In a slam dunk win, Philadelphia rock ‘n rollers Ledbetter Heights took home the prize this week at Manhattan LAMN Jam #2.
Says manager Tony Diehl, “we had a blast and it’s an honor to be invited and have won the showcase. We commend you on a well-organized event and look forward to working with you in the future.”
And LAMN looks forward to that too! Stay tuned, monthly winners qualify for the Manhattan LAMN Jam Slam in October, where we will invite the Best of the Best to perform.
The band takes home a generous prize package as a winner in the preliminary round. Prizes from our excellent sponsors include the following:
- 1-year Los Angeles Music Network membership (LAMN: now nationwide).
- 1-year TAXI membership.
- 1-year Onlinegigs.com membership.
- 1 free single upload and 1 free video upload to iTunes from Tunecore.com.
- DVD of critically acclaimed, award-winning film “What is Indie?”
Prize package value: $600
Register Now For Your Chance To Perform
Click here to register now for our upcoming Manhattan LAMN Jam. Monthly winners receive the prize package above. Click here to see the truckload of stuff the Grand Prize Winner gets! LAMN members pay no submission fee ($25 fee for non-members to submit).
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SOURCES FOR MORE INFO:
www.LedbetterHeights.com
www.myspace.com/LedbetterHeights
www.onlinegigs.com
www.taxi.com
www.tunecore.com
www.whatisindiemovie.com
The following executives will judge talent at Urban Music LAMN Jam Contests:
- Brian Shafton, Partner, RBC Records
- Joe Jenkins, Head of Promotion, Stones Throw Records
- Mike Caren, Senior VP of A&R, Atlantic Records
- Russell Redeaux, Stampede Management
- Violet Brown, Director of Urban Marketing, Trans World Entertainment
More to follow. For detailed description of prizes you can win (runners-up and Grand Prize), click here .
REGISTER NOW FOR YOUR CHANCE TO PERFORM FOR THESE PROS:
Click here to register now for our upcoming Urban Music LAMN Jam Contests, which launches June 23. LAMN members pay no submission fee ($25 fee for non-members to submit).
Don’t miss it!
ABOUT OUR JUDGES:
Brian Shafton, Partner, RBC Records
Brian Shafton is a partner at RBC Records. With over 44 years’ experience in executive positions at Priority Records between the two of them, he and his partner Bob Grossi helped build the careers of Jay-Z,
Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Mos Def, Master P, N.W.A, Mack 10, the Geto Boys and a host of others, as well as such labels as Death Row, No Limit, Rawkus, Ruthless and Rap-A-Lot.
RBC works with distribution entities such as Navarre, Fontana, Universal, EMI, Atlantic, RED, Asylum, Caroline, ADA and Select-O-Hits to help make Jill Scott, E-40, Raphael Saadiq, Public Enemy, 8Ball & MJG, Tech N9ne, Layzie Bone, DJ Quik, C-Bo and others reach their full retail, sales and visibility potential.
Recognized by The Source in the magazine’s Power 30 (2007), RBC received props for aiding in Hip-Hop’s move towards independence and offering established artists the infrastructure for their indie labels. RBC allows its artists to retain 100 percent interest in their masters and their company. To date, the company’s biggest successes include Jill Scott’s “Words and Sounds Volume 3” which has sold over 600,000 copies and Tech N9ne’s Absolute Power and Anghellic albums, which have shipped more than 250,000 units each. RBC titles from Raphael Saadiq, The Game, Do Or Die and DJ Quik have also shipped more than 100,000 units each. In fact, RBC delivered Fontana its first No. 1 independent record in 2005 with DJ Quik’s Trauma. In 2006, RBC helped Tech N9ne’s Everready (The Religion) debut at the No. 2 spot on the independent albums chart. Other RBC clients include Jill Scott, Public Enemy, Nappy Roots, EPMD, Dipset, 8 Ball & Devius, C-BO’s West Coast Mafia label, MSC, Fall Thru (home of the Ghetto Fights, Ghetto Brawls) and more.
“We’re able to penetrate retail on an urban level above and beyond what anyone else can do,” Shafton says. “We have relationships with everybody from radio to streets to press to television buying. We’ve been doing this a long time, so we feel that we can look at a project, examine it and really put forth the best marketing plan for it.”
It’s a proven formula. “We have watched the majors fall apart, such as MCA, Priority, Loud and the Capitol/Virgin merger,” Shafton says. “At the same time, the independent companies we manage continue not only to exist but to thrive in this incredibly competitive marketplace. They are making money.”
Joe Jenkins, Head of Promotion, Stones Throw Records
Bio forthcoming.
Mike Caren, Senior VP of A&R, Atlantic Records
Bio forthcoming.
Russell Redeaux, Stampede Management
Bio forthcoming.
Violet Brown, Director of Urban Marketing, Trans World Entertainment
Bio forthcoming.
SOURCES FOR MORE INFO:
REGISTER NOW FOR YOUR CHANCE TO PERFORM FOR THESE PROS:
Click here to register now for our upcoming Urban Music LAMN Jam Contests, which launches June 23. LAMN members pay no submission fee ($25 fee for non-members to submit).
Don’t miss it!
