independentmusicawards

"[Winning an Independent Music Award] has legitimized The Greatest Fear in the eyes of magazine reviewers, DJ's and venue promoters who normally are inundated with demo submissions. The IMA Winners CD and The Musician's Atlas awards insert has been included in all of our press kits - and has impacted people in an incredibly positive way. Also we have had an overwhelming response from [2005] IMA winners Lacuna Coil fans who have found us online via the IMA Award."
~~Jane Saunders, The Greatest Fear
2006 IMA Winner - Hard Rock/Metal Album

GET YEARLONG PRINT, RADIO, TV & ONLINE PROMOTIONS

CALLING ALL COLLEGE LABELS:

Get Your Music In Front of
20 Million New Fans
Enter The Independent Music Awards
Postmark Deadline: Midnite, September 27, 2007

PUT YOUR COLLEGE LABEL IN THE SPOTLIGHT

For the past 7 years, the Independent Music Awards has helped indie artists & releases overcome mainstream obstacles & achieve greater access to media & fans via yearlong promotion, marketing & distribution programs.

This year the IMAs has added a new category to support College Label Releases and music business programs.

The College category is open to all albums released by a College Record Label from
9/2006 to 9/2007. Albums of all genres are eligible and albums can be for either one artist/band or a CD with Various Artists.

GET MAJOR RESULTS FOR YOUR INDIE RELEASES

Produced by Music Resource Group, Publisher of The Musician's Atlas & co-sponsored by mega retailer Borders Books & Music; online retail giant eMusic; radio promotion gurus, The Planetary Group; digital networks, ManiaTV & HavocTV; Burnside Distribution; social networking community, Trig.com and radio tracking service, MediaGuide, IMA Winners are promoted to more than 20 Million music fans & key industry players including:

Commercial, Public & College Radio Programmers
Music Journalists
Film, TV & Gaming Music Supervisors
Club & Festival Talent Buyers
Ad Agencies
National & Regional Promoters
Music Fans

JUDGES CONFIRMED FOR UPCOMING PROGRAM INCLUDE:

Ray Davies
Suzanne Vega
Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance)
Les Claypool
Snoop Dogg
Angelique Kidjo
Mavis Staples
Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Tim Pagnottta (Sugarcult)
Duncan Sheik
Rob Wasserman
Judy Collins
Chuck Comeau (Simple Plan)
Charlie Musselwhite
Mobb Deep
Susan Tedeschi
Martin Atkins (Public Image/Nine Inch Nails)
MickDeth (18 Visions)
Carrie Hughes (MTV Music Supervisor)
Anthony DeCurtis (Rolling Stone)
Kevin Lyman (Vans Warped Tour – Creator/Producer)
Stefan Goldby (Mania TV Music Programming)
Chris Douridas (Tastemaker/KCRW DJ)
Mike Erricco (Blender.com)
Josh Rabinowitz (Grey Advertising Worldwide –SVP/Director of Music)
Chris Kimsey
Joe Boyd

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

Winning songs and contact information are promoted to over 10 million Borders Books & Music customers in 12 consecutive weekly “Shortlist” opt-in eNewsletters. The artist’s own releases will be available for purchase at the BordersStores.com site.

The IMA Winners “Now Hear This” CD is promoted to more than 1 Million eMusic subscribers.

IMA Jukeboxes feature artist music and contact info. All IMA Finalists are included in the Vox Populi Jukebox which allows music fans to vote for their favorite songs.

The Winners of this Vox Populi Poll are also promoted to press and industry.

10,000 copies of the IMA Winners CD compilation are distributed to music fans & industry pros at international music conferences, festivals, Spring Break & other promient events throughout the year.

The sampler, promoted at 650+ US & Canadian college & public stations by leading promotions company, The Planetary Group, routinely places in the Top 1-25 CMJ charts.

Winners & Finalists to be promoted to more than 9 Million viewers at digital broadcast sites including ManiaTV.com & HavocTV.com.

Winners & Finalists to be promoted to Trig.com, MySpace & other social networking communities.

IMAs GET RESULTS
The Independent Music Awards is not a contest. Unlike any other Industry event, the IMAs delivers real support for indie artists & releases.
Winners & Finalists credit the program with boosting their visibility among festival bookers, club talent buyers, radio programmers, distributors, industry insiders and fans.

Past Winners & Finalists include: Richard Julian, Lacuna Coil, Sugarcult, Chris Whitley, Speech, Eleni Mandel, The Mooney Suzuki , Girlyman, Dan Bern, Sweet Honey in The Rock, Mary Gauthier, Miko Marks, Madrigaia, Suzanne Ciani, Dave’s True Story, Bitter:Sweet, Melissa McClelland, Kristy Kruger, Rebecca Martin, Katie Viqueira and
God Forbid.

Deadline for the upcoming Independent Music Awards
College Label Award is:
Postmark midnite, September 27, 2007

Go to IndependentMusicAwards.com
for program details, judges & entry forms.

Got More Questions? Call IMA Program Director Martin Folkman at 973.509.9898 or email: Martin@IndependentMusicAwards.com

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