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 INDIE EXTREME TO MAKE NASHVILLE INTRODUCTION WITH INDEPENDENT ARTIST SHOWCASE DURING GMA MUSIC WEEK 2007
Hit CCM Singer-Songwriter Matt Brouwer to Headline April 23 Event
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 2007) – The independent label management firm Indie Extreme will introduce itself to Music City by staging the first Independent Artist Showcase at the Rutledge in downtown Nashville from 6-9 p.m. on April 23 (Monday).
The event, which is an official part of GMA Music Week 2007, will end with an 8:30 p.m. performance by hit contemporary Christian singer-songwriter Matt Brouwer. Other acts taking the stage for 20-minute sets will be Evangeline (6 p.m.), Krissy Nordhoff (6:30 p.m.), Travis Taylor (7 p.m.), Traci Root (7:30 p.m.), and Tifah (8 p.m.). Admission is free with seating available on a first-come, first-served basis.
"The Independent Artist Showcase will be our first Nashville event," said company CEO Kathy Douglas, who founded the Houston-based company in 2006. "Matt Brouwer is a tremendous talent with national recognition. He will be joined by five other highly acclaimed Christian acts that perform in a variety of musical styles. There's no doubt it will be a highlight of GMA Music Week."
Indie Extreme recently added representatives in Nashville and Los Angeles. The fast-growing international firm supports independent artists and record labels by providing administrative and managerial services such as correspondence, bookkeeping, CD/merchandise fulfillment, marketing, database development, web site development, management/maintenance, e-commerce management, and the coordination of vendor services.
Douglas added that Indie Extreme is staging the Independent Artist Showcase with the Gospel Music Association to help build exposure for professional and emerging contemporary Christian acts. Performing at the April 23 event will be:
* Former Reunion Records recording artist and hit CCM singer-songwriter Matt Brouwer. The Canadian singer-songwriter has landed hits on the Billboard CCM records chart (I Shall Believe); CCM CHR chart (Water); and the New Music Weekly Hot 100, AC, Indie AC, and Top 40 charts (Surrender). His latest CDs, Unlearning and B-sides Recording Vol. 1, follow his award-winning and critically acclaimed debut CD, Imagerical.
* Evangeline, a four-member band from Houston led by songwriters-storytellers Jeffery Armstreet and Jonathan Barrick. The group, which is managed by Extreme Dreams Artist Management, is named after the tunesmiths' first collaboration. The act uses its soulful pop, rock and folk-accented music to communicate the depths of life's struggles and challenges in relationships, choices, death, life and faith. Acclaimed producer and EMI recording artist Robbie Seay is producing the act's first album.
* Krissy Nordhoff, a Nashville singer-songwriter and part-time worship leader for The People's Church in Franklin, Tenn. The artist's debut album, Downpour, will be released in North America in September 2007. Nordhoff touches audiences with her heartfelt Christian worship, pop and rock songs.
* Travis Taylor, a Houston native who recently released the acclaimed 13-song CD, You Have Loved. The singer-songwriter fuses the pop stylings of classic artists such as Tom Petty with the modern edge of popular acts such as Snow Patrol.
* Traci Root, an Indiana native whose performances in Southeast Asia have drawn up to 40,000 people. The artist has received critical acclaim for a style that combines classic R&B with modern soul, jazz and hip-hop. Her song, I Will Carry You, which is dedicated to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, has been used by the social welfare organization Foundation Life. She is sponsored by Christian Healthcare Ministries.
* Tifah, a five-member band from Colorado lead by singer-keyboardist Latifah Al-Attas. A writer for The Onion publication described the group as "a post-collegiate Fiona Apple jamming with Snow Patrol (that) serve up a violin-rich, piano-drenched sincerity topped off with a voice that's wise and heartbroken beyond its years." Founded in 2006, the band's debut CD, Safe & Sound, is an emotive and mature work that explores the challenges, heartaches and successes of life.
"Today, it's harder than ever for artists to land major record deals or for smaller labels to receive substantial radio airplay and record sales," Douglas noted. "Indie Extreme levels the playing field by providing all of the administrative and managerial resources they need. We are working to build a 3,000-member network around the globe."
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