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In 1996, [[Word Records]] bought a minority share of the company.<ref name="BB_108_45">{{cite journal |last=Price |first=Deborah Evans |date=1996-11-09 |title=Higher ground |journal=[[Billboard Magazine]] |id= |volume=108 |issue=45 |page=34 }}</ref> |
In 1996, [[Word Records]] bought a minority share of the company.<ref name="BB_108_45">{{cite journal |last=Price |first=Deborah Evans |date=1996-11-09 |title=Higher ground |journal=[[Billboard Magazine]] |id= |volume=108 |issue=45 |page=34 }}</ref> |
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==Current Rocketown Artists |
==Current Rocketown Artists== |
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* [[High Flight Society]] |
* [[High Flight Society]] |
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* [[Geoff Moore]] |
* [[Geoff Moore]] |
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* [[Jake Smith]] |
* [[Jake Smith]] |
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==Alumni Rocketown Artists |
==Alumni Rocketown Artists== |
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* [[Alathea]] |
* [[Alathea]] |
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* [[apt.core]] |
* [[apt.core]] |
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In 2006, Rocketown launched an imprint label, RKT Music, focused on rock artists servicing a more younger demographic than the core Rocketown Records demographic. The first release under the RKT Music name was ''Lifegiver'' by [[Hyper Static Union]] (May 06) as a partnership between Rocketown Records and the Christian rock band [[Third Day]] ([[Hyper Static Union]] was signed to a production deal with Third Day's Consuming Fire Productions). |
In 2006, Rocketown launched an imprint label, RKT Music, focused on rock artists servicing a more younger demographic than the core Rocketown Records demographic. The first release under the RKT Music name was ''Lifegiver'' by [[Hyper Static Union]] (May 06) as a partnership between Rocketown Records and the Christian rock band [[Third Day]] ([[Hyper Static Union]] was signed to a production deal with Third Day's Consuming Fire Productions). |
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Additional releases under RKT Music include ''Learning to Lose'' - [[The Turning]] (June 06) and [[High Flight Society]] (July 07). |
Additional releases under RKT Music include ''Learning to Lose'' - [[The Turning (band)|The Turning]] (June 06) and [[High Flight Society]] (July 07). |
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==References== |
==References== |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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Revision as of 02:00, 17 March 2008
Rocketown Records is an independent record label which was started in 1996 by Michael W. Smith. The dream was to create a new, independent Christian record label that wouldn't follow the rules of the modern music business. In the fall of 1995, Michael W. Smith met with Don Donahue, who was, at the time, Smith's A&R director at Reunion Records, to discuss the creation of this new label. They hoped to develop artists, and not focus on musical fads.
In 1996, Word Records bought a minority share of the company.[1]
Current Rocketown Artists
Alumni Rocketown Artists
- Alathea
- apt.core
- Christine Dente
- Ronnie Freeman
- Shaun Groves
- Hyper Static Union
- Reuben Morgan
- Out of the Grey
- Ginny Owens
- Chris Rice
- George Rowe III
- The Swift
- The Turning
- Watermark
Imprint
In 2006, Rocketown launched an imprint label, RKT Music, focused on rock artists servicing a more younger demographic than the core Rocketown Records demographic. The first release under the RKT Music name was Lifegiver by Hyper Static Union (May 06) as a partnership between Rocketown Records and the Christian rock band Third Day (Hyper Static Union was signed to a production deal with Third Day's Consuming Fire Productions).
Additional releases under RKT Music include Learning to Lose - The Turning (June 06) and High Flight Society (July 07).
References
- ^ Price, Deborah Evans (1996-11-09). "Higher ground". Billboard Magazine. 108 (45): 34.
See also
External links
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