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International Music Network is an international marketing company specializing in the booking and management of tours for artists who represent the highest level of musical and artistic expression in their respective genres. IMN’s foundation is based upon respect and compassion for the world’s music and arts, with a desire to contribute to the cultural growth and awareness of the global audience.
For over two decades IMN has established and maintained its reputation as one of the most respected boutique agencies for jazz, world, and other progressive musical idioms in the world. The goal for the company and its employees continues to be to create a different way of being an agency in the music business - one whose primary focus is to allow a full cultural and artistic exchange amongst the global community and worldwide audience of music enthusiasts.
TREE LAWN ARTISTS, INC. is a new booking agency founded by veteran agent Eric Hanson, who has worked with artists ranging from Nina Simone and John Lee Hooker to Chick Corea and Wynton Marsalis. It is an agency designed to provide superior service to both the artists it represents and the promoters it services, a service level made possible by its small roster size and the focus and dedication of its founder and associates.
Avatar Entertainment Corporation was founded in May of 1996 and opened its doors as Avatar Studios in July of 1996. Located in midtown west of New York, the company operates a 33,000 square foot facility dedicated to providing the highest possible quality audio recording services to the recording industry.
Jazzzdog Promotions (founded by Jane Dashow) is an independent jazz radio promotion company that works for record companies (as well as artists and managers) to get their new releases heard nationally on jazz radio. Jazzzdog communicates with almost 300 national radio stations each week and its clients receive a thorough rundown of what stations think about their projects.
Mitchell Feldman Associates provides radio promotion, media relations, editorial, marketing and career consulting services for: musicians and ensembles; record labels; concerts; festivals and other events; presenting organizations and institutions on a retainer or project basis. MFA’s clients come primarily from the jazz world although the firm has also promoted classical, World and New Music artists, recordings and events.
Founded in 1990, Shore Fire Media is a standard-setting, boutique public relations and online marketing firm. They bring an unmatched level of strategic, creative thought and action to each of their campaigns. Shore Fire clients are bellwethers in the worlds of music, film, books, technology, fashion and special events. Their music roster ranges from stadium-packing superstars to breakthrough young artists and genre-defining masters of their craft. Shore Fire offers unrivaled communication and collaboration with their clients.
New World ‘n’ Jazz is a marketing, promotion and consulting company founded in 1992, by Neal Sapper. Throughout the years, they have worked with a broad range of clients — from major labels to one-artist labels. New World ānā Jazz believes that the success of a project comes from hard work, great relationships, and good music.
In a world where independent distributors represent anywhere from 100 up to even 1000 labels, Ryko Distribution, with a 26 member label roster, offers labels the closest thing to having their own private and elite sales staff. Their continuing conscious commitment to maintaining a manageable roster of labels allows them the luxury of being able to devote the time, effort, energy and focus necessary to ensure that all the material they present has the best possible chance of success.
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