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'''Rocketown Records''' was an [[independent record label]] which was started in |
'''Rocketown Records''' was an [[independent record label]] which was started in 1996 by [[Michael W. Smith]]. In the fall of 1995, met with Don Donahue, A&R director at [[Reunion Records]], to discuss creation of the label. |
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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 |
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)|Billboard]] |id= |volume=108 |issue=45 |pages=34 }}</ref> |
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==Imprint== |
==Imprint== |
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Revision as of 22:58, 24 June 2018
Rocketown Records was an independent record label which was started in 1996 by Michael W. Smith. In the fall of 1995, met with Don Donahue, A&R director at Reunion Records, to discuss creation of the label.
In 1996, Word Records bought a minority share of the company.[1]
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 6) 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 6) and High Flight Society (July 7).
Roster
- Alathea (Active, currently independent)
- apt.core
- Christine Dente
- Ronnie Freeman
- Shaun Groves (Active, currently independent)
- High Flight Society
- Hyper Static Union (Active, with Amplitude Media)
- Geoff Moore
- Reuben Morgan (Active, current worship pastor of Hillsong Church)
- Michael Olson (Active)
- Out of the Grey (On hiatus)
- Ginny Owens (Active)
- Chris Rice (Active)
- George Rowe III
- Taylor Sorensen
- The Swift (Disbanded in 2006)
- The Turning
- Watermark (Inactive)
- Wilshire
See also
References
External links
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