegie Hall, The Wachovia Spectrum & The Lyric Opera House.

The Yeshiva Boys Choir Chanukah CD will be released on November 15, 2011 and will be available both physically and digitally through indieExtreme/Gerstner Music through Fontana Distribution (UMG Distribution) on iTunes and Amazon.com.

Contact: Deborah Radel at DRPR, 310.360.3997 or email deborah@drpr.us